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Biographical Records of the Graduates and Former Students of 

 the Yale Forest School. Compiled by the Yale Forest School, 

 assisted by the Class Secretaries Bureau. New Haven, Conn. 

 1913. Pp. 350. 



This volume is of interest through the very large share which 

 graduates of the Yale Forest School have had in the develop- 

 ment of the Federal Forest Service. 



A short historical sketch of the School is given in the begin- 

 ning. It was opened in 1900, following a private endowment 

 of $150,000, with seven regular students and a staff of two in- 

 structors. Froqi its establishment it was a graduate school with 

 a summer school for rangers, teachers and others, held at Mil- 

 ford, Pa. The attendance rose rapidly, with an enrollment of 31, 

 44, 66, 63, in the years 1901-1904. In the latter year the Junior 

 course was lengthened by the addition of a three months' field 

 term in the summer, but with the work distinct from the ordinary 

 summer school course. In the following year, the work of the 

 Senior class, previously held at Milford, was transferred to 

 virgin timber tracts in the south, and has since been so con- 

 ducted. The same year, the National Lumber Manufacturers' 

 Association established a chair of lumbering, with an endow- 

 ment of $60,000, and an additional $40,000 in 1910. The sum- 

 mer school was discontinued (1910), having had, since its in- 

 ception, an average attendance of 18. In 191 1, the School gradu- 

 ated its largest class (43), and since that the registracion has 

 dropped, reaching 50 in 1912. The admission requirements are 

 now quite high, eliminating the need of covering, after entrance, 

 niany of the general science subjects basic to forestry study, with 

 consequent increased time for technical subjects. The School 

 has been endowed to the extent of over $400,000 in cash, and in 

 addition has received various gifts in the shape of buildings, libra- 

 ries, herbaria and equipment. The staff numbers 5 regular in- 

 structors in forestry, in addition to men from allied depart- 

 ments and special lecturers. 



The bulk of the volume is devoted to individual biographies 

 arranged by classes. The enrollment from 1900 to 1912 included 

 402 names, of which 286 received the degree of M. F., and 

 14 certificates. Of the graduates, 57 per cent, are now engaged 

 in government forestry (81% Federal) 7 per cent, in private 

 forestry practice, 11 per cent, in educational work and 8 per 



