The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-02
MUST THINK TODAY.
Flint Civil Service Etanina-
tion to Be Held.
F,ax AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
Tha ExnminassoaD WIN - Wei 0unrd-
I'd, and There Are Stringent
nnaes Asninss ssCribbing.n

The civil neKyice commission begins -
exzsnina tons NJ O'Clock today. and the
most prOmnent point OF interest IN tne
exsmissattpn - that which viii help TO de-
eide who u TO b CHIEF Of police II win
not decide Il. however. but Il win reduce
the present s1x candidates TO three. tnas
being the number gaining the highest per
cenraee TO b returned TO tbs mayor. from
which 10 b 70 select the chief. He may not
necessarily choose the one passing the ex-
animation with the highest percentage: he
- ffes TO appoint any one Of the three.
The az vho are candidates for the posi-
ton are Acting Chief Reed. Hogie. Temple
ton, Cudihee. Manning and Barr. II VII
b noticed that Chief RogerS name - not
among the applicants TOR examination and
this entirely kills Oh the attempts made to
show that he was DESTROYS Of retaining the
once. The result OF TIE examinations to-
day viii rot Be known. probably. until near
the close Of next week. a. the candidates
who make . satisfactory showing will have
to undergo the physical examination. and
the civil service commissioners Will not
publish the result Of the examinations until
after this inal test Of fitness for the ONCE.
With the nix wouId-oe chiefs of police
win b. examined two candidates for the
position Of chief Of the nre department..
three for police captains. and nine for cap
tains In the are department Their names
have already hsen published In the Post
intelligence. These twenty applicants
win be seated at the deskD in the council
chamber like 50 many boys at school.
Each scholar viii nrst draw an envelope
in which be viii md a numbered form
On this he writes his name. returns It to
the envelope and seals ii. He viii mark all
his examination sheets with this number.
and the examiners viii pass upon them
without knowing the name OF the cAndi-
date. When they have decided the per-
centages Of each member the numbered
envelopes viii be opened and the name cor
responding TO the number ascertained.
Chief Examiner Grouc viii first test his
twenty scholars in spelling. reading aloud
a number Of words for them to write. The
result sheets having been handed in. he
Will give them dictation In the same way.
After this viii follow prepared sheets for
penmanship and arithmetic, each one
marked in the corner that ii Is TO be re-
turned with the task completed or uncom-
paeted IN 50 many minutes and Mr.. Grout
viii be strict timekeeper. Five other
papers follow. on general and special
knowledge. the nature Of which it is not
advisable to state in advance. Three hours
are allotted to the whole examination. and
the finance committee has recommended
the engagement of an assistant secretary
for the time while the examinations last
Candidates should be aware that there
are stringent rules against '.skidding"
coaching" ''cribbing" or using the
pony" Any collision between candidates
viii lead to disqualification, and even a
strong similarity between two examination
papers viii awaken suspicion and may lead
to disqualification.