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1. Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada. 2. Southeastern 

 United States. 3. Central United States. 4. Northern Rockies. 5. South- 

 west, including Mexico. 6. Pacific Coast, including Western Canada. 7. 

 Hawaii, the Philippines and the Orient. 8. Europe. 9. Unclassified. 



The above classification is adopted in order to facilitate the identifica- 

 tion of important news items. It is only natural that readers will be 

 interested more in the news from one region than from another. Realiz- 

 ing this, the news are arranged accordingly. 



A. B. R. 



1. Northern United States and Eastern Canada 



H. H. Tryon has joined the staff of the New York State College of 

 Forestry at Syracuse University as instructor in forest utilization. Mr. 

 Tryon graduated from the forest school of Harvard University in 1913, 

 since when he has been engaged in State work in Massachusetts. 



G. A. Gutches has been appointed as Director of the State Ranger School 

 at Wanakena, N. Y. Mr. Gutches graduated from the University of 

 Michigan in 1909, and has. for the past three years been District Forest 

 Inspector for the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. This makes eight 

 new appointments to the faculty of the New York State College of 

 Forestry within the last year. 



At the reorganization meeting of the Maine Forestry Association which 

 was held in Bangor during January, Blaine S. Viles, State Forestry Com- 

 missioner, and John M. Briscoe, professor of forestry at the University 

 of Maine, were elected directors. 



At the third annual meeting of the New York State Forestry Associa- 

 tion held in Rochester during January, Frank F. Moon and Eugene S. 

 Bruce were elected as Secretary and Vice-president, respectively ; Ralph 

 S. Hosmer, C. R. Pettis and Hugh P. Baker were chosen for the execu- 

 tive committee, the first to serve for three years, the last two for two years. 

 Samuel N. Spring was elected auditor for two years. 



Samuel J. Record has been elected one of the vice-presidents of the Yale 



Association of Class Secretaries. 



Paul G. Redington, Supervisor of the Sierra National Forest, gave 

 illustrated lectures on the National Forests of the Pacific Coast at the 

 Universities of Syracuse and of Michigan. 



Haymond E. Hopson, forester for the Adirondack League Club, was 

 married recently. Hopson's headquarters are at Old Forge. N. Y. 



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