EDITORIAL COMMENT 

 TiiK Annual Mkktinc. of tiik Sociktv 



The annual meeting of the Society was held last year on December 

 20 in New York at the Yale Club. The educational conference that 

 prc'ccck'd ihc meeting as well as the twentieth Yale reunion that fol- 

 lowed it, brought a large number of foresters to the meeting. It was 

 therefore unfortunate that from a technical standpoint it did not pro- 

 vide a large field for the discussion of vital forest problems. Although 

 the program contained many interesting papers there was no time for 

 ])resenting them and little discussion of the few which were actually 

 presented. The business meeting was more interesting as it generated 

 considerable discussion and resulted in the adoption of many im- 

 portant resolutions. Resolutions, however, unless they are given wide 

 publicity and acted upon remain mere paper resolutions. Let us hope 

 that the new officers elected will see that the resolutions adopted at the 

 annual meeting are made a basis for action. The usual lack of time 

 for the discussion of technical problems and considerable interest man- 

 ifested in the affairs of the Society as a whole raised the question of 

 whether it would not be desirable in the future to separate the two parts 

 altogether. The Society has now grown to large proportions with 

 many varied interests and it certainly could devote at least one full 

 day to a discussion of the Society affairs alone. An annual busi- 

 ness meeting could be held at some convenient point most accessible to 

 a large number of members. The technical meeting on the other hand, 

 should be held in conjunction with the meetings of the American As- 

 sociation for the -Advancement of Science where more time could be 

 given to purely technical ])roblems. where the members would have 

 an opportunity to attend meetings of other societies, and where for- 

 esters could get in closer touch v.ith the scientific workers in other 

 allied branches. 



The program of the meeting, as well as the resolutions, are printed 

 elsewhere in the Iolrxal. 



Fire Protection Important But Not All 



At the present time when in this country there is a strong movement 

 on foot looking to a forestry program of greatly increased scope, and 



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