Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-26
GOVERNMENT NEEDS WORKERS
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS
FOR GOOD POSTS.

The United States civil service commits
sion has made an announcement of four
examinations to be held in July for the
positions OF assistant chemist and OF
pharmacologist in the Department of
Agriculture, photographic color pressman
in the geological survey and for vacan-
cies requiring similar qualifications as
they may occur in any branch of the
service. and for male clerks in the bureau
of plant industry. Department Of Agri-
culture, at $3.50 year.
Examinations will be held, July 70, at
various points throughout the United
States, one Of the cities being Washing
ton The exam ~ ition for assistant chem
list. which will occupy two days, was pre-
viously scheduled for July 10 and IL. but
was postponed.
Chemists Are Wanted.
Probably from fifteen to twenty appoint
ments of assistant chemists will be made
within the next few months. at salaries
ranging from 1920 to $1.SO0 per year.
higher salaries going to those who have
had first-class training and considerable
experience at miscellaneous work other
than that obtained in college or uni
versity course in chemistry. Men expert
enced in tannery and in paper-making
chemistry will probably be needed In the
near future.
The position of pharmatologist pays 3d.
OOO per annum and is open to men OF
from twenty to forty-five years of age.
From the examination men will also be
chosen to fill other vacancies at the same
or lower salaries as they occur. The IN
formation given by the commission con-
corning this examination Is as follows:
Applicants must indicate in their appli-
cations that they have had education and
training equivalent to that leading to the
degree OF doctor of philosophy. and that
they have also had considerable practical
ically.
The examination will consist Of the sub
jects mentioned below. weighted as indi-
Gated: Undergraduate education and
training, %: postgraduate training and in
struction, or equivalent educational train
ing. 10; practical experience In the exami-
nation OF drug products pharmacological-
ly. 10: original contributions copies or
references) of the candidate to literature
on the subject, 20
Experience Principal Test.
For the position of photographic color
pressman no educational test will be
given. 1t will not be necessary for the
applicant to appear at any place for ex-
animation.
The examination will consist Of the sub
jects mentioned as follows, weighted as in
dicated: Age, 20: physical condition, 20:
experience, 70. The age limit is twenty
years or over on the date of examination
Applicants must indicate in their appli-
cations that they have had experience In
operating power presses, especially on
man color work. 1t is essential that they
should also have had experience as trans
ferrers from copper plates to stone and
in making photolithographic transfers to
stone.
The position as clerk in the bureau Of
plant industry will be filled by a man of
from eighteen to twenty-five years of age.
The examination will cover Latin. FIR ,nch,
indexing. typewriting. spelling. copying
and penmanship. The Latin and French
requirements will be no more than are
covered by the scope of these subjects as
given in a high school course. Diction-
aries will be permitted in the examination
In connection with these two subjects.
The appointee in this position should
be able to make simple translations such
as titles Of books