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SCIENCE 



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So far as any of you look upon these 

 foundations from without it is my hope 

 that some things have been said which wiE 

 rouse in you a sympathetic appreciation of 

 the kind of work which I have sought to 

 emphasize as the most precious type of 

 endeavor, for further progress will depend 

 largely on the appreciation and support 

 given to this by the best elements in the 

 medical profession. 



The material side of our advancing civ- 

 ilization has developed during a thousand 

 years to an astonishing degree, but we 

 must not be misled, as sometimes happens, 

 into confusing material developments with 

 intellectual progress. These foundations 

 of to-day are but aids to active minds that 

 use them. The mind, the man, is the essen- 

 tial thing, and any device which does not 

 improve him and give him the very best 

 opportunity to increase his powers, has but 

 slight claim to our regard. I desire, there- 

 fore, to leave with you a strong impression 

 of the paramount importance of our mental 

 attitude in establishing the right relations 

 between research foundations and medicine. 



Permit me then in closing to quote a 

 little fable from Luqman, as it seems to 

 emphasize this point. Luqman, the sage, 

 was reputed, I am told, to have been either 

 an Abyssinian slave of King David or the 

 son of Job 's maternal aunt. That question 

 is not settled — but his fable has a pleasant 

 oriental flavor. It runs as follows: 



In the heat of the day the lion retired to 

 a cave. While resting there a rat ran over 

 him. The lion jumped up in fright, 

 whereat the jackal laughed. Perceiving 

 this the lion said, "I was not frightened at 

 the rat, but at my own alarm"; thus show- 

 ing that to the mighty their state of mind 

 is of more moment than death itself. 



Henry H. Donaldson 



FAMILY BECOBDS OF GBADUATES OF 

 WESLETAN UNIVEBSITY 



FAMILY RECORDS OF GRADUATES OF WESLEYAN 

 UNIVERSITY 



Wesleyan University was founded in 1831, 

 and the first class graduated in 1833. The 

 total number of graduates, including the class 

 of 1910, is 2,849—2,627 men and 222 women. 

 The following statistics relating to married 

 life are given separately for men and women. 

 The first women graduates took their degrees 

 in the decade 1871-80. 



1. Marriages 



In the first decade, 1833-40, 119 out of 142 

 graduates married (84 per cent.) ; 21 of them 

 married twice, 3 of ' them three times, 1 of them 

 four times and 1 five times. In the second 

 decade, 1841-50, 217 out of 264 married (82 

 per cent.); 47 married twice, 4 three times 

 and 1 four times. In the third decade, 1851- 

 60, 250 out of 276 married (90 per cent.); 

 50 married twice, 5 three times and 1 four 

 times. From 1861-70, 239 married out of 262 

 (again 90 per cent.); 37 married twice and 

 6 three times. In the fifth decade, 1871-80, 

 271 out of 311 male graduates married (87.1 

 per cent.) ; 41 married twice and 1 three times. 

 Five out of the 8 women graduates in this 

 decade married. In the sixth decade, 1881-90, 

 268 out of 340 of the men married (78.82 

 per cent.), 14 of them having married twice. 

 Fourteen out of the 29 women graduates of 

 this decade married, that is, 48 per cent. In 

 the seventh decade, 1891-1900, 344 out of the 

 461 male graduates married (74.63 per cent.) ; 

 10 of them married twice. Fifty-one women 

 out of the 95 who graduated in this decade 

 married (53.68 per cent.). In the last decade, 

 1901-10, 221 men out of 570 have so far mar- 

 ried (38.8 per cent.) ; 3 of them have married 

 twice. Twenty-six out of the 90 women who 

 graduated in this decade have married (28.8 

 per cent.). 



Of the 2,627 male graduates, 1,930 have 

 married (73.46 per cent.). Of the 222 women 

 graduates, 96 have married (43.28 per cent.). 

 The percentage of married women compared 



