News and Noies 555 



of the forest plays in its development, was taken up and discussed; 

 in the evening general addresses, in most instances illustrated, 

 were given and each afternoon, small groups were taken out under 

 the guidance of experts for the study of trees and shrubs and the 

 wild life in the forest. 



During the winter semester, 1915-16, there were enrolled in the 

 University of Munich 6021 students, of whom 469 were women and 

 193 foresters, but 4450 of the male students were absent in the 

 army. 



The Forestry Club, Faculty and students, of the Montana Forest 

 School at Missoula publishes an Annual under the title Forestry 

 Kaimin, this Indian word meaning "something in black and white." 

 The second volimie, of 128 pages, is an unpretentious, bona fide 

 student publication, fun, himior, poetry and information of various 

 character being held at equal value. A spirit of all-round human- 

 ness and practical life pervades the volimie. Perhaps the existence 

 of a ranger school, attended last session (14 weeks) by 40 members, 

 in addition to the two higher grade courses in forestry and forestry 

 engineering, and a correspondence course, account in part for the 

 practical spirit. 



A short editorial on Training, Education and Cultiu-e, lays the 

 stress insistently on training and makes the bold, but untenable 

 assertion that "most of the permanent progress which has been 

 made in the world . . . has been by virtue of the training . . . 

 rather than by grace of education." Of the worth-while pieces of 

 information, we may mention an article by Prof. J. H. Bonner 

 and F. E. Bonner on "New Methods of Making Topographic 

 Surveys," which we reprint in this issue, together with a description 

 of methods pursued in the United States Forest Service Office 

 of Geography, and two pages of illustration of defects in wood and 

 the allowance for them in scaling. 



At the sixth annual convention of the North Carolina Forestry 

 Association, Mr. C. I. Millard, President of the John L. Roper 

 Lxmiber Company of Norfolk, brought out strongly the need for 

 experimental and demonstration forests and ofifered to give the 

 necessary land for such an area in the Loblolly pine region. The 

 gift was accepted by the State Geologist on behalf of the Geological 

 board which has recently been empowered by the legislature to 

 receive gifts of land for this purpose. 



