UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FORESTER 



Published in the months of November. February. April and June, each year, by the 

 Forestry Club of the University of Michigan 



Office: Forestry Club Room U. of M. Subscription Pric. $1.OO pr yaar 



Entered as second-class matter December 13. 1912, at the post office at Ann Arbor, 

 Michigan, under the Act of August 24, 19:2 



MANAGING EDITOR, H. D. Mills 

 BUSINESS MANAGER, G. W. Walsh 



SUGGESTION SYSTEM FOR 

 IMPROVEMENT. 



The Forestry Faculty believes that 

 a wide field experience on the part of 

 the undergraduates is prerequisite to 

 the fullest assimilation of the instruc- 

 tion given, and, to test and secure 

 a record of the experience of the un- 

 derclassmen, a set of questions will 

 be filled out by them which will serve 

 to keep the Faculty and students in 

 very close touch with the field; check 

 their advance in field experience from 

 year to year and furnish a guage for 

 the guidance of th(; Faculty and the 

 men themselves. As a further check 

 on the work of the Department, a 

 "Suggestion Box" has recently been 

 installed in the lecture room. Stu- 

 dents drop into the box suggestions 

 for the betterment of any phase of 

 the Department's work. The sugges- 

 tions are then considered by the Exec- 

 utive Committee of the Forestry Club 

 and later by the Faculty and as action 

 on the suggestion is taken, the sugges- 

 tion and note as to the action taken, 

 if any, with reasons, is posted. The 

 suggestions received have been perti- 

 nent, valuable and in most cases very 

 practicable. Both students and Fac- 

 ulty are pleased with the working out 

 of the idea. 



STUDENT GROUP SYSTEM IN THE 

 FORESTRY CIvUB. 



During the past few years the mem- 

 bership of the Club has increased so 

 rapidly that it was thought advisable 

 to divide the members into several 

 groups in order to insure better ac- 

 quaintance among the various classes, 

 and to facilitate efficiency in handling 

 the different functions such as in- 

 formal evening meetings, Field Day, 

 banquets, etc. .Six groups have been 

 formed. A group consists of a cap- 

 tain and a pro rata number from 

 each of the five classes, and is given 

 charge of one of the social functions 

 of the Club. In a sense, the upper- 

 classmen of a group act as advisors 

 to the underclassmen with regard to 

 their work in the field, as well as in 

 school. The groups meet separately 

 to talk over their school and field ex- 

 periences. The following upperclass- 

 men are captains this year: P. H. 

 Schlapp, C. J. Conover, D. C. Birch, J. 

 F. Stock, R. A. Hamilton and J. R. 

 Welch. Over a year's trial has shown 

 this system to be a great success, both 

 in getting the classes together and 

 in conducting the affairs of the Club. 



