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females were foreign-born; n.6 per cent, of the 
males, 5.4 per cent, of the females. 
Some interesting figures are found in regard to the 
apparent tendency of certain races to enter special oc 
cupations. For example, among the male students, na 
tive-born of foreign fathers, 11.6 per cent, of those 
studying theology are Irish, 6.3 per cent, of those 
studying law, 3.7 per cent, of those in medicine; while 
the Hebrew students, male, native-born of foreign 
fathers, form 7.3 per cent, of those studying law and 
only 0.1 per cent, of those studying theology. Evident 
ly the Irish are much more inclined toward the study 
of theology than the Hebrews. 
On the whole, the study of the schools shows an 
extremely hopeful feature, the foreign-born, generally 
speaking, taking great interest in the schools which 
form the chief assimilative force among them. 
Inasmuch as the welfare of our school children is 
so largely dependent upon the teachers, it is a matter 
of special interest to note the nativity and races of the 
teachers in the public schools. The number of teach 
ers regarding whom information concerning races was 
secured was 49,067. Of that number 94.2 per cent, 
were native-born, but 42.8 per cent, of the entire 
number were native-born of foreign parents. Six of 
the foreign races were represented by more than one 
hundred teachers each, as follows: 
Hebrew, various nationalities 713 
English 435 
Irish 404 
German 317 
Canadian other than French 311 
Scotch 271