344 TEE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



Smokers would accordingly furnish 71 per cent, of the lowest marks, 

 and the non-smokers only 29 per cent. The smokers would furnish 31 

 per cent, of the highest marks, and the non-smokers 69 per cent. 



The combined conditions and failures of the two classes of men are 

 shown in the following table : 



No. of Men 



Smokers 82 



Non-smokers 98 



The smokers furnish twice as many conditions and failures as do the 

 non-smokers. 



The following suggestive points are brought out in this investi- 

 gation : 



1. Only half as many smokers as non-smokers are successful in the 

 "try outs" for football squads. 



2. In the case of able bodied men smoking is associated with loss 

 in lung capacity amounting to practically ten per cent. 



3. Smoking is invariably associated with low scholarship. 



