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tunity for advanced study and research in sylviculture, forest man- 

 agement, forest mensuration, forest entomology, forest pathology, 

 extension work in forestry and in other lines in which specialists will 

 be useful. The preparation provides for four years' undergraduate 

 work leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science, and one year's 

 graduate work for the degree of Master in Forestry. 



One hundred and thirty- four students have graduated with the 

 degree of Bachelor of Science and 38 have continued with profes- 

 sional work for the Master's degree. The present registration is 98 

 professional students, with a large additional registration taking one 

 or more courses. The department occupies two and one-half floors of 

 Fernow Hall, built and equipped by the State in 1914. The depart- 

 ment has a tract of about 175 acres of open land that has been used 

 for forest planting. In addition there are a number of smaller tracts 

 of woodland being managed collectively for a sustained yield under 

 a forest working plan. A forest nursery is maintained, and the 

 department is equipped with a forest library of 1400 volumes and has 

 a file of all forestry periodicals. 



Provision is made on the faculty for one professor devoting his 

 entire time to research work, and various members of the staff con- 

 duct this work. The department endeavors to be of direct help to 

 owners of forest lands in the State, carrying on extension work by 

 means of correspondence, publications, lectures and personal inspec- 

 tion of woodlands or lands to be planted to forests. 



The present faculty are : Ralph S. Hosmer, Professor of Forestry ; 

 Samuel N. Spring, Professor of Sylviculture; A. B. Recknagel, Pro- 

 fessor of Forest Management and Utilization; John Bentley, Jr., 

 Professor of Forest Engineering; G. H. Collingwood, assistant ex- 

 tension Professor of Forestry; C. H. Guise, Assistant Professor of 

 Forest Management ; Albert R. Mann is dean. 



NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF FORESTRY 



The New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University, 

 Syracuse, New York, was created by act of the Legislature in 1911. 

 It was charged with undertaking special research and State-wide 

 investigation to aid in solution of forest problems and with providing 

 an educational institution in forestry. 



