student of the College of Forestry is eligible to membership 

 in the club. There are two big features during the year in 

 the life of the club. One is the annual initiation and the 1 other 

 the annual banquet. The initiation is held shortly after the 

 opening of the college year, when those freshmen who care to 

 join have been lined up. The evening always ends with a 

 big camp fire in the woods just north of the college campus 

 at which members of the faculty are among the speakers. 



The annual banquet is held in the spring just before the 

 junior class leaves for the annual outing in Itasca Park. Good 

 speakers are invited and the policy of the ensuing year is 

 discussed and outlined in part. Various other social functions 

 are given during the year in both St. Paul and Minneapolis 

 by the club, but these two far outshine anything else in which 

 the club is interested. 



Regular Meetings Always Practical. 



Seldom does a regular meeting of the club held -on the first 

 and third Thursday of each month pass without some speak- 

 er being present and giving the students pointers on some 

 phase of forestry. 



The club is now making an effort for the first time to re- 

 claim the interest of its alumni and to keep in touch with 

 them, posting them regarding the doings of the club, and 

 seeking information regarding their own work in the field. 

 The "North Woods" is to be used in the future as a sort of 

 medium between the alumni of the Forestry Club and its 

 alumni. 



Object of the Organization. 



The object then of this organization, unique in comparison 

 with other college men's societies, is to gain a deeper insight 

 into forestry matters and promote good fellowship. What of 

 its ultimate intention? or has it an aim beyond the diploma? 

 Indeed it has. And that aim dominates everything else in 

 connection with the club life and the college life. It is to 

 send out into the field of endeavor men who will be well 

 'equipped for their chosen work, men capable of handling sit- 

 uations, not matter how difficult, and above all men who will, 

 in their work and results, reflect credit upon the college and 

 club. 



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