NEWS AND NOTES 



On page 653 of volume XII of the Quarterly, the school of 

 forestry at the Georgia College of Agriculture is referred to as 

 "newly established." We hasten to correct the impression which 

 this phrase implies. This school was established in 1905, Mr. 

 Alfred Akerman taking charge as professor of forestry in the 

 spring of 1906. In 1909, the funds for this institution, which 

 had been provided by the generosity of Mr. George Foster 

 Peabody, were exhausted, but the State continued the work. The 

 phrase "newly established" refers merely to a change of status: 

 until October last the forest school was a department of the 

 College of Agriculture, it then became the "Georgia State Forest 

 School," with all the privileges of an independent institution. 



The Minnesota Forestry Association had prepared an amend- 

 ment to the State Constitution, having in view the setting aside 

 of the school and other State lands better adapted for the pro- 

 duction of timber than for agriculture as State forests, and had 

 vigorously supported the proposition, especially through its organ 

 The North Woods. An unusual amount of propaganda was 

 commenced June 1. Editors of larger newspapers were taken 

 to the woods; smaller ones were supplied with weekly stories; 

 women's clubs with a membership of 17,000 distributed literature 

 and posters, and did electioneering; the clergy was engaged to 

 exercise itself; motion pictures showing the conditions in the 

 north woods were exhibited in 250 theaters and lanternslides in 

 316 shows; a State Forest day was appointed by the Governor, 

 some 400,000 children with 14,000 teachers participating and 

 appealing to the voters for support ; exhibits at sixty-nine county 

 fairs and the State fair were utilized; 300,000 booklets were 

 distributed and 37,000 posters; fifteen speakers delivered 250 

 speeches throughout the State; bankers sent out literature to 

 their customers with the monthly statements; manufacturers 

 and ministers, telephone and gas companies, and commercial clubs 

 canvassed their members, workmen and clientele. 



Altogether 1800 citizens lent their active support to these 

 measures of influencing the vote, and the result was the pass- 



129 



