FORESTRY EDUCATION. 



189 



There is 110 insuperable dilliculty in stopping the lire nuisance in this country, provided the 

 moral obligation is recognized, the will is there, and the necessary organi/ation is provided. 



FORESTRY EDUCATION. 



The New York legislature of 1898 made provision for the establishment of a college, of 

 forestry in Cornell University, and provided for the purchase of a school forest of 30,000 acres to 

 be used as an experimental demonstration area for illustrating the principles and practice of 

 scientific forest management. The school was organized in April, 1898, with Dr. B. K. Fernow as 

 director and dean. 



Its first session opened in September, with the beginning of the collegiate year 1899. This is 

 the first professional school of forestry established in America which otters in its courses the same 

 full complement of studies to be found in European institutions of similar kind. 



As indicating the scope of the subject and the requirements for a fully educated forester of 

 highest degree, the following schedule of studies announced by the college is reproduced. 



This step firmly establishes the forest policy of the State of New York, eventually to place its 

 large forest property under the management of technically educated foresters issuing from this 

 State college. 



Schedule of the course* leading to the degree of Bachelor of the Science of Fonxtnj (B. S. F.). 

 [('curses in parentheses are elective in whole or in part.] 



The resources of the entire university, with its library, laboratories, museums, and collections, 

 are practically at the disposal of the college by the action of the board of trustees, and hence, 

 besides the required courses, any additional courses ottered by the various departments which are 

 thought to be of especial value to forestry students may be elected by them whenever they have 

 satisfied the requirements. 



The courses in fundamental and supplementary branches, which are needful and required for 

 the three or four year forestry courses and for graduation, arc selected from those ottered in the 

 departments of the university. 



The courses in forestry are briefly described as follows: 



1. Synoptical course in forestry. Economic nature and political aspects. Designed especially for students of 

 political economy, agriculture, engineering, and freshmen in the college of forestry, to acquaint the student in a 

 brief manner with the several subjects comprising the field of forestry. Lectures only. Two hours, fall or spring 



2. One-year course in forestry, with special reference to silviculture. Designed especially for agriculturists 

 and others who desire a brief study of the technicalities of woodcraft and silviculture. Lectures and demonstrations. 

 Three hours, through the year. 



3. Silviculture. Principles of arboriculture, application of dendrology to crop production, methods of 



