are not wholly confined to women's colleges, or to any one geographical area. Miss Helen D. Murphey has compiled the statistics for Washington Seminary, in Washington, Pennsylvania, a secondary school for women, founded in 1837. The marriage rate among the graduates of this institution has steadily declined, as is shown in the following table where the records are considered by decades:
| '45 | '55 | '65 | '75 | '85 | '95 | '00 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per cent. married | 78 | 74 | 67 | 72 | 59 | 57 | 55 |
| Per cent. who have gone into other occupations than home-making | 20 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 30 | 30 | 39 |