a
reference to the
La Salle Extension University, a former correspondence
school in
Chicago,
Illinois, USA. (A correspondence
school is one that provides instruction by mail.) Founded in 1908,
La Salle offered a variety of
business courses, including
accounting,
management and
office training, and a
course in
law. At its peak, the
school had more than 100,000 students enrolled; however, it was closed in the early 1980s.