THE ANNUAL MEETING 



Members of the American Forestry Association Will Meet in New York 



City on Monday, January 11, 1915 



To Members oj the American Forestry 

 Association: 



You are urged to attend the 34th 

 annual meeting of the American For- 

 estry Association, in the Wool worth 

 Building, 233 Broadway, New York 

 City, on Monday, January 11, 1915. 



There will be morning and afternoon 

 sessions at 10 o'clock and 2 o'clock, 

 and in the evening an informal dinner 

 at the Hotel McAlpin, Broadway and 

 34th Street, at 7 o'clock, at which there 

 will also be addresses. 



The meeting will be essentially prac- 

 tical. Its chief piu-pose is to have ad- 

 dresses and discussions on how the 

 Association may be of the best service, 

 during 1915, to the several phases of 

 forest conservation, national forestry, 

 state forestry, private forestry, forestry 

 for lumbermen, forestry for paper and 

 pulp men, use of forests for recreation, 

 etc. 



The addresses on these subjects will 

 be by recognized experts on each, and 



the discussions will be participated in 

 by the members and guests. 



Members who expect to attend will please 

 notify the Secretary. 



Reservations for lunch in the Raths- 

 keller of the Wool worth Building at 

 12:30, price $1.00, must be made in 

 advance. Reservations for the dinner 

 at the McAlpin Hotel at 7 o'clock, 

 price $2.50, must be made in advance. 



Members may bring friends and may 

 make luncheon and dinner reservations 

 for them. 



This is the first annual meeting of 

 the Association in New York, and as it 

 is a convenient point for members in 

 the East to gather, a large attendance is 

 expected and requested. 



Henry S. Drinker, President. 



P. S. RiDSDALE, Executive Secretary. 



Members of the Society of American 

 Foresters and of the Society of Eastern ■ 

 Foresters will meet with The American 

 Forestry Association. 



THE PROGRAM. 



Discussions of fifteen or twenty minutes will follow each address. 



Morning, President Henry S. Drinker Presiding. 



10:00. Address of welcome. President Henry S. Drinker. 



10:10. How the American Forestry Association Can Cooperate with the Forest 



Service. Henry S. Graves, Chief Forester of the United States. 

 10:45. What the American Forestry Association Can Do for State Forestry. By 



C. R. Pettis, Supt. of New York State Forests. 

 1 1 :35. The Service the American Forestry Association Can Render in Educational 



Work. Dean Hugh P. Baker, New York State College of Forestry at 



Syracuse University. 

 11:50. How Can the American Forestry Magazine be made more useful and 



attractive? W. B. Howland, Publisher, The Independent, John Oliver 



La Gorce, Associate Editor The National Geographic Magazine. 

 12:30. Adjourn for lunch. 



Afternoon, Charles Lathrop Pack Presiding. 



2:15. What Shall Be the Policy of the American Forestry Association towards 



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