"Talpy" McCarthy then proceeded 

 to wind his horn. He spoke upon 

 the value o.f a Gaelic tongue in con- 

 vincing the Teutons to raise Catalpa. 

 "Talpy" is a direct descendant of the 

 great Irish statesman and has in- 

 herited the powers of a masterful 

 voice. 



"Mooch" Mosher who has spent 

 many a summer in the Great Cana- 

 dian spruce belt spoke on the 

 Propagation of Nosee'ms and Punk- 

 ies. 



The next speaker was a gentle- 

 man from California. He resembles 

 our famous President "Old Hick- 

 ory." Unfortunately the've "dubbed" 

 him after a much inferior specious 

 "Chaparral." But similar to the 

 scrawny species he does fairly well 

 on dry soil. In his speech "Chapar- 

 ral" Lyons urged the prospective 

 foresters to "tie up" as soon as 

 possible. To quote his own words, 

 he said : "It is a lonely, loveless 

 life in brush without a better half." 



Mr. Kotok, who had just brushed 

 the alkali from his clothes, gave an 

 interesting account of his first ride 

 on a bucking cayuse. He asserted 

 that he would like to ride anything 



with hair or without pulling leather. 

 But you'll have to show us, Kotok. 

 "Cy" Young, our worthy president, 

 concluded the program by throwing 

 a few boquets at the forestry pro- 

 fession. He set forth in a very 

 forceful manner that the man on the 

 "job" in forestry cannot be a "molly 

 coddle." He said : "The work in 

 forestry gives the individual the 

 greatest opportunity to show that he 

 is built of the right stuff. It gives him 

 the greatest chance to develop manly 

 attributes." We now know why 

 "Cy" chooses to be a tree-planter. 



Thus the celebrations were over. 

 To some of the boys it was the last 

 camp-fire at Michigan. To others 

 it was the first. It united in mutual 

 friendship both Freshman and Sen- 

 ior. It is through the camp-fire that 

 the foresters are united in one great 

 brotherhood. It is the symbol of 

 their profession, their hearth and 

 their home. 



The fire was beginning to burn 

 low. The "Yellow and Blue" was 

 sung and the future foresters push- 

 ed their way through the brush back 

 to the city. 



News of the Men in the Field. 



It is this part of the publication, 

 which we sincerely hope to increase 

 in significance with each future 

 issue. The greater portion of the 

 news oi the Alumni and certainly 

 those parts which are of most in- 

 terest to all, 'must come directly 

 from the Alumni themselves. We 

 trust that you will not hesitate to 

 give us all news both of personal 

 adventures, experiences, and of 

 special phases of your work which 

 would be of interest and .value to 

 Michigan Foresters. Since the suc- 

 cess or failure of this most im- 

 portant part depends upon outside 

 aid, we beg your co-operation. 



We have recently heard directly 

 or indirectly of many of the Alumni 

 and have many short but encouraging 

 letters which all display without ex- 

 ception the "smile and push on" 



spirit which is characteristic of men 

 who enjoy their work. 



We are glad to hear that Saxton 

 has not been overtaken with the 

 mountain-fever, but we fail to under- 

 stand how a man of his C. C. C- 

 ability should anticipate being over- 

 taken by anything. 



We have from good authority that 

 Strothman has shot his first Buck. 

 We all envy him and might even be 

 tempted to exchange our camp-fire 

 porter-house for a thick, juicy slice 

 from the hind quarter of "Stroth's" 

 victim. 



Foresters will no longer have to 

 take Phillip's word alone, for Pierce 

 also declaims that "Phillip's has a 

 chunk of a boy." 



During one of these "long to be 

 remembered" social evenings at Pro- 

 fessor Mulford's he read to the 1911 

 class Morris's most interesting letter 



