VOCATIONAL FORESTRY EDUCATION 731 



of school the supervised practice may include actual woodlot opera- 

 tions. Where a demand exists for trained foremen in planting, nursery 

 or other silvicultural activities it would be possible to provide instruc- 

 tion for these men. Provision can be made in like manner for the 

 further vocational training of the employees of the Federal and State 

 forestry and park departments. 



In the line of industrial forestry very little has as yet been at- 

 tempted. On the Pacific Coast several vocational schools in lumber- 

 ing are meeting with success, one school limiting its field to the 

 training of foremen for the various logging operations. In New York 

 State a vocational school has been organized in connection with a pulp 

 mill. The chief obstacle to the progress of the work has been the 

 lack of qualified teachers. In general, teachers of vocational subjects 

 are required to have had several years' practical experience in the 

 vocation in addition to their technical and professional training. 



Under the provisions of the act it is possible to establish vocational 

 schools in connection with every large lumbering operation, wood- 

 working industry, paper mill and wood distillation plant in the country 

 wherever the minimum enrollment can be obtained. Such schools may 

 be day, part-time, or evening and it is frequently possible for one 

 teacher to instruct several classes in a community. 



Vocational forestry education opens up a new field for foresters 

 with the required preparation, since hundreds of teachers of lumber- 

 ing, paper making, and other vocational forestry subjects will be 

 required each year. Forest schools must take an active part in the 

 movement, however, if it is to prove a success. 



