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This table shows that 41 per cent, of smokers and only 34 per cent, of non-smokers achieved success in varsity athletics.

Of varsity athletes 56 per cent, are smokers as compared with 52 per cent, of all students.

The following table illustrates the same point in another way, giving a percentage of 57.3 for the number of smokers on the various varsity athletic teams during one college year.

Participation in the social activities of college life is best measured by membership in college fraternities. The following table shows the relation between smoking and membership in fraternities:

This table shows a very close relation between smoking and membership in college fraternities.

In order to show more clearly the facts brought out in the previous tables, the following comparisons are made: