with the co-operation of the faculty, students and alumni, is making Wash- 

 ington the foremost of all Forest Schools in the country. 



Any time that I can be of assistance in any way I want you to feel at 

 liberty to call on me. 



Sincerely, 



HAROLD G. FORAN. 

 626 Henry Building. 



Hoquiam, Wash., April 15, 1917. 

 College of Forestry, 



University of Washington. 

 Dear Fellow Foresters: 



Having attended the forestry school during one short course term, I 

 desire to express by appreciation for what it has done for me in the way 

 of broadening my views on the different phases of the lumber industry. 



I have found that generally the first question asked about the Forestry 

 school is, "What are they doing there and what do you think of the school?" 

 You that are in school know the answer to the first part of the question 

 but the other part can be answered in several ways. My own opinion is 

 that any studious person, even though of broad experience, who takes the 

 short course in forestry with the idea of learning something new will be 

 convinced that the time spent there was not thrown away. As a rule the 

 average man in business does not have time to make a detailed technical 

 study of the work in which he is engaged. He gets only the practical 

 ideas with the knowledge that if he does certain things he will get certain 

 results. Why? He does not know. The knowledge of why he gets results 

 may not appear important at first thought; but that is what will enable 

 him to carry on other experiments successfully. 



In taking the short course in forestry I found that the student had 

 access to the works of prominent men who have spent years in studying 

 the lumber business and are therefore qualified to be considered as authori- 

 ties upon the subject of lumbering. By having these references at hand 

 after leaving school I believe one will be better equipped to handle, in an 

 intelligent manner, the problems which will come before him daily. 



The work as I found it was outlined so that any one capable of reading 

 and writing would have no trouble in handling it. The only critictism 

 which I have to offer is that the course is made too simple and does not 

 require enough study to master it. This may not be true for all students 

 however. 



In conclusion I would like to suggest that any young man who is fol- 

 lowing and studying the lumber industry will not make a mistake by giving 

 some of his time to technical study. 



Yours very truly, 



C. R. BEAL. 



Ketchikan, Alaska, March 12, 1917. 

 Dear Fellow Foresters: 



Perhaps the boys will be interested in knowing that I am now assigned 

 to the Tongass Forest with headquarters at Ketchikan. 



One finds the forest work in Alaska very different from that of the 

 States though carrying out the same policies. Not only is the work differ- 

 ent in accomplishment but because of adverse conditions it is often exceed- 

 ingly exacting. In spite of all this and the area of some fifteen times the 

 average Forest of the States, five Rangers, a Clerk, Examiner, Deputy and 

 Supervisor administer the Forest and turn out the work that would make 

 many a more favorably located Forest force hustle to accomplish. In spite 

 of the drawbacks there are some compensating factors that make the work 

 more interesting here than in some other Forests. 



Very sincerely, 



KAN SMITH, Sp. '12, 



Forest Examiner. 



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