680 AMEEICAN FORESTRY 



Each headquarters is situated in the midst of the woods, and every afternoon 

 is spent in the woods, all lecture work being confined to the forenoon hours. 

 The headquarters are 



(1) The primeval forests of western North Carolina, near Biltmore. 



(2) The primeval forests and cut-over lands near Cadillac, Michigan. 



(3) The national and private forests on the Pacific coast of Oregon 

 near Marshfield. 



(4) The Adirondacks forests near Saranac Lake. 



(5) The German forests near Darmstadt. 



Each lecture course is so arranged as to be delivered at that of the five 

 headquarters which offers the best object lessons illustrating the topic treated 

 in the class work. 



The course at Biltmore comprises twelve full consecutive months, unin- 

 terrupted by any vacations whatsoever. What, indeed, is the need of periodi- 

 cal relaxations for the juvenile mind when the student is permitted to spend 

 every afternoon in the woods? During these twelve consecutive months are 

 offered 620 full lecture hours, of GO minutes each, on technical forestry. The 

 Biltmore Forest School has its own text books, printed for the benefit of the 

 students, in keeping with all the courses on forestry proper, so as to do away 

 with the necessity of time-taking dictation. The work of the school is hard, 

 concentrated, and intensive. No one should join the school who is not willing 

 to do conscientious work, to the extent of his ability, during twelve consecu- 

 tive months. 



After the lapse of the twelve months at the school during which the five 

 headquarters are visited alternately the Biltmore student is placed at a 

 practical test : He is sent to the backwoods and must take a hand in lumber- 

 ing, logging, and sawmilling during six consecutive months. After proving 

 his efficiency when put to the test in the woods, he is granted his degree of 

 Bachelor of Forestry. A Bachelor of Forestry who has been engaged for at 

 least two years in practical forestry and lumbering and who submits a thesis 

 approved by the Biltmore faculty on a forest topic, is eligible for the degree 

 of Forest Engineer. 



The school is open to men at least twenty years of age who are either col- 

 lege graduates or graduates of a high school. All candidates for admission 

 must prove a knowledge of mathematics up to plane trigonometry. 



The mental friction taking place at the Biltmore Forest School between 

 the ''high school men," many of whom have had some practical experience in 

 lumbering, and the ''college men," who are usually devoid of such experience, 

 has proven to be particularly productive of good results. 



A student may enter at the beginning of any of the principal courses at 

 any of the five headquarters where such courses are given. The various 

 courses are given in rotation, and the student remains until he completes the 

 entire circuit. A newcomer is benefited by the more mature experience of 

 the senior, and the senior is benefited by the many que'ries which the new- 

 comer asks of him during the field work. 



Applicants for admission are advised of the dates at which a vacancy 

 occurs in the Biltmore ranks. The name of the successful applicant for ad- 

 mission is placed on the so-called "waiting list" opposite the date of his ad- 

 mission. 



The expenses necessarily incurred by the Biltmore student living econo- 

 mically during his twelve months' attendance at the school amount to |1,100. 

 The school's permanent address is Biltmore, N. C, regardless of the head- 

 quarters within the circuit which the school is occupying at a given date. 



Note. The activities of this school in Germany were the subject of an article and 

 numerous pictures in American Forestry for June and August, 1910. 



