The Penn's Grove record., 1921-08-19

suppose you were JOD uullJllS' as
many Of us are these lean days, and
the manager to whom you applied,
looking you over with keenly searching
but pleasant eyes. said: Nov. young
man, I'm going to give You one word
subject. and l want you to tell me
everything you know about it for 60
seconds. You are to keep on talking
and keep ON the subject. If you stop
talking or ramble off the subject it's
going to count against you. Are you
ready"
You think so. nod assent and wait
breatnlessly for the word. The man
aver looks up, his lips part and you
hear him say:
Is"
Struggle for information
You struggle to gather some infor-
nation together about the word. YOU
remember dimly that it has something
to do with grammar-but why go on
with the narrowing details, especially
in view of the fact that the reporter
got through only about 80 seconds of
the time and probably would have lost
out in his examination for the state
constabulary had he been candidate.
"The point is this" said Colonel II.
Norman Schwartzkopf, commander of
the New Jersey state police, as he
paused In the examination of one Of
the 100 candidates who passed under
his scrutiny in the drill room of the
First precinct station, this constitutes
part of the oral test through which
every candidate must pass. 1t is the
most important Of all the trials be-
cause 1t enables US to draw a bead on
the applicants ability to concentrate
quickly and to keep his mind on the
matter at hand,
ut gives us a remarkable insight
into his character, ability, personali-
~. education and environments. We
change the word with every candidate,
and, although the simplest subjects
are used, such as parts of mans
wearing apparel, the results are eX-
tremely interesting
For four solid hours the candidates
were put over the mental and physical
jumps. First there was a rigid medi-
cal examination by DR.. George D.
White and DR.. J. L. Mathesheimer,
both of Jersey City. The survivors
We're then passed on to Colonel
SchwarZkop who scrutiniZed their ap-
plicatiOns, army or navy discharge pa
pers and letters of recommendation,
following which there was a short in
terview, winding up with the word
test.
Having finished with this grilling,
the aspirants were sent to the Central
High School gymnasium, where Carl
Anderson, director Of athletics at the
school and instructor in track and field
sports at Rutgers College, applied the
test.
Thus far there have been 1000 ap-
plicants. and by next Friday or Satur-
day when the final tests-mental and
psychological-are made, there will
probably be about 300 survivors. From
these Colonel SchWarZkopf VIII select
the 100 regulars, who will be sworn in
as the first members of the state con-
"The material has been splendid. and
when the examinations are over We
will have a splendid personnel to begin
with" said Colonel Schwarzkopf
Mr.. Anderson, who is widely known
throughout the east as an authority on
physical culture, stated that there were
some excellent specimens and that the
force would be a credit to the state,
Some criticism has been made that
the work of selecting the candidates
has not been progressing fast enough"
said Colonel Schwarzkopf. Il have
the attitude that thorough
ness in the examination is the first es-
5ential and am certain that the results
will be the proof of the soundness of
this policy" The observer however,
gathered the impression that things
we're very much on the hop, and the
themselves, rolling in per-
spiratiOn, were glad to snatch a few
repose between tests.
Fruit Crops Slump Badly
Fruit crops from New Jersey farms
this year, according to estimates of the
state department of agriculture, will
be the smallest in many years. Other
crops, while in most Instances smaller
than those Of last year, have not been
affe cted by adverse conditions to as
great an extent as the fruits.
The prospective production of ap-
nlpS is 1.152 00O bushels as compared