DEGREE. 



On completion of the course in Forestry as above outlined, 

 the student is entitled to the degree of Master of Science in 

 Forestry. 



THE UNIVERSITY YEAR. 



The University Year is divided into two semesters, which, for 

 the year 1903-1904^6 arranged as follows: First Semester, from 

 Sept. 29, 1903, to Feb. 12, 1904; second semester, from Feb. 15, 

 1904, to June 22, 1904. 



Examinations for admission to the Department of Literature, 

 Science, and the Arts are held Sept. 23-26, 1903, and Feb. 12-13, 

 1904. 



OPENING FOR FORESTERS. 



The question will naturally be asked : "What are my chances 

 for work if I take the course in Forestry?" The answer to this 

 is not as easy as with regard to some other courses, for the reason 

 that forestry, the right use and care of woods, in our country is 

 in its infancy, it is just beginning. 



Generally speaking, we may say that the woodlands of our 

 country cover several hundred million acres; that the greater pari 

 is culled, cut and burned over; that even today about eighty mil- 

 lion people, with a most extraordinary and constantly increasing 

 consumption of wood, depend upon a judicious use of what there 

 is left of the old forests on these woodlands, and that the most 

 diligent care of the woods will be necessary to guard against a 

 serious disturbance in our economic relations, which probably 

 can not be avoided entirely. 



It will require the trained- heads and hands of several thou- 

 sand good men to start the work of improving our woods, and it 

 will require the continuous effort for all time of many thousands 

 rjore to continue the work most successfully. 



Fortunately it may be said that a general awakening to the 

 needs of better treatment of woodlands has taken place. All 

 classes of people are beginning to realize two simple but impor- 

 tant truths : 



That not all the land in any state can be used for plough- 

 land, and 



That it is wasteful to leave the large areas (in the aggregate) 

 of non-agricultural lands in a non-productive waste-land condi- 

 tion. 



As a consequence of this awakening, guided and promoted 

 especially by the intelligent and energetic efforts of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture in its Bureau of Forestry, hun- 

 dreds of owners of woodlands have of late called for the advice 



