HIS COURSE BROUGHT SUCCESS 



W. EVANS JOHNSON, 245 9th St., N. E., Washington, 

 D. C., was employed as a minor salesman at $5 a week 

 when he enrolled with the I.C.S. for the Civil Engineer- 

 ing Course. The following winter he took the Civil 

 Service examination for topographical draftsman and in 

 June, 1910, he was appointed to a position on the Coast 

 Survey at $20 a week. He has steadily increased his 

 income since that date and is now earning at the rate of 

 $200 a month. This success he attributes to his Course 

 with the I.C.S. 



NOW COUNTY SURVEYOR 



FRANK P. PLESSINGER, Locust Grove, Pa., decided to 

 take up the study of an I.C.S. Course in Surveying and 

 Mapping when engaged in farming. He experienced no 

 difficulty whatever in successfully completing the study 

 of his Course and through the knowledge thus gained 

 was able to ask for and satisfactorily perform the duties 

 connected with the office of county surveyor of Fulton 

 County, Pa. Part of his work has been the compiling of 

 an atlas of Fulton County, requiring considerable engi- 

 neering ability. 



EARNS $1,400 A YEAR 



When A. B. TALMADGE, G. A. R. Building, Leaven- 

 worth, Kans., enrolled for the Surveying and Mapping 

 Course, he was earning $45 a month. At the same time 

 he started to work as a rodman. Spare-time study has 

 increased his earnings and brightened his future pros- 

 pects. Since obtaining his Diploma he has passed a 

 United States Government Civil Service examination and 

 now receives $1,400 a year, having also his expenses paid 

 when absent from headquarters. 



A GRADUATE'S SUCCESS 



When C. JEROME NEWCOMB, 92 Union Ave., Jamaica, 

 N. Y., enrolled for the Bridge Engineering Course, he 

 was employed as a salesman in a wholesale metal house. 

 Since obtaining his Diploma he has received one advance- 

 ment after another until he is now in full charge of the 

 drafting room and construction work for the Conserva- 

 tion and Public Service Company, of New York City, a 

 responsible and well-paid position. He is an enthusiastic 

 friend of the I.C.S. and praises the bound volumes. 



WHAT THE I.C.S. DID FOR HIM 



JOHN HOGAN, 60 Broad St., Red Bank, N. J., decided to 

 take a Civil Engineering Course with the I.C.S. while 

 working as a Chainman, 18 years old. He later secured 

 work with a County Engineer and is now in charge of a 

 party. He also designs bridges, reinforced concrete, etc. 



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