allied study, you have to specialize too 

 much and too soon. Need more "to- 

 pography" and logging railroad. For- 

 estry gave me a broad general founda- 

 tion in connection with other studies 

 on which my future is based. Learned 

 principles useful in business regardless 

 of Forestry. As to the studies generally, 

 without the knowledge of all of them I 

 would be severely handicapped ; though 

 apparently in my present job Engineer- 

 ing and Protection are all I use. 



"My objection to a shorter course is 

 that men from short courses usually do 

 not know why they do things, and merely 

 know how to do a few of them." 



W. M. D. : "I like my present work ; 

 have grown with it and it is a pleasure 

 to watch results. All courses taken have 

 been helpful and most of them necessary. 

 Forestry generally, especially Manage- 

 ment, Utilization and Protection, should 

 have five times as much time given to 

 them as was done when I took the 

 course. In my present work we need 

 more Law; have taken a special course 

 in "modern business," and made a study 

 of business law." 



G. A. D. : "None of my courses were 

 useless. One gets out of his courses 

 just what one has a mind to put into 

 them. I believe in thorough education- 

 al foundation for any kind of technical 

 work. I have no use for th eman, I 

 care not how much experience he may 

 have had, who drops into college, grabs 

 a few technical courses, and then jumps 

 into the practice of his profession. The 

 man who gets a good foundation may 

 be a little slower at starting, but he will 

 be in the race to the finish. A little 

 more work in Surveying and Plant Ecol- 

 ogy." 



O. M. E. : "More Forest Protection 

 and Administration; more field work in 

 Mensuration and Silviculture; visit 

 wood-working industries; in Surveying, 

 more mapping and forest description ; 

 and also more Logging Engineering, and 

 more practice work in fungi and insects. 

 I like my work ; outlook for Forester 

 excellent, for right kind of man." 



H. H. F.: "All necessary and help- 

 ful. A man needs all he can get and 

 then a little more. More Engineering, 

 Surveying, and Political Economy." 



H. G. : "Got a whole lot out of my 

 course, and really have no suggestions 

 to make as to additional, and especially 

 as to field work." 



G. A. G. : "None useless. More of all 

 courses would have been better. Theo- 

 retical Forestry is good, but only as it 

 can be put into effect now or in the near 

 future. Men should be required to 

 spend more time in logging camps and 

 field work." 



G. is the kind who reads twice through 

 a volume on early explorations of his 

 district, and uses the knowledge in his 

 business. 



H. B. H. now in hardwood manufac- 

 turing enterprise : "All courses were 

 helpful and necessary, but Silviculture 

 was not as strong as it should have 

 been. (This was before Mulford's 

 days). A man needs about two years 

 in the field, as Ranger, and on as many 

 different forests as possible. Would 

 strengthen Silvics and Silviculture, Den- 

 drology, and Forest Administration. 

 Would give all the field work possible 

 to give at school." 



E. V. J. : "Systematization of work 

 as given by Professor Mulford is very 

 desirables. I would take a six year 

 course at the U. of M. I went three 

 years to another school and was handi- 

 capped by it. Field work should include 

 one summer in camp, one in logging, and 

 two summers in a State or National 

 Forest. Have used but little of my 

 knowledge of Chemistry, Physics, or 

 Law. Needed a course in German For- 

 estry Reading, and more field work in 

 Surveying ; in fact needed about twice 

 as much. However, unless one would 

 specialize, I find it difficult to state any 

 particular in which to give more work 

 for a general training in Forestry. For 

 professional all-around Foresters the 

 course should be a six years course, 

 giving more Engineering than is now 

 possible." 



