EDUCATIONAL 



Dean Miller Kesigns 



The announcement of the resignation of 

 Professor Frank G. Miller, Dean of the 

 College of Forestry at the University of 

 Washington, comes to every forester with 

 a sincere feeling of regret. Dean Miller 

 will sever his connections with the Univer- 

 sity to become Secretary-Treasurer and Lo- 

 cal Manager of the Columbia-Wenatchee 

 Fruit Company, an organization that will en- 

 gage in an international fruit commission 

 business. The new departure in Professor 

 Miller's career will be a distinct loss to the 

 profession and especially so in the Pacific 

 Northwest where the foresters and many of 

 the lumbermen have learned to recognize in 

 him a powerful force in the local develop- 

 ment of forestry. As he will continue to 

 make Seattle his home we may still hope 

 that he will find time to keep up his in- 

 terest and continue in a general way to be 

 a force in the betterment of forestry con- 

 ditions in the Northwest. 



Mr. Miller was born at Lenark, Illinois, 

 June 2, 1866. His early training was re- 

 ceived at the Iowa State Normal School. 

 From 189.3-1899 he was Superintendent of 

 Schools, first at Parkersburg and later at 

 Dunlap, Iowa. During this period he spent 

 some of his summers in study at the Uni- 

 versity of Chicago. In 1900 he received the 

 degree of Ph.B. from the University of 

 Iowa, in 1901 B.S.A. from the Iowa State 

 College, and in 1903 M.F. from Yale Uni- 

 versity. 



He immediately entered the United States 

 Forest Service and was placed in charge 

 of forest planting investigation in Nebraska. 

 This work gave him a most excellent oppor- 

 tunity to become thoroughly familiar with 

 the especial needs of forestry in that region 

 and before the close of that year he was 

 called to the University of Nebraska to or- 

 ganize a Department of Forestry. His broad 

 educational foundation and his extensive 

 experience in teaching especially fitted him 

 to undertake this work. Under his direction 

 the school advanced rapidly and when he 

 left there in 1907 to organize the College 

 of Forestry at the University of Washington 

 the Nebraska School was recognized as one 

 of the established forest schools of the 

 country. 



At the University of Washington, where, 

 the department was to be organized as a 

 separate college and the local conditions for 

 instruction in forestry are exceptionally good. 

 Professor Miller soon controlled his oppor- 

 tunities, so that the growth and development 

 of the College have been remarkable. Dur- 

 ing the five years since its organization the 

 College of Forestry has grown under Dean 



Miller's direction to an institution with three 

 distinct groups of study and two short 

 courses that at present meet all the require- 

 rnents for instruction in forestry in the re- 

 gion. The School of Forestry at Nebraska, 

 and the College of Forestry at the Univer- 

 sity of Washington, will always stand as a 

 monument to Prof. Miller's active interest 

 in forestry in this country. 



Since he first took up the work of for- 

 estry, Prof. Miller has carried on extensive 

 studies in forest extension and has published 

 several pamphlets on this subject. During 

 the past year he has made an extensive study 

 of Forest Taxation in conjunction with Mr. 

 Frank B. Kellogg of the Forest Service. 

 This work will probably be published before 

 the close of the year. 



Professor Roth to Remain at Ann Arbor 



It was announced earlier in the winter 

 that Professor Filibert Roth, head of the 

 Forest School at the University of Michigan, 

 was to go to Cornell the coming summer, 

 to take charge of the forestry work at that 

 institution. Professor Roth has changed 

 his plans and will remain in Michigan. 



Cornell to Have $100,000 Forestry- 

 Building 



Governor Dix of New York has approved 

 the bill passed by the State Legislature ap- 

 propriating $100,000 to Cornell University 

 for a forestry building. Plans for the build- 

 ing are now being drawn, and it is expected 

 that ground will be broken this fall, and 

 that the building will be ready for occu- 

 pancy at the opening of the University in 

 September, 1913. 



The trustees of Cornell University, at a 

 meeting held on April 27th, adopted the 

 degrees to be given to foresters graduating 

 from Cornell. The course will cover five 

 years, with the degree Bachelor of Science 

 at the end of the fourth year and Master 

 in Forestry at the end of the fifth year. 



As Professor Roth is not to come to Cor- 

 nell, Professor Walter Mulford is to have 

 charge of the department, and will have 

 three other professors with him. 



The department now has about 300 acres 

 of land available for forestry purposes with- 

 in three miles of the University campus. 

 Part of this is open ground to be used for 

 experimental and demonstration plantations. 

 Included in the area are also 9 woodlots, 

 presenting a variety of silvicultural condi- 

 tions and problems. White pine, hemlock 

 and hardwoods are all well represented in 

 these stands. 



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