1G8 JOURNAL OF FORESTRY 



One of the important results of this conference was the appointment 

 of a committee on forestry education in America with H. S. Graves as 

 chairman. The purpose of this committee was to prepare and report 

 upon a plan looking forward to a better standardization of forestry 

 education in the different grades in this country. The committee re- 

 ported in Washington, in December, 1911, at a meeting attended by 

 representatives from sixteen forest schools and departments of for- 

 estry in American colleges and universities. The plan proposed by 

 the committee was discussed in detail and action taken on matters 

 relating to admittance to schools of different grades, curricula and the 

 number of hours in each subject. The final report embodying action 

 taken at the meeting was published in the Forestry Quarterly for 

 September, 1912. 



The majority of the committee and the representatives of the insti- 

 tutions present at the meeting recognized that there should be in 

 America four different grades of instruction in forestry. 



(a) Advanced professional training, to include not only a sub- 

 stantial general education but also a well-rounded course in all branches 

 of technical forestry. 



(//) Instruction for forest rangers, based upon a high-school educa- 

 tion or its equivalent, and conducted mainly along thoroughly practical 

 lines. 



(c) General instruction in forestry supplementary to a course in 

 agriculture and designed to be of assistance to owners in the handling 

 of woodlands. 



(d) General course in conservation and forestry for those who 

 desire it as a part of their general education. 



Although the above grades were recognized the work of the com- 

 mittee in the final report was confined to formulating standards and 

 requirements for professional training leading to a degree. No action 

 was taken on secondary forestry education ; however in 1913 a sub- 

 committee on secondary forestry education, of which the writer was 

 chairman, was appointed by the National Conservation Congress to 

 present a report at the November meeting of that year. This report 

 published in the Proceedings of the Fifth National Conservation Con- 

 gress discusses the development of secondary forestry education in the 

 United States and outlines curricula for various grades of schools and 

 colleges that oft'er courses in forestry subjects below the grade of full 

 technical training. 



