THE DECLINING BIRTH RATE 137 
The decline of the birth rate in two other colleges is shown in the 
following table: 
Families of Graduates of Middlebury and New York Universities 
Number of Children 
Year Middlebury N.Y. University 
TBO8 O00 5 set tad eas 5.6 
TSIO=1Ose ok ee os 4.8 
1820-26.) a ideeawes 4.1 
1830-20002 sevevgv eas 3.9 4.0 
TSA0-AG is oars iis o 3 Ss 3.4 2.2 
TSSO=$Os.. a gieee Ge Sein 2.9 2.9 
TS60=69 5.66 esa ea et 2.8 255 
TSF OF Asc eae nee bets 2.3 
TOF S70 tS wise asta els 1.8 
In general, the graduates of women’s colleges show a lower 
birth rate than the graduates of colleges for men. The marriage 
rate for women graduates is low. Miss Nearing! on the basis of an 
extended study, says “College women do not marry probably in 
fifty cases out of one hundred given sufficient time out of college.” 
The following table from Professor Amy Hewes gives the marriage 
and birth rates of the graduates of Mt. Holyoke College: 
The Families of Mt. Holyoke Graduates 
Dates of Per Cent | Per Cent | Children per | Children per 
Graduation Single | Married |Married Graduate) Graduate 
1842-40); 2 dscsias 14.6 85.4 2 97 2.37 
1850-50. 220% 24.5 wees 3.38 2.55 
1860-O9....... 39-1 60.9 2.64 1.60 
18707 Osi i i020 40.6 59-4 2.75 1.63 
1880-89....... 42.4 57-6 2.54 1.46 
ESQO=02 «22 eee 50. 50. 1.91 95 
1 Pubs. Am. Stat. Ass., 14, 156-174, 1914. 
