Morning journal and courier., 1883-06-18
,S3's Statistics.

Some Interesting Facts Concerning tne
 Graduating Class.
 The statistics of the class of '83, as com- piled by Robert H. Cornish, form httie volume which will be of great interest to the class so soon to graduate and it's friends. There are at present 149 men in the class, all of whom hope to receive degrees. The average age is 22 years, 5 months, 2S7 days, the youngest class since TT. There are 19 men under age, including who are less than 20. The tallest man measures feet inches in his stockings the shortest feet inches. The average height is 5 feet 8.6 inches ; average weight 149 pounds 3.2 ounces. The heaviest man weighs POS pounds; theHghtest 1o5. In regard to styles of beauty 25 men say they are blondes and Il brunettes. Other styles are crushed strawberry, strawberry blonde, early English, prehistoric, sawe6-oH style, Mascot, Elizabethan, nondescript, half and half Indo-European, peculiar, Irish, 'the all but" style, Roman, washed out, vaguely negative, gothic. Fifty-nlne men smoke, some eight cigars day; forty-seven began before entering college, the rest since; sixty-four indulged in hazing sophomore year, sixty five drink on proper. occasions, seventy five swear, seventy have.attended all the rushes during the course, sixty five have cribbed or skinned, and twenty one own up to doing it regularly; ninety men do not smoke, eighty four do not drink, seventy nine do not swear, seventy-six do not bet. The majority of the class, it would seem, are very moral.
 Members of the class are church members as follows Congregationalists fl, Episcopa- Hans IT, Presbyterians 10, Methodists z, Baptists 5, Catholics 2, Reformed 2, Jewish, 1. Thirty-eight have taught in mission or Qundav ach001a Booth is the favorite actor, Modjeska the favorite actress The New York Tribune is the fsvorite metropolitan daily and Harper s the weekly. For prose authors Thackeray has the largest number of votes and Long fellows poetry is preferred to that of any other poet by thirty men. President Porter is the most popular professor and MT. Tar bell the most popular tutor.
 The class contains 89 Republicans, 21 Dem ocrats, 10 Independent Republicans 6 are undecided and is free trade Republican. The average expenses have been somewhat lower than usual. For freshman year the average is $SS3 sophomore, $903; junior, $994 senior, SHOOT. The highest sum spent by one man in one year is $5, GOO. The class has contributed over $8, $50 to athletics. As to the future, 50 of the class expect to study law, 12 medicine, theology, sur gerry, 15 will teach, 27 will go into business, enter journalism, become civil engineers and 24 are undecided.
 The record of 'S3 in athletics is quite ex ceptional while as high standing class it early achieved reputation. The college has held the foremost rank in all branches oi athletics since '83 has been in col lege, once only has her men seen defeat at Hamilton Park The college papers have been conducted with great ability and sue cess, and prabably more men have given at tention to writing than is usual, The statis tician has done his work exceedingly vel and is deserving of high praise for the care l and pains taking in compiling the statistics l of the largest class that ever graduated al Yaie.
 | The seniors have their last annual to-mor l row afternoon. In the evening they go tc their class supper at Sayin Rock and tht
 usual fence ceremonies will enliven the cam
 pus. The sophomore fence orator is Gleason 1 and the freshman Petrikin.
 Commencement praise service next Sunda. evening.
 | Chicago ys Yale tomorrow