wide emblem of good-fellowship and 

 democracy furnished both inspiration 

 and warmth to the speakers and their 

 listenens. 



"Hank" Pottinger gave the open- 

 ing address, concluding- with a suit- 

 able quotation from that master of 

 poets, Kipling, and turned the direc- 

 tion of ceremonies over to Professor 

 Roth. The latter enlarged upon the 

 joys to be found in the wilderness, 

 provided one looks for them in the 

 right spirit. 'Sponsler gave a talk on 

 faciology as exemplified by his con- 

 temporary, Lovejoy. The latter wais 

 somewhat distressed during the ora- 

 tion, but was able to reply in kind, 

 and to furnish some explanations. 



Lewis spoke in behalf of the mem- 

 ber from Alaska, who, Lewis said, 

 was withheld through modesty from 

 speaking for himself. "Hank" iis evi- 

 dently a top-notch game warden as 

 well as a gold hunter. 



Birch gave a little advice concern- 

 ing the futility of bucking the civil 

 service commission. "Don't do it," 

 was the gist of his remarks. 



At this point, Prof. Roth decided 

 that a little music was in order. He 

 called upon the assembly for the new 

 forestry isong. The result was a well 

 rendered solo iby Wood. 



Valiton followed Wood. His sub- 

 ject was: "It is not all of forestry 



to know the trees." Val has had ex- 

 perience in grazing work during the 

 past summer. In his talk he empha- 

 sized the value of a knowledge of the 

 grasses. 



Mills revealed isome of the darker 

 secrets of Prof. Roth's literary abil- 

 ity, by relating an incident that oc- 

 curred while Mills was paving South 

 State street. The professor, fearing 

 more of the same kind, suggested that 

 the meeting be adjourned. 



As an appropriate farewell, Stet- 

 sons were removed and the foresters 

 proved that muisic was not beyond 

 their ken by singing the "Yellow and 

 Blue." 



All were elated at the success of 

 the event, with the possible exception 

 of Beattie, who was prevented, 

 through lack of time, from deliver- 

 ing a carefully prepared thesis upon 

 the practicability of substituting to- 

 bacco for underbrush in our national 

 forests. 



The campfire was one which will 

 furnish a topic of conversation at oth- 

 er campfireis which will be lighted in 

 the future, under .more adverse con- 

 ditions, by Michigan men who go out 

 into "the works." The campfire com- 

 mittee, the faculty, and the class as 

 a whole combined to contribute to 

 the success of the event. 



JOHN R. WELCH. 



Back from the Tall and Uncut. 



Five of the boys who were out in 

 the "works" last year are back again. 

 They all agree that a year out in the 

 field surely adds to a man's education, 

 by giving him some practical experi- 

 ence which no amount of teaching in 

 school can instill into him. Then, 

 too, a man from the field knows what 

 he's up against in the Service; and 

 that is something he can't get from 

 any amount of "book-learninV 



D. C. Birch: July to ,Dec., 1911 

 ranger on Bitterroot, District 1, 

 March to Sept, 1912, ranger on Kern, 

 District 5. "Had excellent experi- 

 ence," he says, "nothing like it." 



Black: July to Oct., 1911, Okanogan 

 Nat'l Forest, general work and recon- 

 naisance; March and April, 1912, 



Saginaw Timber Co., logging camp 

 near Aberdeen, Wash., May to Oct., 

 1912, reconnaisance on Okanogan 

 Nat'l Forest. 



H. M. Beattie; July to Nov., 1911, 

 on the Snoqualmie. Says their 

 "headquarters were in Seattle, and 

 hindquarters all over the istate of 

 Washington." Came East and work- 

 ed in a sawmill in. Ohio. Later, sec- 

 tion foreman on Lake Shore Electric 

 Ry. in experimental work with steel 

 ties. 



H. T. Lewis: July to Oct., 1911, 

 Forest Guard on Siuslaw Nat'l For- 

 est. Oct., 1911 to Feb. 1912, with 

 Booth Kelly Logging Co., in sawmill, 

 logging camp, and in surveying work, 

 making preliminary survey for log- 



