780 Forestry Qua/rterly. 



for Increasing the Strength of Wood Paving Blocks; M. Rudeloff : 

 Large vs. Small Testpieces in Testing Wood. 



The other meeting was that of the Eighth International Con- 

 gress of Applied Chemistry, at which the subjects of wood preser- 

 vation and forestry were covered by papers on : Tests to De- 

 termine the Relative Commercial Values of Wood Preservatives, 

 H. F. Weiss ; Antiseptic Tests on Wood Preserving Oils, A. L. 

 Dean and C. R. Downs ; The Development and Status of the 

 Wood Preserving Industry in America, E. A. Sterling ; and papers 

 on Forestry by O. W. Price and Henry S. Graves. 



The New York State College of Forestry established at Syra- 

 cuse University by the State Legislature in 191 1, opened the 

 present college year with registration of no Freshmen and 47 

 men from the second year on. These men represent sixteen 

 states and two foreign countries. No special students were 

 entered, as men wishing to enter in this way were urged to take 

 further preparatory work or enter the Ranger School held on the 

 College Forest of 1,800 acres at Wanakena in St. Lawrence 

 county. Several men were added to the Faculty of the College 

 during the late summer, which is now made up of the following 

 men: Hugh P. Baker, M. F., Yale; D. Oec, University of 

 Munich, Professor of Silviculture ; Frank F. Moon, A. B., 

 Amherst; M. F. Yale, Professor of Forest Engineering; Philip 

 T. Coolidge, A. B., Harvard ; M. F. Yale Forest School, Direc- 

 tor, State Ranger School; Edward F. McCarthy, B. S. & M. F., 

 University of Michigan, Assistant Professor of Forest Pro- 

 ducts; John W. Stephen, B. A. & M. F., University of Michigan, 

 Assistant Professor of Silviculture ; Nelson C. Brown, B. A., 

 Yale; M. F., Yale Forest School, Assistant Professor of Forest 

 UtiHzation; Reuben P. Prichard, A. B., Dartmouth; M. F., Yale 

 Forest School, Instructor in State Ranger School; Russel T. 

 Gheen, B. S. F., Penn State, Student Assistant in Forestry. 



The State Ranger School opened in September with sixteen men 

 and two instructors. Two of the men are from Massachusetts, 

 two from New Jersey and the remainder from New York. The 

 only requirements for the Ranger School are that a man be eigh- 

 teen years old, in good physical condition and come well recom- 

 mended. All of the men take the same work for the first year 

 and those who wish, continue for a second year, getting during 



