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About The Daily Bulletin/Reveille. (College Station, Tex.) 1916-1938 | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1926)
UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION The United States Civil Service Commission announces the following open competitive examination: Teacher of Agriculture, $1,680 Assist. Teacher of Agriculture, $1,560 Junior Teacher of Agriculture, $1,440 Receipt of applications for these positions will close May 1. The date for assembling of competitors will be stated on the admission cards sent applicants after the close of receipt of applications. The examinations are to fill vacan- cies in the Indian Field Service, and in positions requiring similar quali- fications. The entrance salaries are shown a- bove. After the probational period required by the civil service act and rules, advancement in pay without material change in duties may be made to higher rates within the pay range for the grades, up to a maxi- mum of $2,040 a year for teacher of agriculture, $1,860 a year for assis- tant teacher of agriculture, and $1,680 a year for junior teacher of agricul- ture. Promotion from lower to high- er grades may be made in accord- ance with the civil service rules as vacancies occur. Furnished quarters, heat, and light are allowed appointees free of cost. At each boarding school there is a common mess; meals are furnished at cost. Where a physician is includ- ed in the personnel of the Govern- FIRST STATE BANK AND TRUST G0. Our Service and Protection are yours. Your Patronage will be appreciated ment Indian Schools employees will receive free medical attention. The duties of teacher and assistant teacher are to teach all the work of the senior vocational course in agri- culture, comprising horticulture, stock judging, farm crops, soils, manage- ment, types and breeds of farm ani- mals, etc.; to supervise the farm ac- | tivities of the school and to keep the crop, stock, and other farm records. The duties of the junior teacher are to teach outlined work of the junior vocational course in agriculture in In- dian schools, comprising general ag- riculture, stock raising, crop produc- tion, farm machinery, dairying, gar- dening, ete.; to supervise the farm ac- tivities of the school and keep crop, stock, and other farm records. Competitors will be rated on .prac- tical questions in agriculture, and a thesis to be submitted to the exami- nor on the day of the examination. I'ull information and application blanks may be obtained from the United States Civil Service Commis- sion, Washington, D. C., or the post orifice in any city. AUTOMOBILE AND TRACTOR COURSE BEGINS JUNE 16 The Eighth Annual Automobile and Tractor Summer School will open at the College on June 16 and 23, ac- cording to Professor D. Scoates, head of the Department of Agricultural En- 2ineering, who will be in charge of the course. This school is arranged to give those working with gas en- gines, automobiles or tractors, prac- tical instruction in their care, repair and operation. Owners or prospective owners of automotive equipment, as well as me- chanies, will make a profitable in- vestment by attending this school. Particularly is this true of the Texas farmer whom necessity has forced to become a power farmer in order to lower his cost of production. There- fore, he too must have a practical working knowledge of these machines to successfully carry on his work. The school lasts eight weeks, and is so outlined as to give the most intensive training. EE SE There is about one chance in 200,- 000,000 years of a comet’s striking the earth. A. & Ii. PRESS | FOR YOUR COLLEGE PRINTING —J } | Lawrence Motor Co. All Night Service Tires and Accessories | (Gasoline and Oils Phone 565 BISHOP CAPERS WILL SPEAK AT BRYAN CHURCH Rev. S. Moylan Bird, rector of St. Andrew’s Church, Bryan, invites stu- dents and Campus people to hear the Right Reverend William Theodotus Capers, Bishop of the Diocese of West Texas, at the Parish Church in Bryan on Wednesday evening at 7:45 o’clock. students who are from the Diocese of West Texas are especially urged to attend this service. POLE i Sr lf i Si oi The telephone bell rang about 25 | billion times last year in the country. ——e eet Eee. | Almost 64 million calls were put through every day, while the long distance calls averaged almost 2,000- | 000 calls per day. ~
