FORESTRY AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY 



By PKOF. C. H. GOETZ 



OHIO was one of the first States that lead in the movement for the con- 

 servation of our forest resources. As far back as 1855 some of her 

 leading citizens like Dr. John A. Warder, E. E. Barney and others were 

 known nationally as promoters of forestry. 



Since that time Ohio has been one of the leaders in State forestry work. 

 While up to 1909 she has failed to establish a chair of forestry at her Uni- 

 versity and Agricultural college, yet for many years forestry instruction had 

 been given in connection with horticulture. 



The Ohio State University is situated at Columbus, Ohio, about the center 

 of the State. The University is well equipped for giving the student, thorough 

 training along all lines of work, because the Agricultural college is at the 

 same place and under the same management, so that the university student 

 can get the benefit of the agricultural college work and the Agricultural college 

 student the work of the university, making of all well-trained and rounded 

 out students. 



In this way the forestry student is able to get a solid, sure substantial 

 foundation for all his subsequent technical and practical work. 



The faculty of the forestry department consists of a professor in charge 

 and two assistants to take care of the technical subjects and a large corps of 

 professors of the university and agricultural departments to give the scientific 

 and special work of the auxiliary studies. 



The forestry course as given in four years, and as placed into the cur- 

 riculum of the University a few years back consists of all the elementary basal 

 subjects preparatory to forestry and includes all the subjects of technical and 

 practical forestry as taught in all of the most prominent forestry schools, like 

 Michigan and Yale. 



The whole four years' course is designed to give the student all the neces- 

 sary forestry education and yet to leave room for other auxiliary studies, so 

 as to make the forestry student an all-round well-fitted-out man, capable to 

 cope with any situation that he may meet when going out into the field of 

 work. 



The work in the courses has been combined into as few courses as possible, 

 rather than to spread it out in a spread eagle fashion so as to make it look 

 large or extended, and to have it overlap. 



To give to the student as much as possible all the practical work, that 

 can be given at a school has been the aim in the making of the course of 

 studies. For this purpose there has been established a good-sized nursery, in 

 connection with the virgin stand of timber still standing on the University 



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