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...gain an idea of what their pastoral duties will be like, U. S. theological students spend much of their spare time doing welfare work, practising preaching in missions, doing pious chores for ministers. But for men of God there exists no compulsory interneship comparable to that fulfilled by men of medicine. Last week, simultaneously with announcing election of a new dean, the Divinity School (Protestant Episcopal) in Philadelphia announced a new "clinical" course of study which will give its students the longest scholastic year -eleven months-of any in the U. S. To be administered by new Dean Allen Evans...
These awards, not to exceed six in number, have been granted since the fall of 1935. The schedule usually followed is to spend the first year at Harvard in preliminary research and study, the second in field work or a public interneship, and the third, again at Harvard in order to integrate the theory and practice of public service. Applicants for the fellowships must have a B.A. degree or its equivalent...
Four men, holding their fellowships for the second year, are now engaged in their public interneship. Three of these are in Washington; one getting practical training in the Treasury Department, another studying transportation problems as faced by the American Trucking Associations, and the third is working with the Social Security Board. One is with the United States Employment Service at New Haven, a branch of the Department of Labor...
Because of the detailed study of all problems of government, the course covers three years. The so-called "public interneship" which occupies the second year gives the Fellows practical training in whatever branch of public service he intends to follow. The combination of practical experience with the more theoretical aspect of government activity provides an excellent background for the budding political genius...
...year of interneship, contact with the personnel of the various administrative bureaus is made. This enables the men to learn more rapidly the inner workings of the department which particularly interests them. Although positions are not guaranteed to all the Fellows, introductions to executive frequently lead to further interneship and eventual posts in the department...