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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



A LOGGING ENGINEERING COURSE 



THE appointment of John P. Van Orsdel to the posi- 

 tion of Professor of Logging Engineering in the 

 School of Forestry at the Oregon State College is 

 an event of some importance in forestry education in the 

 United States, and particularly in the Pacific Northwest. 

 The significance lies in the fact that Van Orsdel is recog- 

 nized by the big timber operators as one of the foremost 

 logging engineers in the country. The appointment is 

 important, too, in that it demonstrates to the practical 



JOHN P. VAN ORSDEL 



Who has taken the position of Professor of Logging Engineering in the 

 School of Forestry at the Oregon State College. 



timbermen that educational institutions have come to real- 

 ize the nature of the woodsmen's problems and their 

 responsibilities in aiding in their solution. 



As a young man, he put in seven years cruising timber, 

 locating and surveying logging railroads and flumes, and 

 planning logging operations generally. During this period 

 he had for his clients the Portland Lumber Company, 

 J. D. Lacey & Company, Hammond Lumber Company, 

 Inman-Poulsen Logging Company, Weed Lumber Com- 

 pany, and practically every other important timber con- 

 cern in the West. The scope of his activities is indicated 

 by a cruise and accurate resurvey of a 55,000-acre tract 

 for J. D. Lacey & Company in California. In 1910 he 

 established the first firm of logging engineers in the United 



States. In 1911 he was appointed superintendent of 

 woods operations for the Portland Lumber Company, a 

 position which he still holds. This company is one of the 

 largest operating timber concerns in the world. One of 

 Van Orsdel's achievements with this company was the 

 delivery of 153,000,000 feet of logs in one season. 



Mr. Van Orsdel has always been interested in the 

 technical phases of the timber business. He has been a 

 constant contributor to the lumber trade journals and has 

 prepared technical papers for practically every meeting of 

 the Pacific Logging Congress. He devised a scheme for 

 making topographic logging plans and is the originator of 

 what is known as the Van Orsdel bonus system. He is 

 interested in technical logging education. Pie has been 

 instrumental in inducing several promising young loggers 

 to go to college and has been a non-resident lecturer on 

 scientific logging subjects at the Forest Schools in Wash- 

 ington and Oregon for several years. 



In assuming his new line of work, Mr. Van Orsdel 

 will still retain his connection with the Portland Lumber 

 Company. This connection will permit him to take his 

 students out on up-to-date logging operations for first- 

 hand woods instruction. It will also enable him to place 

 students of logging engineering, during vacations, on spe- 

 cial lines of logging work in which he desires them to gain 

 experience. The plan will bring the college within reach 

 of every aspiring logger, since he will be able to earn 

 enough to pay his way while he is getting his education. 



THE WASHINGTON ARCH WITH WASHINGTONS PROFILE 



This unusual photograph of the Washington Arch in New York Citv with a 

 striking outline profile of General George Washington was taken recently, when 

 a combination of the tree in full leaf, a building the top of which shows above 

 the tree, and the Arch, all combined to produce a profile of the Father of his 

 Country which is unmistakable. Without the tree the likeness would be missing. 



