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		0.0%	0
Two Years		42.9%	27
Three Years		42.9%	27
Four Years		14.3%	9
	answered question		63
	skipped question		0

If you attended Mount Hermon, how many years were you there? (skip if you went to Northfield)
		Response Percent	Response Count
One Year		0.0%	0
Two Years		0.0%	0
Three Years		0.0%	0
Four Years		0.0%	0
	answered question		0
	skipped question		63

How would you rate your overall experience at the school?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Very positive		73.0%	46
Somewhat positive		22.2%	14
Somewhat negative		4.8%	3
Very negative		0.0%	0
	answered question		63
	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	90.3% (56)	8.1% (5)	1.6% (1)	0.0% (0)	62
Athletics	8.5% (5)	22.0% (13)	40.7% (24)	28.8% (17)	59
Chapel	34.4% (21)	52.5% (32)	8.2% (5)	4.9% (3)	61
Club activities	3.3% (2)	38.3% (23)	40.0% (24)	18.3% (11)	60
Friendships	74.6% (47)	19.0% (12)	3.2% (2)	3.2% (2)	63
Socializing on the other campus	16.7% (10)	21.7% (13)	31.7% (19)	30.0% (18)	60
Work program	56.5% (35)	33.9% (21)	6.5% (4)	3.2% (2)	62
Music	72.9% (43)	22.0% (13)	5.1% (3)	0.0% (0)	59
Dorm life (Northfield only)	69.4% (43)	29.0% (18)	1.6% (1)	0.0% (0)	62
	answered question				63
	skipped question				0

While at the school how connected did you feel?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Like an insider		36.5%	23
Somewhat of an insider		34.9%	22
Somewhat of an outsider		28.6%	18
Like an outsider		0.0%	0
	answered question		63
	skipped question		0

While at the school how important was religion to you?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Very important		28.6%	18
Somewhat important		44.4%	28
Less important		19.1%	12
Not important		7.9%	5
	answered question		63
	skipped question		0

How important is spirituality to you now?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Very important		48.4%	30
Somewhat important		21.0%	13
Less important		22.6%	14
Not important		8.1%	5
	answered question		62
	skipped question		1

Did you commit any major infractions of school rules?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		12.9%	8
No		87.1%	54
	answered question		62
	skipped question		1

Were you disciplined for any such infractions?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		7.3%	4
No		92.7%	51
	answered question		55
	skipped question		8

What is your sexual orientation?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Heterosexual		98.3%	59
Bisexual		0.0%	0
Homosexual		1.7%	1
	answered question		60
	skipped question		3

How many times have you been married?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Never		6.5%	4
Once		72.6%	45
Twice		17.7%	11
Three times		3.2%	2
Four or more		0.0%	0
	answered question		62
	skipped question		1

Enter the longest number of years you've been married to one spouse
		Response Count
		58
	answered question	58
	skipped question	5

Enter the number of children you have had
		Response Count
		60
	answered question	60
	skipped question	3

Enter the number of grandchildren you have had
		Response Count
		57
	answered question	57
	skipped question	6

Enter the number of great-grandchildren you have had
		Response Count
		36
	answered question	36
	skipped question	27

How much additional education did you achieve after the school?
		Response Percent	Response Count
None		0.0%	0
Some college		3.2%	2
College degree		43.6%	27
Masters degree		37.1%	23
Doctorate degree		16.1%	10
	answered question		62
	skipped question		1

Have you ever been in the military?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		1.6%	1
No		98.4%	62
	answered question		63
	skipped question		0

During the Vietnam War were you?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Supportive of the war		6.8%	4
Undecided about the war		30.5%	18
Opposed to the war		62.7%	37
Serving in the military		1.7%	1
	answered question		59
	skipped question		4

Regarding the current Iraq war were you?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Supportive from the beginning		4.8%	3
Initially supportive but now disillusioned		14.5%	9
Opposed from the beginning		77.4%	48
Undecided		3.2%	2
	answered question		62
	skipped question		1

Politically, do you consider yourself a?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Republican		15.9%	10
Democrat		54.0%	34
Independent		31.8%	20
Libertarian		1.6%	1
Other (please specify)		1.6%	1
	answered question		63
	skipped question		0

In political philosophy, do you consider yourself?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Very conservative		0.0%	0
Moderately conservative		16.1%	10
Centrist		9.7%	6
Moderately liberal		51.6%	32
Very liberal		22.6%	14
Other (please specify)		0.0%	0
	answered question		62
	skipped question		1

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		79.4%	50
This may become serious, so we should take some initial steps		12.7%	8
I don't know if we need to do anything now		3.2%	2
This is just part of the natural ebb and flow of nature and will take care of itself		4.8%	3
Other (please specify)		4.8%	3
	answered question		63
	skipped question		0

Have you had experience with illegal drugs?
		Response Percent	Response Count
None		58.3%	35
Sampled marijuana		40.0%	24
Used marijuana regularly at one time		0.0%	0
Sampled harder drugs such as cocaine or heroin		1.7%	1
Became addicted to harder drugs at one time		0.0%	0
	answered question		60
	skipped question		3

About how many countries have you visited in your lifetime? (geographically separated entities such as Hawaii, Alaska or Sicily count independently)
		Response Count
		63
	answered question	63
	skipped question	0

Have you lived in a foreign country for more than four months? When and where?
		Response Count
		43
	answered question	43
	skipped question	20

Do you feel connected with the rest of the world?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		58.1%	36
Somewhat		41.9%	26
No		0.0%	0
	answered question		62
	skipped question		1

Have you been afflicted with any of the following major ailments?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Hip or knee replacement		25.8%	8
Prostate cancer		0.0%	0
Breast cancer		38.7%	12
Other cancers		29.0%	9
Heart disease/heart attack		3.2%	1
Stroke		0.0%	0
Other (please specify)		22.6%	7
	answered question		31
	skipped question		32

If your answers to any of the above were affirmative, how have you coped with it?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Surgery		90.3%	28
Chemotherapy		25.8%	8
Radiation		16.1%	5
Drugs		19.4%	6
Alternative medicine		12.9%	4
Exercise, diet, physical therapy		51.6%	16
Spirituality/faith-based healing		12.9%	4
	answered question		31
	skipped question		32

Are you now?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Fully retired		49.2%	30
Partially retired		26.2%	16
Working full time		24.6%	15
	answered question		61
	skipped question		2

How much time do you devote to community/public support?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Heavily involved on a regular basis		29.0%	18
Frequently on an irregular basis		29.0%	18
Occasionally involved		38.7%	24
Not at all		3.2%	2
	answered question		62
	skipped question		1

To what types of organizations do you donate your time and/or money? (Check all that apply)
		Response Percent	Response Count
Youth groups		27.1%	16
Religious		47.5%	28
Community building		35.6%	21
Arts		66.1%	39
Educational		59.3%	35
Health/human service		61.0%	36
Political		33.9%	20
International		22.0%	13
	answered question		59
	skipped question		4

Have you ever held elected or appointed office?
		Response Percent	Response Count
No		78.7%	48
Yes		1.6%	1
If yes, what office?		19.7%	12
	answered question		61
	skipped question		2

What kinds of personal responsibilities do you carry?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Caring for parent(s)		36.8%	7
Raising grandchildren		21.1%	4
Caring for an ailing spouse		15.8%	3
Caring for other relative or friend		15.8%	3
Current executor of an estate		26.3%	5
	answered question		19
	skipped question		44

In what field has been your primary career or life work?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Arts		6.5%	4
Business		11.3%	7
Education		43.6%	27
Engineering		0.0%	0
Finance		4.8%	3
Government		3.2%	2
Homemaking		12.9%	8
Industry		1.6%	1
Law		0.0%	0
Medicine		17.7%	11
Military		0.0%	0
Real estate		1.6%	1
Science		1.6%	1
Writing/journalism		3.2%	2
Other (please specify)		32.3%	20
	answered question		62
	skipped question		1

What are your primary hobbies/activities?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Bicycling		14.5%	9
Boating/fishing		9.7%	6
Canoeing/kayaking		25.8%	16
Gardening		56.5%	35
Golf		4.8%	3
Hiking/camping		27.4%	17
Hunting		0.0%	0
Land conservation, birding, ecological travel		22.6%	14
Needlework		25.8%	16
Reading		82.3%	51
Running		0.0%	0
Skiing/winter sports		16.1%	10
Television		12.9%	8
Tennis		1.6%	1
Traveling		58.1%	36
Other (please specify)		59.7%	37
	answered question		62
	skipped question		1

The most significant change(s) in my life over the past five years:
		Response Count
		56
	answered question	56
	skipped question	7

The most delightful aspect(s) of being where we are in life:
		Response Count
		58
	answered question	58
	skipped question	5

And the most troubling aspect(s):
		Response Count
		55
	answered question	55
	skipped question	8

Something(s) I’m doing to stay sharp forever:
		Response Count
		58
	answered question	58
	skipped question	5

Something new I’ve taken up in the past five years:
		Response Count
		52
	answered question	52
	skipped question	11

A question that wasn’t asked, and my answer (specify Q. and A.):
		Response Count
		26
	answered question	26
	skipped question	37

And finally, how satisfied are you with your life to date?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Very satisfied		69.8%	44
Somewhat satisfied		30.2%	19
Neutral		0.0%	0
Somewhat dissatisfied		1.6%	1
Very dissatisfied		0.0%	0
	answered question		63
	skipped question		0