300 INQUIRIES ON EXTRA SESSION OF BUSINESS SCHOOL

More than 300 inquiries from all parts of the United States have been received by the Business School in regard to the Extra Session for college graduates and business executives who have lost their jobs, it was announced last night. Those inquiries have resulted in a substantial current enrollment for the session which begins on Friday, January 30.

Indications from the early applications reveal that those enrolling will have had more actual business experience than any other group ever admitted by the School to a standard course. It is estimated that over half those who have already made application and been accepted have been out of college from two to 12 years. Further estimates indicate that about one fifth of those admitted have qualified for the course through executive experience in business, instead of by a college degree. Enrollment is necessarily-limited by the facilities available for the extra session, and admission is based upon priority of application.

Among those who have already been accepted are many men who had planned to attend the School in previous years, but have been forced to cancel their applications, because they lacked the necessary funds. A good many who have been in the School for one year and have had to withdraw and work for two or three years to earn enough to continue are now able to take advantage of this extra session with the lowered living costs resulting from its shortened period of time, it was stated.

This addition to the Business School curriculum was made, at the suggestion of a graduate committee of W. S. Gifford '04, J. I. Straus '93, and George Whitney '07 who, in recommending the plan pointed out that the school facilities for constructive business training must be made available this winter as a substitute for the demoralizing effect o waiting of jobs. It is understood that students who attend the session will have the same classroom instruction under the regular faculty.