136 THE TREND OF THE RACE 
Number of Children in Families of Harvard and Yale Gniduates 
HARVARD 
Children per Married 
hi 
Year Coseple Average per Graduate 
1851-60.......... 3.13 1.68 
T86I-70.. oe en oes 2.62 1.98 
TSTITA8O: yx tse beige 2.23 1.63 
1881-90.......... 2.06 1.55 
YALE 
1851-60.......... 2.28 2.53 
1861-70.......... 2.69 2.16 
TO7 I 80.gcicnaeay 2.23 1.75 
TO8T=O0.5 3 sy Sxtnd 2.04 1.53 
Birth rates for the graduates of Wesleyan University are given 
by Nicolson! as follows: 
The Diminishing Families of the Graduates of Wesleyan University 
Children per Family of 
Year 
Men Graduates Women Graduates 
1833-40....0..... 4.49 
I84I-§0.......... 3.46 
T8S1—60.45escaeux 3.29 
T8OE=JO%. nese 2.90 
TO71-80 hres 45% 2.53 2.6 
1881-9o.......... 1.96 2. 
T89T—OO:.2 6 eeso5e3 1.42 1.37 
IQOI-I0O.... ..... 81 .69 
The numbers for the last two decades are too small since the 
families are not complete in either case, but the dwindling of the 
families is nevertheless evident if these decades are not considered. 
1 Science, N.S. 36, 74-76, 1912. 
