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IV. Organization and Plan of Instruction

The organization of the School falls into two categories: The policy-making body and the
instructional staff. The policy-making body is to be composed of a group of twelve outstanding men in
the fields of international affairs, such as diplomacy, finance, commerce, transportation, communications,
journalism, education, etc. It is to be headed by a Chairman who shall be at the same time the Director
of the School, in general charge of its functioning and responsible for putting into practice the
policies formulated by the Board.

The instructional staff of the School will be chosen from among the members of the University
faculty, with such additions as are essential, organized into a closely integrated and independent teaching
unit for the purposes of the School, under the leadership of a faculty chairman who shall also serve as
Assistant to the Director. In this way the School, while still a corporate part of the University body,
and enjoying all the facilities offered by the University, will in a large measure constitute an independent,
closely knit entity with certain characteristic features all its own. The regular classroom instruction
will be supplemented with frequent lectures by experts and distinguished figures in the several fields of
international affairs.

The courses of the first two years will be taught by the traditional classroom methods. In the
last two years, however, classes will be divided into small groups for the purpose of individualizing
instruction and promoting individual initiative and discussion, and the tutorial method will be followed
wherever practicable. One feature of the final year will be the preparation of a paper on some subject
within the student's field of interest, designed to aid the student in synthesizing his knowledge of it,
and to demonstrate his grasp of it, as well as to train him in the methods of gathering materials and the
effective presentation of them.