Episcopalians Have Highest Total as Brooks House Issues Denominational Figures--Hebrews and Catholics Follow

That Harvard University is distinctly a non-sectarian institution is indicated by figures regarding the religious make-up of the University issued yesterday by J. H. Lane '28, graduate secretary of Phillips Brooks House.

The tabulations, which do not include the Medical and Dental Schools, distributed the 5,125 students into 37 religious groups. The largest total was the Episcopalian, 1066 or 20.8 percent, and increase of 92 or .6 percent in respective percentages over the figure for 1929, when, however, only 4812 students were tabulated. The Hebrew total of 765, or 14.9 percent, an increase of .6 percent over last year's figures, is followed by the Roman Catholic, 726 or 14.1 percent, Congregational, 537 or 10.4 percent: Presbyterian, 469 or 9.1 percent: Methodist, 431 or 8.4 percent, and Unitarian, 364 or 7.1 percent. Each of these groups shows a slight increase in actual number over last year's record.

The remaining 16.4 percent is divided among the smaller denominations as follows: Baptist, 188: Protestant, 163: Christian Science, 87; Lutheran, 82, Christian Church, 54, Reformed church, 42: Universalist, 27: Quaker, 27: Latter Day Saints, 22: Greek Orthodox, 20, Union Church, 10: Evangelical Church, eight, United Church of Canada, six, Swedenborgian, five: Buddhist, four: Church of New Jerusalem, three: Ethical Culture, three: United Brethren, Mohammedan, and Hindu, two each: Russian Orthodox, Humanism, New Church, Plymouth Brethren Bahai. Armenian Church, Church of God, Laurentian, Seventh Day Adventist, and Church of Christ, one each.

Eight of the denominations tabulated in last year's statistics were not represented this year.