The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-18
TAKING The QUIZ
Thirty Three Applicants in
Civil Service.
EXAMINATION YESTERDAY
Most of Them Want to be on
Indian Service.

Yesterday in the federal court room ir
the government building. civil service
examination in technical and scitntifc
branches was given The examination
was conducted by the local examining
board composed of c. II. Baker, carrier;
]. F. Mccoy, registry clerk, and Frank
Fisher, money order clerk. These ex-
aminations are competitive-the one that
gets the highest grade gets the first APP
pointment. This only holds good for one
year. for all names are taken from the
eligible list at the expiration of one year
from the date of examination.
The scene in the court room yesterday
was a very interesting one. Thirty-three
men and women from all over, the central
part of Kansas and from the territories
had presented their credentials to take
the examination. They were seated at
the long tables which are used by the
lawyers when court is in session. OF
the thirty-three thirteen were women.
One man was evidently between fifty and
sixty with white hair and beard, and an
other was a colored man who holds the
position of stable man at one Of the
agencies and was taking the examina-
ton for farmer.
There was as much variation in the IA
cial expressions of the competitors as
there was in their general appearance.
Some of the young men showed bound
less amount of hope and confidence,
others were evidently not so confident of
their success.
In the examination of yesterday, the
postal service and the departmental
branches We're not represented. The scien-
tifc branches and the Indian service
were the ones given. Following is a list
Of the branches and the number Of COM
petitors taking each:
Assistant examiner, patent office, I: as
distant microscopic, I; farmer Qndian
service, G; matron, 6; observer, weather
bureau. 4; physician, Indian service, 2;
seamstress. I; teacher 0ndian), 9; teach
er Industrial Ondian), 2; teacher, kind
ergarten Qndian), L
The class designated as farmers are
the fellows who teach the Indians prac-
teal farming; that is, they show them
how many grains of corn to plant in a
hill, how many horses to put to a plow,
or whether to let out the traces and
blow two feet deep or take them up and
overturn six inches of soil. To make
grade in this examination a man must
be a good practical farmer and also have
a good general education.
+slr to-
following: Sadie H. Cheek, Chilocco Ok
lahoma. trained nurse; Miss NIllcent V.
Cloud 1916 fremont avenue, Wichita
kindergarten teacher; Gulford B. Davis,
Chilocco, Oklahoma, farmer and indus
trial teacher; Bailey c. Ogden, Lyons.
Kansas, farmer and industrial teacher:
Harvey Z. Phillips, Winfield, teacher;
Mrs Jean NJ. Blish, Chilocco, Oklahoma,
teacher; George II. thinner, Great Bend.
teacher; Herbert n. Davidson. go Alice
avenue, Wichita, teacher; Charles Phil
lips, Enid, Oklahoma, teacher; Miss Mar
tina D. kaufman, AbbyviIe. Kansas,
teacher; Miss Alta i. Handiey. Anadar-
ko Oklahoma teacher; Miss Jessie Ran
son, North Wichita, seamstress; Frank
". Wood, Otoe, Oklahoma physician
undian); George E. II. GoodneT, Valley
Center. Observer weather bureau; Henry
Shelter, Canton. Kansas, observer
weather bureau; Isaac C. Henry, Angus
Ia, Kansas, observer weather bureau;
Mrs. Eloise A. Carroll, Anadarko, Okla
homa, music teacher; Miss Laura NJ.
Keller, Marion, Kansas matron; Louise
=. Warner, Newkirk. matron; Mrs. Ella
Virgins, Chilocco. Oklahoma, matron;
Miss Euphemia Y. Cook, Parsons Kan
sas, matron: Miss Margaret L. Philips.
ChHocco, Oklahoma, matron; George NJ.
Lambert, Arkansas City. farmer: John
w Pullin, Anadarko. Oklahoma, farmer:
William Phillips. Matova, Indian Terri
tory farmer; Miss Flora A Mawhinnev.
Jetmore Kansas, assistant microseopist;
Charles McClair, Galena, Kansas, assist
ant examiner fo3tpDt Office