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Canadian Forestry Journal, June, 1919 



DR. FERNOW, DEA N OF FORESTERS, RETIRES 



Dr. B. E. Fernow, Dean of the Faculty of 

 Forestry, University of Toronto, will retire on 

 July 1st. It is Dr. Fernow's intention to re- 

 turn to the United States and, if health permits, 

 to continue his labors in authorship which iiave 

 already won him much distinction. The success 

 of the College of Forestry at Toronto is mirrored 

 in the success of so many of its graduates, as to 

 be relieved of further complementary emphasis 

 in these columns. Dr. Fernow has given of 

 himself unsparingly for the advancement of for- 

 estry science in Canada. One cannot over- 

 emphasize ths discouragements attending long 

 years of spade work in founding a new and un- 

 familiar branch of technical training, the young- 

 est of the engineering professions. Through it 

 all. Dr. Fernow has never lost faith that the 

 utilization of the forest resources inevitably 

 must be harnessed to sylvicultural principles and 

 that the business sense of the Canadian people 



would, in time, insist upon adequate forms of 

 state regulation For that reason Dr. Fernow, 

 as a Director of the Canadian Forestry Associa- 

 tion, was a great believer in educational pro- 

 paganda and assisted it at every opportunity. 

 He became Chief of the Division of Forestry, 



United States Department of Agriculture, in 

 1886, a position which he filled until 1898. In 

 addition to his official work, he was a constant 

 promoter of all biological investigations leading 

 to a broader understanding of the principles of 

 forestry. In 1883 he was elected secretary of 

 the American Forestry Association, and later 

 also held the position of chairman of the Ex- 

 ecutive Committee, and finally first vice-presi- 

 dent of that organization. The degree of 

 Doctor of Laws was conferred on Dr. Fernow by 

 the University of Wisconsin in 1897. He took 

 up his duties at Toronto University in 1907. 



WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC SERVICE 



PERMANENT POSITIONS UNDER THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT. 



Applications will be received until May 31, 1919, for the position of 

 Working Plans Officer in the State Forestry Department. 

 Salary, £504-£636. 



Applicants must be qualified foresters having a degree or diploma 

 of a forest school. 



G. W. SIMPSON. 



Public Service Commissioner. 

 Perth, Western Australia. 



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