Panning gold at Sister Lake. Field Day, 1910. 



methods, and here was a fine ex- 

 ample of it. 



The idea of a foresters' field day 

 originated thus : 



Before Gifford Pinchot resigned as 

 chief forester of the United States 

 forest service he called together the 

 heads of the principal forestry schools 

 of the country at Washington. The 

 purpose of the meeting was to en- 

 deavor to bring the several schools 

 up to one high standard of forestry 

 teaching, to have uniform courses 

 offered, and to stimulate instruction 

 in camp and field life. 



Prof. Filibert Roth, head of the 

 U. of M. forestry school, returned 

 from Washington and spoke before 

 the Forestry Club on the suggestions 

 received and given at the meeting. 

 Immediately a course of talks on 

 camping, traveling afoot, horseback 

 and with pack train in the forests 

 and mountains, housing in winter 

 and summer, etc., was organized and 

 given during the past two months 

 b" the older men in the school, many 

 of whom have had varied experi- 

 ence in woods life. 



It remained for one man to carry 

 this idea further. He wanted to 

 have the students see just how all 

 these things were done. "It is easy 

 enough to tell how to pack a mule. 



but did you ever pack one?" he said. 

 "Boys, if you will stick on the wagon 

 we will give a field day and show 

 'em all about it." And so the field 

 day came off. 



This man, who had charge of the 

 whole affair, is J. H. Pottinger. He 

 hails from Chelsea, Mich., and was 

 formerly a miner in the Klondike. 

 For several years Pottinger panned 

 gold and experienced as hard a lot 

 of camp life as any man would want. 

 And now he's back studying forestry 

 and telling the boys how to get 

 along and take care of themselves 

 when in the woods. Every student 

 in the department swears by him. 

 and to him in large part belongs 

 the credit for what they declare was 

 the greatest dav the Michigan fores- 

 ters ever had. 



The whole affair was arranged 

 systematically. There were commit- 

 tees to care for everything. One 

 contingent went to the farm Friday 

 night and nitched the tents 15 of 

 them, of many different types. The 

 pitching of these alone was a very 

 important lesson in camp life. In 

 the morning the remainder of the 

 foresters went out, accompanied by 

 a number of facultv members. In 

 all about 30 guests were entertained 

 during the day. 



