Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1901-11-11
THE INDIAN SERVICE
Requirements That Must Be Net
BY Those Employed.
ExaAlAatioas In wpitinE Twice q
Year for Teachers anA lastrue-
tiers In the Various Depart.
nsnts-Agensy Baployss.

paper publisher IN Kankakee county.
ILL.,. now agent for the Colorado In
dian reservation, with headquarters at
Parker. Arix., writes the following con-
corning the requirements for positions
In the Indian service, says the Chicago
Record-Herald.
"Ocsasionally I get q letter from
some one inauiring for position in the
Indian service. Such positions, with
the exception OF agents and inspectors,
are all in the classified civil service, and
one must take the examination in or
der to be appointed. will say, how
ever, that for most places IN the In
dian service one 10 much surer Of Sc
curing an appointment after he has
passed the examination than In any
other branch of the civil service. This
10 especially true of carpenters, black
smiths, farmers. industrial teachers,
laundreSses, cooks and seamstreSses.
For these positions one Is almost sure
to get an appointment otter passing q
good examination. Teachers and ma
irons do not stand So good show un-
less they pass high. On. stands almost
no show Of being appointed suPerin-
tendent. as most superintendents are
appointed by promoting teachers who
make good records.
Wages are good, but In no case are
they high. Mechanics get from $500 TO
5000 year. room, fuel and lights fur
nished. Their hours are shorter and
they usually do not have to work as
hard as II working in the usual way.
Farmers. Industrial teachers. seam.
stresses, nurses, mntrons and teachers
have to take a written examination.
These Examinations are held twice a
year. in April and October, ON the same
day In two or three principal cities of
each state, like Chicago. Springfield
and Peoria. The teachers sxarnina-
ton is little sitter than the ordinary
county examination. Besides the
usual branches, they are examined In
drawing and the elements Of plane
geometry. The other examinations do
not so much require special education
as common sense.
There 10 no written examination for
carpenters. biacksmiths, cooks and
laundresses. They simply Ill out
trades blank with vouchers from
those who know Of their ability AS
workmsn aud are willing to swear to
the same. These examinations can be
taken at home at any time. All you
need Is to write TO the civil service
commission at Washington, telling
them what position ttrade) you wish
10 be examined in, and they viii send
you the necessary blanks and vouchers
to be filed.
THE cook need not think that she
has to cook alone for a hundred OF
more school children, nor the laun-
dress that she has to bend over wash
tub six days in week. They are ex-
pected TO direct and teach this work
in the school and see ibat it is done
properly. There is . regular detail
Of the larger girls to do the laundry
work and detail OF boys TO run the
washing machines where ,hsy do not
have a steam laundry. The laundreSs
merely oversees and inspec,s the work.
sees that each pupil does his share aud
that all work i. properly done. The
same is true OF the cook. The wages
for these positions is from $3.50 to s720
per year.
"All the clothing. sheets. curtains.
ETC.. used in the school Except boys
smts are made in the sewing room.
The seamstress rarely sits down to a
sewing machine, but she usually has
to do the more particular cutting and
fitting and to see that all the work IL
properly done.
"The industrial teacher looks after
the boys out-of-door work, such as
gardening. care Of the stock. teaming,
cleaning grounds, etc. The carpenter
makes repairs, makes tables. closets
and does such building and repairing
a. may be required, with such boy as
sistants as he can use probably.
"rhe matrons look after the chill.
dren when not In school-see that they
are properly bathed. dressed. etc. looh
after the dormitory work, and oversee
the cook, laundress, xeamstress. etc.
1.-The farmers and black smiths arc
usually agency employees, and they do
all the necessary work in their lines.
The farmer ipstsucts the Indians in
their farming, and sees that they plant.
cultivate and harvest properly.
Altogether there are about 1000
employees in the Indian service. A let
ter Of inquiry addressed to the civil
service commission, Washington, to-
gether with statement OF the exam
instion you wish to take. will bring the
necessary information"