done by them. Superfluous specimens 

 can always be used as laboratory 

 material ; in fact, there is practically 

 no way of obtaining forest insects 

 for dissection except through the 

 efforts of alumni, since dealers in 

 entomological supplies do not as a 

 rule keep the particular species of 

 insects that are most valuable for 

 the study of forest entomology. 



Most of the foresters who go out 

 from Michigan locate in the west. 

 For this reason it is important that 

 every man should become as famil- 

 iar as possible with the fish, birds, 

 and mammals of this region. Mount- 

 ed fish would be of considerable 

 value for this purpose, and photo- 

 graphs would also be of great help. 

 Many of the birds and mammals of 

 special interest to forestry students 

 are included in the collections in the 

 University museum. The Forestry 

 Museum would contain only those 

 that are of greatest importance to 

 foresters, and thus give an oppor- 

 tunitv for extensive study without 



the confusion resulting from the 

 proximity of numbers of compara- 

 tively unimportant species. 



The question may be asked, where 

 is the room or series of rooms that 

 are to serve as the repository of 

 the exhibits? This., of course, can- 

 not be answered definitely at pres- 

 ent, but there is no doubt in the 

 writer's mind that the room will be 

 provided as fast as the material is 

 sent in. A new building for the 

 natural sciences will certainly be 

 constructed on the campus in the 

 near future, and if we have a good 

 nucleus for a Forestry Museum we 

 ivill doubtless be assigned a place 

 for exhibiting our specimens. 



It is therefore up to the men in 

 the field to decide by their contribu- 

 tions whether their Alma Mater 

 shall not have a Forestry Museum. 

 The writer believes that the alumni 

 will respond to a man. 



ROBERT W. HEGNER, 

 Prof, of Zoology. 



News of the Men in The Field 



Duthie Has it just right. We 

 quote from a recent letter of his : 

 "The regret that I feel in learn- 

 ing that Prof. Mulford is about 

 to leave Michigan is, 1 am ure, 

 shared by every Michigan forester 

 both in and out of college. To 

 the men who have had the good 

 fortune to be associated with him 

 in class rooms and in private life, 

 he has been a four-square good 

 fellow and friend, and to a man 

 we treasure that association and 

 friership. Our loyalty to Prof. 

 Mulford compels us to rejoice 

 with him in his step upward into 

 a field of broader opportunity, but 

 the regret we feel in our loss is 

 none the less keen. However, 

 since a new forest school is to be 

 established at Cornell, there is no 

 man on earth we would rather 

 see at the head of that school than 

 Prof Mulford. He must leave 

 knowing that although we are 

 sorry to see him go, still we are 

 glad to be able to furnish the 



man for that position. The Mich- 

 igan Forest School will always feel 

 that it has a vested interest in the 

 Cornell Forest School." 



Strothman Reports a fine time and 

 lots of benefit from the Supervis- 

 ors' meeting at Frisco, where he 

 met Wulf, C. Stowell Smith, 

 Clapp, Mr. and Mrs. Jotter, Lar- 

 sen and King. Included in the 

 program was a banquet and a trip 

 to the Redwoods county. "Stroth.'' 

 is still strong on the hunting dope, 

 and although wild geese are fly- 

 ing by the "ton," he has no time 

 for anything so mild, but "goes 

 hunting for a place to sow Sew- 

 ard Smith's seed, up on top of a 

 mountain in three feet of snow. 

 After traveling at the rate of two 

 miles per hour, the deed was 

 done, although not according to 

 Sily. ITT. B. 3, a, iii x. Stroth. 

 claims there is no place like Cali- 

 fornia. 



Saxton He is developing quite an 

 eye for fine horses as well as opin- 



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