School To Continue Admissions Policy

The Summer School's experimental admissions policy will be continued next year, although possibly with some modifications, Thomas E. Crooks, director of the School revealed early this week.

When the Sever Hall office for late admissions opened early last Monday morning, at least 50 people were lined up outside to file applications. School officials expect that between 500 and 1000 additional students may apply for the session, but complete figures are not yet available.

The admissions procedure next year may not be as lenient in accepting applications after the late-June deadline.

Crooks said that late applications are being accepted this summer because "it is the first time in 91 years that students are required to register in advance of the School's opening."

"We departed from the old tradition of unlimited acceptances with great regret," Crooks said Monday. "It was always felt that students should make their own decision about the benefits available from extra summer study."

"Thus this new admissions policy represents an important step for the Summer School," Crooks asserted. He said that "the tremendous increase every year in the number of applications made the action vital and necessary."

Crooks asserted, however, that the admissions policy will still remain "relatively liberal." "We don't need the same admissions policy used by schools which give degrees," he said.