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man in the camp had a tent of his own. 

 There were additional tents for guests, 

 and a large dining tent in which the men 

 in camp as well as Professor Graves, the 

 Director of the School, and Professor 

 Tourney had their meals. The blue fla- 

 of Yale floated from a tall pole in front 

 of the "Administration" tent. There 

 were abundant opportunities for recrea- 



first instructed the men in the use of a va- 

 riety of instruments for determining the 

 diameter, height and the amount of avail- 

 able timber in tn II, then divided 

 them into squads of three and sent them 

 off into the woods to use the instruments. 

 During the entire forenoon he mo 

 through the woods from parts to part} and 

 gave them further instruction. At the 



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DINING TENT AT YALE SUMMER SCHOOL OF FORESTRY. 



tion, an open field adjoining the camp 

 furnished a good baseball ground, while 

 the pools in the Sawkill provided baths in 

 the clearest and coldest of water. 



a day's work in the school. 



But the students did not need much 

 more exercise than they got in connection 

 with their class work, much of which was 

 in the field, for Professor Graves and Pro- 

 fessor Tourney took the students into the 

 woods as well as lectured to them in the 

 School Building. One day when the 

 writer was at the school, Professor Graves 



close of the morning the students returned 

 to the School with their instruments, and 

 submitted to him their note-books contain- 

 ing: the results of their work. The same 

 afternoon Professor Tourney instructed the 

 students in botany and the use of the 

 microscope. 



The next morning Professor Tourney 

 gave a lecture in the school building on 

 "Native Trees and Ways of Identifying 

 Them," illustrating his lecture with speci- 

 mens of trees from the neighborhood. In 

 the afternoon Professor Graves lectured 



on silviculture, with particular reference 



