NOTES 

 The Reunion oe Yale Foresters 



On December 21 and 22 the alumni and former students of the Yale 

 School of Forestry will hold a reunion in New Haven in honor of 

 the twentieth anniversary of the foundation of the school. 



Although twenty years is a short period in the life of a profession, 

 most of the progress in American forestry and nearly all the develop- 

 ment in forestry education has been during this period. The oldest 

 of the graduates of this school are men now in early middle life, but 

 their professional work reaches back to the beginning of all real 

 progress in the organization of American forests for sustained yield. 



The first decade in the life of the Yale School of Forestry terminated 

 with a reurfion which brought together in New Haven a large percent- 

 age of the alumni and former students. This meeting initiated the 

 plan of a decennial reunion. At the close of the first decade 205 men 

 had received the professional degree of Master of Forestry and there 

 had been a total attendance exclusive of summer-school students of 

 approximately 300 men. The history of the first decade of the school's 

 existence and a biographical record of the graduates and former 

 students was published shortly after the reunion. 



Another ten years have passed and the present year will witness 

 the second gathering of Yale foresters. They will come from every 

 State and from many foreign countries, and it is confidently expected 

 that this reunion will mark an epoch in the hiistory of the school. 



During this second decade 185 men have received the professional 

 degree and there has been a total attendance exclusive of summer- 

 school students of approximately 350 men. Were it possible for all 

 who have received instruction, including summer-school students, to 

 participate in this forthcoming event there would be present ai)proxi- 

 mately 8 JO men. 



What have these 810 alumni and former students been doing? 

 More than fifty are engaged in forestry education in this country and 

 abroad. During the past twenty years approximately 250 have been 

 the dominant force in the development of the United States Forest 

 Service. Many have been engaged in the organization and dcveloimient 



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