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THE FORESTER. 



March, 



ing officers were elected : President, 

 C. S. Harrison, of York ; Vice President, 

 E. F. Stephens, of Crete; Secretary, 

 A. J. Brown, of Geneva; Treasurer, 

 George A. Marshall, of Arlington; Di- 

 rectors, Hon. J. Sterling Morton, of 

 Nebraska City, Dr. C. E. Bessey, of 



the University of Nebraska, and. Peter 

 Youngers, Jr., of Geneva. A committee 

 was appointed to prepare by-laws and to 

 secure additional charter members. It 

 is proposed to hold meetings in conjunc- 

 tion with those of the State Horticultural 

 Society. 



Educational. 



Instruction in Forestry. 



The University of Southern California, 

 an institution of learning which is located 

 at Los Angeles, has established a short 

 course of instruction in forestry. It is 

 to be known as the School of Forestry 

 of the University of Southern California. 

 The following outline of its purposes 

 and methods is quoted from the Los 

 Angeles Herald : 



The aim of the school and its founders is to 

 train foresters, who as members of the Govern- 

 ment forest patrol, may render intelligent and 

 efficient service in preserving the forests and 

 extending their present area. 



President Geoige W. White of the univer- 

 sity will be president of the school. Abbot 

 Kinney, of Los Angeles, will lecture on the his- 

 torical development of forestry and tfforts in 

 behalf of local forests. Harry Hawgood, of 

 Los Angeles, will devote his attention to some 

 peculiar phases of the general subject, water 

 percolation and the retentive power of the 

 earth for water ; also the mechanical properties 

 and values of woods. The game and fish in- 

 terests involved will be cared for by T. S. Van 

 Dyke, of this city, who is an authority on those 

 subjects. A. H. Koebig, of San Bernardino, 

 will impart hisobservation on forestry in foreign 

 schools, and his technical knowledge of hydrog- 

 raphy, the location of reservoir sites, etc. J. 

 B. Lippincott, a member of the United States 

 Geological Survey Service, will have charge of 

 the geological and drainage questions ; also 

 the course and changing channels of streams 

 and means of conserving their waters. T. P. 

 Lukens, of Pasadena, will discuss methods for 

 the preservation of our forests and for their 

 restoration after being destroyed ; also method of 

 tree planting. Ornamental results in forestry 

 work will be treated by A. Campbell Johnson, 

 of Garvanza. Nursery work and the propaga- 

 tion of trees will be under the supervision of 

 Harvey S. Styles, of Redlands. Prof. O. P. 

 Phillips will lecture on the botanical and geo- 

 logical features of the soil. Prof. L. J. Stabler 

 will discuss the questions of physics and 

 chemistry that are involved. A competent 

 lecturer in meteorology will be secured before 

 the lectures begin. 



The school will be a permanent regular de- 

 partment of the university, and each year will 

 offer a course of lectures extending over a 

 period of six months, two lectures being given 

 each week. In connection with the theoretical 

 work, practical field work will be given to 

 students during the summer. Students who 

 show a proper degree of efficiency may obtain 

 positions as forest rangers in the Governmen 

 patrol service. 



The course for the present year will last for 

 sixteen or eighteen weeks and will open in 

 about two weeks. There will be no tuition 

 charged, but an incidental fee of $5 will be re- 

 quired of each student. 



Lectures on Forest Topics. 



Under the auspices of the art depart- 

 ment of the Civic Club of Philadelphia, 

 Miss Mira Lloyd Dock, a member of 

 the American Forestry Association, has 

 been giving the four following lectures in 

 several cities of Western Pennsylvania: 



I. National reserves, general and special. 

 II. State reserves, the Adirondacks, and Penn- 

 sylvania reserves, School of Forestry, 

 Pennsylvania Forestry laws, a predic- 

 tion and its fulfillment. 



III. Municipal reserves, Parks, parkways and 



playgrounds, "Park-making a National 

 Art." 



IV. Local reserves, Within reach of every 



village, Relation to schools, roadsides 

 and the State reserves, Massachusetts 

 reserves for "The protection and preser- 

 vation of beautiful and historic places." 



With the prospectus of these lectures 

 there goes an admirable little list of 

 books, circulars and so forth, bearing on 

 forestry subjects. Miss Dock's work 

 has been of great service; for she could 

 not have chosen a better way to further 

 the interests of forestry. She tells her 

 hearers just what they wish and need to 

 know, and in this way wins their appre- 

 ciation and interest. 



