1900. 



AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



Yale Forest School. 



At the meeting of the Yale Corporation held at New Haven, Conn., March i6th, 

 President Hadley formally announced the gift of $150,000 to Yale University from 

 Mr. and Mrs. James W. Pinchot, of New York, and their sons, Gifford Pinchot and 

 Amos R. Eno Pinchot, both graduates of Yale, for the foundation of a school of 

 forestry as a department of the University. 



Upon the acceptance of the gift by the Corporation, Mr. Henry S. Graves, Yale '02, 

 was appointed professor of forestry. The regular work of the forest school will begin 

 \vith the opening of the University in the Fall. 



The general interest which forestry has 

 aroused in late years has been very evi- 

 dent among young college men, and 

 especially so at Yale University. The 

 lecture delivered in New Haven last 

 spring by Mr. Gifford Pinchot, on " The 

 Profession of Forestry," developed such 

 enthusiasm among the undergraduates 

 that many announced a desire to make it 

 their life-work. Since the installation of 

 President Hadley the necessitv for such a 

 school has been more than ever apparent, 

 as has been emphasized by him in numer- 

 ous public utterances during the past half 

 year. The organization of the Yale Forest 

 School at this time is a marked indication, 

 therefore, of the economic importance at- 

 tached to forestry both by the donors 

 themselves and by such a master of public 

 questions as President Hadley. 



The plans for the beginning of " instruc- 

 tion and research in forestry," for which 

 the school has been founded, are being 

 arranged and will be announced in detail 

 in the next issue of THE FORESTER. 



The school is designed primarily for 

 graduate students and will be under the 

 direction of a governing board consisting 

 of the President of the University, ex-of- 

 ficio ; Henry S. Graves, B.A., Pinchot 

 Professor of Forestry; William H. 

 Brewer, Ph.D., Professor of Agriculture; 

 Gifford Pinchot, B.A., Special Lecturer 

 on State and National Forestry. 



Of the heads of the new school, Mr. 

 Pinchot and his work as United States 

 Forester, need no introduction. Mr. 

 Graves has been his assistant and the 

 superintendent of working-plans of the 

 Division of Forestry. Prof. Brewer's 



connection with the school will also be of 

 the greatest advantage, because of an in- 

 timate knowledge of the West through his 

 work for the United States Geological 

 Survey and as a member of the Forest 

 Commission of the National Academy of 

 Sciences (1896). 



The technical forest subjects will be 

 taught by the Professor of Forestry, the 

 Assistant Professor of Forestry, Professor 

 Brewer, and special lecturers. Instruc- 

 tion in the auxiliary subjects will be given 

 in connection with the regular courses in 

 other departments of the University. 



Short courses of lectures will be given 

 during the first year on State and National 

 Forestry by Mr. Pinchot and on Forest 

 Hydrography by Mr. F. H. Newell, chief 

 of the Division of Hydrography, U. S. 

 Geological Survey- A special lecturer 

 will be engaged for the course in Forest 

 Law, and, in connection with the course 

 in Lumbering, it is expected that lectures 

 will be given by men from different parts 

 of the country who are actively engaged 

 in various branches of the lumber busi- 

 ness. It is further expected that arrange- 

 ments will be made for special lectures, on 

 subjects relating to forestry, by scientific 

 experts. 



For the present the house of the late 

 Professor O. C. Marsh, Prospect Street, 

 will be used for the Forest School. In 

 addition to lecture rooms, there will be a 

 library, a laboratory and a museum. The 

 library will be readv for use at the open- 

 ing of the School. Material for the thor- 

 ough equipment of the museum will be 

 acquired as rapidly as the funds of the 

 School will permit. 



