FOREST SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES 



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University of Nebraska Forest School 



By O. L. SPONSLER 



Professor of Forestry 



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N THE fall of 1903 the University of Nebraska established a Department 

 of Forestry. The demand of many for a general knowledge and of a 

 few for a technical training in forestry furthered by the urging of 



Benjamin E. Andrews, the chancellor at 

 that time, and Dr. Chas. E. Bessey, 

 brought about the desired result. Courses 

 in forestry were organized and a group of 

 required subjects were recommended to 

 cover four years' work in the university. 

 At the present time the full amount of 

 forestry work extends over a period of 

 five years. At the end of four years of 

 satisfactory work a degree of Bachelor of 

 Science in Forestry is granted. An addi- 

 tional year of certain required work en- 

 titles the candidate to a degree of Master 

 of Forestry provided he has had a year's 

 practical experience in field work. The 

 degree is not granted until this last provi- 

 sion is complied with. 



In considering the schedule it was 

 thought best to have the work so arranged 

 that the student must take at least one 

 course in forestry each year. The first 

 year student, by taking a general course, 

 is given an insight into the subject he in- 

 tends to make his life work. The interest 

 thus started is kept up in the second year 

 by making a detailed study of the impor- 

 tant species of trees ; in the third, by in- 

 vestigating the use of the many products 

 of the forest, and the methods and costs 

 of obtaining them. In the senior year the 

 more technical forestry work is studied, 

 that dealing with the measurement and 

 production of the forest crop; and in the 



FIG. 1. WORKING COLLECTION 

 TBBa; SEEDS 



OF FOBEST 



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