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Show BEWARE OF THE I "COACHING" SCHOOLS ' i The following statement is made ' by the United States Civil Service i Commission: The Commission warns the public against paying money for "coaching" : courses in preparation for Federal ! civil service examinations. ! Schools which sell such courses under un-der present conditions accept money under false pretense. A surveyor of civil service courses is now under indictment in-dictment in Iowa for false representation. represen-tation. It is expected that other such cases of prosecution will follow. Comparatively few appointments are being made in the Federal civil service. Vacancies which must be ; filled by the transfer of those in the' service or the reinstatement of those who have been in the. service, wher-' ever practicable. I It is seldom necessary to announce an examination. In most cases large registers of eligibles exist as a result' of examinations held during the past year. When an examination is announced, an-nounced, the applicants are usually hundreds of times in excess of the need. Money paid for civil service coaching coach-ing courses at this time might almost as well be thrown to the four winds. o |