NEW HOME OF FORESTRY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF 



CALIFORNIA 



ON THE 13th of October, 1917, the Forestry Divis- 

 ion of the University of California invited its 

 friends to a meeting in celebration of the opening 

 of its new quarters in Hilgard Hall, which was formally 

 dedicated on that date. At the time, with two of the 

 faculty and practically the entire student and graduate 

 personnel of the Division in the army, the moving into 

 new and spacious quarters seemed like one of the ironies 

 of fate, but it was an occasion which promised much for 

 the future. With Professor Walter Mulford acting as 

 chairman, the meeting opened with a paper by Acting 

 District Forester Roy Headley, entitled, "Fire Protection 

 Scheme for California Counties," which called forth 

 much interesting discussion. Assistant District Forester 

 C. E. Rachford then read an interesting paper on "Im- 

 portance of Grazing on the National Forests of Cali- 



fornia," followed by a discussion of "The Future of 

 Forestry in California," led by State Forester G. M. 

 Homans. Professor Willis L. Jepson, of the Botany De- 

 partment, the real father of forestry at the University of 

 California, gave interesting details of the early history 

 of the Forestry Club, which was formed under his direc- 

 tion several years before the establishment of the For- 

 estry Division. Professor Mulford in closing the meet- 

 ing pointed out the need for co-ordinated action by the 

 forest interests of the State, and appointed a committee 

 composed of representatives of the lumber industry, the 

 U. S. Forest Service, the Forestry Division of the Uni- 

 versity and the State Forester, suggesting that it meet, 

 perfect an organization and take up problems needing 

 solution. This has been done and the Forest Industries 

 Committee, as it is called, promises to be an important 



THK HOME OF FORESTRY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 



This is Hilgard Hall, named with particular fitness in honor of Dr. Eugene Waldemar Hilgard for thirty years Dean of the College of Agriculture 

 and always deeply interested in trees and their propagation, having planted personally many of the wonderful trees on the campus. The labora- 

 tories of the Division of Forestry are situated on the first floor of the wing shown in the foreground. 



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