Freshman Facts

A record total of 359 different schools is represented by members of the present freshman class, it has been disclosed by further statistics from the office of the Dean of Freshmen. Of the schools which sent men to Dartmouth, 234 are public high schools and 125 are private schools. The number of freshmen from each group, however, is about even, 364 men enrolling from public schools and 341 from private institutions.

The average age of the present Dartmouth freshman is 18.31 years. The youngest member of the first-year class is 16 years, 2 months old, and the oldest is 22 years, 6 months.

Statistics on parents disclose that 271 freshmen have college-trained fathers, while 121 have mothers who attended college. Freshmen with both parents collegetrained total 84. The, 271 fathers went to 77 different colleges, with Dartmouth far in the lead with 75 representatives. The 121 mothers attended 62 different colleges, with Smith and Wellesley practically tied for the lead.

Figures on the occupations of fathers show that most freshmen are the sons of business executives, 163 men coming under that classification. Merchants follow with 102 sons, lawyers with 55, manufacturers with 51, physicians with 44, engineers with 43, insurance men with 35, salesmen with 26, educators with 23, bankers with 22, brokers with 18, contractors with 17, and realtors with 11.

The vocations of the freshmen themselves are announced as follows: Business, 214; law, 137; physicians, 110; engineers, 86; educators, 43; journalists, 34; scientists, 20; artists and authors, 16. Fifteen members of the class admit that they have no planned vocation.

Church preferences show that 160 freshmen are of the Episcopal faith, with the Congregational Church following with 130, the Presbyterian Church with 107, the Catholic Church with 101, and the Jewish Church with 37. No preference is listed by 25 freshmen.

Among the favored groups admitted to the freshman class, sons of alumni total 75; residents of New Hampshire, 43; applicants from west of the Mississippi, 45; applicants from south of the Ohio and Potomac Rivers, 8; and applicants from foreign countries, 5.