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■witb that of men wiio graduated in their own 

 classes and have married, is 43.48 per cent, 

 as against 65.7 per cent. 



TABLE I 



Percentage of Graduates Married 

 Classes Men Women 



1833-40 84 — 



1841-50 82 — 



1851-60 90 — 



1861-70 90 — 



1871-80 87.1 62.5 



1881-90 78.82 48 



1891-1900 74.62 53.68 



1901-10 38.9 28.8 



2. Children 

 In the first decade, 183^-40, from 119 mar- 

 riages of graduates there were 535 children, 

 276 boys and 260 girls, an average to the fam- 

 ily of 4.49; one family comprised 12 children, 

 four 11 children, four 10 children, and there 

 were only eight childless marriages. In the 

 second decade, 1841-50, from the marriage of 

 217 graduates there were 750 children, 398 

 boys and 352 girls, an average to the family 

 of 3.46; there were three families of 10 chil- 

 dren each, one of 11 and thirty-two childless 

 marriages. In the third decade, from the 

 marriage of 250 graduates there were 818 

 children, 396 boys and 422 girls, an average 

 of 3.27; one family consisted of 13 children, 

 one of 11 and one of 10; there were twenty- 

 six childless marriages. In the fourth decade, 

 from 239 marriages there were 688 children, 

 360 boys and 328 girls, an average of 2.9 to a 

 family; there was one family of 10 children, 

 and there were thirty-two childless marriages. 

 In the fifth decade, 271 male graduates who 

 married had 686 children, 374 boys and 313 

 girls, an average of 2.53 ; there was one family 

 of 10 children and two of 9, and there were 

 forty-five childless marriages. The 5 women 

 graduates of this decade who married had 13 

 children, 7 boys and 6 girls, 8 of the 13 being 

 already reported in the figures of this decade, 

 inasmuch as they were children of women 

 graduates who married graduates of Wesleyan. 

 The average number of children to a marriage 

 of the women graduates was 2.6. In the sixth 



decade, 1881-90, the 268 male graduates who 

 married had 527 children, 289 boys and 238 

 girls, an average to a family of 1.96; there 

 was only one large family, made up of 11 

 children. The 14 women graduates of this 

 decade who married had 28 children, 13 boys 

 and 15 girls, 10 of the 28 being previously 

 reported in the decade owing to intermarriage 

 of Wesleyan graduates; the average to a fam- 

 ily in the case of the women graduates of this 

 decade was 2. In the seventh decade, 344 

 men who married had 488 children, 250 boys 

 and 238 girls, an average to the family of 1.42 ; 

 there was one family of 8 children. The 51 

 women graduates of this decade who married 

 had 70 children, 35 boys and 35 girls, 42 of 

 them being previously reported, an average for 

 the women graduates who married in this 

 decade of 1.37. In the last decade, 1901-10, 

 the 222 men who have married have had 180 

 children, 94 boys and 86 girls, an average to 

 the family of .81; the largest family reported 

 so far is 3. The 26 women of this decade who 

 have married have had 18 children, 7 boys and 

 11 girls, 10 of them being reported in the 180 

 above mentioned; the average family to the 

 married women graduates of this decade is to 

 date .69. 



TABLE II 



Average Numier of Children to a Family 



Classes Men Women 



1833^0 4.49 — 



1841-50 3.46 — 



1851-60 3.27 — 



1861-70 2.9 — 



1871-80 2.53 2.6 



1881-90 1.96 2 



1891-1900 1.42 1.37 



1901-10 81 .69 



The total number of children of male gradu- 

 ates of Wesleyan to date is 4,672, 2,436 boys 

 and 2,236 girls, an average to the family of 

 2.42. The total number of children of women 

 graduates who have married is 129, 62 boys 

 and 67 girls, an average to each married 

 woman of 1.34. On account of the large fam- 

 ilies in the early days, when there were no 

 women graduates, the comparison should, how- 



