New Program Trains For Public Positions

In answer to increased Government demand for college-trained men, a new program of courses has been devised by the Department of Government for men in public positions. Primarily designed to qualify men for Civil Service positions such as Junior Administrative Technicians, it will give a broad enough basis to be useful in all fields of government.

The plan requires four courses in Government, three of them prescribed, and one of them optional. The prescribed courses are Government 1; Government 13hf, American Constitutional Development; Government 36hf, Introduction to Public Administration; Government 42hf, Public Personnel Administration; and at least one-half of Government 29, Government Regulation of Industry.

Additional Course

One additional course, or for those who have taken the whole of Government 29, one-half additional course, should be selected from the offering of the Department in consultation with the student's tutor. The program also requires three courses in Economics: Economics A; Economics 21a, Statistics; and either Economics 22b, Government Statistics, or Economics 26b, Accounting, are required.

One additional course in Economics such as Money and Banking, Public Finance, Corporations and their Regulation, Agriculture, and Labor Problems must also be selected. One course in History is required. Ordinarily this should be History 5, History of the United States, but for those students who have already taken History 1, that course will suffice.

No General Changes

In making the announcement of this program, Professor B. F. Wright, Chairman of the Department, pointed out that this course of study does not provide for any change in the general college rules applying to distribution, nor does it call for any considerable changes in the present practice of the Department of Government with regard to the Divisional examinations.

Students selecting this course of study will choose the present field of American Government as their special field. Some slight changes may be made in the Departmental examination to take account of any deficiencies of preparation for students in this field as compared with those who have had more work in such subjects as international relations or political theory. The Department recommends, however, that all students do some work in political theory either in courses or in tutorial reading.

Although the program is directed toward preparation for certain types of examinations given by national and state Civil Service Commissions, the members of the Department who have had experience with the work of governmental and research agencies feel that it also will be invaluable for a much wider range of public service work than those particular examinations would indicate.

At the same time that the Department announced its new program it announced several replacements for members of its faculty now engaged in government service