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Canadian Forestry Journal, July, i<)20. 



Dr. Fernow Receives New Honors 



An address by PresidiMit l'";iloiincr of 

 the University of Torcmld. in intniduc- 

 ing Prof. B. K. Fernow for the des^ree 

 of LL.D. at Convocation nn jnnc 3rd, 

 1920: 



''Those who ha\'C known this Univer- 

 sity for the past thirteen years have re- 

 coo^nizcd Dr. Fernow as one of its dis- 

 tinguished figures. Both in the United 

 States and in Canada he was the path- 

 finder, and still remains the outstand- 

 ing authority as to the theory and the 

 practice of the forester's profession. 

 His knowdedge of the subject is un- 

 rivalled, his lal)Our in spreading' its 



])rinriplcs by ]K-n and speech has been 

 unceasing, and his success as an organ- 

 izer un(pialified. A well educated 

 gentleman of refined tastes and perfect 

 self-control. Dr. Fernow has won the 

 admiration of his students and his col- 

 league-, and he has our deep sympathy 

 in the impairment of his health, which 

 has been partly caused by his unremit- 

 ting activity over a long life in extend- 

 ing a profession to which he has most 

 unselfishly devoted himself. This de- 

 gree will be but a slight expression of 

 the gratitude of the University for his 

 services as first Dean of the Faculty of 

 Forestry." 



IMPERIAL FOREST CONFERENCE 



The following Canadians prominent- 

 ly connected with Forestry work in 

 this country are at present in the Bri- 

 tish Isles attending the Imperial Forest 

 Conference representing their respect- 

 ive organizations : Clyde Leavitt. Chief 

 Forester, Commission of Conservation ; 

 E. H. Finlayson, Forester, Dominion 

 Forestry Branch ; W. B. Stokes, in 



charge of Exhibits of Timber and For- 

 est Products, London, of the Forest 

 Products' Laboratory, Montreal ; Avila 

 Bedard, Assistant Forester, Province 

 of Quebec ; Ellwood Wilson, Chief 

 Forester, The Laurentide Company, 

 Grand Mere, Que. ; Wm. Kilby, Fire 

 Inspector, Canadian National Rail- 

 ways ; and Robson Black, Secretary^ 

 Canadian Forestry Association. 



BIRDS PROTECT FORESTS 



In a recent test case the State of 

 Missouri challenged the constitutional 

 right of the United States to enforce 

 the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Hon. 

 I\Ir. justice Holmes, wdio delivered the 

 opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court, 

 took a wide vision of modern condi- 

 tions and requirements. Reciting the 

 objects of the treaty. Justice Holmes 

 said that numerous species of birds, in 

 their annual migrations, traversed 

 many parts of the United States and 

 Canada, that they were of great value 

 as a source of food and in destroying 

 insects injurious to vegetation, but that 

 they were in danger of extermination 

 through lack of adequate protection 

 After dealing with the authoritly vest- 

 ed in Congress to enact the legislation, 



he said : "The case before us must be 

 considered in the light of our whole 

 experience, and not merely in that of 

 wdiat was said a hundred years ago ; 

 we must consider what this country 

 has become . . . Here a national 

 interest of very nearly the first magni- 

 tude is involved. It can be protected 

 only by national action in concert with 

 that of another power. The subject 

 matter is only transitorily within the 

 State, and has no permanent habitat 

 herein. But for the treaty and the 

 statue there soon might be no birds for 

 any powers to deal with. We see no- 

 thing in the Constitution that compels 

 the Government to sit by while a food 

 supply is cut off and the protectors of 

 our forests and crops are destroyed." — 

 From "Conservation." 



