DISTRIBUTION OF TIME OF CORNELL STUDENTS. 539 



Method. 

 To obtain the desired information, a copy of the following report- 

 blank was mailed or otherwise distributed to all Cornell students in 

 Ithaca, i. e., to approximately 2,700 students.* 



Some of the daily papers have recently been discussing the recommenda- 

 tions which President Schurman, President Eliot and others have given to 

 university students in regard to the allotment of time to work, athletics, meals, 

 sleep, etc. 



The Department of Education desires to ascertain the actual distribution 

 of time by the average Cornell student during a typical week. To bring this 

 about your hearty and faithful cooperation is needed. We want bona-fide, un- 

 biased reports of the distribution of your time during the week December 7 

 to 12, inclusive. Kindly fill in the subjoined blank daily during that period. 

 Do not try to vary your usual routine in order to make a ' pretty ' report. 

 Your name will not be open to inspection, nor seen by any person other than 

 the compiler. 



INSTRUCTIONS. 



1. Put general reading, letter writing, etc., under amusement. 



2. Put drill, gymnasium, athletics, walking, etc., under physical exercise. 



3. Express fractions of an hour as a decimal part of an hour, and take care 

 that each day sums up 24 hours. 



4. Divide days at midnight in reckoning sleep. 



5. Note under ' remarks ' anything that will further contribute to the under- 

 standing of your returns. Especially in case you think the report does not 

 fairly illustrate your normal habits, state what occupation has been over or 

 under emphasized. 



G. Leave the report at the registrar's office through the doorslide, or mail 

 to Dr. G. M. Whipple, Dept. of Education, not later than Monday, December 14. 



"Name 



Course 



Class 



Hours Spent December 7-12, 1903. 



Remarks . 



* Members of the section of the Cornell Medical College at New York City, 

 about 278 in number, are therefore, not represented in the returns from the 

 College of Medicine, but only the first two years of the medical course. 



