,,. AMERICAN FORESTRY 



[rrlcatiOD in "oneral was discussed Thursday morning by representatives 

 ,, f the Department ol Agriculture. Prof. Samuel Fortier, in charge of irriga- 

 n,,,, investigations, spoke on the present stage of development and made a 

 forecast of the future. There were also addresses by Milo B. Williams, 

 Irrigation engineer of the Department of Agriculture; Judge Geo. H. Button, 

 ,,f California, and Col. A. R. Lawton. 



< M |,er addressee at the various sessions were by Dr. W. J. McGee, of the 

 Bureau -f Boils; Norman E. Webster, Jr., of New York; Dr. John A. Widtsoe, 

 president Ft ah Agricultural College; Hon. Gifford Pinchot, president National 

 Conservation Association; T. W. Taylor, professor of Civil Engineering at the 

 University of Texas; Willard E. Holt, of New Mexico; E. J. Watson, Com- 

 missioner of Agriculture, Commerce and Industry of South Carolina; Hon. 

 Jnviirln H. Heard, of Arizona; Horace G. Clark, of Colorado; M. O. Leighton, 

 i.f i In- I'nited States Geological Survey; Dr. W. A. Evans, of Chicago, and 

 Dr. Barvey \V. Wiley, Chief Bureau of Chemistry, Department of Agriculture. 



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REUNION OF YALE ALUMNI 



SALE Forest School graduates to the number of nearly one hundred met 

 in New Haven December 20 and 21 for a reunion. It is little more 

 ih an a decade since the school was founded, and about three hundred 

 iMi-n have been graduated. They have returned to New Haven from all parts 

 of tin- country , and since graduation have been occupied in Federal, State 

 arnl private forestry, or in educational lines of the profession. The program 

 of events included the following: 

 Wednesday, December 20 



9.30 A.M. Registration and informed reception at Marsh Hall. 

 ll.iin A.M. Class business meetings. 

 J.IMI P.M. Program at Marsh Hall. 

 c.iui l\ M. Class suppers. 

 - ::ii p. M. General smoker. 

 Thursday, December 21 

 8.30 A. M. Excursion to Maltby Park. 

 2.00 I'. M. Program at Marsh Hall. 

 8.00 P. M. Banquet. 



At the first formal meeting, on the afternoon of December 20, President 



<>f Yale, and Director Tourney, of the Forest School, gave brief 



< of welcome. The program dealt with what the alumni have been 



Bince graduation. It consisted of a half dozen ten minutes talks by men 



mg different lines of forestry. Among those who spoke were State 



lawes, of Vermont; Professor H. P. Baker, of Pennsylvania State 



'rofessor Fisher, Director of Harvard Department of Forestry, and 



ffoolsey, Jr., of the United States Forest Service. 



! "ioker in the evening gave men, of different classes, an opportunity 



endshipa and make new acquaintances. The discussion of various 



>'>leius was a feature of this occasion. Dr. Hadley presided at the 



and responses were made by several well known foresters. 



