SOCIETY AFFAIRS 581 



closely that in effect regarding the election of members of the National 

 Academy of Science. Comments both on the specific suggestions 

 contained in these memoranda and on other phases of the Fellowship 

 question will be welcomed by the Executive Council. 



S. T. Dana, 

 Member of Bxccntivc Council in Charge of Admissions. 



Pennsylvania Section Is Launched 



R. Y. Stuart writes as follows regarding the starting of a Section 

 of the Society in Pennsylvania : 



Early in the summer of 1920 the formation of a Pennsylvania 

 Section of the Society of American Foresters was discussed by several 

 of the Pennsylvania residents. Up to that time very little interest had 

 been shown in Pennsylvania in Society affairs, due to the scattered 

 location and small number of Society members in the State, and the 

 lack of a suitable opportunity periodically to bring them together. 



The petition for the formation of the Section was circulated on 

 July 6 among the 17 members in the State and was signed by all. It 

 is a striking fact that the Society has so few members in a State in 

 which so much is being accomplished in forestry. 



There is occasion and need in Pennsylvania for an active Section of 

 the Society. It needs membership for accomplishment, and it is one 

 of the aims of the Section to increase the membership and prestige of 

 the Society in the State. A canvass has been made of the graduates 

 of the State Forest Academy at Mont Alto in order that those quali- 

 fied for membership might be made interested in the Society. Already 

 16 names of Mont Alto graduates have been submitted to the Admis- 

 sions Committee for action. 



In Pennsylvania, as in other parts of the country, the majority of 

 foresters practicing their profession are in the public service, and the 

 greater progress as a whole in forestry is accomplished by public 

 than by private organizations. For these reasons it is very desirable 

 that the personnel of the Pennsylvania Department of Forestry be 

 made interested in the Society and become active workers for it. 

 Similarly, the support of members at Pennsylvania State College is 

 needed and has been freely offered. With a greatly increased mem- 

 bership comprised of foresters in State employ, in private work, and 



