?—_—_—_—j ‘ to fill in gaps made by the drafting or enlistment of older brothers. The special skills which many Polytechnic students have acquired have made many of them eligible for commissions in the army, navy, and air corps and has caused considerable numbensto enlist rather than wait to be called. Reasons given by those who dropped out of school are as follows: Defense Industries (Including other private non—agricultural employment). . 36% Military Service ) o o u l o v I I O l O O l O O I O O O O U Return to Farm 1 (Family farm, own farm or farm.employment) . . . . . . . 22% Transfer to other institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10% I I O I C I O O I I ' C d O C O O - I C O O O I O ___a% 105%- SUMMARY OF DlggBlBUTION In checking the enrollment table for full-time students it will be noted that students are attending California Polytechnic from 50 of California's 58 counties, making the institution truly statewide in sc0pe. Indicative of the spread of enrollment is the fact that two counties not previously listed - Sierra and Shasta are represented by one and two boys, reSpectively. No particular significance can be attached to the losses or gains by counties over the last year. Fewer students are in attendance this year from 30 counties, more from In counties and the same from 10 counties. The largest decrease was from Los Angeles County, which lost 32 students. In that county so much defense activity makes good paying jobs easy to find. The out—of—state and foreign countries’ enrollment dropped off 25 students, due undoubtedly to war conditions. The distribution of the total full~time enrollment figure as far as the divisions of agriculture and industry are concerned is as follows: alo?