RF Annual Report - 1935 - The Rockefeller Foundation

THE SOCIAL SCIENCES £37
courses were repeated and additional ones were
offered: administrative problems common to all
departments, classification problems, housing
and home financing, government and statistical
methods applied to census data. In addition, a
seminar was conducted on methods of in-service
training. Special cooperative arrangements for
training work were made with the Department
of Agriculture, the Farm Credit Administration,
and the Bureau of the Census. The enrollment
was very satisfactory, 429 students participating
in the work forthe academic year 1935-36. Since
applications far exceeded acceptances, it was
possible to select candidates of excellent caliber
and previous training.
Harvard University
Public Servke Training Program
Harvard University received a grant of
366,000 toward the support of a program of public
service training over a five-year period from
July 1, 1935, to June 30, 1940. The grant was
made to .support a program developed by the
Department of Government, under which a
small number of specially selected men, who are
granted fellowships by the university, are offered
facilities designed to equip them for public
service careers as administrators, legislators, or
publicists. The fellows enroll for a three-year
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