NEWS AND NOTES 



It is the aim of the Quarterly to pubHsh interesting news as 

 to the activities and whereabouts of men in the profession. It 

 is hoped to do this more fully than heretofore by the appoint- 

 ment of one of the editorial staff to look after this field. To this 

 end all readers having news of interest are requested to write 

 Mr. A. B. Recknagel, Department of Forestry, Cornell University, 

 Ithaca, N. Y. 



In running this Department it is the intention to do for the 

 whole profession what is now covered by such local publications 

 at the Yale Forest School News, the Field Program and the 

 monthly news letters of certain Districts in the Forest Service. 

 It is to be understood that in a Quarterly only news that can lay 

 over two months may be printed. 



The President of the Society of American Foresters during the 

 summer sent out a letter to the members inviting them to co- 

 operate in making the Society more effective, suggesting some 

 methods of doing so, and asking for suggestions. Out of a 

 membership of around 250, only 9 replies were received. Mem- 

 bers who read this and feel guilty are asked to re-read the "round 

 robbin" and mend their ways ! 



Pursuant to the expressed desire of the Society of American 

 Foresters (see page 300 of present volume), the President ap- 

 pointed a Committee of 21 members to revise and standardize 

 the terminology of forestry terms. The membership of the 

 committee comprises ten schoolmen, six members of the U. S. 

 Forest Service, two State Foresters and three Canadians. 



The members of the committee are : Messrs. H. P. Baker, W. 

 B. Barrows, R. C. Bryant, W. M. Drake, E. H. Frothingham, A. 

 Gaskill, J. M. Cries, A. F. Hawes, C. D. Howe, B. P. Kirkland, 

 Clyde Leavitt, P. S. Lovejoy, W. N. Millar, A. B. Recknagel, 

 S. N. Spring, J. H. White, W. W. White, Ellwood Wilson, K. 

 W. Woodward, T. S. Woolsey, Jr., and A. E. Ziegler, and the 

 President. 



The committee was subdivided into five sub-committees, each 

 having under advisement the terms referring to certain groups 

 of subjects. Following is the list of the subcommittees : Silvi- 



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