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during the year, distributed by grade as follows : Forty Senior mem- 

 bers, 3 Members, and 6 Associate members. Six members were raised 

 to rank of Fellow at the election in February. ( See Report of Sec- 

 retary.) 



In addition to those elected, a list of 50 proposed members was sub- 

 mitted — 2)3 for Senior member. 9 for Member, and 8 for Associate 

 member. 



In regard to the question of increasing the membership, the follow- 

 ing suggestions are submitted to the Society for consideration : 



It should be the policy of the Society to elect a large number of men 

 who are qualified to the grade of Member. By so doing many men will 

 automatically become eligible for Senior membership who are now dis- 

 qualified by the limiting clause of the Constitution, which requires them 

 to serve in the grade of Member for two years. There appears to be 

 no reason why all men who have completed their college work, or in 

 the absence of collegiate training have completed at least three years' 

 work of a creditable character in some branch of forestry, should not 

 become members of the Society. In the course of two or three years 

 these men will have served their apprenticeship as members, whether 

 they have otherwise become eligible for Senior membership or not. 

 Many without this apprenticeship will never, under the Constitution, 

 become eligible for the Senior grade. It is urged that the various Sec- 

 tions and the forest schools secure as many nominations as possible for 

 the grade of Member. These nominations should be accompanied by 

 statements showing that the candidates have the required qualifications. 



J. H. Foster, 

 Member of the Executive Council, in Charge of Admissions. 



Report of the War Committee 



The War Committee of the Society of American Foresters was re- 

 organized in April. 1918. At that time the President of the Society 

 appointed J. W. Toumey chairman, with power to reorganize and in- 

 crease the membership and undertake such special work and investiga- 

 tions as might be of value in the conduct of the war. The War Com- 

 mittee was reorganized, with the following executive committee and 

 additional members : 



Executive Cormuittee 



J. W. Toumey, Chairman. Connecticut E. H. Clapp, Washington, D. C. 

 Raphael Zon, Washington, D. C. I. W. Bailey, Massachusetts 



Gifford Pinchot, Pennsylvania C. R. Pettis, New York 



