Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
GOOD POSITIONS
WITH UNCLE SAM
GOING BEGGING
EligibIes 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. 2o.-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 dificulty 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 to fir 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 a 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"
All For 500 a Month.
Another place the commi ssion has
thus far failed TO FIJI and for which
an appeal is made Is that OF teacher
OF metal working and mechanical
drawing in the Indian service. The
job also will pay $50. a month. In
addition 70 being both an arithmeti-
ffHg Nd "a at
CordinE to the specifications. might
well have "a knowledge OF wood
turning However, the commission
adds, this knowledge "is desirable,
but not essential"
The real prize posTe1on open TO that
citizen Of the United States who can
qualify and demonstrate his super
ority over his fellows pays $4,000 a
year II is the position OF professor
OF pharmacology in the public health
service.
The speclhc position mentioned"
SAYS the commissions announcement
rs one Of much responsibility and Il
is desired 10 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: Fish
cuiturist, male bureau of fisheries
apprentice FISH culturist, male. also in
the bureau of fisheries; structur Al
craftsman. first class, and structural
craftsman. second class, In the
isthmian canal service. laboratory
apprentice, male, in the bureau of
standards. dynamo tender. male, al
Ellis Island n. Y. Junior fuel engi-
neer, male in the bureau OF mines
station at Plttsburg assistant in bo-
tanical laboratory work, male, in the
bureau of plant industry; statistical
clerk, in the departmental service, and
scientific assistant departmental ser
vice.