Course in Forestry 



of technical journals representing different phases of wood using in- 

 dustries are received regularly. 



An unusually complete collection of photographs and thousands 

 of lantern slides furnish necessary illustrations in the courses of 

 study. By this means all phases of the field work of forestry and 

 its details can be satisfactorily illustrated. The collection of slides 

 and pictures is constantly being added to by graduates of the de- 

 partment who thus report new work or conditions, so that the de- 

 partment may keep in constant touch with forest practice as it is 

 actually going on. 



Special facilities for extensive and comprehensive field work in 

 surveying are offered in the Bogardus Engineering Camp. By pur- 

 chase and through the generosity of Colonel Charles Bogardus and 

 his wife, Hannah Bogardus, the University in the years 1908 and 

 1909 acquired 1,700 acres of land having a frontage of two and three- 

 fourth miles on the south and east shores of Douglas Lake and a 

 frontage of one-half mile on the north shore of Burt Lake in Che- 

 boygan Co., Michigan. Douglas Lake is a beautiful body of water 

 about four miles long and from one to two miles wide. Burt Lake, ten 

 miles long and five miles wide, is one of the links in the famous In- 

 land Water Route, of Michigan. This locality has a varied topog- 

 raphy. It was first occupied by classes in surveying in 1909. The 

 camp proper is located on the south shore of South Fishtail Bay, 

 Douglas Lake. The tents of a part of the teaching staff, students, 

 camp physician, and a large and comfortable office are arranged in 

 two circular arcs on a sandy shelf a few feet above high water. The 

 tents of other members of the teaching staff are located at the west 

 end of the grounds on an elevated shelf. The kitchen and the mess 

 tents are situated on the top of a hill seventy feet above and directly 

 south of the camp. The mess is conducted by a committee made up 

 of members from the student body and teaching staff. A driven well 

 1 20 feet deep furnishes an ample supply of pure cold water. The 

 camp has a resident physician, telephone service, R. F. D. mail ser- 

 vice, and a small store. The lakes afford ample opportunity for bath- 

 ing, boating and fishing. 



THE COURSE IN FORESTRY 



Since not all students enter the forestry courses with the same 

 amount of preparation, nor with the same plans, there is more or 

 less modification in the program which these different classes of 

 students follow. The most common cases are as follows : 



i. Students who begin their college work at the University of 

 Michigan and who decide at once to prepare themselves for the for- 

 estry profession should follow the program of study as outlined on 

 page 13. These students form the majority and may expect to re- 

 ceive the degree of Bachelor of Science in Forestry at the end of 

 the fourth year and the degree of Master of Science in Forestry at 

 the end of the fifth year. 



