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laboratory expenses of students will vary with their prudence and 

 economy. 



Diploma Fee. The fee for the diploma given on graduation is ten 

 dollars, and the by-laws of the Board of Regents prescribe that no 

 person shall be recommended for a degree until he has paid all his 

 dues, including the fee for diploma. 



Othet Expenses. Students obtain board and lodging in private 

 families for from three to five dollars a week. Clubs are also formed 

 in which the cost of board is from one dollar and a half to two dollars 

 and a half per week. Room rent varies from seventy-five cents to 

 two dollars a week for each student. 



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 1906-1907 are arranged as follows: First Semester, from Sep- 

 tember 25, 1906, to February 8, 1907; second semester from February 

 11, 1907, to June 20, 1907. 



Examinations for admission to the Department of Literature, 

 Science, and the Arts are held September 19-22, 1906 and February 

 9, 10, 1907. 



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 in- 

 fancy, it is just beginning. 



Generally speaking, we may say that the woodlands of our coun- 

 try, the field of action of our forester, cover several hundred million 

 acres; that the greater part is culled, cut and burned over; that even 

 today about eighty million people, with a most extraordinary and con- 

 stantly 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- 



