R. K. : "Important is Rhetoric, Sur- 

 veying, and Law, in the allied studies. 

 None of the courses have proven use- 

 less. If any change in my course, would 

 take more of allied courses, and work 

 harder in them. More field work, and 

 trips to operations of logging, milling, 

 etc. Think of no radical changes I 

 would make in course. In my case need- 

 ed more work in Elementary Law and 

 Business Administration." 



M. D. K. : "None of my courses prov- 

 ed useless ; all Forestry courses were 

 essentials in my education. More field 

 work in Utilization and Mensuration, 

 and trips to mills, logging camps; also 

 more practice in surveying and mapping 

 larger areas. Would include course in 

 Mechanical Engineering, more practical 

 and less popular ; a Forester should 

 know enough about machinery to be 

 able to advise : "It is a railroad propo- 

 sition, with a donkey engine, etc." I 

 realize that all this cannot be covered by 

 one short course, and that unless one 

 intends to specialize in Logging Engi- 

 neering, there are other subjects he needs 

 which would prevent him taking much 

 more than a short course. If a student 

 wishes to go into lubmering, I believe 

 that Surveying 3 at Camp Bogardus 

 should be compulsory. The available 

 supply of men competent to plan and 

 operate a large logging enterprise is 

 practically nil; there is a big field and 

 hundreds of mediocre men. I favor 

 men staying out one year for experience, 

 but I do not favor making this compul- 

 sory. Better make it three summers, and 

 then, in the fifth year, a class trip to try 

 their application of theories before be- 

 ing turned loose on a "suspecting pub- 

 lic." 



L. J. L. : -"Everything was helpful, but 

 did not get enough of some things to 

 make it worth while ; partly the fault 

 of the school, partly my fault, but main- 

 ly because five years is not long enough. 

 Should have had more Rhetoric, Botany, 

 Surveying, Mineralogy and Geology. 

 The course as now given strikes me very 

 favorably, but should have six years. 



Needs at least two summers field work, 

 and preferably add one year in the For- 

 est Service." 



C. L. : "In view of present compe- 

 tition would recommend equivalent of 

 at least one full year's compulsory field 

 work before entering senior year. 

 Like my work very much; outlook for 

 Foresters most excellent." 



W. M. : "A man should get all the 

 courses in Botany, Surveying, Engin- 

 eering, Mathematics and Rhetoric that 

 he possibly can." Finds all Forestry 

 courses essential. 



H. D. N. : "Would.,cut out the Botany, 

 Zoology, etc., and take all the Surveying, 

 Drafting, and Engineering courses pos- 

 sible. Then also courses in Law, Book 

 Keeping, Accounting, Shorthand, and 

 Typewriting. In addition, a working 

 knowledge of telephones, gas and steam 

 engines. A man should have at least 

 one year in the "brush." Heard officers 

 say that really a man with Civil Engi- 

 neer training makes the best man, and if 

 I had it to do over again, I would take 

 every course in Surveying and every 

 course in Engineering I would be able 

 to absorb." 



J. C. N. : "Had no use for Zoology, 

 Mathematics, Chemistry, and Physics; 

 would cut them out. Would take more 

 of Law, Surveying, Business Account- 

 ing and Administration." 



G. W. P.: "Got enough out of For- 

 estry courses to enable me now to make 

 a living. I hold a Forester must be a 

 broad man as well as a technical man. 

 Should have had more Surveying and 

 Forest Management. Put in plenty of 

 field work in cruising, logging, and mill 

 work; at least six months of actual 

 work here." 



J. F. P. : "All Forestry courses were 

 good but more field work is essential ; 

 Botany was good but needs less atten- 

 tion to fungi ; Political Economy, Chem- 

 istry, Physics, and English are essen- 

 tials, the more the better ; Zoology, En- 

 tomology, Mineralogy, and modern lan- 

 guages are interesting, but time is too 

 precious. By all means courses in Log- 



