Forestry Club Smoker 



The largest and most successful 

 smoker ever held by the foresters 

 took place at the Michigan Union 

 on Friday evening, January 13th. 

 Over 100 embryo woodsmen were 

 greeted at the door of the clubhouse 

 by G. W. Lyons, chairman of the 

 smoker committee, or "de facto/' as 

 Professor Roth called him, and were 

 presented with "Missouri meer- 

 schaums." Tobacco in plenty was 

 on hand and everyone "smoked up" 

 and participated in a big jollification 

 in the reading rooms for nearly an 

 hour. 



About 8 :30 Boss Lyons called the 

 crew to the mess table. Here were 

 cider and pretzels, doughnuts and 

 sandwiches. The boys fell to as 

 though they'd done a day's work in 

 the bush, but they weren't able to 

 exhaust the supply. 



Professor Roth, who acted as 

 toastmaster, remarked on the num- 

 ber in attendance, saying it was 

 probably the largest number of for- 

 esters ever congregated in the New 

 World. He presented a few 

 "thoughts" concerning the elimina- 

 tion of lands in Arkansas and em- 

 phasized most strongly the fact that 

 this meant but little after all and 

 that the opportunities for the for- 

 ester are still golden, ana would b? 

 for years to come. 



As usual, Professor Roth had to 

 have his little joke. In fact, he had 

 several during the course of the 

 evening. He made Lyons the butt 

 of the first one, however, saying that 

 the California!! had very much de- 

 sired to be toastmaster himself, but 

 was naturally bashful and hardly 

 dared thrust himself into the posi- 

 tion, inasmuch as he was chairman 

 of the committee. Accordingly, Pro- 

 fessor Roth said, Lyons had done 

 the next best thing. "He gave me 

 the jokes and said I could spring 

 them. In other words, he smokes 

 while T do the spitting." 



Professor Mulford was the first 

 speaker to be called upon, his sub- 

 ject being "Stick." Mr. Mulford 

 didn't refer in direct words to his 

 severance of relations here at Mich- 

 igan to assume the senior profes- 



sorship of forestry at Cornell next 

 fall, but everyone knew what he 

 meant when he got to his feet and 

 feelingly said : "It is hard for me 

 to be here tonight harder than any 

 of you fellows can. realize. In fact 

 there has come to me something 

 which is to be the hardest thing for 

 me to do that has ever come my 

 way." Referring to his subject, Pro- 

 fessor Mulford had a good story to 

 tell, but he dwelt particularly on 

 the serious aspects of "sticking," and 

 advised every student to stick to 

 the ideals he would have by the time 

 he went into the field, and to stick 

 to the profession. In concluding his 

 remarks, he said : "And when the 

 final calipering of your stick comes, 

 I hope it will measure with the besv. 

 both in quality and quantity." 



"State Rights" was responded to 

 by Professor Hill, who also spun a 

 couple of yarns, but who talked in a 

 serious vein for the most part, 

 speaking of the opposition which 

 has been made to forestry recently 

 under the guise of the doctrine of 

 state rights. Like Professor Roth, 

 Mr. Hill had only an optimistic view 

 of the situation, however, and gave 

 it as his opinion that the opponents 

 of forestry could do little harm to 

 the cause ultimately. 



Dr. F. C. Newcombe, head of tne 

 Botany Department, was called upon 

 for "A Little Sense and Much Non- 

 sense." He gave a most entertain- 

 ing talk, telling of some of his ex- 

 periences on a trip to the Pacific 

 Coast. Not the least amusing of his 

 anecdotes was his account of the 

 "ebb and flow" occasioned by the 

 consumption of "red horse, lobster 

 and accessories" at Portland. Ore. 



The idea of establishing a forestry 

 museum was presented by Dr. R. 

 W. Hegner, of the Zoology Depart- 

 ment, upon whom Professor Roth 

 facetiously called for a talk on "The 

 Forest Menagerie and What Lovejoy 

 Knows About Catfish." Dr. Hegner 

 spoke of the need of the department 

 for specimens, particularly of in- 

 sects, and said there was practically 

 ro way of securing them unless thev 

 were sent in bv men in the field. 



