The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-07
CITY JOB QUIZ
Civil Service Commission Pro.
pounds Questions.
WOuld-Be Policemen Make I'M
aginary Arrests to Save Girl.
NAME THE COMMISSIONERS"
Sleuths Requested to Give Real
Names of Commissioners,
Eight Persons Take EXamina-
tiOnS for Various Positions.

! The persons who successfully passed
| the civil service examinations, held in
| the city hall yesterday, will not be
given positions Immediately as there
| are no vacancies existing in any of
| the departments of the city under
| civil service at the present time. They
! VIII merely be placed on the city's
waiting list of employees. Examina-
( lions are held semi-annuaIIy Eight
persons took them yesterday
In times before there were civil ser
vice boards and '1arnin' was not an
essential qualification for policemen,
there was one bit of knowledge that
would-be policemen made a point of
knowing The very first thing they
did was to make themselves familiar
with the political powers. Now it
seems that the civil service commits
sion is afraid the policemen will not
know who runs the city AS a matter
or 1act many Intelligent persons dis
agree on this very question. But it is
not good form of a city employee to
nave any doubts on this question.
So the third question asked bv the
civil service commission in its list of
examination questions propounded
was, name the city commissioners. But
there was no question mark after the
sentence 1t was not in the form of
question. 1t read more like an in
stfuctlon, and 1t did not say to name
the city commissioners of the future.
tEe past or the present, so it can not
be determined whether the members
of the civil service commission were
seeking tip as to whom the COM
missioners of the future will be or NOT.
They just told the applicants to
name the city commissioners OF
course people have been thinking all
along that the commissioners already
mad names. Maybe they have been
going under aliases. The examination
papers of the applicants have not been
MAGE pubic, SO the result of the
he
De policemen called the city commits
sloners will not be made public.
me following is the list of questions
Tor applicants for the position of
patrolman:
Questions Asked PatroImen.
l, Name the departments of the city
:: Locate and name three churches. two
hospitals, two railroad stations, and four
banks in the city of Topeka
I, Gi Hne an rhe ir city eommissioners-
law governing the sale of (a) Iou0r. M
TOBACCO, (c) cocaine
limits. west. -'
s What is an ordinance?
= Give several duties OF a policeman
3 Outline the important provisions of
ns c Rboy Fl GFe oeIoek at night o,
waking down Kansas avenue. you see |
Young girl about IS years of age in the |
seem to be under the influence of liquor. |
although they are attracting no attention |
pom following them you notice them
going into roomfng house which bears |
rather an unsavory reputation Would |
you take any action in the mater? If so
what? -
To- Which one of the city commissioners
has charge of the fire and police de-
partments?
There was also a test in spelling, |
of twenty words.
Those seeking the position of line
man in the light and water depart
for oI RI
of questions:
l. How much experience have you had |
as nneman?
> Explain the difference between .'slow
burning and rubber covered wire?"
j. How do you distinguish code wire
from others on the job?
l. What would result should wires be-
come crossed?
> What is an insulated wire?