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sylvania. This shows that while 75% of the students are from 

 Maine the school is not unknown outside of the state. 



EQUIPMENT. 



During the year the equipment has been considerably in- 

 creased. Among the important acquisitions are a barograph, 

 camera, compasses, aneroid barometers, tapes, and other smaller 

 articles. A room in the upper hall of the Agricultural build- 

 ing has been equipped with cases and cabinets for the display 

 of forest tree seeds and other forest products, and for the 

 storage of wood specimens. This collection of woods now 

 includes some 40 different species and will be added to materi- 

 ally during the coming year. It promises to be one of the most 

 useful and instructive adjuncts to the general equipment. Be- 

 sides small hand specimens for use in laborator}^ work, sam- 

 ple boards 4 feet long and S to 12 inches wide have been 

 secured of many species. These are planed on one side and 

 rough on the other, thus showing the appearance of the wood 

 in all stages of manufacture. An extensive collection of photo- 

 graphs from originals on file in the United States Forest Ser- 

 vice has also been secured. These cover the whole field of 

 lumbering, silviculture, and forest products. A set of lantern 

 slides, showing logging operations in Maine from the construc- 

 tion of the roads in summer to the end of the drive, has also 

 been secured during the year. 



The collection of books in the library pertaining to forestry 

 subjects is being continually increased as rapidly as the funds 

 available will permit. 



EORESTRY CLUB. 



The Forestry Club — an organization composed of all students 

 majoring in this Department — has been reorganized and made 

 more effective. It not only brings the student in Forestry of 

 all classes together but it is becoming more and more an im- 

 portant factor in their forestry education. Its primary object 

 is to provide opportunity for informal discussion of topics of 

 special interest to forestry students and to promote social inter- 

 course. The meetings are held on alternate Wednesday even- 

 ings throughout the College year and at least once a month an 



