PART IV 

 EDUCATION AND RESEARCH 



CHAPTER XIX 

 FORESTRY EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES 



1. SCHOOLS OF FORESTRY 



Forestry education in this country began with the Biltmore Forest 

 School established by Dr. Carl Schenck on the Vanderbilt estate, at 

 Biltmore, North Carolina, in 1898. This was a forestry academy and 

 some of the time was spent in traveling to various forest regions of 

 this country and in Europe. The first professional collegiate school 

 of forestry was established at Cornell University in 1898; it was dis- 

 continued in 1903 and re-established in 1910. The first permanently 

 established school was located at Yale University in 1900. 



This country has twenty-four professional schools of forestry. 

 They generally offer four- or five-year courses of instruction. There 

 are four professional forestry schools in Canada. Three schools, 

 namely at Duke, Harvard, and Yale Universities, are solely on a 

 graduate basis. Two state-supported schools offer semi-professional 

 training at ranger schools, namely, at Wanakena, New York, and 

 Mont Alto, Pennsylvania. 



In addition to these schools of professional character, some courses 

 in forestry are offered at a large number of agricultural, engineering, 

 teachers, liberal arts, and other colleges, as well as at normal schools 

 and junior colleges. Some schools give a pre-forestry training in 

 fundamentals which lead directly to later attendance at schools of 

 professional rank. At least some course of instruction in forestry, 

 either of a professional or non-professional nature, is offered at over 

 95 colleges and universities. 



The following list compiled by H. H. Chapman shows the pro- 

 fessional schools of forestry with their locations, departmental status, 

 and degrees given. 



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