CHARLES LATHROP PACK FOUNDATIONS 51 



University of Michigan; Franklin Moon, dean of the New York 

 State College of Forestry. The Forest Club of the University of 

 Washington spread on its records a vote of thanks. 



The following is the statement of the object of the Pack Founda- 

 tion Forestry Prizes as stated by the Faculty of the Yale School 

 of Forestry: 



" The object of this prize is to encourage young foresters in the art 

 of writing about forestry subjects in a way that will appeal to the 

 general public and help enlist public cooperation. It is not enough 

 that the forester should believe in his profession ; he should be able 

 to convince others of the worthiness of his cause, since without favor- 

 able public sentiment behind it, forestry can not succeed. This ability 

 can be acquired by any forester who will view in proper light the 

 various activities of his profession and who will consider himself as a 

 public servant having the responsibility of keeping the people fully 

 informed of such actual needs and real accomplishments in forestry 

 as come to his attention. To this end he must learn to look for the 

 features of special interest, to sense news values, and to write in simple 

 and direct language devoid of technicalities a story which will appeal 

 without the aid of exaggeration, which will be informative without 

 being dull, and which will tend to impart to the reader some of the 

 writer's own enthusiasm. 



" The young forester who hesitates to write because of his lack of 

 experience should bear in mind that what is wanted is not an essay 

 which will require the weight of authority to give it value, but rather 

 a story or article dealing with some definite problem or activity in 

 forestry, something which appeals to him before undue familiarity has 

 dulled his appreciation of it, and about which, having acquired the 

 necessary information, he can write in a way that will carry that 

 same fresh appeal to others. He will come to learn that the subject 

 need not be new or novel and that more often chief appeal lies in the 

 method of approach and the nature of the presentation. 



" The forester who carries into the practice of his profession this 

 attitude of mind will find that it does not hinder or retard his work 

 or encourage superficiality, but serves rather to endow the otherwise 

 trite and commonplace with new and deeper interest. And what is 

 more, it will have a humanizing reaction upon him which will make 

 for more cordial relations between the various and often conflicting 

 interests involved in the solution of forestry problems." 



