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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



There is ample reason then why New Hampshire should preserve the 

 Crawford Notch because of its value as one of the show places of the state and 

 because of the protection that its forests afiford to the streamflow of the Saco. 

 The devastation of the Notch by extensive lumbering would entail a tremend- 

 ous annual loss upon the state of New Hampshire in the diminished attractive- 

 ness of the mountains from the defacement of this noble piece of scenery. The 

 people of the state might as well vote a permanent state tax from which they 

 would receive no return as to allow the forests to be cut from Crawford Notch. 



The immediate occasion for the present agitation which has been started 

 bv the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests is due to the 

 fact that the present owner of the Notch is about to put in lumbermen and 

 begin extensive cutting which would ultimately largely denude the Notch. 

 The Crawford Notch is not included in any incorporated town, but is in what 

 is known as Hart's Location, a narrow strip reaching out from Grafton 

 County. It is owned by one person and, as it is a somewhat extensive prop- 

 erty measured vertically and consists entirely of rocks, scenery and forests, 

 the only way in which the owner can realize upon it is by selling the timber. 

 This he naturally wishes to do and will do. He can hardly do otherwise. 

 Here there is a striking example of the absolute necessity of the state doing 

 these things which it can do to the general advantage while the individual 

 cannot protect himself except at the public expense. The state can realize an 

 annual return from the property by preserving the forests and the scenery, 

 and practicing conservative cutting. 



There seem to be ample reasons for state action and, while New Hamp- 

 shire is not a rich state, it is not burdened with debt and this proposal is for 

 an investment to preserve a part of the most valuable asset the state has 

 within its borders its forests and its scenery. The state may feel a just civic 

 pride in the ownership of the Notch. It may say with justice to the rest of 

 the nation that in appealing for national forests in the White Mountains 

 it asks not for alms but for co-operation ; that it is doing its own share well 

 and has earned the support it asks in other directions. 



EDUCATION 



Lehigh University's Useful Work 



During the past two years a new de- 

 parture has been initiated in forestry edu- 

 cation by Lehigh University, which has at- 

 tained pronounced success. This work 

 was referred to in the opening address of 

 the president of the association at the an- 

 nual meeting of the American Forestry 

 Association in January, and also In the 

 resolutions of the association adopted at 

 that meeting. 



About two years ago, a friend of for- 

 estry in Pennsylvania, who has done much 

 to advance the cause, proposed to Dr. 

 Henry Sturgis Drinker, the president of 

 Lehigh University, to establish a depart- 

 ment of forestry at Lehigh. Dr. Drinker 

 immediately took the matter up, and after 

 obtaining the opinions of distinguished 

 and competent experts in forestry educa- 

 tion, reported that at the present time the 



existing schools of forestry at Yale, Har- 

 vard, State College, and Mont Alto in 

 Pennsylvania, were apparently suflBcient 

 in the sphere of Influence likely to be 

 reached by Lehigh University, for the 

 training of the number of professional 

 foresters now needed, but that a great 

 work could be done by forwarding a move- 

 ment in the institutions of higher educa- 

 tion in America to spread and impress a 

 knowledge of forestry, not only on the 

 student bodies of the several institutions, 

 but on the public who could be reached in 

 the vicinity through lectures and through 

 the public press. This idea was taken up, 

 a sufficient endowment was provided for 

 the purpose, and during the past two years 

 a most valuable course of lectures has 

 been given on forestry at Lehigh, to which 

 the public has been cordially invited, and 

 which has been largely attended and 

 largely reported by the public press. 



