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Show Where College Men Go What becomes of the man when he goes out into the fields of life after his college days are over? How many succeed? How many drift down and lose the aims their youth cherished? Some interesting facts have been gathered on the class that was graduated in 1917 from the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University. This class has a membership of 326 men who are about 30 years of age now, after having been in the workaday world for eight years. More than 75 per cent of thenv have been married since graduation. Most of them wedded at about 26 and their wives averaged 23. The most susceptible period for marrying was three yeaTs after graduation, the romantic spirit melting away slowly after that time. From the standpoint of heirs they have done well, the average being slightly more than one child per family. The "grads" average $6000 a year in earnings, with an additional average income from investments bringing the total up to $7800 per man per year. Ninety-five per cent of the class, however, had an average earned income of only $4500, and total income of $6400. The most that an individual has earned is $115,000 a year. Average assets per man are $46,500, and maximum assets reported by any individual $1,000,000. The general prosperity of the men was indicated further fur-ther by the fact that more than 70 per cent of them own automobiles. More than 30 per cent own their own homes. The average amount of insurance carried is $22,500 per man. Nearly half the men are engaged in the work they had planned to do before leaving college. As to the habits, almost 90 per cent of the men smoke, .mainly cigarets. Three-quarters of the replies to the questionnaire ques-tionnaire sent out indicated that the men aren't averse to liquor. Less than one-quarter of the men reported they favored the Volstead act. From the standpoint of recreation, golf received the largest vote. There is your college man, eight years after graduation. |