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should be a recognized authority who has perhaps spent his life 

 time in the study of forest problems. Such men should rank 

 with the highest officers in the administrative branch of the 

 Forest Service. There is, however, little danger that the director 

 of a station will not receive due recognition. The danger is with 

 the subordinate officers. Every man wants to be able to see 

 something ahead, and if he can not he is going to look for a new 

 field. At present, a position as assistant at a forest experiment 

 station carries with it no scientific recognition and gives little 

 promise of leading to anything higher. Occasionally one of these 

 men will be called upon to fill a vacancy as director of a station, 

 but such promotions will be rare. 



The best solution of this problem is to make the subordinate 

 positions carry with them responsibility, remuneration and dig- 

 nity commensurate with the abilities of high class scientific men. 

 At agricultural experiment stations a specialist is in charge of 

 each line of work and he is designated by a title such as agro- 

 nomist, horticulturist or botanist, which gives him recognition 

 in the scientific world. A similar system could be put into effect 

 at forest experiment stations, although there are objections to 

 adopting a number of highly technical titles. The following 

 scheme proposed by District Forester Ringland seems to meet 

 the requirements. The officer in charge of the station would be 

 designated "Director" and the assistants in charge of the various 

 lines of work "Assistant Directors." There would be as many 

 assistant directors as there are men in charge of special lines of 

 work, and all would be of equal rank. 



The following tentative division of work and designations 

 of officers are suggested: 



Class of Work. Designation. 



1. General supervision. Should al-^ 



so include one of the follow- L Director, 

 ing special fines of work. J 



2. Management and mensuration. 



3. Forestation, forest influences 



and special ecological studies. 



4. Dendrology, pathology and other j^ ally not more than two) 



botanical work. 



5. Entomology. 



6. Grazing studies. 



Assistant Directors (Usu- 



