1912–13 Volume 37 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

418 THE SCROLLwith the country's pace. We have splendid alumni at Seattle, but no chapterin the great University of Washington, though twelve powerful fraternitiesare there. Have we let the opportunity go by there forever too? Is "f" K ^ growingwith the United States or is it lulled to sleep by the Union myth of "exclusiveness"? Are we working vigorously toward the greater future or are wecomplacently viewing a past that is passed good and hard? We should knowwhat is going on in fhe college world. Perhaps every other western state excelsNevada in wealth, population and future prospects. Kenyon has had chaptersof "^ T, A A * and AKE for fifty years. Suppose you begin at the bottomby securing the figures and comparing the incomes, endowments, faculties,curriculum, and attendance of Kenyon and the University of Nevada. IfNevada is as fine a school as Kenyon, of course "exclusiveness" is simply asnobbish myth and 4> K ^ must catch step with the progess of our country.—"Nestor" in the Shield of # K *.WHAT BECOMES OF COLLEGE GRADUATESTo the United States Bureau of Education we are indebted for a study coveringthe occupations of our college graduates, from 1642 to igoo. StatisticsMfcD'CiNt EouciTioH BUSINESS% \iUw McpiciHL EoucariON DUSINESS PUHUC ScWctof thirty-seven colleges and universities furnished this material. Taking threeperiods a century apart, we have fhe following percentages:1696-1700. 1796-1800. 1896-1900.Ministry 65.6 21.4 5.9Law 1.6 30.5 15.6Medicine 3.1 8.4 6.6Education 4.7 S.7 26.7Business 1.6 5.6 18.8Public service .' 9.4 1.1' 1-0