UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FORESTER 



Published in the months of November, February, April and June, each year, by 

 the Forestry Club of the University of Michigan. 



Office: Forestry Club Room U. of M. Subscription Price $1.OO per year 



Entered as second-class matter December 13, 1912, at the post office at Ann 

 Arbor, Michigan, under the Act of August 24, 1912. 



Managing Editor, George C. Caron. 

 Business Manager, Walter E. Bond. 



OUR POLICY. 



Everyone from the toddling babe to the sage with snowy hair, every or- 

 ganization from the Ladies' Sewing circle to the railrod trust, every publica- 

 tion from the high school yearly to the "world's greatest metropolitan daily," 

 whichever that may be, has a policy. It is logical to assume, therefore, 

 that we should have such an asset. 



We have been thinking about it. We wonder what the policy of The 

 Forester is, or if there is any. And if there is no such thing, why not. We 

 wonder if there is any reason for the existence of this publication. We figure 

 it out that its function is three-fold. In the first place, it serves as the main 

 connecting link between the alumnus of the Michigan Forestry School and 

 the school itself. Secondly, it is a printed record of the functions of the Club 

 throughout the year, and thus acts as a history of the Club. And thirdly, 

 it is the paper of the members of the Forestry Department, telling the men 

 in school everything that is taking place in the Department outside of the 

 class room. 



Is it to be the policy of The Forester to look out for the interests of the 

 man in school, to "run" whatever material is most vital to him ? Or is The 

 Forester to keep the man in the field in mind first, to "make up" every three 

 months with such material, and such a quantity as will most interest the 

 man who has gone out. Even a third question presents itself. To which one 

 of two classes of alumni is the publication of most value and interest, the 

 man who has been out for four or five years or the man who has just gone 

 out ? We do not know. This thing we know as a "policy" is difficult to form, 

 and must be evolved slowly, carefully, and by experience. 



Help the coming editor to do his part in building a definite policy. Have 

 you enjoyed The Forester this year? Have you any criticisms to make, 

 anything to suggest. Write and tell us about it. Send suggestions to the 

 editor for 1914-1915, N. Leroy Gary, 226 South 12th St., and send your dollar 

 to the new Business Manager, Paul Ruedemann, 314 North Ingalls St. 



