rated the schrewd manner in which 

 Bryant, who was his room-mate, laid 

 the blame of smoking to Loss, when 

 the former's mother eame to Ann 

 Arbor for a visit. 



"Brig" Young, now known under 

 the more euphemistic title of In- 

 structor, told a fe\v things about 

 "Site i" that aren't quite the ordi- 

 r.ary in the lecture room. Metcalf, 

 who spoke on the subject ' On the 

 Trail," impressed upon the boys the 

 need of knowing how to cook, build 

 fires when dry wood isn't available, 

 etc., and urged them to get these 

 things before going into the field. 

 His remarks were not all of a serious 

 nature, however, for he told a little 

 joke on "Daddy," which seemed to 

 please. The latter, according to Met- 

 calf, was addressing the class in man- 

 agement and telling some of the 

 many good qualities of Se, at the 

 same time urging the boys to think 

 of it not only in the abstract, but in 

 the concrete. Metcalf says "Daddy" 

 put it this way: "Get this (Se) into 

 the concrete in your heads." And 

 now "Daddy" says he doesn't know 

 \\htther the joke was on him or on 

 his listeners. 



Professor Rich of the engineering 

 department, called upon to speak of 

 "Maximum Grades," spoke of the 

 pride a forester should take in his 

 profession and said that his reward 

 would be not only in dollars and 

 cents, but in the thought of work 

 well done and in the thoughts of 

 what he had done for humanity. 



Shirley Smith, secretary of the 

 University, prefaced his remarks by 

 stating that he thought the foresters 



better judges of oratorical timber 

 than to select him as a speaker. As 

 to Fay Clark, who introduced him to 

 the club, he said that of the three 

 worst liars on the campus the Michi- 

 gan Daily was one and Clark was the 

 other two. Mr. Smith's subject was 

 "Seeding from the Side," the earliest 

 record of which, he maintained, was 

 the creation of Eve from one of 

 Adam's ribs. "Seeding from the 

 side," he continued, "is needed in 

 this country, morally, religiously and 

 in many other ways. Strong men, 

 as well as the forest, throw out in- 

 fluence from the side, and it is the 

 duty of us all to associate with these 

 strong characters as much as pos- 

 sible to get the benefit of this seeding. 

 But better yet," he concluded, "be 

 one of these strong men yourself." . 



Professor Roth in his remarks of a 

 general nature, said that the Club 

 was certainly growing into its own, 

 and that it had surely enjoyed the 

 best half year in its history. Apropos 

 of growing into its own he said that 

 Michigan foresters and forestry were 

 also coming along, citing as instan- 

 ces the fact that McCarthy was now 

 "hobnobbing" with Chancellor John 

 Day at Syracuse and that Dorr 

 Skeels was one of the faculty mem- 

 bers of a new forestry school. "Ra- 

 phael Zon," he said, "tells me that 

 light is getting into his system to such 

 an extent that he is now crossing 

 the lightning bug with the bumble bee 

 to make possible night work." 



To make the evening complete, ex- 

 cellent refreshments and plenty of the 

 "weed" were served by the group 

 members. 



News of the Men in the Field 



Xgan Han, 'ir, is still at \Viscon- 

 sin, learning the art of pruning 

 squash. But he is so overjoyed at 

 the great news from home, the con- 

 version of the oldest and greatest 

 of empires into the youngest and 

 largest republic <>f the world, that 



he has to make a trip to Chicago now 

 and then "just to let go." Good ex- 

 cuse, Han. The compliments and 

 congratulations of Michigan foresters. 

 Long live and prosper the Great Re- 

 public, and may Man be the father of 

 its forestry service. 



