282 Forestry Quarterly 



The Forestry Department of the Canadian Pacific Railway, in 

 charge of Eastern lines, i.e., from Lake Superior to the Atlantic 

 Coast, has been transferred from the Department of Natural 

 Resources to that of Operating. Mr. B. W. Winegar has been 

 placed in charge of the forestiy work. 



The following officers were elected for a term of three years at 

 the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Forest Engineers : 

 President, Mr. Clyde Leavitt, Vice-President, Mr. H. R. MacMil- 

 lan, and Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. Ellwood Wilson. 



At the Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Canadian Forestry 

 Association held in Ottawa on January 19, the following were 

 some of the officers elected for the ensuing year : President, F. C. 

 Whitman; Vice-President, J. B. Miller; Directors, R. H. Camp- 

 bell, Dr. B. E. Fernow, Ellwood Wilson, G. C. Piche, J. B. White, 

 E. J. Zavitz, H. R. MacMillan, and Clyde Leavitt; Nominating 

 Committee, R. H. Campbell, Ellwood Wilson, and J. B. White. 



Mr. Robson Black has been appointed Secretary of the Associa- 

 tion, taking the place of Mr. James Lawler, who resigned and has 

 entered the Dominion Forest Service as Editor of Publications. 



The Empire Forester, a new annual publication devoted to the 

 activities of forestry students in camp and college, has made ics 

 appearance, under the auspices of the student body of the New 

 York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University. 



A complete course in pulp and paper making has been added to 

 the curriculum of the University of Maine. The course came 

 into existence two years ago, and is endorsed by leading pulp and 

 paper manufacturers. The work is conducted in the new science 

 building of the University, where it is expected soon to have 

 equipment installed for carrying on the process from the wood to 

 the finished product. 



By the will of General W. D. Gill, of Baltimore, the Johns 

 Hopkins University is made legatee after Mrs. Gill's death, when 

 a chair in forestry is to be established. 



