THE ANxNUAL MEETING 



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definite program of principles will be 

 advanced for the /\ssociation to consider 

 and possibly adopt. 



An especially attractive program has 

 been arranged for the evening session 

 of January 13. The first address will be 

 given by Hon. John E. Ransdell, Repre- 

 sentative in Congress from Louisiana, 

 and president of the National Rivers 

 and Harbors Congress. Mr. Ransdell 

 will speak on "Forests and Inland Wa- 

 terways." Representing as he does a 

 great National organization for the im- 

 provement of the waterways, an organi- 

 zation which represents a policy, not a 

 project, Mr. Ransdell's address will be 

 of especial importance. The other ad- 

 dress of the evening will be an illus- 

 trated one by Mr. Bailey Willis, of the 

 Geological Survey, on "Some Results of 

 Deforestation." Probably no other man 

 in America has studied the question of 

 erosion as broadly and as deeply as Dr. 

 Willis. He is not only familiar with the 

 problem as it affects almost every sec- 

 tion of our own country, but has studied 

 the subject in Europe and Asia. His 

 illustrations will be drawn in large part 

 from these countries. 



The morning session on January 14 

 will be devoted to the subject. "State 

 and National Forests." An important 

 address of this session will be on "The 

 Government, the State, and the Indi- 

 vidual in Forest Conservation." Other 

 papers to be presented by prominent 



speakers at this session will be on the 

 White Mountains and the Southern Ap- 

 palachians. There will be a commission 

 report at this session on "Principles in 

 the Acquirement and Management of 

 State Forests." Some of those appointed 

 on this commission are : E. M. Griffith, 

 State Forester of Wisconsin, Prof. 

 Filibert Roth, professor of Forestry, 

 University of Michigan, H. S. Conklin, 

 Commissioner of Forestry of Pennsyl- 

 vania, F. W. Beasley, State Forester of 

 Maryland, and P. P. Wells, of the 

 Forest Service. 



The concluding session will be held 

 January 14 at 2 p. m. on the subject 

 of "Forest Education," and will be one 

 of the most important sessions of the 

 meeting. Some of the subjects to be 

 presented will be the "Forests and the 

 Industries." "The Press as an Aid to 

 Education in Dealing with Forests and 

 Other Resources," "Forestry and the 

 Public Schools," and "Federal Appro- 

 priation for Teaching Forestry." 

 Among those who are expected to give 

 addresses are : Senator Beveri Jge of In- 

 diana^ Dr. Albert Shaw of the Rcviezv 

 of Reviews, Prof. W. N. Clififord of 

 Philadelphia, Prof. H. S. Graves of the 

 Yale Forest School, and Prof. S. B. 

 Green of the University of Minnesota. 



Near the close of this session will 

 come the report of committees, election 

 of officers, and such other business as 

 the Association may desire to consider. 



