Most Students Will Go Home By Train, Some Others By Auto, Plane, and Boat

Means of transportation which students will use to go home next week are, in order of popularity: railroad, automobile, airplane, hitch-hiking, bicycling. This conclusion was reached from a nurvey made by a CRIMSON reporter, in which 300 men, all living at least 50 miles from Cambridge, were questioned.

Sixty two per cent of the students questioned will be carried home by railroads, while automobiles, will take only 26 per cent to the scenes of their vacation. It is significant, however, that the number in each class who plan to drive home varies inversely with the number of their class. Of 75 members who were visited from the Class of 1937, 15 will drive; of the same number from the Class of 1936, 21; from the Senior Class, 23.

It is interesting to note that Seniors and Freshmen seem to be the air-minded classes of the College. In each of these two classes eight men were found who hoped to reach their destinations by plane; while in the Junior and Sophomore Classes only three men apiece were found who expected to fly.

Regarding the more unique modes of travel, it seems that the majority of the sailors are to be found in the Class of 1934, all the cyclists in the Sophomore Class, and all the hoboes among the Freshmen, Five Seniors were found who will travel by boat, two Sophomore roommates in Winthrop House who said they would bicycle their way home, and two Freshmen who were going to their native village "on the thumb." For some reason the Junior Class seems to be the most orthodox. Only three of its members were found who will go home by ship, and none who would either hitch-hike or ride their bicycles.

A complete summary of the survey follows:

The number of Freshmen who will go by train is 48, by auto 15, by plane 8, by boat 1, by bicycle 0, and by hitch-hiking 3. The number of Sophomores who will go by train is 51, by auto 19, by plane 3, by boat 0, by bicycle 2, and by hitch-hiking 0.

The number of Juniors who will go by train is 48, by auto 21, by plane 3, by boat 3, by bicycle 0, and by hitch-hiking 0. The number of Seniors who will go by train is 39, by auto 23, by plane 8, by boat 5, by bicycle 0, by hitch-hiking 0. The total number who will go by train is 186, by auto 78, by plane 22, by boat 9, by hitch-hiking 3, and by bicycling 2. This makes the per cent. of the total who will go by train 62, the per cent. by auto 26, the per cent. by plane 7 1-3, the per cent. by boat 3, the per cent. by hitch-hiking 1, and by bicycle 2-3 of one per cent.