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Recknagel. In the autumn Professors Spring and Bentley, during their 

 vacation period from Cornell, taught in the Yale School of Forestry. 

 This exchange of professors between these two schools of forestry is 

 significant as being indicative of close correlation of work and of interests. 



On October i, 191 7, Bernard A. Chandler, formerly Assistant State 

 Forester of Vermont, was appointed Assistant Professor of Forest Utili- 

 zation for the period of the college year. In May, 191 8, he was made 

 a regular member of the staff. He has since been engaged primarily in 

 forest investigation work, mainly in the Adirondacks. 



On December 31, 191 7, Cedric H. Guise resigned as extension instructor 

 in forestry to enter the United States School of Military Aviation at 

 Ithaca, where he is now serving as instructor in the use of instruments 

 and in mapping. 



In June, 1918, Assistant Professor John Bentley, jr., was promoted to 

 a full professorship, with the title Professor of Forest Engineering. 



Teaching. — The number of students registered in the courses offered, 

 as compared with previous years, was as follows: 



* In place of regular courses Huring the Summer Session there was given, both in 1916 and in 1917, a 

 series of public lectures on forestry. 



Owing to the large number of enlistments in war service from among 

 the professional forestry students during the spring and summer of 19 17, 

 the actual number of professional forestry students, excluding freshmen, 

 stands at 30 for 1917-18 as against 81 in 1916-17. 



During the year 191 7-18 five graduate students have been registered 

 in the Department. Two of these men received the degree of master in 

 forestry this year. One man, a candidate for the degree of master of 

 science, passed his examination in June and will receive his degree in 

 September. 



It is the judgment of the departmental staff that in the period following 

 the war the need for technically educated foresters will unquestionably 



