Washington telegraph., 1910-10-21
ARE | HIGH IN STUDY
Women and Athletes Lead Other
Students at University.
co.eds Rank 4 Per Cent Higher Than
Men and Average Work of Frater-
nifty and Sorority Members
Not Up to Standard.

Cndmpalgnt Ill hit othiO'OS VI
the University of Illinois rank higher
than the average young men students
In their class work is the interesting
fact discovered by Professor t. A.
Clark, dean of men, after reviewing
an average of the grades of every
student at the Champaign Urbana
branch of the university. This same
investigation shows that the goods
rHnk per cent higher in their studies
than men and further that the average
work of the fraternity and sorority
members is not quite up to the stand
ard.
To get this information Dean Clark
set number of clerks at work. Each
students grades for both semesters
was averaged according to the num-
Der of hours taken In the subjects.
Thus record of more than 300 stu
dents was obtained, an average in
general made and then the special
classes of students considered we're
compared with this general average.
For the general average of the three
thousand men students the figures
were 81.11 for the first semester and
S1.31 for the second semester, or a
general average of 81.21 for the year
The seven hundred or more co-eds
averaged 86.04 the first semester and |
IS 02 the second semester, or 1888 for
the entire year.
All 70 oT football
baseball. track swimming and basket
ball squads were counted In the list |
of athletes. The two hundred or more |
considered had an average of S2.14 I
for the first semester and S17S the I
second semester, or 1926 for the year. |
The track squad had the high aver
age of 83.07 for the year AMI the bas-
ketbail players a low average An
other interesting discovery is that the
athletes did per cent better work
the semester they were most actively T
engaged In athletics than during the
semester In which they were not. An
execution in this, however, was found T
In the baseball squad which on ac-
count OF numerous trips, as we'll as
long practice periods naturally fell t
down In their class work.
Commenting on this, Dean Clark
says: "Yod can't quite say that an
athlete necessarily breaks down in
his college studies. This may be true
of other colleges, because really
think we look after things more care
fully than they do at some institu-
tions"
Fraternity men we're discovered to
be slightly lower than the average
young mans ranking, and the liter
ary society members much higher
than the avera.e. 1t was also discov-
cred that the fraternity men who took
the slost interest in the general uni
versity affairs had the highest aver
ages, and that the fraternity men
least interested in general college
matters were the poorest fraternity
students, thus disnroving the general
claim made by some fraternity men
that they have too many other inter
ests besides their class work.
The sorority young women, gener
ally speaking, were found to compare
In about the same proportion to the
grand total as did the men. The local
clubs and sororities showed about the
same as the fraternities and sorori-
ties
With these figures as a basis 1t is
probable the fraternity men will be
askeI to adopt "a rule that pledgers
must pass at least IL hours of uni
versity work before they can be mi
tiated If they do not, the university
authorities probably will. The sorori-
ties have already taken action in this
matter,
The figures further show that the
fraternity men from larger cities, such
as from Chicago, are the poorer schol-
ars, and the same can also be said
o. some of the members chosen be-
cause of appearance and first impress
sion.