ARE THERE TOO MANY FOREST SCHOOLS? 401 



energy in bringing the public to realize will be properly able to handle these 



what forestry was and how it could be cases. 



applied to advantage. This has been Forest entomology and pathology are 



the fundamental principle underlying two sciences which are only in their in- 



the whole movement. The American fancy in the United States and for the 



people as a whole stand high in the bringing out of the proper relations of 



scale of civilization and they also are insects and disease to our forests, the 



intensely practical. As with the lum- investigators along these lines must 



bermen, they, as a whole, only have to have a broad forestry education. 

 be educated to the fact that the end A training in forestry, no matter how 



of our timber supply is in sight and sma ll, will be a decided advantage to 



that by the proper management we can any man who intends to handle timber 



hold off that evil day, as well as make l an d, even though he never intends to 



a good profit, and they will manage practice forestry himself and more and 



the forest lands of the United States, more business men will acquire a for- 



both public and private, accordingly. e stry education that they may be better 



VALUE OF TRAINING enabled to carry on their business, 



I can conceive of no way of reaching where such a business is allied to tim- 

 the people more quickly and more ber or lumbering in any way. 

 thoroughly than by mixing in with Many men will take the forestry 

 them a large body of trained foresters, courses merely because of their broad- 

 The point will probably be made that ness. Is there any other profession of 

 there will be many of these men turned the present day that requires as general 

 out who will do much to give forestry and broad a training as that of the for- 

 a black eye, because of impractical ester? I for one look forward to the 

 recommendations. That there will be day when such men, men who do not 

 these men there is no doubt, but do intend to follow forestry, will be turned 

 people throw over the engineering sci- out by the thousand, these men later to 

 ences because some engineers are im- bob up in our courts, our city govern- 

 practical ? Would we close our church- ments and our State or National Gov- 

 es because there are a few hypocritical eminent, or even as the every-day sort 

 ministers? I believe that forestry, as of citizen, who will be able to take 

 a profession, is at the present day able themselves, as well as to be able to in- 

 to stand alone and that the time has struct others to take an enlightened 

 already passed when it is necessary for view of forest conservation, as its prin- 

 the forest schools to weed out their ciples come before the people in the 

 men for the sake of forestry. It may form of legislation or practice, 

 be policy to weed out men for the sake In short, I think forestry in the 

 of the schools, but not for the sake of United States will advance in direct 

 forestry. If we are considering the ad- proportion to the number of men who 

 vancement of forestry, let us turn out are annually turned out from the for- 

 all the men we can and through com- est schools of the country, 

 petition, let the best man win. There is to be a place for all schools, 



How many lawyers are there in the the post-graduate schools, the under- 

 country that know anything at all about graduate schools and the ranger 

 forestry? Probably not more than a schools, all combined to turn out men 

 score. Have you ever stopped to think better equipped to advance the cause 

 what the future of forest law is to be, of forestry and only when every uni- 

 the number of questions which will arise versity and most engineering schools 

 from the destruction of timber or for- and colleges give forestry courses, then 

 est soil, the effects of forest cover on and only then will the profession of 

 the country, trespass suits, etc., which forestry be on an equal footing with 

 the high price of timber is going to other professions and then and only 

 cause exactness in and only those law- then will the progress of forestry ob- 

 yers who have had a forestry training tain its maximum momentum. 



