SMOKING AND COLLEGE STUDENTS 175 



Of 223 students 115 or 52.0 per cent, are smokers 



Of 96 athletes 55 or 57.3 per cent, are smokers 



Of 66 fraternity men 49 or 74.2 per cent, are smokers 



There are more smokers among athletes and a great many more 

 among fraternity men than among all students. 



Of 223 students 84 or 37.6 per cent, made varsity teams 



Of 115 smokers 47 or 41.0 per cent, made varsity teams 



Of 66 fraternity men 41 or 62.1 per cent, made varsity teams 



There are more athletes among smokers and a great many more 

 among fraternity men than among all students. 



Average Marks Average Marks Average failures 



at Entrance in first 2 years in first 2 years 



223 students 90 per cent. 66 per cent. 7 per cent. 



115 smokers 89 per cent. 62 per cent. 10 per cent. 



84 athletes 90 per cent. 63.2 per cent. 8.4 per cent. 



66 fraternity men 85.4 per cent. 59.1 per cent. 12.8 per cent. 



Smokers, athletes and fraternity men have lower scholarship records 

 than other students. 



There is some definite relation existing between smoking, partici- 

 pation in athletics, membership in college fraternities and low scholar- 

 ship. These relations indicate that the factor of smoking can not be 

 isolated from other related factors which may account for differences in 

 age and scholarship. It is very clear, however, that students who use 

 tobacco invariably rank lower in scholarship than students who do not 

 smoke. 



Those who are conversant with present conditions in American col- 

 leges, recognize two distinct types of students. President Butler, in 

 his annual report for 1908-09, devotes several pages to a discussion of 

 this subject ; among other things he says : 



Not so many years ago there were few boys who went to college without a 

 serious, definite purpose more or less scholarly in character. They were looking 

 forward to the ministry, to teaching or to the practise of law or medicine. 

 Not many of them had in mind a career as merchant, financier or corporation 

 official. With the lapse of time and the increasing wealth of this country, this 

 condition has been very much changed. It is now fashionable to go to college, 

 at least to some colleges, and the attractions of college life and companionship 

 are powerful motives in leading young men to strive to surmount the barrier 

 of college admission. This new type of college student, whether he knows it or 

 not, goes to college primarily for a social, not for an intellectual, purpose. His 

 wish is to share in the attractive associations of an American college; he desires 

 to participate in athletic sports; he hopes in after life to mingle freely and on 

 terms of equality with college-bred men. It is a good thing that boys of this 

 type should go to college, provided that the college will recognize their exist- 

 ence as a type and will deal with them accordingly. To try to turn such men 

 into scholars is a hopeless task. They are not fitted for high scholarship and 

 they do not desire it. 



