136 



THE TREND OF THE RACE 



Number of Children in Families of Harvard and Yale Graduates 



HARVARD 



YALE 



Birth rates for the graduates of Wesleyan University are given 

 by Nicolson 1 as follows: 



The Diminishing Families of the Graduates of Wesleyan University 



Children per Family of 



The numbers for the last two decades are too small since the 

 families are not complete in either case, but the dwindling of the 

 families is nevertheless evident if these decades are not considered. 



1 Science, N. S. 36, 74-76, 1912. 



