THE FOREST SCHOOL AT EBERSWALDE. Oi 
The students find their own lodgings in the town, but are 
obliged to conform to the rules of the academy drawn up for their 
control by the director, although they are rather precautionary than 
intended for strict observance. He must notify his address to the 
director within twenty-four hours after receiving his matriculation 
card, and this address is inserted in a list opposite his name, which 
lies in the reading-room. The life of the forest student is in almost 
every respect similar to that led at any of our Scottish universities, 
and is, generally speaking, a very pleasant one. The majority wear 
the forest uniform, consisting of light green tunic and trousers and 
dark green peaked cap, but its adoption is quite optional, and must 
be provided at the student’s expense. 
At the expiration of the two years’ course at the academy the 
candidate has another session to pass at some university before 
being allowed to stand for the first forestal examination which 
takes place at the academy, and embraces the majority of the 
subjects in which instruction has been given. It is held bya 
special commission appointed by the Minister of Agriculture, and 
is both written and oral, and also practical, the latter taking place 
in the forest. The passing of this examination ranks the candidate 
as a “‘ Forest referendar,” and in the event of his failing to pass, he 
is allowed to come up again the following year, but if failing to 
pass within two years after the first attempt, he is excluded from 
further probation. Before being admitted to this examination, he 
has also to produce a special plan of not less than 100 hectares of 
forest, a working plan of 500 hectares, and a lineal section 2 kilo- 
metres in length, all prepared by himself without assistance. The 
next move that he is obliged to make is to get himself placed under 
a. State forester for two years further practice. The first six 
months of this period are passed in the performance of all the 
duties connected with the practical management and superintend- 
ence of forest operations, under the direction of the Oberforster of 
the division he is in. The next five months are passed in the 
same division ; but during this period he has complete control over 
the superintendence, and receives no assistance from, and ig not 
interfered with by, the Oberforster, unless exceptional causes for 
such arise. The succeeding four months are passed in work 
fee of ten marks for every session, and the same fees for the lectures as the 
other students. These fees are paid into the academy bureau, the professors 
having nothing whatever to do with them, either directly or as a portion of 
their salaries, 
