blew over quickly and turned out to be a blessing. Never has the 

 school had such excellent prospects as at present, and next year should 

 be a wonderful one for the Michigan forestry department. Many of 

 the improvements outlined are already under way, and there are to be 

 no steps backward. The next issue of The Forester should be a happy 

 one. 



Once more the editors solicit support for next year from each and 

 every Michigan forester. Let us make this magazine "bigger and bet- 

 ter" than ever. 



Communications from now on should be addressed either to Harry 

 D. Mills, 1022 Vaughn St., Ann Arbor, Mich., or to G. W. Walsh, 511 

 Monroe St. Ann Arbor, the new managing editor and business mana- 

 ger, respectively. 



Field Day 



Undaunted by the elements, con- 

 sisting at the time of cold rain and 

 wind, the Foresters of all five classes 

 of the university made camp at the 

 Saginaw Forestry Farm on Saturday, 

 May 11, the occasion of the annual 

 Field Day. All morning long and 

 hardly without interruption, the rain 

 came down in torrents, putting a sitop 

 to the various stunts planned for that 

 part of the day, but failing to dampen 

 the ardor of the young 'woodsmen, 

 who spent the time learning a few 

 tricks concerning making fires with 

 wet wood, and taking lessons in camp 

 cooking, etc. Altogether, it is un- 

 doubtedly true that the rain was more 

 or less of a blessing, for the boys 

 spent the time in grasping pointers 

 that they would otherwise have miss- 

 ed. 



In accordance with the plan in- 

 augurated last year, open camp was 

 kept at the farm from Friday after- 

 noon until Sunday evening, although 

 Saturday was, of course, the real 

 Field Day. The success of the open 

 camp was even more marked this 

 year than last. At least 50 men hit 

 the trail to the farm Friday after- 

 noon and made camp there that 

 night, and nearly the same number 

 remained over until Sunday. As a bit 

 of legitimate advertising for the club 

 and the forestry school, 30 or 4'0 of 

 the boys gathered at the economics 

 building Friday afternoon, and form- 

 ed a regular pack train, marching 

 through the campus and down town 



to the trolley. The train attracted 

 considerable attention and much fav- 

 orable comment. 



At the farm things were found in 

 excellent shape for the campers. 

 Stiles, gates and bridges had been 

 constructed by the members of the 

 committee along the right of way 

 from the trolley line to the lake, more 

 for the convenience of the expected 

 guests than for the foresters, but 

 they were appreciated by the latter 

 also. At the camp site proper were 

 10 or 12 tents, ready as sleeping ac- 

 commodation for the simple matter 

 of putting them up. And right here 

 some of the fellows learned a few 

 things that will prove of good stead 

 sometime in the future. 



A new departure this year, and one 

 which met with favor and proved a 

 decided success, was the establish- 

 ment at camp of a commissary de- 

 partment, making unnecessary the 

 packing of "grub" from the city. 

 Here were sold at cost staple cooking 

 articles, such as bacon, coffee, sugar, 

 flour, condensed milk, bread, etc. 

 "Hank" Pottinger was on hand to 

 teach the boys the fine art of making 

 sour dough bread, and other recog- 

 nized camp cooks taught the unin- 

 itiated how to stave the pangs of 

 hunger. 



That Friday evening meal was a 

 success all around. In groups of four, 

 five or six, the boys built their fires 

 and did their own cooking. And few 

 there were who did not seem to ap- 



