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What to Do with Our Boys and Girls

What to Do with Our Boys and Girls

Baden-Powell, George

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ISBN10: 1235786498
ISBN13: 9781235786495
Publisher: General Books
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.08 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1892 Excerpt: ... No. 14. CIVIL SERVICE APPOINTMENTS.--III. TELEGRAPH LEARNERS, BOY CLERKS AND COPYISTS. BY GEORGE MURPHY. XIV. CIVIL SERVICE APPOINTMENTS.--III. MALE TELEGRAPH LEARNERS. To become a male telegraph learner is not a very difficult thing, as the examination is of the most elementary description and is well within the capacity of a sixth standard boy. The examination, unlike most others, is not made more severe by competition, for although stated to be competitive, when one considers that there are usually not more than twice as many effective competitors as appointments, it is easily seen that the competition is only nominal. Of course many more candidates present themselves for examination than there are appointments, but as the great majority of these fail in one or more of the simple subjects, they need not be taken into account. In July, 1888, 558 candidates competed, but as 338 did not qualify, there only remained 170 competitors for the 40 advertised places. In July, 1889, there were 40 places again vacant, and 457 candidates presented themselves for examination, but of these only 132 qualified. At the last London examination there were 55 vacant appointments--20 for the central office, and 35 for the district offices; 272 candidates were attracted to compete, but the large proportion of 186 failed in one or more of the subjects, and as 10 candidates withdrew from the examination, there remained only 76 competitors for 55 places. In this instance all the effective competitors but 21 obtained places. At this examination the first candidate scored 89 per cent. of the maximum number of marks, the twentieth 75 per cent., and the fifty-fifth 65 per cent. The examinations are not confined to London. There are occasional examinations in Dublin and Edinburgh. In ...

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