He was educated at Denver Public Elementary Schools, The Gunnery from which he was expelled, and St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire). Among his experiences there was a legendary eating contest with his roommate Marion Ward Chanler in 1883. This resulted from the latter receiving ten pounds of Turkish delight from his grandfather, the Washington lobbyist Samuel Ward. The result was Bond losing and Chanler dying. Marshall Bond went to college at Yale University, where he was a member of Delta Psi.Catalogue of the Members of the Fraternity of Delta Psi. New York: Fraternity of Delta Psi, 1889 via Google Books He graduated in 1888. He reentered college for post graduate studies in mining at Stanford University and obtained a Masters in 1896.
