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thorou}jjh uiuk'rstan(liii,i( of the aims of forestry and a general knowl- 

 edge of its methods. 



;i. "Forest work" covers the foiu' main fields (jf forest manage- 

 ment, forest protection, forest administration, and forest and wood 

 utilization, aiul may include -specialization in any one of these fields, 

 provided such specialization is closely linked up with forest production. 

 Thus logging engineering, wood technology, forest economics, forest 

 entomology, forest pathology, and grazing as related to forest manage- 

 ment are all regarded as forest work. 



4. Neither practical experience nor achievement is necessary for 

 admission to Memhership. The general policy is to include in this 

 grade practically all forest school graduates and others who qualify as 

 foresters and who are engaged in forest work. Original election to 

 the Society will ordinarily be to this grade rather than to Senior 

 Membership. 



"). Senior Membership is regarded as a higher grade than Active 

 McmJjership under the old constitution. Election to it will be based 

 on achievement, which may be indicated by advancement to a position 

 of responsibility and a noteworthy showing of efBciency in any line 

 of forest work, by some definite and important contribution to the 

 advancement of forestry, or by authorship of creditable publications on 

 some phase of forestry. Experience alone, when involving no more 

 than a routine and satisfactory performance of customary and di- 

 rected duties, is not sufificient. Change from the grade of Member- 

 ship to that of Senior Membership is not automatic, and there will 

 doubtless be cases where men will remain indefinitely in the Member- 

 ship grade. This will be increasingly true as standards for Senior 

 Membership are made more strict with the growth of the profession. 



6. It is the belief of the Executive Council that a comparatively 

 small number of men should be chosen as Fellows, so as to make elec- 

 tion to this grade a distinct honor. In addition to such nominations 

 for Fellows as may be made by the written endorsement of 25 Senior 

 Members or Fellows, the Executive Council will from time to time 

 review the list of Senior Members to make certain that no men who, 

 in its judgment, qualify fqr this grade have been overlooked. Nomina- 

 tions by the Executive Council will ordinarily be limited to a few 

 names. 



7. Associate Membership is limited to persons "engaged in lines of 

 work related to forestry." "Substantial interest" in forestry^ must also 



