182 AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Dr. C. H. Shattuck, head of the department, has been a student of forestry 

 since the movement first began to attract attention in this country. To a 

 thorough scientific training at the University of Chicago, where he took his 

 doctorate in botany, and special courses in forestry at the Biltmore Forest 

 School, he has added years of practical experience in field work in the main 

 forest regions of the United States. He is devoting his attention to lumbering, 

 utilization, and management. 



Prof. H. A. Wadsworth is a graduate of the Idaho Forest School, 1911. 

 He is devoting special attention to forest engineering, protection and men- 

 suration. He has been in the employ of the Forest Service during the past 

 four summers and has had an excellent opportunity to study the practical 

 problems in his lines as they occur in the field. 



The entire time of both instructors is occupied in teaching forestry 

 subjects only. All mathematics, language, biological and argicultural sub- 

 jects, etc., are taught by the specialists in charge of those departments. 

 Special lectures and courses are given on various forest subjects by Forest 

 Service officials and other specialists. Throughout all the work of the forestry 

 courses emphasis is placed on laboratory exercises and work in the field. As 

 far as it is possible the student is made to learn by doing. 



NATURAL ADVANTAGES 



The finest forest of white and yellow pine, larch, and cedar to be found 

 in the world are easily accessible to Moscow, while heavy forests of spruce, 

 white and red fir, and other species can be reached in a few hours. 



Some of the largest sawmills ever built, with all that is latest and best 

 in equipment and methods of operation, are close at hand, while pulp and 

 paper mills and other secondary wood-using establishments are within easy 

 reach. Moscow is in the heart of what will soon be one of the greatest wood- 

 using centers in the country. 



EQUIPMENT 



The forest laboratories are equipped with ample apparatus for thorough 

 work in such courses as require indoor study. A very full line of microscopes 

 and microscopic and lantern slides is available for use in the study of plant 

 tissues mechanical and other structures peculiar to different woods, as well 

 as for the study of the pathology of woody stems and leaves and the life 

 histories of insects and fungi injurious to trees. The department has also a 

 full line of forest insects and fungi known to be injurious to the forests of 

 the State, an herbarium of trees and shrubs of the Northwest and a complete 

 collection of the tree seeds of American trees. A collection of several hundred 

 species of the most valuable woods, both native and foreign, is also available. 

 A great variety of logging, lumbering and foresters' tools and instruments 

 is at the disposal of the students. The department is also equipped with 



