Divinity Dean Reports Rise In Applicants

Applications for admission to the Divinity School have more than quadrupled over last year's figures, Acting Dean George H. Williams announced yesterday.

To date the School has received 84 applications, while in early February of last year only 20 prospective students had applied.

Interest taken by college students in the School's program of revitalization and expansion has been the main reason for the record increase, associate professor John P. Dillenberger, the Divinity School admission director, said last night. Dillenberger credited a great part of the School's new vigor to the influence of President Pusey.

Size of Class Uncertain

There has been no discussion as yet at the School, however, concerning the exact number of students who will actually be accepted. "If the number of acceptable candidates is greater than we can handle, we'll have to figure out a new plan," Dillenberger said.

"Our present admissions policy is very rigorous, however, and we're entertaining no psychology that because we need students we'll be quick to accept them," he added. "Our expansion program will be in keeping with our standard which this year insists, except in particular cases, that an applicant have a B average from an accredited college."

Williams emphasized the wide spread of denominations and colleges which are represented by the present applicants. He added, however, that it is still too early for statistics to indicate any trends in the type of student which the School has attracted.

Among the denominations most heavily represented are the Congregationalist and Presbyterian churches.