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JOURNAL OF FORESTRY 



The 19 men listed as promising in western administration are still 

 below the rank of deputy supervisor, mainly because of shortness of 

 Service. 



The eastern administrative list includes six in Washington and six 

 in charge of areas in District 7. Six more are listed as promising 

 merely because they have not attained the rank of supervisor. There 

 is no doubt as to their ability. 



When to this record is added that of the graduates of all other forest 

 schools, the question as to the administrative capacity of the man who 

 has a technical education is proved by the facts beyond further chal- 

 lenge. 



But how about the "lost tribes of Israel" — the men who were once in 

 the Forest Service but are not there now ? Here is where we must turn, 

 evidently, to analyze the percentage and causes of failure in Govern- 

 ment service. In this case, also, the number of Yale Forest School men 

 is sufficient from which to draw safe conclusions. The first of these 

 conclusions is strikingly brought out by the following table, showing 

 the number of men entering the Forest Service from each class of the 

 Yale Forest School and the number and per cent still in the Service : 



« Based on total number of years of actual service compared with maximum 

 years of service possible had all men entering the Forest Service from the 

 respective classes remained in it to the present. Military service not deducted. 



f> Number and length of service too short to indicate tendency. 



