| Show v i Civil Service Warns Against Correspondence Correspond Correspond- ence Schools Washington ton D. D C. C March larch 27 7 1928 The United States Civil Service Commission Com- Com mission minion has sent Bent a circular letter to tod advertising d managers of newspapers D. D mod and d periodicals periodical throughout country coun coun- try dUn riling citing figures which indicate the practical cal worthlessness of widely ad- ad correspondence courses in Preparation for lor forest ranger exam- exam 5 na nations omI j i The he Commission 6 says gays S 'S in the letter latter that it has bas made a survey of the examination ex- ex papers of 1081 competitors in iu the forest ranger examination held last October disclosing the following results r Of f m competitors who had no corre correspondence correspondence cor cor- re training passed the examination Of competitors who had taken takena a D correspondence co course course in lion for the examination exactly 18 passed Sixty nine were noncommittal as to training in advance All of these the failed i iThe The Commission quoted the following following following follow follow- ing statement from a circular recently issued by the United States Forest Service regarding advertising of correspondence correspondence cor cor- schools which give training training training train train- ing for fOT forest ranger examinations Many of the statements in these advertisements are misleading and in some cases absolutely false These frequently convey the impression that the forest rangers ranger's Job fob is largely a time play-time job or a convenient convenient means for an outing in inthewoods woods the while as a matter of fact the position of forest ranger is a permanent permanent permanent per per- manent one of considerable responsibility responsibility requiring arduous work often under difficult conditions and with definite requirements as to experience and ability Forest Service officials doubt donut the value alue of correspondence II schools under ordinary circumstances in furnishing proper preparation for I forest ranger positions I j |
