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Show YALE MEN TAKE TO THE LAW. The Bar Still Attracts One-Third of the University's Graduates. The statisticians at Yale have drawn up a table to show what occupations occu-pations the graduates of the institution institu-tion have chosen in tho last century. From the table It appears that tho ministry has fallen off greatly as an attraction. When tho century opened about 39 per cent, of Yale graduates were ministers. min-isters. Beginning with 1S60 this number num-ber took a groat fall. Since 1865 the average has been six por cent. The averages for law and medlclno have remained about the same. As a rule ten per cent, of Yale's graduates are doctors. In law the figures havo been steadily about 33 per cent. In teaching and science the figures havo increased very gradually from about two per cent, to 11 per cent. The strongest upward tendency has been that of business. The farmers have fallen off over since the southern planters ceased to enter Yale. Business now attracts about one-third one-third of the men. and tho law about one-third. Tho other third i6 divided between the ministry, science, teaching, teach-ing, forestry and a few other branches. |