Dinner over with, and a picture of 

 the bunch having been taken by Lyn- 

 don, the 'boys gathered on the hill- 

 side to listen to a few words from the 

 man whom they have come to look 

 upon as their best friend. 



"This is too good a day to be spent 

 in speech-making," said "Daddy." 

 "Some have been deploring the rain; 

 but all in all I think this Field Day 

 the greatest success of any we have 

 had. Of course, we miss the faculty, 

 and good Dr. Angell especially, and 

 all the other guests we generally 

 have, but at the same time you fel- 

 lows are getting more real good out 

 of this Field Day than you ever have 

 before. I think we are under special 

 obligations to Pottinger for institut- 

 ing Field Day. We are also grateful 

 to all who have helped the thing 

 along. It is my opinion that this 

 Field Day has done more for what it 

 was intended than any we've ever 

 had before. It has thrown us to- 

 gether more, and made us feel more 

 friendly toward one another. 



"I am especially glad to ibe here 

 today, because this is sort of a 'com- 

 ing back' for me. Not long ago I said 

 good-bye. Today I say hello. And I 

 want to add emphatically that this 1 

 hello to stay. 



"And I'd like to emphasize the fact 

 that it isn't only that I am to stay, or 

 any other man is to stay, but Michi- 

 gan is to stay. I am glad and happy 

 to remain. But this whole uproar 

 has done this much good the re- 

 gents today know absolutely that 

 they want to keep a forestry school 

 here. And it is to be no second-fid- 

 dle affair, but a school that is to be 

 a credit to the university, the state 

 and to the men who have helped to 

 make it. 



"I feel that I am justified at this 

 time in making 'big promises. By 

 next October the school will be as 

 strong again as now. Plans and ap- 

 propriations have been definitely al- 

 lowed us. Why, when you men come 

 back here as forest supervisor we'll 

 take you around in an auto, and it 

 will be the Club auto, too. And we'll 

 have a nursery, not at the Barnes 

 farm, but near the campus. And 



when you run across some good fel- 

 lofw who is looking for a place to 

 learn forestry, you won't be afraid to 

 send him to Michigan. 



"In former days I told the six men 

 who were then taking forestry that 

 they would have to stick together or 

 else get lost in the shuffle. Today 

 you need' the Forestry club, the FMeld 

 Day, campfire, smokers, etc., because 

 there are getting to be so many of 

 us that without these affairs We 

 won't know each other when we meet 

 on the street. This need will increase 

 year by year; we will have to organ- 

 ize so that we will remain friends to 

 one another. And right there is the 

 great virtue of the club. The club is 

 doing a good work. The talks by the 

 club members on lurmbering opera- 

 tions, etc., have done so much good 

 that I only have to hit the high spots 

 now. 



"It would be a good thing if we 

 had the 100 men of the Field here 

 today. Many of them are thinking 

 about us, I am sure, and some have 

 written that they wished they could 

 be here today. Some day, and not so 

 far in the future, either, we hope to 

 bring them all together here. This is 

 a fitting time to think of the good 

 men in the field whom we honor and 

 wiho are doing such good work for 

 us." 



Following Professor Roth's talk 

 Dr. E. K. Herdman, who has been a 

 sincere friend to the foresters for 

 several years, gave a demonstration 

 of "First Aid to the Injured," touch- 

 ing upon treatment to be used in the 

 woods for various injuries. A know- 

 ledge along this line has come to 'be 

 felt necessary by the boys who go 

 out into the work, and the members 

 of the club feel more than grateful 

 to Dr. Herdman for the good work 

 he has accomplished in his talks. 



At just about this stage of the pro- 

 ceedings, the elements decided to re- 

 lent a bit; the sun come out and We 

 had a beautiful afternoon. "Fritz" 

 Schaefer, who has spent most of his 

 life in the Canadian woods, and who 

 is said to have been adopted into one 

 of the Indian tri-bes there, gave a 

 demonstration, with the assistance of 



