ves.

The most interesting question, and in many respects the crucial question,
to be asked concerning college-bred Negroes, is: Do they earn a living? It
has been intimated more than once that the higher training of Negroes has
resulted in sending into the world of work, men who could find nothing to
do suitable to their talents. Now and then there comes a rumor of a
colored college man working at menial service, etc. Fortunately, returns
as to occupations of college-bred Negroes, gathered by the Atlanta
conference, are quite full--nearly sixty per cent. of the total number of
graduates.

This enables us to reach fairly certain conclusions as to the occupations
of all college-bred Negroes. Of 1,312 persons reported, there were:

---------------------------------+----------+------------
| Per Cent.|
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Teachers, | 53.4 |************
Clergymen, | 16.8 |******
Physicians, etc., | 6.3 |****
Students, | 5.6 |***
Lawyers, | 4.7 |***
In Govt. Service, | 4.0 |**
In Business, | 3.6 |**
Farmers and Artisans, | 2.7 |*
Editors, Secretaries and Clerks, | 2.4 |*
Miscellaneous. | .5 |*
---------------------------------+----------+------------

Over half are teachers, a sixth are preachers, another sixth are students
and professional men; over 6 per cent. are farmers, artisans and
merchants, and 4 per cent. are in government service. In detail the
occupations are as follows:

_Occupations of College-Bred Men._

Teachers:
Presidents and Deans, 19
Teacher of Music, 7
Professors, Principals and Teachers, 675 Total 701

Clergymen:
Bishop, 1
Chaplains U.S. Army, 2
Missionaries, 9
Presiding Elders, 12
Preachers, 197 Total 221

Physicians,
Doctors of Medicine, 76
Druggists, 4
Dentists, 3 Total 83

Students, 74

Lawyers,