The Annual Dance 



On January tenth the Foresters 

 held their annual dance at which 

 Professor and Mrs. Roth and Mr. and 

 Mrs. Young acted as chaperones. In 

 spite of exceedingly disagreeable 

 weather, about fifty couples were 

 present. The programs were in the 

 Forestry Club colors, brown and 

 green; and in them the danceis were 

 given such unique names as "Ranger 

 Rag," "Rattlesnake Sidestep" and 

 "Cayuse Swing." Th-s decorations were 



very appropriate to the occasion, con- 

 sisting of hemlock branches and large 

 pine cones. During the intermission 

 excellent refreshments were served 

 in the dining room. The dancing was 

 scheduled to stop at twelve o'clock, 

 but every-one was having such a good 

 time that the orchestra was prevailed 

 upon to play for an extra hour. The 

 success of the dance was due to Con- 

 over and his bunch, who had charge 

 of affairs. 



Our First Dance 



Foresters, faculty members and oth- 

 ers interested gathered at Room 407 

 New Engineering Building Wednesday 

 evening to listen to Professor Johns- 

 ton and to participate in the "socia- 

 bilities" of the first club smoker of 

 the season. About seventy had as- 

 sembled when President Pottinger 

 called :he meeting to order and in- 

 troduced Professor Johnston and his 

 subject: "The Public Control of 

 Streams."* 



By way of opening his talk, the 

 Professor exhibited lantern slide views 

 of some of the western river valleys 

 through which he had worked The 

 contrasts between the thrifty vegeta- 

 tion and productive soil of the val- 

 leys and the arid 'salt brush flats" and 

 sagebruish country were well portray- 

 ed on the screen. Pictures taken in 

 the North Platte Valley were particu- 

 larly interesting from the standpoint 

 of water power possibilities. After an 

 explanation of the pictures, Professor 

 Johnston discussed the Doctrine of 

 Riparian Rights at some length, 

 showing wherein tho doctrine is inap- 

 plicable to smaller streams, though it 

 is useful as applied to our large water 

 courses. This doctrine, it was ex- 

 plained, permits the use of the water 

 of a river for all domestic purposes 

 desired by the owners of the land 

 bordering on the river. Endless liti- 



gation and some peculiar situations 

 have arisen through a practice of 

 this doctrine. In conclusion the Pro- 

 fessor urged upon the foresters the 

 necessity for interesting themselves 

 in the subject of stream control. He 

 showed that the matter will prove of 

 constantly increasing importance to 

 the public and consequently to forest 

 officers. He also spoke of some of the 

 inaccuracies of the old public land 

 survey and of the difficulties encoun- 

 tered by the men doing the work. 



Discussion of the sub'ect by small 

 groups as they consumed the refresh- 

 ments furnished, indicated the appre- 

 ciation and interest shown in Profes- 

 sor Johnston's talk. During the pro- 

 gress of the "eatin's," the newly or- 

 ganized mandolin club, composed of 

 Sponsler, Love'oy, Valiton, Conover 

 and Wood played 3 11 of the old songs 

 and some of the new ones. The For- 

 ester's Song, composed by W'ood last 

 year, was sung over and over again 

 with ever increasing enthusiasm The 

 song has such a rollicking swing that 

 when half a hundred pairs of lungs 

 get into action on the piece, one beats 

 time involuntarily. The gathering 

 broke up before eleven o'clock. In 

 the words of the Dogtown Weekly 

 Beagle, "those present pronounced the 

 event a most en;'oyable affair." 



J. R. WELCH. 



