Photo by Seward D. Smith. 

 The Douglas Fir Looks Happier Than it Did When You Were Here! 



Professor C. L. Hill 



A Michigan man by birth and 

 education, spending his early years 

 at Howell and Chelsea, near Ann 

 Arbor ; a graduate of the Literary 

 Department and of the Forestry 

 School and a son of an educator to 

 begin with, Professor Hill is really 

 and truly at home with us. Pro- 

 fessor Hill graduated with A. B. 

 in 1901, taught in high school at 

 Owosso ; worked for the U. S. 

 Geological Survey in field work in 

 the state of Washington, worked 

 for the Seattle Post Intelligencer, 

 getting "dope" and photos on log- 

 ging in Red Fir and Cedar for the 

 paper, and in this way became inocu- 

 lated. 



As boy his health was a bit deli- 

 cate and the boys claim (and of 

 course they know) that the girls 

 spoiled him, a fact (and of course it 

 is such) that may account for his 

 being a bachelor still. 



As a student he loved the classics, 

 reveled in History and mastered 

 Taylor and other authorities in 

 Economics, and had a mania for 

 formulae. After leaving his Alrm 

 Mater in 1905, he entered the U. S. 

 Service, working in Products, not 

 from choice but bv request. He 

 worked up the subject of wood 

 navements, ferreted out the myster- 

 ies of creosote, and became so im- 

 pregnated that quite a little taste for 



"Products" still sticks. However, 

 he escaped and emancipating himself 

 got into the Denver office and was 

 on the verge of capturing a super- 

 visor job when he was called, in 

 1909, to the University to take 

 charge of Mensuration and Tech- 

 nology. An earnest, friendly, help- 

 ful and cheerful disposition, an up- 

 right character, ability and enthus- 

 iasm as student and teacher, have 

 helped Mr. Hill to overcome the 

 many difficulties and to develop his 

 importart work. 



Mr. Hill is charter member of the 

 Club, and is in part responsible for 

 the organization and its name, as 

 well as fame. He developed early a 

 delight to scrap with Peavy, argue 

 with Brown, learn photography at 

 the Zoology Lab. He always had a 

 liking for Pressler and Huber, and 

 Bauer's demonstration of the vol- 

 ume of paraboloid was his trump 

 card. His friendshin for good men 

 he proved in his intimate relation 

 with Harrv. His onlv big weakness 

 is a love for big stories at the camp 

 fire and for ridine" the piebald hors 

 A new Manual of Mensuration with 

 differential and inteeral Calculus, is 

 on the road, but the boys have a 

 conspiracy to keep him guessing in 

 survey and lab. work and thus have 

 prevented the matter from coming 

 to a head. ROTH. 



