The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-04

lions are found which initiate against
the efficiency Of the candidate, It noti-
fes the commission Of such finding.
DR.. Moskowitz announces that he
has adopted a more rigid standard OF
physical requirements on the ground
that "the municipal departments should
be manned by the physically ht and
that the employment Of the unfit Is not
the direction in which the city should
express it's charity"
The bureau has been moved to the
Municipal Building. on the floor occu-
, pied by the Civil Service Commission.
where much better facilities for the
physical examination Of candidates are
provided a complete set OF standards
! Of physical requirements are being for
INFLATED, showing In detail the physi-
cal conditions required for all posi-
tons subject to examination. All per-
| sons having to do with the physical
examinations are placed under the direc-
ton of the chief of the bureau. Thus
the physical examinations OF all candi-
dates, both for entrance into the
municipal service and for promotion,
are conducted in one bureau intimately
accessible to and supervised by the
commission. A finger print expert has
I been engaged and a woman medical
examiner has been appointed to conduct
physical examinations of women.
The commission has also decided TO
do away with the policy of giving ex-
aminations on different days, excepting
| for promotion examinations in the Police
and Fire departments. 1t Is obviously
! impracticable to separate so many
policemen and frcmen from these i'm
| portant departments for the purpose OF
giving them all an examination on these
days. The commission cancelled the
examination for bookkceper. third grade,
! because II was ascertained that the
questions asked on the last day were
found more difficult than those asked
on the other two days, and therefore
candidates who took the examination
on the last day were not competing
under the same conditions Since equal
conditions Of competition did not pre-
vail, the examination was not truly
competitive.
DR.. Moskowltz states in his report
that the commission IL now preparing
civil service manual for the informa-
ton of the public. Tho manual will
give to the public all the information
needed concerning examinations and
qualifications for positions in the city
service and will also explain the sys-
| TEN of rating. He explains that rhe
commission is now standardizing the
! rating of papers in order that the abuse
OF an examiners personal discretion
may he prevented. A working refer
ence library will be established for the
use of examiners. II will contain In.
formation and literature from various
| civil service commissions throughout
the world.
Tho report announces that II will be
| the policy of the commission to termi.
nate lists after the expiration OF two
| years, especially active lists for the
Police and Fire departments, and. wher-
ever practicable. active lists for other
departments.
The civil Service Commission has
now established an efficiency division.
which will be responsible for the Gre
alton of a sound efficiency record sys-
TEN and will make a careful study Of
the actual work performed under exist
| ing titles. 1t constitutes one OF the
most important departments in the
commission and its fundamental work
will contribute To the efficient admin
istration of the other divisions.
Very soon after the new commission
took office it ascertained that the eff
ficiency records in city departments
were kept in a perfunctory manner and
that their form needed considerable
change. \ conference of the promotion
boards OF various city departments was
held for the purpose of discussing i'm
provement of efficiency records. AS a
result Of this conference change in