704 JOUKXAI. OF rORKSTKY 



H. B. Morse, of the Orono Pulp & Paper Company, second vice presi- 

 dent ; Shirley Rogers, of the Great Northern Paper Company, third 

 vice president : and P. T. Coolidge, forestry engineer, secretary and 

 treasurer. 



The object of the club shall be the promotion of social intercourse 

 and the study of forestry and its allied activities. Membershiji shall 

 be open to any forest-school graduates and all other persons actively 

 engaged in forest land management in eastern Maine and others rec- 

 ommended by the membership committee. Undergraduates of the 

 forestry course at the University of Maine will be cordially welcomed 

 as guests at the club's regular meetings, and visitors from out of town 

 or people living in Bangor, who are ineligible for membership, will also 

 be cordially welcomed as guests of members. 



Regular meetings will be held on the second Friday of each month. 

 The committee which is responsible for the organization plans con- 

 si'^ted of Prof. J. M. Briscoe, George T. Carlisle, Jr.. K. McR. Clark, 

 P. T. Coolidge. D. A. Crocker and H. B. Morse. 



Training of Forest Officers — Oxford Rfxommendkd 



A report was recently issued of the Interdepartmental Committee 

 which was asked to prepare a scheme for giving effect to the resolu- 

 tions of the British Empire Forestry Conference with regard to a 

 central institution for training forest officers. 



The committee recommends that such an institution should be 

 placed at Oxford and incorporated with the University. It should be 

 governed by a board appointed one-half by the departments or Gov- 

 ernments concerned, and the other half by the University. 



The Board should have general charge of the higher course of 

 training, of finance, and of administration. The director of the insti- 

 tution, who should be the Professor of Forestry, and the staff should 

 be appointed by the University with the approval of the board. Pend- 

 ing the erection of buildings, arrangements can be made with the 

 University for temporary accommodation. The committee says that 

 the annual cost of the permanent staff should not at the beginning 

 exceed £4,000 per annum. 



New Tanning Material in France 



The French press calls attention to the value as a tanning material 

 of the plant known to botanists as Acacia arabica. Fifty-five tons of 



