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Slightly less than one-third of the fathers graduated from an Ivy League school; a little less than one-fifth of the mothers graduated from Wellesley and another six or seven per cent attended another seven-sister school. Eighty-five per cent of the families own two or more cars, while 30 per cent own three or more. About three out of five of those who answered are Protestant. Around 15 per cent are Jewish and about the same number are non-denominational...
When confronted with a choice between Peck and Peck, Filene's, and Bobbi Baker, more Wellesley girls would choose to buy their clothes at Peck and Peck, with Filene's running a close second and Bobbi Baker a long third...
...Most Wellesley girls would like to get married only after working awhile after the completion of college. Sixty per cent of the girls would not marry a man of a different race, while only 26 per cent would refused to marry somebody of another religion. Sixty per cent of the girls reported on the questionnaire that before attending Wellesley they had never been in a class with two or more Negroes...
There seems to be little political impetus at Wellesley. About 20 per cent of the girls declared themselves Democrats and another 20 per cent said they were Republicans. But the majority said they were unaffiliated. About half of the girls are unaffiliated liberals and close to ten per cent aligned themselves with conservatives. But only about 15 per cent would like to join SDS and an even smaller number are opposed to the present 2-S draft deferment...
...large percentage of these 140 girls are dissatisfied with Wellesley. Of those applicants initially accepted, 28 per cent turn Wellesley down. More than one-third of the girls who filled out the questionnaire said if they could choose again they would not go to Wellesley. All in all, only 80 per cent of the original Wellesley freshmen class goes on to graduate...