The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-01
sENUMERATORS' TEST" EASY. Must Be Filed With Stu pervisors Before January 26,

Washington, Jan. 1.-By January 25 all applica tions for the positions of enumerators in the Thirteenth Decen-
 nial United States Census must be fled with theF supervisors of census for the supervisors districts in which the applicants reside, Between, that date and February the supervisors will send out cards to applicants in- forming them where they are to re- port for the "test" to be held in ev- cry one of the SS0 supervisors dis trricts on February 5 only.
 Census Director Durand emphatically states that persons desiring to hold such positions sho lld not stand in fear of the test" to be made. Any person of average public-schoo1 edu- cation who can write plainly and rea- sonably fast will go through the "test" with 'colors flying" Tn fact. the "test'' is intended simply to help the supervisors pick suitable persons and to enable the Director of the Census approval of those whom the supervi- sors designate for appointment.
 It will involve the filling in of eith- CT sample population schedule, by those who will make the count in the cities, or of both a sample population and agricultural scehdule, by candi- dates who will enumerate the coun- try.
 To prepare the way and to insure every applicant being given a fair chance. the supervisors will send in advance to each and every candidate a set of printed instructions for fill ing in these sample schedules:
 sWe consider that a very import ant point,'' said Acting Census Direc- tor Willoughby today. mot only in treating these candidates fairly and giving them chance to answer the questions properly. but also as means of education of the candidates who are afterwards to be appointed
 '"They will study more thoroughly schedules if they realize their chances of appointment depended upon that study than if they were appointed first and had to do the studying after wards. You will see. therefore, that this test is not an appalling thing. people out of the places. 1t is applied simply to enable the Director to eli- nninate those who are plainly incom- petent.9 Any person of good iudg- ment and ordinary common school education-for the work requires some little thinking power-can easily pass the test.
 Between February 5 and February 22 the supervisors will go through the "test" papers, satisfy themselves as the qualifications of those who have passed, and make their designations Or recommendations to the Census Di- rector. The next step will be the Di- rector's approval, and then the super visors will issue the commission to the enumerators.
 Director Durand expects to have the army of CT 900 or more enumerators picked tested, designated and com missioned by the middle or latter part of March. From then on until April 15 the supervisors will send the emu merators circu ars and books of in- structions concerning the meaning of the schedule questions and the way the enumerators should write in the answers obtained from the people of the country.
 It is very probable that census spe- cial agents may be assiened to cert9in supervisors districts for the purpose of meeting the enun,erators personally and giving them additional information concerning the character of their du- ties.
 Application forms, with complete di- rections concerning the method of them, can be- secured by at once to the supervisor nam ed in the list appended whose district embraces the place of residence of the applicant.
 Connecticut--one district, William B. Bailey, New Haven.