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three to four in the majority of cases. The greatest variety 

 seems to exist in the load which instructors carry at different 

 institutions. The incredible assignment of "20 hours and from 

 6 to 10 hours of laboratory" seems to be the heaviest ; a number 

 report 14 to 16 hours ; the lowest carrying from 7 to 12 hours, 

 excepting Directors who may have even less teaching hours. 



Salaries run from $1,000 to $1800 for Instructors; $800 to 

 $2,000 for Assistant Professors; $1600 to $2500 for Associate 

 Professors; $1800 to $4,000 for full Professors, and Directors 

 up to $5,000. 



From the Report of the Dean of New York State College of 

 Agriculture to the President of Cornell University we learn that 

 the College is divided into 24 departments, with 238 separate 

 courses for regular students ; and there is a tendency of still 

 further expansion in the number of courses. The forestry de- 

 partment offers a five-year course, leading to the degree of mas- 

 ter in forestry for professional foresters, but it also provides 

 for "students of general agriculture who wish elementary in- 

 struction in the care of woodlands and in forest planting and 

 forest nursery work ; for prospective teachers, business men, 

 lawyers and others who desire an understanding of the place of 

 forestry in the life of a nation ; and for technical students in 

 other lines who wish one or more technical courses, such as 

 wood technology." 



Moreover, it makes an effort to be of direct help to owners of 

 forestlands in New York State by correspondence, publications, 

 lectures, personal inspection of woodland or of land to be planted, 

 and cooperative care of forestlands. 



Besides, research work is in contemplation. Unfortunately, 

 there is no large forest tract at the disposal of the department 

 for such research work. In the enumeration of the 2773 stu- 

 dents attending the College of Agriculture, the students taking 

 forestry courses are not segregated. 



From an academic point of view, there is of interest the propo- 

 sition to divide the university year into four quarters, three of 

 which constitute a year's work for professor or student — the 

 Chicago scheme. Such an arrangement would be particularly 

 advantageous to agricultural as well as forestry students, per- 

 mitting summer work. 



