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quired for admission. The committee recommends that the 

 higher mathematics, including, if the necessary time can be spared, 

 elementary calculus, be given in the college. 



General and National History. The requirement covers at 

 least one year's work in general and national history, to be given 

 in college, or the equivalent of a college course to be accepted for 

 admission. There should be required further a course of one 

 semester to be given in college covering such phases of American 

 history as vi^ill specially meet the needs of foresters. During 

 recent years, instructors in American history have given much 

 greater consideration than formerly to a discussion of the de- 

 velopment of the public land States. This should be emphasized 

 in the course. The public side of forestry will always be of 

 great importance. It is, therefore, recommended that the prin- 

 ciples of government organization be emphasized. Such facts 

 as are presented in Bryce's American Commonwealth are of 

 great value to both public officials and citizens who have to do 

 with public matters. 



Bnglish. The minimum requirement in English should be at 

 least one year of instruction given in college. 



Foreign Languages. A working knowledge of at least one 

 foreign language has been accepted as a minimum requirement. 

 Instruction in the foreign languages may be given in college, or 

 work outside accepted as its equivalent. 



Quasi-Technical Subjects. The study of forestry requires a 

 thorough foundation in certain natural sciences, and in surveying. 

 Institutions have frequently been in doubt whether to align the 

 forestry work with the department teaching natural sciences or 

 with the engineering department. The growing of trees requires 

 essentially biological knowledge. Yet, the forester must also be 

 an engineer. Most institutions have tended rather to the natural 

 sciences and in some cases have not sufficiently emphasized engi- 

 neering. As a matter of fact, to meet the requirements of tech- 

 nical forestry the student must be prepared not only in the funda- 

 mentals of botany, zoology, and geology, but also in physics, 

 chemistry, and surveying. 



Physics. There should be required one year's work in physics, 

 to be given in college, or work outside accepted as its equivalent. 



Chemistry. An equivalent of one year's college work in in- 



