Talk of my going has already done 

 good. Public sentiment says that the 

 school is here to stay and that it 

 shall continue on stronger lines, with 

 broader and better equipment. 



"It is painful to think of leaving 

 here. The bond between us is not 

 easy to break. But I shall feel that 

 I am with you, every minute, wherever 

 you are. 



"Cornell is planning to give educa- 

 tion in forestry to any man who wants 

 it. It is to be a five-year professional 

 course. I have no thought now of 

 attempting to attract you there. On 

 the contrary I sail be delighted to 

 see every man stick, and I can prom- 

 ise you that you will get a good 

 course here." 



Prof. Roth here departed somewhat 

 from the local situation, to discuss 

 the forestry profession in general. He 

 spoke of the need of the profession 

 for big men, and said it was up to 

 the forestry schools to turn out men 

 who could go into politics, literature, 

 etc. "We ought to have some law- 



yers who know forestry; we need 

 four or five men in the legislature 

 who have had forestry education; we 

 need business men and landowners 

 who have had training in forestry. I 

 am saying these things now for this 

 reason: We are on the division of 

 the road; some want to cut down the 

 number of forestry schools, and make 

 a few large schools; others are in fa- 

 vor of teaching forestry in many in- 

 stitutions. The United States re- 

 quires more than 20,000 men to take 

 care of its forests. How are we to 

 provide these men? These are mat- 

 ters I want to have you think about, 

 and that is why I have presented 

 them at this time. 



"In closing I want to thank you 

 again for this beautiful gift, and to 

 assure you that I shall always think 

 of you whenever I glance at it. But 

 it doesn't require this watch to do 

 that; there is another watch that does 

 it, and as long as that beats I shall 

 think of you." 



SIMPLY COULD NOT DO IT. 



To the Michigan Men in Forestry 

 Students and Men in the Field: 

 Greeting: 



About 18 months ago conditions at 

 the school seemed to indicate that 

 Mulford's usefulness and mine wjere 

 practically at an end. As Friend 

 Lyons put it "we needed to put it on 

 wheels." Numbers increased, facili- 

 ties decreased. There was even some 

 talk of moving it to the M. A. C. at 

 Lansing. 



Cornell made the offer of establish- 

 ing a forestry school in form and 

 proportion to the needs of our coun- 

 try, a forestry school which should 

 teach forestry to all who desired the 

 teaching. 



This looked good; negotiations be- 

 gan. Mulford left July 1911, and I 

 was appointed January 5, 1912, as 

 Professor of Forestry at Cornell. The 

 matter seemed settled. 



There was considerable commotion 

 at the U. of M., in fact much more 



than seemed justified by the fact of 

 two men leaving the 'Great, Old 

 School. President Hutchins and the 

 Board of Regents met the situation 

 beautifully, decided at once not to 

 give up the Forestry School here, but 

 to build up, strengthen the depart- 

 ment and its usefulness. (Efforts were 

 made to secure the proper men to 

 re-organize, for it seemed that it was 

 to be a "clean slate" affair, since 

 Mr. Hill also resigned. 



I need not tell the Michigan men 

 in forestry that there were no "offers" 

 and "counter offers," and that this 

 whole affair was not a "piker" enter- 

 prise, but that it was a simple case of 

 acceptance in good faith of a very at- 

 tractive offer at Cornell, and one 

 which promised not only a better 

 field for work, but one which seemed 

 to make for more actual forestry in 

 our country. 



Unfortunately (better let us say 

 fortunately) there came up certain 

 conditions, entirely unforeseen in the 



