Business School Prepares for Flood of 1,500 Registrants

Fifteen hundred men whom Dean Donald K. David characterized yesterday as "an extraordinary group representing a wide geographical range," are expected to file through the Business School registration mill starting today. The figure represents a 50 percent increase over summer enrollment, and it brings the proportion of veterans in the student body to slightly over nine out of ten.

Four hundred neophyte tycoons are entering for their first term, and 380 of those who sweltered through last summer are returning with an additional 650 second-year men. The 70 needed to complete the balance sheet are in a special advanced management course of study.

Officers To Enroll

Included in the veteran column of the statistics are 140 still active Army and Navy officers from branches as diverse as the Judge Advocate General's Office and the Signal Corps.

David emphasized that these men, although under government provision, will now be awarded degrees upon successful completion of their courses. During the war emergency, he recalled, the Business School was entirely taken over by the services, and no one enrolled at that time was eligible for the Master's Degree.

Faculty Returns From War

To cope with the increased number of students several departments are either faced with expansion or are relying on the return of staff members directly engaged with the war effort. In this latter class come General Georges P. Dorlot, professor of Industrial Management, who was most recently Chief of General Elsenbower's War Plans Division; and Colonel George P. Baker '25, associate professor of Transportation, who served on the staff of Acting Secretary of State Will Clayton.