With the Forest Engineers* 



(Contributed by the Canadian Society of Forest Engineers.) 



USE OF THE LETTERS 'F.E.' 



Editor Canadian Forestry Journal : 



Sir, — I am enclosing herewith a 

 circular letter recently sent to the 

 various members of the Canadian So- 

 ciety of Forest Engineers, by direc- 

 tion of the society at its last annual 

 meeting. I hope that you may find 

 room to reproduce this letter in your 

 columns. 



The feeling of the society, which 

 represents the body of professional 

 foresters in the Dominion, is disinctly 

 adverse to the loose use of this desig- 

 nation, or degree, which has already 

 been made by certain individuals, and 

 which finds a certain analogy in the 

 indefinite use so often made of the 

 designation 'C.E.' (properly a gradu- 

 ate university degree). As the letter 

 points out, the letters 'F.E.' may 

 rightfully be placed after the name 

 only when the man has been granted^ 

 this degree by a university. 



While the society does not expect 

 to control the usage of individuals in 

 the matter of using these letters, it 

 wishes that its position in regard to 

 them may clearly be understood and 

 its desire to restrict the use of the 

 letters to those who have a clear and 

 undisputed right to such use. 



Respectfully yours, 



F. W. H. JACOMBE, 

 Sec.-Treas. Canadian Society of For- 

 est Engineers. 



The Circular. 



The attention of the members of this 

 society is called to the fact that membership 

 in the society gives no right to the use of 

 the letters 'F.E.' after any member's name. 

 Thus, John Smith does not, simply because 

 he is a member of this society, acquire there- 

 by the right to sign his name STohn Smith, 

 F.E. ', or in any way to so designate him- 

 self. 



These letters can properly be added only 

 to the names of those who have been grant- 

 ed the degree of Forest Engineer* by some 

 university. The University of Toronto, for 

 instance, gives the degree of Forest Engi- 

 neer (and so the right to use the letters 

 'F.E.') to certain of its graduates who have 

 (1) obtained the degree of Bachelor of 

 Science in Forestry (B. Sc.F.) and (2) have 

 also taken several years of practical work 

 after graduation. 



It is, of course, taken for granted that 

 members of this society, unless they have 

 gained the degree in the regular way as 

 aforesaid, will refrain from using the letters 

 after their names. 



The letters 'C.S.F.E.' or 'M.C.S.F.E.' 

 have been suggested as proper to be used 

 by members of this society to indicate their 

 membership therein. 



Officers for 1913. 



The following have been elected 

 officers of the Canadian Society of 

 Forest Engineers for the ensuing 

 year: President, Dr. B. E. Fernow; 

 Vice-President, Mr. R. H. Campbell; 

 Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. F. W. H. 

 Jacombe ; Executive Committee, 

 Messrs. Ell wood Wilson and E. J. 

 Zavitz. 



RANGER SCHOOL AT WORK. 



During the past winter the students of the 

 State Ranger School of the New York State 

 College of Forestry at Syracuse University 

 have been doing practical work at Cranberry 

 Lake. The boys have been at work estimat- 

 ing the timber on snowshoes. The School 

 authorities believe that by careful manage- 

 ment the School should be able to make from 

 $2.50 to $4 per acre per year on the 1,800 

 acres of the tract. 



THE MAILING LIST. 



Our mailing list is made up from latest 

 data at hand and is corrected monthly. 

 Each member is requested to report to the 

 Secretary promptly any error in his address, 

 or any change made or contemplated, that 

 the Canadian Forestry Journal may reach 

 every member regularly. 



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