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BATES COLLEGE, MAINE 

 T>RACTICAL work in forestry, in the 

 14,000 acres in York County held by 

 Bates College, is to be a feature of the 

 course which the college is offering students 

 for preparation for graduate schools of 

 forestry, for information in a general way 

 and to fit men to take subordinate position.^ 

 in the lumbering business and other woods 

 industries, in paper and pulp mills, in the 

 state forestry service as guards or rangers, 

 or as managers of private tracts of timber- 

 land. 



"Maine has a wonderful opportunity to 

 develop her forests," said Professor Ber- 

 nard E. Leete, assistant professor of for- 

 estry, "for the land is naturally hilly and 

 rocky in many places and on such farms 

 the owner might well have done better, in 

 years gone by, had he whittled and waited 

 in the back yard, instead of trying to clear 

 the land of the trees. The latter, grown to 

 maturity and properly lumbered would have 

 netted him larger returns than the meager 

 crops such soil could produce. Trees require 

 only quarter the salts and other chemicals 

 which garden crops require and they can 

 be grown on steep slopes otherwise difficult 

 to till. 



"Maine, already as a state, has developed 

 a wonderfully effective system of fire pro- 

 tection ; and now it seems to me that the 

 time is at hand when much can be ac- 

 complished in practical forestry. It is high 

 time that New England took the second 

 step that will insure permanent woodlands. 

 Intensive forestry, such as is practiced in 

 Europe, will be the last step yet some dis- 

 tance in the future. The prospects seem 

 bright to me for this line of work in this 

 part of the country." 



UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA FOR- 

 ESTRY SCHOOL 



TJF/'HEN classes assembled on the open- 

 ing day, August 17, it was announced 

 to us that we were facing the largest en- 

 rollment in history (over 9,000) and that 

 facilities in many departments of the Uni- 

 versity would be strained to the breaking 

 point in accomodating the students. The 

 forestry division is fortunate in having 

 sufficient elbow and breathing space as 

 its growth in enrollment has been steady 

 but not phenomenal. Forty-one students 

 are majoring in forestry and the Forestry 

 Club is looking forward to an active year. 

 On August 25, Professor W. L. Jepson 

 gave an illustrated lecture on the red- 

 woods of California, under the auspices of 

 the Forestry Club. The large hall was 

 crowded and it was evident that a major- 

 ity of the auditors were convinced that the 

 "Save the Redwoods League" is doing a 

 splendid work in its effort to preserve a 

 number of choice redwood areas as nation- 



al or state parks. 



Professor Walter Mulford, who is acting 

 Dean of the College of Agriculture this 

 year in the absence in Europe of Dean 

 Hunt, welcomed old and new members of 

 the Forestry Club at his home on the eve- 

 ning of September 1. These meetings by 

 his cozy fireside are an annual event, 

 greatly enjoyed by all members of the club. 



The summer camp this year was a de- 

 cided success from every point of view, 

 eleven men being in attendance for the 

 course of thirteen weeks. The camp site, 

 near Meadow Valley on the Plumas Na- 

 tional Forest, is a spot of rare charm and 

 beauty, the influence of which is reflected 

 in the pride and care the boys took in 

 making the camp a model of neatness and 

 comfort. Professor Metcalf opened the 

 camp and conducted the work in use of 

 instruments and laying out primary con- 

 trol lines. Professor Bruce followed with 

 work in mensuration, growth and logging 

 studies, while Professor Fritz took the class 

 to various saw mills in the vicinity. It 

 was a great summer for all concerned, and 

 by no means the least enjoyable parts of 

 it were the excellent fishing to be had near 

 camp, the daily visits to the "ol' swimmin' 

 hole" and long evenings spent around the 

 blazing camp fire. 



After completing his work at summer 

 camp, Professor Metcalf took a short leave 

 of absence from the university and con- 

 ducted a timber survey in the Selkirk 

 Mountains for the Canadian Pacific Rail- 

 way. 



During the early part of the summer, 

 Professor Fritz spent several weeks in a 

 study of sawmill conditions in the redwood 

 region. 



Professor Bruce has just returned from 

 a visit to the logging operations of the 

 Weed Lumber Company, where Blair and 

 Sharp, graduates of last May are being 

 introduced to the practical side of the 

 lumber business. From all accounts, both 

 men are making good with a vengeance. 



We are all looking forward to the re- 

 turn in December of Professor D. T. Ma- 

 son, who has been on leave of absence for 

 nearly two years, as Timber Valuation Ex- 

 pert with the Treasury Department in 

 Washington. 



The Forestry Club at its meeting Septem- 

 ber 15, selected committees for the year 

 and discussed plans for the meeting of the 

 Intercollegiate Association of Forestry 

 Clubs to be held here early in 1921. It 

 is hoped by the committee in charge that 

 a joint meeting may be arranged for the 

 delegates, supervisors of District V, 

 United States Forest Service, and the Cali- 

 fornia section of the Society of American 

 Foresters. 



