E 5.8 Columbia and Princeton Freshmen by Fathers’
Occupation, 1921
Fathers’ Occupation Princeton # Princeton % Columbia # Columbia %
Business* 265 46% 178 31%
Professions** 149 26% 86 15%
Low-Wage Positions*** 15 3% 61 11%
Other Occupations 152 26% 246 43%
Totals 581 100% 571 100%
*Includes merchants, manufacturers, bankers, insurance, brokers, real estate, managers and contractors
** Includes lawyers, physicians, ministers and academics
*** Includes laborers, bookkeepers, clerks, secretaries
Source: Princeton Alumni Weekly, October 26, 1921, 81; Columbia Alumni News, April 21, 1922, 374.