Statistics about the entering class at the Business School this year run the gamut just like a neat business index which covers a long period of time.

For instance, of the 587 admitted, eight started at an age lower than 20. Most, 207 to be precise, were between 23 and 24 years old, while 32 were 29 or over. The remaining 340 ranged in ages in between.

A similarly wide statistics range showed up in the figures on geographical origin. Eighty-eight percent of the first-year men hailed from the United States. The greatest number came from the mid-Atlantic states, followed by these from the mid-west and the New England states. One hundred and twenty-five students not included in these groupings spread themselves out pretty thinly over seven sections.

The chief college grade area represented were the "extroverted" B minus men. Those in the B rank sent the next largest delegation, followed by the B plus men, the C plus men, and the A minus men. Four squeaked by with C minus averages.

Sixty-two percent of the entering class were veterans, 84% were married, 98% were college graduates, and 99 students came from Harvard College.