Northfield Mount Hermon '57 Reunion Survey

If you attended Northfield, how many years were you there? (skip if you went to Mount Hermon)
		Response Percent	Response Count
One Year		75.0%	3
Two Years		0.0%	0
Three Years		0.0%	0
Four Years		25.0%	1
	answered question		4
	skipped question		52

If you attended Mount Hermon, how many years were you there? (skip if you went to Northfield)
		Response Percent	Response Count
One Year		10.7%	6
Two Years		32.1%	18
Three Years		30.4%	17
Four Years		26.8%	15
	answered question		56
	skipped question		0

How would you rate your overall experience at the school?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Very positive		82.1%	46
Somewhat positive		16.1%	9
Somewhat negative		1.8%	1
Very negative		0.0%	0
	answered question		56
	skipped question		0

How would you now rate the importance to you of the following aspects of the school?
	Very Iimportant	Somewhat Important	Less Important	Not Important	Response Count
Academics	91.1% (51)	8.9% (5)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	56
Athletics	30.4% (17)	39.3% (22)	23.2% (13)	7.1% (4)	56
Chapel	33.3% (18)	35.2% (19)	18.5% (10)	13.0% (7)	54
Club activities	14.5% (8)	40.0% (22)	36.4% (20)	9.1% (5)	55
Friendships	35.7% (20)	55.4% (31)	8.9% (5)	0.0% (0)	56
Socializing on the other campus	21.8% (12)	36.4% (20)	34.5% (19)	7.3% (4)	55
Work program	50.0% (28)	39.3% (22)	10.7% (6)	0.0% (0)	56
Music	49.1% (27)	21.8% (12)	21.8% (12)	7.3% (4)	55
Dorm life (Northfield only)	0.0% (0)	66.7% (2)	0.0% (0)	33.3% (1)	3
	answered question				56
	skipped question				0

While at the school how connected did you feel?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Like an insider		27.3%	15
Somewhat of an insider		45.5%	25
Somewhat of an outsider		23.6%	13
Like an outsider		3.6%	2
	answered question		55
	skipped question		1

While at the school how important was religion to you?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Very important		12.7%	7
Somewhat important		45.5%	25
Less important		27.3%	15
Not important		14.6%	8
	answered question		55
	skipped question		1

How important is spirituality to you now?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Very important		39.3%	22
Somewhat important		19.6%	11
Less important		12.5%	7
Not important		28.6%	16
	answered question		56
	skipped question		0

Did you commit any major infractions of school rules?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		25.5%	14
No		74.6%	41
	answered question		55
	skipped question		1

Were you disciplined for any such infractions?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		10.2%	5
No		89.8%	44
	answered question		49
	skipped question		7

What is your sexual orientation?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Heterosexual		94.6%	53
Bisexual		1.8%	1
Homosexual		3.6%	2
	answered question		56
	skipped question		0

How many times have you been married?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Never		1.8%	1
Once		71.4%	40
Twice		21.4%	12
Three times		5.4%	3
Four or more		0.0%	0
	answered question		56
	skipped question		0

Enter the longest number of years you've been married to one spouse
		Response Count
		55
	answered question	55
	skipped question	1

Enter the number of children you have had
		Response Count
		54
	answered question	54
	skipped question	2

Enter the number of grandchildren you have had
		Response Count
		55
	answered question	55
	skipped question	1

Enter the number of great-grandchildren you have had
		Response Count
		49
	answered question	49
	skipped question	7

How much additional education did you achieve after the school?
		Response Percent	Response Count
None		0.0%	0
Some college		5.4%	3
College degree		33.9%	19
Masters degree		32.1%	18
Doctorate degree		28.6%	16
	answered question		56
	skipped question		0

Have you ever been in the military?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		47.3%	26
No		52.7%	29
	answered question		55
	skipped question		1

During the Vietnam War were you?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Supportive of the war		28.6%	16
Undecided about the war		21.4%	12
Opposed to the war		33.9%	19
Serving in the military		19.6%	11
	answered question		56
	skipped question		0

Regarding the current Iraq war were you?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Supportive from the beginning		28.6%	16
Initially supportive but now disillusioned		19.6%	11
Opposed from the beginning		50.0%	28
Undecided		1.8%	1
	answered question		56
	skipped question		0

Politically, do you consider yourself a?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Republican		33.9%	19
Democrat		37.5%	21
Independent		25.0%	14
Libertarian		0.0%	0
Other (please specify)		3.6%	2
	answered question		56
	skipped question		0

In political philosophy, do you consider yourself?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Very conservative		5.4%	3
Moderately conservative		35.7%	20
Centrist		12.5%	7
Moderately liberal		33.9%	19
Very liberal		10.7%	6
Other (please specify)		3.6%	2
	answered question		56
	skipped question		0

Regarding the issue of global warning, which response best reflects your thinking?
		Response Percent	Response Count
This is a major development that requires long-term drastic adjustments in our way of life		60.7%	34
This may become serious, so we should take some initial steps		17.9%	10
I don't know if we need to do anything now		5.4%	3
This is just part of the natural ebb and flow of nature and will take care of itself		16.1%	9
Other (please specify)		8.9%	5
	answered question		56
	skipped question		0

Have you had experience with illegal drugs?
		Response Percent	Response Count
None		69.6%	39
Sampled marijuana		26.8%	15
Used marijuana regularly at one time		3.6%	2
Sampled harder drugs such as cocaine or heroin		0.0%	0
Became addicted to harder drugs at one time		0.0%	0
	answered question		56
	skipped question		0

About how many countries have you visited in your lifetime? (geographically separated entities such as Hawaii, Alaska or Sicily count independently)
		Response Count
		55
	answered question	55
	skipped question	1

Have you lived in a foreign country for more than four months? When and where?
		Response Count
		45
	answered question	45
	skipped question	11

Do you feel connected with the rest of the world?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		60.7%	34
Somewhat		37.5%	21
No		1.8%	1
	answered question		56
	skipped question		0

Have you been afflicted with any of the following major ailments?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Hip or knee replacement		16.7%	4
Prostate cancer		16.7%	4
Breast cancer		0.0%	0
Other cancers		29.2%	7
Heart disease/heart attack		16.7%	4
Stroke		8.3%	2
Other (please specify)		41.7%	10
	answered question		24
	skipped question		32

If your answers to any of the above were affirmative, how have you coped with it?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Surgery		80.0%	16
Chemotherapy		5.0%	1
Radiation		20.0%	4
Drugs		30.0%	6
Alternative medicine		5.0%	1
Exercise, diet, physical therapy		55.0%	11
Spirituality/faith-based healing		25.0%	5
	answered question		20
	skipped question		36

Are you now?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Fully retired		58.2%	32
Partially retired		30.9%	17
Working full time		10.9%	6
	answered question		55
	skipped question		1

How much time do you devote to community/public support?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Heavily involved on a regular basis		32.1%	18
Frequently on an irregular basis		19.6%	11
Occasionally involved		35.7%	20
Not at all		12.5%	7
	answered question		56
	skipped question		0

To what types of organizations do you donate your time and/or money? (Check all that apply)
		Response Percent	Response Count
Youth groups		13.5%	7
Religious		50.0%	26
Community building		48.1%	25
Arts		42.3%	22
Educational		69.2%	36
Health/human service		51.9%	27
Political		34.6%	18
International		25.0%	13
	answered question		52
	skipped question		4

Have you ever held elected or appointed office?
		Response Percent	Response Count
No		76.8%	43
Yes		0.0%	0
If yes, what office?		23.2%	13
	answered question		56
	skipped question		0

What kinds of personal responsibilities do you carry?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Caring for parent(s)		50.0%	5
Raising grandchildren		10.0%	1
Caring for an ailing spouse		0.0%	0
Caring for other relative or friend		20.0%	2
Current executor of an estate		40.0%	4
	answered question		10
	skipped question		46

In what field has been your primary career or life work?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Arts		5.4%	3
Business		25.0%	14
Education		19.6%	11
Engineering		16.1%	9
Finance		8.9%	5
Government		5.4%	3
Homemaking		0.0%	0
Industry		1.8%	1
Law		3.6%	2
Medicine		3.6%	2
Military		7.1%	4
Real estate		1.8%	1
Science		5.4%	3
Writing/journalism		1.8%	1
Other (please specify)		19.6%	11
	answered question		56
	skipped question		0

What are your primary hobbies/activities?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Bicycling		19.6%	11
Boating/fishing		21.4%	12
Canoeing/kayaking		17.9%	10
Gardening		21.4%	12
Golf		26.8%	15
Hiking/camping		26.8%	15
Hunting		7.1%	4
Land conservation, birding, ecological travel		8.9%	5
Needlework		0.0%	0
Reading		55.4%	31
Running		8.9%	5
Skiing/winter sports		16.1%	9
Television		23.2%	13
Tennis		8.9%	5
Traveling		51.8%	29
Other (please specify)		51.8%	29
	answered question		56
	skipped question		0

The most significant change(s) in my life over the past five years:
		Response Count
		47
	answered question	47
	skipped question	9

The most delightful aspect(s) of being where we are in life:
		Response Count
		50
	answered question	50
	skipped question	6

And the most troubling aspect(s):
		Response Count
		48
	answered question	48
	skipped question	8

Something(s) I’m doing to stay sharp forever:
		Response Count
		50
	answered question	50
	skipped question	6

Something new I’ve taken up in the past five years:
		Response Count
		44
	answered question	44
	skipped question	12

A question that wasn’t asked, and my answer (specify Q. and A.):
		Response Count
		28
	answered question	28
	skipped question	28

And finally, how satisfied are you with your life to date?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Very satisfied		74.6%	41
Somewhat satisfied		21.8%	12
Neutral		1.8%	1
Somewhat dissatisfied		1.8%	1
Very dissatisfied		0.0%	0
	answered question		55
	skipped question		1