to ail. And it was disappointing 

 news, too; in which sentiment Michi- 

 gan men in the field will readily join. 



Professor Roth is somewhat reti- 

 cent in discussing his reasons for 

 leaving Michigan. He says it is a 

 step, however, which he believes will 

 be for the best all around. He thinks 

 that new blood here will be beneficial 

 to the school and that he will be 

 able to help Cornell at the same time 

 that institution is helping him. Nat- 

 urally, it is hard for the men here in 

 school to believe that his departure 

 will be anything but a loss to the 

 department. But he is insistent that 

 the forestry school here will con- 

 tinue in its good work, and says there 

 is no reason whatever to think that it 

 has anything but a bright future. 



Who the regents will secure to take 

 Porfessor Roth's place is still a ques- 

 tion, although it is understood that 

 communication is now being made 



with some of the prominent foresters 

 of the country in regard to the mat- 

 ter. The regents assert that a good 

 man will ultimately be secured. 



A sketch of Professor Roth is hard- 

 ly necessary here, especially since one 

 was published in one of the numbers 

 of last year's FORESTER. What he has 

 done for the Michigan forestry 

 school, since he came here in the fall 

 of 1903 and established it, is, per- 

 haps, appreciated even more by the 

 men in the field than by those still in 

 school. 



Porfessor Roth will undoubtedly 

 feel more or less at home at Cor- 

 nell, having taught there from 1898 

 to 1901, when the forestry school was 

 first established at that institution. 

 The co-operation of Professor Mul- 

 ford at Cornell will likewise tend to 

 make things at Ithaca pleasant for 

 him. 



Professor Hill Resigns 



A day or two after the announce- 

 ment that Professor Roth was to 

 leave Michigan at the end of the 

 school year and go to Cornell came 

 the news that Carey Leroy Hill, as- 

 sistant professor of forestry had like- 

 wise tendered his resignation to the 

 Board of Regents, to take effect in 

 June. 



Many were of the opinion that 

 Porfessor Hill's resignation came as 

 a consequence of Professor Roth's 

 action, but the former states that he 



had contemplated resigning for some 

 time. 



Professor Hill, since coming to the 

 University as a member of the fac- 

 ulty, has taught wood technology, 

 forest mensuration and dendrology. 

 No one has as yet been secured to 

 take his place, although it is under- 

 stood that negotiations are pending 

 toward that end. 



Professor Hill has made definite 

 plans for the future, but he does not 

 wish to disclose them at present. 



The Class of 19O5 



The class of 1905 ! The second 

 group of foresters to graduate from 

 the University of Michigan. Twelve 

 in number, in contrast to the two who 

 took their Master's degree in 1904, 

 they foretold something of the 

 healthy growth which the school was 

 to enjoy. And with the two who 

 preceded them they went into the 

 field to help fix the standing of Michi- 



gan foresters well up to the fore in 

 the ranks of forestry. 



Where are they now? Some are 

 still in the service, some have gone 

 into private work connected with for- 

 estry and some have taken up other 

 work altogether. Bliss, as far as we 

 have been able to ascertain, is still 

 in Texas engaged in commercial nur- 

 sery work; Blumer has sort of drifted 



