SOCIETY Al- FAIRS 195) 



In connection with research, I wish to call the attention of the mem- 

 bers to the recent report on the subject published by the National 

 Research Council, which was prepared under the direction of the 

 chairman of the Research Committee of the Society. 



Since the completion of the report, the Research Committee has not 

 functioned because of the resignation of the chairman. A new com- 

 mittee was not created, because it was felt that for the time being the 

 interests of the Society in research could be satisfactorily handled by 

 an active committee within the N, R. C, the majority of the members 

 of which were also members of the Society. If the request of the 

 Educational Conference is approved, research matters will presumably 

 be handled through the Educational Committee. 



There has been a gratifying interest manifested by the various Sec- 

 tions in the work of the Society during the past year. They promise 

 to be a potent force in creating greater interest in the Society as such, 

 and in forestry in general in their respective regions. 



I here want to appeal to each Section to do what it can to bring 

 home to the members the desirability and necessity of each man 

 recording his personal opinion on questions at issue, instead of re- 

 maining a passive onlooker as many seem to do today. It is scarcely 

 conceivable that only about one-half of the membership have any de- 

 cided opinions about who should conduct the afifairs of the Society, 

 yet such appears to be the case. The Society can never take the place 

 it should in the development of the profession until a majority of the 

 members become sufficiently interested at least to record their choice 

 of officers. 



I would like to suggest the desirability of having a Committee on 

 Sections, composed of the chairman of existing Sections, the duty of 

 which should be a survey of the field to determine where new Sections 

 if any should be organized, and to make plans for the coordination, as 

 far as is deemed practicable of the present work of Sections and to 

 outline any new activities which may appear desirable. I feel that 

 such a committee during the coming year may do much to make the 

 Society a more virile organization. 



I want to express to the officers of the Society and to the members 

 of the Executive Council, my hearty thanks for the generous support 

 which they have accorded to me the past year. 



We have tried to uphold the high ethical standards which have al- 

 ways marked the conduct of Society aft'airs in the past and have en- 



