Done and Felt

The results of two surveys to determine how university students spend their time and what they feel about certain mental and physical problems were announced last week.

At the University of Idaho the average 24-hour day of 100 men and women students was divided as follows:

MEN Hr. Min., WOMEN Hr. Min.

Sleep 8:15, 8:25

Study 3:05, 2:55

Classes 3:05, 2:40

Recreation 2:50 2:15

Meals 1:35 1:30

Personal 1:00 1:45

Talking 40, 55

Dates 10 35

Entertaining 5 0

Religion 10 10

Extracurricular 25 5

Fraternity, sorority 15 5

Correspondence 10 20

Work 30 30

Total 22:15 22:10

There were several other classifications in which not many minutes were spent. At the University of Toronto, Canada, Psychologist J. W. Bridges asked 168 students to answer some questions the answers to which could be considered "symptomatic."

The results among the men:

Have you ever had any great mental shock? Yes, 11. No, 0.

Did you ever have the habit of twitching your face, neck or shoulders? Yes, 12. No, 6.

Do you feel happy most of the time? Yes, 3. No, 11.

Is it easy to make you laugh? Yes, 6. No, 21.

Have you ever been afraid of going insane? Yes, 8. No, 3.

The results among the women:

Do you dream often? Yes, 35. No, 53.

Is your head apt to ache on one side? Yes, 4. No, 25.

Did you ever allow a boy to make love to you? Yes, 59. No, 0.

Did you ever make love to a person of the same sex? Yes, 3. No, 22.

Are you ever bothered by a feeling that things are not real? Yes, 13. No, 31.

Do you think you have too much trouble in making up your mind? Yes, 29. No, 56.