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The Student

Body

173

OCCUPATIONS OP PARENTS OP STUDENTS

Prom the following table it will be seen that the student body of the University is composed of young men and young women whose parents are engaged in occupations of the most varied character.18 Here again the figures presented are for a single year, 1912-13, but it is not probable that the year upon which the study was made was exceptional in the facts pertaining to the occupations followed by the parents of the students of this University.

OCCUPATIONS OF S T U D E N T S ' PARENTS AND GUARDIANS—

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT UBBANA,

1912-13

L. A. fe S. Professions (the m i n i s t r y , medicine, the law, teaching, the army and navy) 204 Scientific Professions (ceramists, chemists, engineers, etc) 45 Artistic Professions (architects, artists, authors, etc.) 9 Government Service (United States, state, county, city) 41 Business Manufacturing 53 Mercantile 300 Business Managers 50 Financial and semi-legal (abstracter, banker, broker, cashier, real estate dealer, e t c ) 87 Railroading 35 Agriculturists 301 Skilled Laborers 76 Unskilled Laborers 27 Miscellaneous 73 Retired or " n o occupation" 20 Occupation not given 53

Total

Eng.

LiAgr. Music Law brary Total

99

98

17

27

4

449

71 23 37 57 228 75

18 8 18 12 117 27

..

4 .•

2 1 1 .. 3 ..

140 41 102 129 680 162

1 1 17 4

4 6 15 6

83 35 142 120 43 71 18 58 1,160

58 16 409 35 14 36 7 6 879

10 2 20 6 1 4 5 88

11 4 27 6 6 2 2 6 126

2 1 10 1 1 3 2 5 36

251 93 909 244 92 189 49 133 3,668

1,874

"Report of Registrar, Univ. of IB., September 29, 1918, p. 78