Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
EIigibIes for Various Positions
Are Scarce, Civil Service
Commission Finds.
MANY EXAMINATIONS SOON
One Plum, Paying $4,000, Will
Fall to Some One Of the
Many Competitors.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 20.-Jobs
under the Government are going a
begging, and the Civil Service Com
mission to-day issued announcements
Of examinations to be held for a num-
Der OF positions, almost every an
nouncement bearing this significant
statement in black faced letters:
"As the commission has expert
enced considerable difficulty in secur-
ing a sufficient number OF eligibles
for positions. qualified persons are
urged TO enter this examination"
Among the positions which the
commission seeks 10 hll through com
petitive examinations Is that of pre-
parator in the bureau OF entomology
Of the Department OF Agriculture. The
position. according to the announce
ments, will pay the successful candi-
date $50 q month. The examination
consists only Of passing in spelling.
arithmetic, letter writing. penmau-
ship, copying and demonstrating.
general aptitude for the Job. "prac-
teal tests in preparing, mounting and
labelling chronological specimens.
both pinned and microscopic"
Al For 500 a Month.
Another place the commission has
thus far failed 10 I'll and for which
an appeal IS made is that OF a teacher
of metal working and mechanical
drawing IN the Indian service. The
Job also win pay $50 a month. In
addition 10 being both an arithmeti-
clan and an artist the applicant, ac-
Cording TO the Specifications, might
Wen have "a knowledge of wood
turning" However, the commission
adds, this knowledge rs desirable,
but not essential"
The real prize position open to that
citizen Of the United States who can
qualify and demonstrate his super
GRITTY over his fellows pays $4,000 a
wear II Is the position Of professor
VI pharmacology In the public health
service.
THE specific position mentioned, "
says the commissions announcement.
is one of much responsibility and II
Is desired to secure the services OF a
man who has broad training and eX-
tensive practical experience in various
branches of pharmacology, physi-
ology. physiological and pharmaceu-
teal chemistry chemotherapy, ETC. as
they relate to medicine and the pub
lie health"
Ten Years Experience Necessary.
Those seeking TO pluck this plum,
however, the commission insists. must
have had ten years OF experience
along the lines laid down and like
wise must have had training that
would qualify them for the degree Of
Phi. d. II they haven't already ac-
quired that distinction.
Otner Jobs which are open and for
which examinations will be held dur
ing September and October are: Fis0
culturist, male, bureau of fisheries,
apprentice fish culturist, male. also in
the bureau OF fisheries; structure
craftsman. first-class. and structural
craftsman. second-class, in the
isthmlan canal service; laboratory
apprentice. male, in the bureau OF
standards. dynamo tender male at
Ellis Island, n. Y; junior fuel engi-
neer. male IN the bureau OF mines
station at PittsburE; assistant In bo-
tanical laboratory work, male. In the
bureau of plant industry; statistical
clerk, in the departmental service, and
scientific assistant departmental ser
ufCR