courses 9 and 10: establishment, 

 care, and protection of the forest. 



Forest Management has been 

 changed slightly. In the first semes- 

 ter it is four hours and in the sec- 

 ond, two hours, alternating with For- 

 est Administration, also two hours. 



Course 21, "Silviculture Practice in 

 the Lodgepole Pine and the Douglas 

 Fir Types" is a brand new course. 

 For two hours a week during one se- 

 mester, the methods and principles 

 of mensuration, silviculture, regula- 

 tion, valuation, and utilization will be 

 focussed on the development and 

 treatment of these two species. 



'"Forest Protection," as a separate 

 course, is intended to deal with that 

 subject strictly from the administra- 

 tive point of view. Especial stress 

 will 1)e laid on fire damage and on 

 systems and methods for protection. 



The increasing demand for gener- 

 al courses in Forestry and for more 

 or less specific information along var- 



ious lines, is being met by opening 1 

 several courses to all students. For- 

 estry 22 and 1 are of a general na- 

 ture, and give an insight into the 

 many ramifications of Forestry in 

 the fields of science, business, and 

 economics. Course 24 is designed to 

 meet the needs of the Engineer, es- 

 pecially the Civil, and to a less de- 

 gree the 'Mechanical and Architect- 

 ural; while course 26, Forestry for 

 teachers, fills a long-felt want, and is 

 intended for those who intentl teach- 

 ing in a Normal or High School. 



Among the courses not directly un- 

 der the Forestry Faculty, practically 

 all, with the exception of the ele- 

 mentary courses in Rhetoric, Biology, 

 Mathematics, Chemistry, and Phy- 

 sics, are now adapted especially to 

 the Foresters' needs. Surveying 

 courses, Lithology, Soils, Entomology, 

 Fish and Game, Mycology and Forest 

 Botany are nov,~ for Foresters only. 

 O. L. S. 



The Third Smoker. 





On the evening of March 26, the 

 Clulb held its third smoker of the 

 year, under the direction of "Dick" 

 Hamilton and Group 4. 



Preceding the smoker, a short 

 business meeting was held, in the 

 course of which it was announced 

 that the Department would partici- 

 pate in the exhibit to be given by 

 the several departments of the Uni- 

 versity during May Festival week. 



At the close of the meeting, Pro- 

 fessor Roth introduced Dr. New- 

 combe, who spoke on "'State Natural 

 History Surveys." In beginning his 

 talk, Dr. Newcombe told of the rela- 

 tion which such a State survey might 



bear to the practice of Forestry, and 

 of the benefit it would be to the For- 

 ester in State work. 



He then sketched the history of 

 the movement in Michigan, telling 

 how it began under the leadership 

 of Professor iSpalding of the Uni- 

 versity, who first interested the 

 Board of Regents in the work in 

 1894. Letters were sent to promi- 

 nent men throughout the State, and 

 the work resulted, in 1904, in a meet- 

 ing of the "State Academy of Sci- 

 ence." This organization was estab- 

 lished in two divisions, one having 

 charge of the work in Botany, the 

 other in Zoology. Since that time, 



