ging Engineering are needed; present 

 course decidedly weak in this respect. 

 Add more Surveying, Logging, and at 

 least six months of field experience, and 

 a report of at least one logging job." 



H. S. S. : "Would have combined 

 Forestry and Chemical Engineering. 

 Would add Chemical Engineering, wood 

 distillation, pulp and alcohol manufac- 

 ture. Should have more field work in 

 Utilization; visits to factories, etc. 

 Would cut out fifty per cent of courses 

 in "forest-production," and add fifty 

 percent to courses in "forest-utilization," 

 for in the next twenty years the field of 

 "wood utilization" will need more men 

 than the field of "wood-production." 



E c. E. : "Would take more of Sy- 

 stematic Botany, Geology, Petrography 

 and Surveying. Would add enough 

 field work in Mensuration to give prac- 

 tice to topographic surveying and map- 

 ping; men need help in the field. In 

 a general sense, no course could be en- 

 tirely useless. It is my experience and 

 observation that the average student is 

 inclined to slight and put aside, as not 

 germane to the profession, many sub- 

 jects, the knowledge of which he later 

 finds, would prove both gratifying and 

 valuable personally and even profession- 

 ally. Since a Forester is often cut off 

 from all outside sources of recreation 

 or entertainment, a catholicity of inter- 

 est becomes a large asset. Any college 

 course that could possibly foster breadth 

 of observation and keenness of enthusi- 

 asm would, therefore, seem worth 

 while." (The editor says, "Amen," and 

 also wishes to state that this is the 

 finest statement of the matter he has 

 ever read.) 



C. S. S. : "For the line of work I 

 now do, I would spend each summer of 

 my school years in a wood utilization 

 plant, studying the work of manufac- 

 ture and markets. Would advise that 

 all Foresters take three solid years in 

 some clerical position, time-keeper, etc., 

 with some lumber company, to study 

 operations. Give them three times as 

 much field work in woodlots ; two times 



in Technology (Timber), and five times 

 as much in Utilization. I should em- 

 phasize Utilization ; present and pos- 

 sible uses for material. The keynote of 

 a successful working plan is the knowl- 

 edge of the best use for every product 

 you must, or may raise in the forest." 



S. D. S. : "Chemistry and modern 

 languages did me little good. Remedy: 

 Take enough to become proficient or else 

 drop them. A little smattering of a 

 subject is really more of a detriment 

 than profit, for it takes the time need- 

 ed for other studies. Would take more 

 road and bridge building; more thor- 

 ough work in Geology and the use of 

 the camera ; and also learn how to 

 tackle special problems by doing some 

 investigation work at school. Need 

 more field work; about fifty percent 

 more in Management, Engineering, Sur- 

 veying, and also about fifty percent more 

 Rhetoric, particularly theme writing. 

 Should have had more English; poor 

 English is a handicap; also more Man- 

 agement; should have done more out- 

 side reading, lectures are only a start; 

 would take German or French and 

 study it thoroughly; would not take up 

 any subject unless I could give it my 

 best in time and thought. Men should 

 learn to live out of doors, dress, camp, 

 cook, use a horse, and handle men. Men 

 ought to understand General Forestry 

 better, to be able to state the nature, 

 importance, and relation of their work. 

 Few men appreciate their opportunities; 

 they do what they are told, and do not 

 try to see what they could and should 

 do. It is very important that men in 

 going into the work should know how 

 to do work, how to begin a job or at- 

 tempt a problem." 



R. C. S. C. : "I sometimes wonder if 

 I wouldn't have been better off if I had 

 put in a few years in logging camps 

 and mills, instead of so much college 

 work. 



It is Logging Engineers we want, not 

 Foresters, for Forestry as taught at 

 Michigan (I mean thinnings, etc.) will 

 have no place in this country for many 



