692 JOURNAL OF FORESTRY 



By these amendments the membership of the Society will hereafter 

 consist of Members, Senior Members, Fellows, Associate Members, 

 and Honorary Members. All Active Members on the rolls of the 

 Society June 1, 1917, become Senior Members. 



Nominations for membership of any grade should be sent to Mr. 

 J. H. Foster, College Station, Tex., Member of the Executive Council 

 in Charge of Admissions. 



The qualifications for Members and Fellows and the method of 

 electing them is : 



Members shall be : 



(a) Men who have completed not less than four years of college 

 work leading to a degree in forestry, or its equivalent in technical 

 forestry training; or 



(b) Men without collegiate training in forestry who have completed 

 at least three years' work of a creditable character in some branch of 

 forestry. 



Candidates for membership must be recommended for election 

 to the Society by at least three Senior Members or Fellows. 



Members may attend all meetings of the Society and take part in 

 its discussions, but shall not be entitled to vote. 



Fellows shall be elected only from the grade of Senior Member, 

 Fellows shall have completed at least ten years' work in some branch of 

 forestry, including at least five years in responsible directive positions 

 or in distinctive individual work of a fruitful character. They shall 

 have the same rights as Senior Members. 



Not more than ten Fellows shall be elected in any one calendar 

 year. Nominations to this grade shall be made by seven affirmative 

 votes of the Executive Council or by the written endorsement of 25 

 Senior Members or Fellows, and shall be submitted to all Senior Members 

 and Fellows of the Society for letter ballot. An affirmative vote of 

 three-fourths of the Senior Members and Fellows voting shall be neces- 

 sary to election. 



Should the candidates for Fellow receiving the vote required on the 

 same ballot bring the total number chosen during a year to more than 

 ten, elections to the grade shall be determined in the order of the number 

 of affirmative votes cast; and those remaining shall be regarded as 

 nominated for the ensuing year. 



You will observe that nominations to the grade of Fellows require 

 seven affirmative votes of the Executive Council or the written endorse- 

 ment of 25 Senior Members. Since the election of Fellows can be most 



