Presbyterian. 2 6 2 4 5
Quaker. 0 0 1 1 3
Swedenborgian. 0 1 2 2 1
Unitarian. 43 51 48 46 35
Universalist. 1 6 0 0 4
Non Sectarian. 0 4 2 2 0
Undecided. 25 24 24 6 16
Vamous others. 6 6 5 4 2
None. 2 0 25 25 9
Not heard from. 0 16 29 11 58
181 223 289 285 213
The "Religious Greeds" show that there is very little ground for the frequent remark that Harvard education tends towards atheism or agnosticism while the still wider misconception that Harvard is a Unitarian college is also controvert.
The political statistics correct another erroneous belief that Harvard is a school of democracy. In every year except '88 the number of republicans has exceeded the number of democrats and independents together. Following is the table:
Class of 1885 '86 '87 '88 '89
Republican. 82 102 106 95 80
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