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position of forest assistant, which would then be attained by means of 

 a promotion examination. 



I would, therefore, say to men like Kneipp : Take a broad-gauge 

 view of the situation and remember what there was to start with 20 

 years ago. The conditions under which the schools, the Service, and 

 the men are laboring are extraordinary and all are undergoing a process 

 of evolution. About 25 years hence we may have the ideal technical 

 forester which Kneipp speaks of. It is a healthy sign that the embryo 

 forester has lots to learn when he gets to his new assignment, and, con- 

 sidering the many and new variable factors involved both in the man 

 and in the job, it is truly a miracle that so many technical foresters 

 have made good. 



