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IDAHO SCHOOL OF FORESTRY 

 STARTS PROSPEROUS YEAR 



With the curricula well rounded and 

 stabilized, a larger enrollment than ever 

 before and no changes in the faculty, the, 

 Idaho School of Forestry has commenced 

 what promises to be the most prosperous 

 year of its existence. The enrollme,nt to 

 date totals 67 resident students divided 

 among the classes as follows : Seniors, 7 ; 

 Juniors, 7; Sophomore, 13; Freshmen, 25, 

 and unclassed (Federal Vocational and 

 Ranger Course), 15. This enrollment is 

 particularly encouraging because of the 

 increase in the proportion of the men 

 registered in the regular four-year curri- 

 cula as compared to previous years. 



The Ranger Course 



The ranger course, as announced last 

 spring, now covers only one year of 8 

 months' resident work, with the course 

 divided into three terms. The course 

 opened on October 16 and the work will 

 end at the close of the college year, June 

 10. The second term covers the 12 weeks' 

 period from January 3 to March 23, and 

 the courses give^ in this term are arranged 

 to constitute an independent unit, so that 

 those desiring a shorter course may get a 

 well-rounded body of work by registering 

 for the second term only. 



The Associated Foresters 



The Associated Foresters, which is the 

 title of the Forest Club, are planning to 



make this year one, of much activity and 

 value to the members. Committees are 

 already at work maturing plans to make 

 the special events of the year better than 

 ever. The officers of the club for the year 

 are : President, Arthur M. Sowder, '24 ; 

 Vice-President, Russell M. Parsons, '23; 

 Secretary-Treasurer, Leslie E. Eddy, '24. 



School Forest Seems Assured. 



One of the first meetings of the year 

 was addresed by Dean F. G. Miller, who 

 outlined the prospects for the School of 

 Forestry. He showed how in every way 

 the school was in a better position for 

 giving high-class instruction and rendering 

 valuable service to the state than ever be- 

 fore and stated that negotiations were 

 under way which practically assure the 

 school of more than a section of forest 

 land readily accessible from Moscow, for 

 demonstration, instruction and investigative 

 purposes. The land under advisement is 

 cut-over and for the most part is well 

 stocked with thrifty second growth yellow 

 pine and red fir, up to 40 years in age, 

 thus affording ample opportunity for in- 

 struction and experiment in planting, thin- 

 ning, silviculture, mensuration, etc. 

 Students Hear District Forester 



On October 20, District Forester Fred 

 Morrell, of Missoula. Montana, addressed 

 the student body of the School of Forestry 

 at a special meeting. He spoke of the 

 development of policies in the U. S. Forest 



Service and gave his audience a forcible 

 picture of the depth and magnitude of the 

 problems with which the Forest Service 

 has to deal. 



Dr. Schmitz Addresses Lumbermen 



Dr. Henry Schmitz, Associate Professor 

 of Forest Products, was called upon by the 

 North Idaho Forestry Association to pre- 

 sent a paper upon the Pine Butterfly, the 

 insect which was so abundant throughout 

 the state this summer, at the regular meet- 

 ing in Spokane during September. Dr. 

 Schmitz minimized the seriousness of the 

 butterfly epidemic, basing his optimistic 

 view upon previous outbreaks of the pest 

 and the character of the damage done to 

 the trees. 



Xi Sigma Pi Scholarship RoU 



The hall of the School of Forestry now 

 displays a scholarship roll, upon which will 

 be entered each year, the, name of the 

 student in each class who attained the 

 highest scholarship for the year. This roll 

 is in the form of a well-designed bronze 

 tablet and was presented to the school by 

 the local chapter of Xi Sigma Pi, the 

 National Forestry Honorary Society. 



Philippine Wood Specimens on Display 



The School of Forestry has recently ac- 

 quired through the courtesy of the Bureau 

 of Forestry of the Philippine Islands, a 

 complete, well labeled set of specimens of 

 the various native, Philippine woods. Ar- 

 rangements have also been made to secure 



