THE RESIDENCE OF DARTMOUTH STUDENTS
AN examination of the summaries of students published in Dartmouth catalogues is enough to demonstrate that there has been a considerable change in the past ten years in the territory drawn upon for students. If the catalogue for the year 1896-97 be compared with that for 1906-07 it will be noted that the states rank as follows in total number of students attending Dartmouth:
1896-97 1. New Hampshire 156 2. Massachusetts 145 3. Vermont 63 4. Maine 28 5. New York 27 6. Illinois 20 1906-07 Massachusetts 500 New Hampshire 233 New York 76 Vermont 73 Illinois 67 Maine 44
The above table shows that Massachusetts has taken the lead very decidedly and that Illinois and New York have taken higher rank in 1906-07 than in 1896-97.
The total numbers of students attending Dartmouth and the numbers and percentages from New England are given in the following table:
Year '93 '94 '95 '96 '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 Total 494 509 556 468 631 694 728 741 768 789 870 926 998 1129 New England 427 440 470 402 546 619 618 627 628 625 706 763 811 879 Per cent from N.E. 86 86 84 86 86 89 85 83 82 79 81 82 81 78
The median points of residence of Dartmouth students for various years from 1860 to 1906 are shown on the accompanying map. If a north and south line (meridian) be found which divides the student body into halves as regards residence, and if the east and west line (parallel of latitude) be found which likewise halves the student body, and the point of intersection be located, this point is called the-median point. All resident students, undergraduate and graduate, were taken to determine these points. Students attending the New Hampshire Agricultural College and Summer School were excluded from the computation. The points were located by the class in statistics as follows:
Median Points of Residence of Dartmouth Students:
1860 6 miles west of Concord, N. H.
1870 18 miles northwest of Concord, N. H.
1894 Contoocook, N. H.
1896 West of Nashua, N. H.
1897 Rindge, N. H.
1898 Jaffrey, N. H.
1899 Hollis Depot, N. H.
1900 10 miles northeast of Fitchburg, Mass.
1901 Athol, Mass
1902 Winchendon Springs, Mass.
1903 Chelmsford, Mass.
1904 Newell, Mass.
1905 Littleton, Mass.
1906 Concord, Mass.
Every student has equal weight in fixing the position of the median point. Professor C. A. Holden has determined the center of gravity of the residence of undergraduates for 1906-07 to be at Cobleskill, N.Y which is forty miles west of Albany. In the latter computation each student is weighted according to the distance of his home from the meridian and the parallel passing through Cobleskill.
MEDIAN POINTS OF RESIDENCE OF DARTMOUTH STUDENTS
