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of $947.50, $921.50, and $935.53 respectively. The average devia- 

 tion being $192, $200, and $190 respectively. The medians are 

 lut little different from the averages, viz., $950, $920, and $950. 

 The " mode " or place where most of the cases lie is seen to 

 be very wide and not " bunched," for four-fifths of the salaries 

 are rather evenly scattered from $720 to $1,200. 



The presence of 29 men taking higher degrees in the groups 

 receiving the high salaries will, of course, leave a lower average 



Table 42 



Distribution of Salaries of Graduates from Agricultural 

 Colleges in 1907, 1908, and 1909 



Salary 



$400- $449 (a) 



450- 549 .. . 



550- 649... 



650- 749 .. . 



760- 849 .. . 



850- 949 .. . 



950-1,049... 

 1,050-1,149... 

 1,150-1,249... 

 1,250-1,349... 

 1,350-1,449... 

 1,450-1,549... 

 1,550-1,649... 

 1,650-1,749... 

 1,750-1,849... 



Total 



All dearees 



1907 1908 I 1909 Total 







1 



6 



16 



15 



13 



16 



1 



13 







4 



3 



1 



1 







90 





 2 



9 



13 



18 



7 



18 



1 



16 







2 



2 







1 







89 



1 

 

 3 



14 



15 



17 



20 







16 







5 



1 











1 



93 



1 

 3 



IS 



43 



48 



37 



54 



2 



45 







11 



6 



1 



2 



1 



Higher degrees 



1907 1908 1909 Total 



1 

 4 

 

 4 

 

 1 

 3 

 1 



272 



3 

 

 5 

 

 2 

 

 



2 

 

 1 

 1 

 



1 

 7 

 

 11 

 

 4 

 4 

 1 



28 



a The limits of the groups are placed at the 50's instead of at the loo's, as seven-ninths 

 of the salaries are even hundreds and thus lie at the center of each group instead of at 

 one extreme as would otherwise be the case, making the groups lop-sided. 



for the men receiving the bachelor's degree. These 29 men 

 received on an average $1,180 each, with a strong mode at 

 $1,200. The 243 men with the bachelor's degree averaged 

 $909.13, the two receiving $1,700 and $1,800 bringing the 

 average up from $899. 



The positions obtained by these 253 men are as follows : Two 

 were elected to professorships, and twelve to adjunct, asso- 

 ciate, or assistant professorships. One went into a Louisiana 



