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The University of Syracuse has procured Dr. H. P. Baker to 

 head the Forest Department which it will open this fall. Dr. 

 Baker's successor at Pennsylvania State College has not yet been 

 announced. 



W. B. Dunham has resigned from the Pennsylvania Railroad 

 Company to accept a position with Peters, Byrne & Co., land- 

 scape entomologists at Ardmore, Pa., after a few months' leave 

 of absence, during which he worked for the J. L. Roper Lumber 

 Co., in North Carolina. 



j\Ir. Ernest A. Sterling announces that he has resigned as 

 forester of the Pennsylvania Railroad, to open an office as con- 

 sulting forester and timber engineer, 1331-32 Real Estate Trust 

 Building, Philadelphia. ]\Ir. John Foley steps into Mr. Sterling's 

 place. 



The centenary of the founding of the Tharandt Academy of 

 Forestry by Cotta occurred Alay 24, 191 1. 



A new and revised edition, the third, of Dr. Alartin's "Die 

 Forsteinrichtung" has been issued by Julius Springer. Dr. 

 Weber has reviewed the book in Silva and on the whole recom- 

 mends it. 



The same publisher has also just brought out the third edition 

 of the well-known "Forstasthetik" of von Salisch. 



On November 11, 191 1, Professor Dr. Hermann Stoetzer for 

 many years Director of the Forest Academy at Eisenach died. 

 His various text books excelling in conciseness and clearness of 

 statement will keep his memory green for many years. 



A worthy effort is being made by the Sierra Club, to secure 

 from Congress an appropriation to put the Yosemite Valley in 

 proper condition as regards roads and other improvements for the 

 year 191 5 when in connection with the Panama-Pacific Exposition 

 a large number of visitors may be expected. Letters to Congress- 

 men asking for support of these measures are in order from every 

 good citizen. 



