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...Louis A. Toepfer, Assistant Dean of the Law School, said yesterday that law firms often use a man's relatively poor academic standing as "an excuse for not hiring him for personal reasons...
Speaking at the weekly Harkness coffee hour, Toepfer said that "students tend to vastly overrate the importance of their marks. Employers do not give class standings as much importance as students think they do, but they sometimes use a man's academic record as a convenient scapegoat in place of his religion, looks, poor business connections, or general personality," Toepfer added...
...explaining his confidence in the Law School's ability to support students who previously would have used GI benefits, Toepfer pointed to the school's increasing scholarship funds...
Both Louis A. Toepfer, Director of Admissions at the Law School, and Lewis B. Ward, Director of Admissions at the Business School, said they believe increasing funds for scholarships and loans will provide financial backing for students who ordinarily would have depended on GI benefits...
...Toepfer predicted, however, that the President's action will probably account in part for an increase in the number of applicants to the Law School in 1955 and 1956. Students, who in the past would have joined the army before entering graduate study will now be more inclined to go immediately into Law School after graduating from college, he said...