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...together with half the Halls in the Yard. He found that: 46 per cent of the natives of the Dunster go out on more than half the evenings in the week, 43.8 per cent of those in Lowell, 47.6 per cent of the members of Leverett, but only 29.1 percent of the Freshmen...
Furthermore, more studying is done by the Freshmen than by any other class in College, believe it or not! Hero are the figures: 34.6 per cent of the Freshmen study the greater part of the evening, 24 percent of the Dunsterians, 27.5 per cent of those in Lowell, and 31.5 per cent of those in Leverett...
Then, too, a great many spend their 'spare time playing bridge, poker, or just plain, "bulling." 20.9 per cent do this in the Yard, 28.7 percent in Lowell, 18 per cent in Dunster, and 19.8 per cent in Leverett. At first the CRIMSON's Winchell started to classify those ways of spending time, but he found that this embarrassed people a great deal. For example, there was the chap who solemnly asserted that he spent all his time studying. "Yes, of course," Crimson chell agreed, politely, trying hard to avoid looking at the debrit of last night's poker game...
...very first man who was questioned turned out to be a Lampoon editor! No truth to be found there! Aside from that Dunster wasn't so bad. The seeker after knowledge discovered that 24 per cent of those resident therein studied a fair amount of the time, 18 percent had bill session" or bridge parties, 12 per cent were away for at least the early part of the evening on extra-curricular activities (it is well known how Lampoon editors spend their nights), and finally there was the 46 per cent that habitually passes its evenings elsewhere...
What percentage of your men respond to tutorial instruction and are genuinely benefited by it? (Apart from the practical consideration of preparations for generals?) Less than 33 1-3 percent 9 33 1-3 to 50 percent 24 50 to 66 2-3 percent 19 66 2-3 to 75 percent 19 75 to 35 percent 17 85 to 100 percent 27 No answer...