Majority of Yale Graduates Entering Industrial Careers

A surprising trend away from the professions and toward industrial and commercial pursuits is shown in the new Yale directory of living graduates. The recent compilation shows a gain of 99 per cent, in the number of graduates engaged in industrial and commercial pursuits in the 12 years ending with 1915; while the gain in the number of Yale alumni in the professions for the same period was only 24 per cent.

The number of graduates in the principal divisions in 1904 and in 1915 and the gain in 12 years is shown below: Professional.   Gain   1904  1915  Pot. Law,  3,156  4,013  27 Education,  1,489  1,919  29 Medicine,  1,151  1,387  20 Ministry,  1,141  1,255  10   --  --  -- Total,  6,937  8,574  24 Industrial. Manufact.  1,171  2,175  86 Finance,  1,138  2,087  83 Mercant. Busin.,  937  1,688  80 Engineering,  849  2,218  160 Total,  4,095  8,169  99   --  --  --