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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Sunday, December 8, 1946
Civil Service
Posts Open
To Ag Grads
United States civil service com
mission has announced an exam
ination for junior agriculture as
sistant, for filling the various posi
tions in the field of agriculture in
Washington, D. C, and through
out the country.
The positions open are those of
agricultural bacteriologist, agri
cultural economist, agronomist,
animal husbandman, aquatic bi
ologist, wildlife biologist, botanist,
dairy husbandman, dairy manu
facturing specialist, entomologist,
farm management supervisor, gen
eticist, home economist, horticul
urist, plant pathologist, plant
physiologist, poultry husbandman,
Boil conservationalist, soil scien
tist, and zoologist (parasitology).
Positions.
The majority of the positions
to be filled are in the" depart
ment of agriculture and the de
partment of the interior. Persons
appointed to these positions will
assist in research or other scien
tific or professional work in the
appropriate fields. The entrance
salary is S2,144 a year for a 40
hour workweek. The age limits,
18 to 35, will .be waived in the
case of veterans.
A written general test is re
quired. In addition to passing the
test applicants must have com
pleted a four year college course
or outside work equivalent to a
four year college education, with
study in appropriate subjects.
However , applications will be ac
cepted from students who are
otherwise qualified and who ex-;
pect to complete all the courses
required for qualification in the
optional field by June 30, 1947.
Applications must be received
in the commissioner's office not
later than Jan. 2, 1947. Announce
ments, sample questions, and ap
plication forms may be obtained
from most first and second-class
post offices, from civil service re
gional offices, and from the U. S.
Civil service commission, Wash
ington 25, D. C.
Stanford Club
Plans National
Drama Contest
Dramatists' Alliance of Stanford
University has announced its
twelfth annual dramatic writing
contest, presenting four separate
awards for plays. The awards are:
The Stevens award of $100 for
the best serious play of full
length in prose or verse; the Eth
erege award of $100 for the best
full length comedy; the $75 Gray
ward for dramatic criticism con
cerning stage, cinema, or radio;
and the Alden award of $50 for
brief plays of one act or two short,
unilied scenes.
The most produceable of the
plays will be staged this summer
during Dramatists' Assembly in
Palo Alto, California.
Success.
Some of the more successful
writers of recent years are: Mal
vin Wald, whose "Sound as a
Bell" and "Father was President"
have won high acclaim and are
both being produced for the stage;
Hermine Duthie, author of "The i
Festered Lily" which will have its
premiere in California soon and
which is now-being requested by
Paramount and Columbia; James ,
BrouKhton, Catherine Urban, and
Wanda Thomas.
A few privileges extended to
contributors include recommenda- '
tion of worthy plays to producing j
and publishing agencies; the j
preparation of double critiques by i
persons trained in theatre work, i
for a nominal fee beyond the fee
for registration; rating of items
contributed in the annual Bulletin,
fcent to Libraries and interested
groups throughout the country.
The final dale of this season's
competition is February 15th,
1947. Address all communications
and inquiries for registration
forms to Dramatists' Alliance,
Box 200 Z, Stanford University,,
California.
Ac students mar purchase
Student Directories la the Ar
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