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Text of the Questionnaire

The text of the questionnaire, which was sent out to 400 undergraduates, is reproduced below. About 319 returns were obtained, a response of 78 per cent. Certain questions and responses have been deleted for considerations of space; however, these are covered in the specific articles, especially the features on politics and on Catholics, Protestants, and Jews at Harvard.

Where numbers connected by a hyphen are given (e.g. 100-99) this signifies the first number answered "yes;" the second number answered "no" to the statement or question.

1. What is your age? 17-18: 70; 19: 87; 20: 72; 21; 65; 22-23: 15. College class? 1959: 61; 60: 70; '61: 75; '62: 89. Field of concentration? Humanities: 90; Social Science: 108; Natural Science: about 100.

2. In what sort of secondary school did you receive most of your education? 154 public; 73 private boarding; 69 private day; 3 parochial school.

4. What do you plan to do after graduation and/or military duty?

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5. In which one of the following religious traditions were you raised? 22 Roman Catholicism; 2 Eastern Orthodoxy; 183 Protestantism; 67 Judaism; 10 Other; 26 None.

6. To what degree was this religious tradition an influence in your upbringing? 68 very marked; 124 moderate; 89 slight; 26 none at all.

7. Has there been a period in which you have reacted either partially or wholly against this tradition? 195 yes; 78 no; 35 doubtful.

8. If such a reaction did occur, when did significant doubt start? 33 before secondary school; 127 during secondary school; 31 in your freshman year; 13 later in college.

9. If such a change occurred in college to what do you attribute it (check the most important two or three)? 10 courses dealing with religion; 29 increased reading in religion or philosophy; 13 independence from parental ideas; 72 increased thinking about religion and other related problems; 24 influence of friends; 2 personal contact with faculty-members; 6 other.

10. Have you experienced any sudden resurgence of religious faith and interest? 46 in your adolescence; 66 in collge.

11. Would you say at the present time that you: 98 are in substantial agreement with the religious tradition in which you were raised; 157 partially agree with it but have important reservations; 44 wholly reject the religious tradition in which you were raised.

12. At the present time, with which of the following religious traditions are you formally affiliated? 20 Roman Catholicism; 1 Eastern Orthodoxy; 135 Protestantism; 55 Judaism; 2 other; 90 None.

13. In comparison with your classmates, your concern with religious affairs is, in general: 99 more intense; 54 less intense; 147 about the same.

16. Do you believe that the clergy should speak out from the pulpit on controversial political issues? (e.g.disarmament, foreign aid, economic structure, recognition of Communist China, etc.)? 134 yes; 159 no.

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