THE BANQUET MULFORD SPEAKS ON 

 "OUR PROFESSION." 



After the lapse of a year in which the 

 Club held no banquet, the "biggest, best 

 and brightest of them all," as the cir- 

 cus advance agent puts it, took place 

 this year at the Union Club House on 

 the night of March 24. The last ban- 

 quet was held in April 1912, and was 

 more or less in the form of a funeral 

 service over the then-expected depart- 

 ure of Professor Roth. The obsequies 

 at that time were, of course out of place 

 as things turned out, and this year's 

 affair was a thanksgiving banquet, a 

 giving of thanks, if you please, that 

 "Daddy" did not go from us; that he 

 is with us and is going to stay, we hope, 

 for many years to come; that the Club 

 has prospered as never before this 

 year ; and that the department has had 

 such remarkable success and grown to 

 such proportions as it has reached at 

 the present time. 



Professor Walter Mulford, soon to 

 be the head of the University of Cali- 

 fornia Forestry School, gave the princi- 

 pal address, talking on "Our Profession." 

 Professor Roth introduced him and told 

 of his work in the past, since Mulford 

 had first come to his notice some fifteen 

 years ago, and how he had been on the 

 move ever since, his next move being 

 to the great "Forestry School of the 

 West." 



Professor Mulford gave a few intro- 

 ductory remarks, explaining that he felt 

 very much at home at Michigan, and 

 paying a great tribute to Professor Roth. 

 "If I have been able to do much at teach- 

 ing, it has been because of "Daddy" 

 Roth and his training," he said. He 

 spoke of the discontinuance of the Bilt- 

 more Forest School, the small number 

 of graduates from various schools 

 around the country, of late, and the 

 general feeling of unrest which these 

 things cause among young foresters and 

 forestry students. He was, however, op- 



timistic as to the chances for the future 

 of the young men in the profession. 

 "You are wondering," he said, "if there 

 is going to be room for all of you, and 

 you are uncertain as to whether there 

 are going to be positions. I have an op- 

 timistic feeling for the future; but I can 

 say that you will meet more competition 

 than ever before. You may have to ac- 

 cept jobs, not situations, to start with ; 

 but do not be afraid to start that way." 



He then announced that he was "go- 

 ing to preach," a favorite habit with him, 

 as he explained, and began on a "ser- 

 mon" loaded with good advice from be- 

 ginning to end. "First," said he, "set 

 for yourself some ideal, as quickly as 

 you can, something definite and practical, 

 something you want to accomplish in 

 the end. Get some clear-cut idea of what 

 you are going to do. Set your ideal 

 high ! Hitch your wagon to a star but 

 keep the wheels on earth." He highly 

 recommended for the reading of every 

 forester, Pinchot's book on "The Train- 

 ing of a Forester." 



"Secondly," he went on, "do some- 

 thing toward your ideal. To set it is 

 n^t enough ; get to work ! Determine 

 for yourself what you want to do and 

 then work for it." He uttered a warn- 

 ing against losing sight of the human 

 side of life when aiming to carry out an 

 ideal. "There is the human side to con- 

 sider," he said, "Professor Roth's ideal 

 was to make the best forestry school in 

 the country, but in spite of his ideal 

 and his working toward its accomplish- 

 ment, he has been human. Not only get 

 to work, but play! You have a long 

 trip ahead of you; do not go too fast." 



"Thirdly," he said, "start out on the 

 job with enthusiasm. You will need it 

 You will soon run up against troubles. 

 There is nothing in this life which is 

 exactly as you would have it. Anything 

 worth having brings up troubles. You 



