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THE TREND OF THE RACE 



Number of Children in Families of Harvard and Yale Graduates 



HARVARD 



YALE 



1851-60. 

 1861-70. 

 1871-80. 

 1881-90. 



2-53 

 2. 16 



1-75 

 1-53 



Birth rates for the graduates of Wesleyan University are given j 

 by Nicolson^ as follows: } 



1 



The Diminishing Families of the Graduates of Wesleyan University , 



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

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

 families is nevertheless evident if these decades are not considered.!! 



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



