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Since llJlii there lias been no conferences on forestry education and 

 no extended journal articles dealing with this important subject. 

 Each school has been left to work out, extend, and re-shape its cur- 

 riculum without reference to other schools, at least without mutual dis- 

 cussion and helpfulness. As a consequence forestry training in this 

 country in the various grades has tended to diverge more or less from 

 the standards discussed ten years ago. To considerable extent local 

 needs have emphasized extended training in certain subjects to the 

 elimination or almost total suppression of others essential in a well- 

 rounded course. In not a few instances the stress for time has re- 

 stricted the attention that should be given to pre-forestry subjects and 

 foresters continue to leave our schools with insufficient background in 

 general educational subjects. 



For some time the writer lias recognized the need for a second 

 national conference on forestry education, and in the early summer of 

 l!»'-^0 he was urged by many foresters engaged in educational work 

 to call such a conference to convene at New Haven, Conn., Decem- 

 ber IT and 18, 1!)20. In order to facilitate the w'ork of the congress 

 and make it productive of the most good the following list of subjects 

 for investigation and report ujjon were assigned to committees some 

 months prior to the meeting : 



(a) The undergraduate forestry course leading to the degree of 

 Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Science in Forestry. Chairman, 

 R. S. Hosmer. 



( b) The course leading to the degree of Master of Forestry. Chair- 

 man, H. H. Chapman. 



(c) Specialization in the courses leading to the degrees of Bachelor 

 of Science in Forestry and Master of Forestry. Chairman, F. F. Moon. 



((/) The scope and character of training for specialists in forest 

 products. Chairman, S. T. Dana. 



ir) The scope and field of vocational training in forestry. Chair- 

 man, Hugo Winkenwerder.' 



(/) Forestry subjects as cultural and educational discipline in pub- 

 lic and private schools, colleges and universities. Chairman. Dr. C. D. 

 Jarvis. 



(g) Should "Public Relations" receive a place in the training of 

 foresters. Di.scussion bv Herbert A. Smith. 



' Report of committee prepared by J. B. Berry and presented at the confer- 

 ence by E. A. Zeigler. 



