 It sought to promote and intelligent interest in Socialism among college men and women, familiarize students with the inherent evils of [the] American economic and social system based on laissez-faire policies, and promote the establishment of a socialist order.The Intercollegiate Socialist Society was sought to achieve these goals by organizing chapters on college campuses, introduce socialist supporters into society, and bring socialist party members into labor unions, schools, and government.Rules were laid down as to how to structure the collegiate chapters of the Intercollegiate Socialist Society, organizing students on each campus into individual chapters who would fund the central organization through a small percentage of their membership dues collected to the national Society.