The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-11
THE CIVIL SERVICE.
Examinations for Appointments
This Week.
THE KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED.
Opportunity for Employment in Railway
Mail and Indian Service-The
Qualifications.

tiouS iOr the railway mali ana lnQlau ser
vice will take place in this city next
Thursday. The time and place have yet
to be decided upon.
Acting Postmaster Colkett has received
letter from Hugh S. Thompson, acting
president OF the civil service commission,
in which he states that the supply of ap-
piioants for the railway mail and Indian
service in Washington is not equal to the
demand, and therefore he has forwarded
limited number of application blanks,
which may be obtained at the postoffice.
There is but one grade of examination
for the railway mail service, all appoint
ments being made to class 1, which in
cludes all places Of $500 or less per annum.
Places above $500 are filled by promotion
or transfer. All subjects of the examina-
ton are not considered of equal import
ance or weight, as will be observed by re-
ferring to the figures following the exam
ination subjects: Orthography, weight L;
penmanship, L; copying, 2; letter writing,
i; arithmetic. 2; geography United States),
4; railway and other systems of transpor-
tation in United States, 5; reading ad-
dresses, 4,
By the foregoing it will be seen that the
last three subjects are counted as G5 per
cent. of the whole examination. The first
subject consists of an exercise in writing
authorizations of words propounded by the
examiner; second, copying exercise and
letter; third, copy accurately about 125
words; fourth, letter writing, topic given
at time; eighth, reading addresses, speed
and accuracy of Importance.
The subjects of the various Indian SER
vice examinations are as follows:
Superintendent examination - photography,
penmanship, PERSONAL questions and pedagogy,
English composition and rhetoric, grammar,
arithmetic, geography, history and government
of the United States, elements OF natural phil
osophy, algebra, geometry. elements of botany
and chemistry, physiology and hygiene.
Assistant superintendent examination-Sams
as the above.
Teacher examination-The subjects of this ex-
animation are substantially the same the first
ten subjects OF the suPerinIendent's examine
ton.
Marion Observation-Disclosures penman-
ship, personal and housekeeping questions,
elementary English competition, elementary
grammar, arithmetic fundamental rules and
fracticns), elementary GEOGRAPHY, elementary
United States histtry.
Physician Observation-Disclosures PEN
manship, letter-writing, arithmetic, anatomy
and physiology, chemistry, materia medica and
therapeutics, general pathology and theory and
practice OF medicine, surgery, medical jurispru-
dence, toxicology and hygiene, obstetrics.
In addition to the regular subjects of the
Indian service examinations those who
desire may be examined also in music
Vocal or instrumentaD in drawing, form
and color, calisthenics, bookkeeping, ele-
mentary geometry, or in kindergarten
methods. The grade obtained on these
81 n. Al
eral average on the regular examination,
but persons who pass in one or more
optional subjects will be given preference
in certification according to the grade on
the basis examination whenever the pc.
sition to be filled requires knowledge of
these subjects.
Persons who pass an examination with
general average of 20 or more become
eligible to appointment. Persons who
have been honorably discharged from the
military or naval service of the United
States on account of disability resulting
from wounds or sickness incurred in the
line of duty, and who have been
allowed preference under section 1854,
Revised Statutes, by the commission, who
pass an examination with a general
average of 65 or more, become eligible
to appointment and are given the
preference in certifcation according to
their grades. If a vacancy exists in the
grade of matron or teacher, and the wife
of the superintendent of the school in
which the vacancy exists is an eligible,
she may be given preference in certifca-
ton, if the appointing officer so requests.
With the exceptions named, all certitica-
tons will be made according to the grade
obtained in the examination, the names of
the three eligibles on the register in which
the vacancy exists having the highest av-
erages being first certified.
Applicants for the position of physician
must be between % and 40 years of age;
for superintendent, between 25 and so; for
assistant superintendent or for teacher, be-
tween 20 and 80; for matron, between %
and 30. No applications can be accepted
from persons whose ages do not conform
to the requirements, excepting that appli-
cations for the position of marion from
wives of superintendent of Indian schools
may be accepted without reference to the
age OF the applicant, and the maximum
limitation of age will not apply to persons
honorably discharged from the military
or naval service on account of disability,
to whom preference has been allowed
under the provisions of section 1,754, Re-
vised Statutes.
Married men are given the preference for
appointment as superintendent, assistant
superintendent and physician in the In
dian service. For teachers women must
be experienced in household duties and
men be familiar with all kinds of farm
work, and IN both cases must be able TO
teach those respective branches of knowl-
edge. The requirements are stated in full
in the printed rules of the commission.