Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1915-06-19

Inc feOpIe VI SHICu6O ucmohu
thorough investigation Of the Civil
Service Commissions department OF
the city government.
They demand an investigation that
will go back for years and unearth
the treacherous and illegal treatment
accorded to honest citizens for the
benefit Of q chosen few.
They demand an investigation into |
all Of the examinations that have |
been held in order that the public
may be informed as to how many. II
any. Of them were on the square.
They demand an investigation OF
the numerous examinations held for
the beneft Of particular persons,
where questions were asked which
could only be answered by the persons
whose appointment in the civil serv.
ice was evidently arranged for in ad.
vance.
The people are paying 100000 a
year for the administration Of the
civil service law in the city govern.
ment
They are paying 100000 year for
q roosting place for men to make
out physiological" examination pa
pers.
In q recent examination for stenog'
raphers the easiest word handed out
for them to typewrite quickly was
"eleemosynary."
Ia any one foolish enough to sup
pose that this examination was on the
square and that these hard words
were not asked to keep out people
who were not of the favored class?
New departments, entirely unnec.
essary, have been created in the civil
service for pet faddists and nigh
browed loafers.
The taxpayers who pay the freight
would not be permitted to pass an ex
animation for dog catcher.
Poor men, devoid Of education, anc
with starving families. who are look
ing for work with q pick and shove
as day laborers. have to 60 through
a civil service examination that woult
shock the Sultan Of Turkey. A dali!
newspaper printed the following
about the absurd questions asked o
these poor laboring men by thes'
hiRh.browed reformers who contro
the aristocracy Of Office holders II
Chicago:
"Ten thousand men who want Job
In the streets, sewers and small park
are being put through an examinatio
by the labor bureau OF the civil Ser'
ice Commission. Here are some que'
lions that apply:
"How much more does q wheelba
row Of dirt weigh In Jackson Par
than ON the moon?
"What amount Of street sweeping
can be put into curb box three fe'
; long, two feet wide and hftee
inches deep?
"What is the superficial area
Madison street from State street
the river?
"How long would II take q gar
!. OF 200 men to shovel ten.inch sno'
J. fall of It? How much could the tin
be increased?
. III a hod Of brick be dropped fro
10 the top of q building 200 feet hi
with what velocity will 1t strike
street sweeper In the alley?"
| Tue JVUb tu0t u0vO SSS" SsS~S
for intellectual giants are the ON
10 that take the cake.
You can search all Of the dictie
aries and encyclopedias in vain
=, words and titles that can beat for
H. ter obs0leteness some OF the prodl
&c. lions of the Chicago Civil servi
NJ Commission.
% The Official Bulletin of the Chica
nd Civil Service Commission for April
On 1915, contained the following unf
I'LL the head of Examinations ordere
ZEN Read 1t carefully and you will lea
'ill the duties of an Industrial Psyche
am gist", for which you will have to !
cal out S2.1OO every year out of your hi
earned money:
ga. Industrial Psychologist. Class
nm Grade Nv. 31.740.2.100, April Z.
ard Subjects of Examination: Spec
hat subject 4. educational (penmanshiI
que arithmetic ~ 2. experience 8. rep
Her !.
'ay- Duties: Makes thorough mer
nee examination and partial physical
um animation of individuals, using m
i've ern experimental material; makes
vel. spection OF the subjects capacity
EN-. to memory. imagination. retent
association and their psychological