840 The youinial of Forestry. 



better districts for excursions ; and in reference to tlie accessory 

 sciences they had nothing to offer superior to what was provided by the 

 Allgcmcine Hochschulen ; while, on the other hand, many of the AU- 

 gemcinc Hochschulcn, because of their being situated in more interesting 

 forest regions, are much better suited to be the seats of instruction 

 in forest science than are some of these ; and experience has shown 

 that in them instruction can be given in the accessory sciences without 

 any detriment to the instruction given in special professional subjects ; 

 in addition to aU this, the instruction in the accessory sciences can be 

 given at no additional expense to the State, and can thus relieve the 

 treasury of the foi'est school of this, and leave it free for the prosecution 

 of experiment and research ; so that, in point of fact, no reason what- 

 ever exists for the continued maintenance of isolated forest educational 

 institutions, for which the improved conditions of the forests and the 

 superior education of the forester no longer make any demand. 



In such circumstances, continued the speaker, one may be surprised 

 at the fact that the transference of forest instruction to the Allgemeine 

 Hochscliulen has not been made ere this, and that in certain districts 

 the local combination of the forest schools with the Allgcineine 

 Hoclischulcn has not been adopted. The allegation so often 

 heard in connection with discussions of this subject, that town life 

 would imperil the morality of tlie youthful forester, surely cannot be 

 advanced in earnest : when the students of theology are, without any 

 concern as to their morality, allowed to study at the universities, the 

 student of forest science may be left to defend himself. -There must 

 also be something else than this in connection with the Allgemeine 

 HocliscJmhn which is dreaded, that the forester must be kept from 

 these whatever the expense may be. And if we would get at this 

 stumbling-stone, it is not far to seek nor ill to find. It is the spirit 

 prevailing at the Allgemeine HoclLSchulen, — it is the atmosphere of 

 liberty pervading the school, which it is considered would be detri- 

 mental to the forester. It seems to be held that at the isolated institu- 

 tion more submissive forest officials will be trained ! 



The speaker proceeded to throw light upon certain proposals which 

 had been made for such a combination of the instruction in Allgemeine 

 Hochscliulen with that given in isolated forest schools as would be 

 effected by students attending both, but successively, first the one and 

 then the other; and he showed the unsatisfactory character of such an 

 arrangement. Thus, for example, said he, it would not serve the pur- 

 pose for the forester to be allowed to go to the Allgemeine Hochsckide 

 to complete his studies after having attended the forest school : the 

 expenses to him of his education would be increased, and a privilege 

 would thus be created for the rich ; and it could bring no compensating 

 advantage to the forester to go through the study of the foundation 



