pany. Logs were transported by means of a flume and a small log- 

 ging railroad from the yarders to the mill pond where a working 1 

 model of the American Portable Saw Mill supplied by the Higgins 

 Machinery Co., was in operation sawing the logs and shingle bolts 

 into small slabs, which were stenciled " College of Forestry, U. of W. " 

 and given as souvenirs to the visitors. 



The Forest Club office was converted into a model ranger's 

 cabin in which were exhibited a complete array of tin dishes, cook- 

 ing utensils, a Lang stove, and clothing suitable for wear in the 

 woods. A collection of Darius Kinsey's beautiful forest scenes to- 

 gether with appropriate fire signs and forest maps decorated the 

 walls. 



The committee which had charge of this prize winning exhibit 

 consisted of George Vetter, Victor Powers, Clarence Garrett, Sidney 

 Robinson, Will Morgan and Wesley Roberts, Chairman. 



XI SIGMA PI 



THE national honorary forestry fraternity of Xi Sigma Pi was 

 founded at the University of Washington, November 24, 1908. 

 The purposes of the fraternity are to serve as a stimulus to 

 scholarship and to offer an opportunity for closer fellowship 

 among sincere Foresters. The progress of the organization since its 

 inception has been rapid. The membership of Alpha Chapter, active 

 alumni and associate, has increased to eighty-four with practically all 

 of the alumni members located in the Northwest and engaged in For- 

 estry or related industries. 



After having proved its worth as a local organization, the fra- 

 ternity adopted measures permitting its expansion to other schools 

 and as a result Beta Chapter was established at Michigan Agricul- 

 tural College in the spring of 1916. Recent reports from this chapter 

 indicate that the prospects for the future of the organization are 

 very promising indeed. 



At the recent biennial convention of the fraternity held in Seattle, 

 March 4th, the granting of a chapter at the forest school of the 

 University of Maine was ratified. This, the Theta Chapter, was 

 installed the sixteenth of April, 1917. Petitions from other forestry 

 schools are now under consideration and will be acted upon before 

 the next school year. It is thought that this expansion of the fra- 

 ternity will allow a firmer and wider existence and enable the 

 accomplishment of its ideals by bringing closer together the foresters 

 of the different sections of the United States. 



Xi Sigma Pi is the oldest of the honorary forestry fraternities 

 Alpha Chapter with the whole-hearted support that it receives from 

 the active, faculty and alumni members feels that there is a field for 



Ich an organization especially in the larger forest schools, and invites 

 vestigation by those interested. 

 63 



