Forestry Club of the State University 



By Robert Howarth 



OUT at the State University there is a more or less unique 

 organization known as the Forestry Club. But the po- 

 sition it occupies among the other university organiza- 

 tions is still more unique. In the first place it is composed 

 of earnest young men who, in all probability, upon leaving the 

 university, will pursue as a vocation the things they are study- 

 ing about now. Few are the college organizations which bear 

 such relation to their members. In the second place, although 

 four years less than a decade old, the club already owns one 

 of the finest building lots in St. Anthony Park, and is plan- 

 ning to erect at a near future date a splendid log cabin club 

 house. It is in addition one of the very few if not the only 

 club that is incorporated, and besides having the backing of 

 the entire student body and faculty. 



Social Idea Comes Second. 



Most college clubs are formed primarily for social purposes, 

 but with the Forestry Club the social idea came second. The 

 original object of the founders of the organization was "to 

 gain a deeper insight into the science of forestry." Later, 

 when it was found this could also be done in connection with 

 social meetings, the "good fellowship" idea was added, and 

 now some of the most interesting and instructive meetings 

 are those social gatherings at which some member of the 

 faculty addresses the club on one of various subjects con- 

 nected with forestry and join the boys afterwards in a cup of 

 coffee and a sandwich. 



Club Organized in 1907. 



In 1907, when the club was first organized, the forestry 

 spirit was not as manifest as it is today. The charter mem- 

 bers were handicapped in securing additions to the organiza- 



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