New-York tribune., 1876-06-20
STUDENT LIFE AT YALE.

THE STATISTICS or THE GRADUATING CIAss-ANtR-
AGE AGF. WEIGHT, AND HIGHT OF THE Class
RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL oPINIoNs-soCiAL
pABITs.
lFPoM AN oCCAsIoSAL CORRESPONDENT or THE rRIBuNE
NEw-HAvEN, June 19.-1he pamphlet con-
tanning the statistics graduating class Of Yale Col
ega which has just appeared. gives information about
the class that will be real with much interest by the out
side public well students at the college Tie resi-
dencc age weight hight religious faith political opIu-
ions ana social habits Of the members Of the class are all
mlnutey given together with an account OF its exploits
and failures in the college and its secret society e
The Glass '7G had, when its roll was first called
four wears aro lG2 members aud has at graduation l2
members other members having joined it FROM year to
wear and kept up numbers well There were no deaths
Nev-York sends the largest number OF students-13;
Connecticut comes next with 81; then Massachusetts
with TO- Illinois wCh - Pennsylyaia and Ne"-JefSeS
with each OHIO, 81 New-llampshire, kcntuckl'
Louisiana, wisconsin Maine, ana california cMm
Vermont, Maryland, Missouri, Iowa hna Chill;
/ each. The professions or tAe Id'h'f9 oI
the scholars were Us follows: lawyers -
ministers s; editors, =; teachers z; merchants, - T;
manufacturers, 10; farmers 10 ralIoai om,..s .
bankers 81 Ya estate dealers, 2; brewers - railroad
ldcr' and a "Tetred Wall-st gambler" Tue fathers
of As members OF the class are college graduates IL oi
whom were graduated at Yale College The average age
of tue graduating class y ~ vars ana ~ NV ~ ~ ~ ~
Commencement Day the Oldest VIII be y years months
and 2G days old the youngest 10 years months ana 20
ys Ic average wegnt OF the class l. 49 pounds and
y ounce. The heaviest man weighs 200 po4nIs ihe
inches The talcsJ is feet "a inches ~ hlsht
me smallest . feet inches. Ei c-gias. q are
,gorn 10y n men, spectacIes by 3. Thirteen
of the members of tnc class have decided IL
gtudy theology 40, the law q, medcne ~ General
business; p rlauuf cturmg business; A. journalism
tr1rainr 8 civil engineering, and IG win eacn year
before entering upon any pro eSs9i Al he polls % No
tbe Republican ticket aud ID the Democratic OF the Re
rubicaps five call Jhcniselye Liberals. Seven men as
Set thAC hey are Independents. On legislation respect
ing The tariff the class divided follows: % iayor
free trade and II think protection Dcedful There are
lis hari-mOney in the class, and two SOFT
money mea. scventy-eght Of The class are church
members and hciOng to tie Yaiisus sccls ana
denominations follows: COngregauoDsiists, SO 4;
Eplscopali<Ds, 10; Ple'Dyt-rans, u; Bapliste,
McthodistS, 2 Quaker, Unyersalst. Hebrew, 3;
catholic q or those PROCESSING rclisOn, coll them
selves Coug1 egaonalsts, Presbytcrans, Baptists
Dutch Reformed and / Methodist. FOrty-sevens have
taught in the various church aud mission sundays hOOs
i'm he city. There ~ habual smokers, 33 moderate
s1nokrrs aud 43 do not smoke There are - men-
beers OF the class who play upon musical Instruments
The average amount annually spent by each member
Was 81 O7j 20 largest total expenditure OF amy one
was so 800, smallest ~ 2sO the total expense was
Dh Win other classes, out very successful IN boat
ing In It's ranks r. j. Z ok, the captain Of Tie
crew that the ege regatta race at Springfield IN
1873 and captain Of the crews at Saratoga III 1874
nd