said he wanted to be one of my for- 

 estry students. That young man was 

 Mr. Hill the first one to apply in 

 the University of Michigan for a 

 course in forestry. I felt relieved 

 when he came on the scene, for I 

 knew he meant business and would 

 stick, and thus vindicate me before 

 the regents. Hill told me that it was 

 lumber-camp chuck three plates of 

 strawberries and pie for breakfast 

 that made him want to be a fores- 

 ter. 



"In course 1 in forestry that year 

 we had three foresters, some laws 

 and several co-eds. And Hill cer- 

 tainly had a pull with those co-eds, 

 for as soon as he dropped out of the 

 course, all the co-eds left. 



"Hill was a big ;help in those days 

 in fact, a mainstay. He was not 

 only the first forestry student here, 

 but he was the man who really start- 

 ed your club. He always w T as busi- 

 ness right from the word go, and 

 he was strong on nomenclature. 

 Peavy and Hill got to scrapping 

 about the name of the club 'Peavy 

 always was scrappy, you know, and 

 so was Leavitt, who was chairman of 

 the meeting at which the name was 

 decided upon. Well, Leavitt straight- 

 ened out Peavy, and then they got 

 the club named. Hill was always one 

 of its strongest supporters and the 

 club prospered. 



"Mr. Hill was one of those students 

 who was born a stu'dent. I think he 

 must have 'been looking for a Greek 

 dictionary or something of that sort 

 when he was born. But he was al- 

 ways there with the goods, and he 

 saw things from many angles. In the 

 years that I have known him, I never 

 had a student who pleased me any 

 more than he did, or who exercised 

 a better influence on the students 

 who were with him. He was always 

 willing to take on faith the things 

 which had been evolved in forestry 

 in the Old World. I appreciated him 

 then and I appreciate him now. As 

 a student he was a decided success 

 and stood as a first class sample." 



"A New Species of Pine, Obtained 

 by Cross Mixture of Pineapple and 

 Jack Pine, in a Lodgepole Thicket," 



was the toast that "Daddy" called 

 upon "Mike" Sweeney to respond to. 

 "Mike" said he didn't know an awful 

 lot about that particular species, but 

 that he did know the porcupine to 

 have the longest and sharpest needles 

 of any in that family. Sweeney saild 

 that we all regretted to see Professor 

 Hill go, but that at the same time we 

 hoped we might run across him some 

 day in the field, or see him back here 

 on a visit, and that we wished him 

 not only better health, but joy and 

 happiness in all that is to come. 



Grossman, who was called upon to 

 respond to the 'D. B. H. in Denver," 

 made a few facetious remarks rela- 

 tive thereto, and then waxed serious. 

 ."We are about to say good-bye to 

 Michigan, that is, many of us are," 

 he said. "I am glad to go out hand 

 in hanld with Professor Hill because 

 I believe that in him I have found a 

 friend. I don't know when we will 

 meet again, but I know that when 

 we do there will be a good warm 

 handshake. And what I say about 

 myself I believe is true of all of us." 



Professor Roth said Don Knapp 

 was to talk about "What I Know 

 About Creosote, and How I Got Pre- 

 served." Except by intimation, 

 Knapp failed to tell much about the 

 creosote, or about the preserving 

 process used on him. His references 

 to "Joe's," etc., served to give a bit 

 of light on the subject, however. 

 Knapp was there with a bunch of 

 good stories, but it is deemed best not 

 to use all of them now some of the 

 boys say they want them for future 

 occasions. He concluded his re- 

 marks as follows: "We are mighty 

 sorry, Professor Hill, that you are 

 to leave, 'and we wish you all kinds of 

 success in whatever you do." 



The formal presentation of the 

 field glasses then took place, follow- 

 ing which Professor Hill spoke, in 

 part as follows: 



"It is difficult for me to say what 

 I wiaiit to, tonight. I don't believe 

 you appreciate how I feel, for real- 

 ly I didn't expect this. But I want 

 you to know that I do appreciate it 

 very much indeed. 



'"I have found out many things 



