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with the New York vState Conservation Commissioner and the State Fuel 

 Administrator. On December 26, 191 7, Professor G. Harris Colling- 

 wood was likewise appointed as district agent under the Wood Fuel 

 Advisory Board, to promote the use of wood fuel. This duty occu- 

 pied a considerable portion of his time during the months of January, 

 February, and March. During March Professor B. A. Chandler was 

 engaged in similar duty, in cooperation with Professor Collingwood. 



Professor Arthur B. Recknagel was granted leave of absence from the 

 University from July i, 1917, to June 30, 1918, to permit him to serve 

 as Secretary to the Empire State Forest Products Association. He is 

 also a member of the war committee of the Society of American For- 

 esters, whose duty it is to assist the Government, particularly as regards 

 the utilization of forests for war purposes. 



Professor Paul J. Kruse left the College on May i to do vocational 

 testing for the Government. Examinations will be arranged to deter- 

 mine the degree of proficiency of men who claim exemption on account 

 of being skilled worlcmen. 



Professor Ralph W. Rees spent his vacation with Mr. E. H. Anderson, 

 agriculturist for the New York Central Railroad with headquarters at 

 Buffalo. His work is in the perishable freight department, where there 

 has been an abnormal loss of food products during the last few months 

 which the company thinks is partly due to the tendency to overload cars 

 in attempting to carry out the full-car program. 



Professor William A. Riley was a member of the sub-committee on 

 Medical Zoology of the Division of Medicine of the National Research 

 Council. 



Professor Martha Van Rensselaer was given a six-months leave of 

 absence on March i, to take the position of Director of the Home Con- 

 servation Division of the United States Food Administration. This 

 appointment insures close cooperation between the College and the Fed- 

 eral Commission. Miss Claribel Nye was given leave of absence to act 

 as assistant to Miss Van Rensselaer. 



As Chairman of the War Emergency Board of American Plant Pa- 

 thologists, Professor H. H. Whetzel has devoted considerable time and 

 energy since the first of the year to assisting in the organization and devel- 

 opment of cooperative Coordination of plant-disease control work of an 

 emergency character among pathologists throughout the United States. 



New York State is making a determined effort to increase production 

 by stimulating home gardening by boys and girls. Professor F. L. Griflfin 

 is state leader of this movement. Professor Edward A. White is super- 

 visor for western New York and has visited thirty-seven cities and tov/ns, 

 conferring with superintendents of schools, chambers of commerce, and 



