12 YALE FOREST SCHOOL 

Early in the summer of 1900 Henry Solon Graves, of the 
Division of Forestry, was appointed director of the new School, 
and the following Board of Governors organized the instruction 
and administration : 
Arthur T. Hadley, LL.D., president. 
Henry S. Graves, M.A., professor of forestry. 
William H. Brewer, Ph.D., professor of agriculture. 
Gifford Pinchot, B.A., special lecturer on forest policy. 
The School was fortunate in securing Mr. Graves as its first 
director, and its success is largely due to his foresight and 
counsels and to his high ideals of education in this comparatively 
new field. 
Following the announcement of the School a circular was 
issued outlining the plan and the proposed courses of study. In 
June James W. Toumey, of the Division of Forestry, was 
appointed assistant professor of forestry. 
In the organization of the School it was realized that from the 
standpoint of technical training two classes of men were required 
to successfully carry on the work in forestry in the United 
States. First, men trained in the broad field of technical forestry, 
competent to organize and administer forest property and con- 
duct scientific investigations. Second, men especially skilled in 
the conduct of woods work and fitted for rangers, inspectors 
and foremen. In order to prepare men for the former, the 
Forest School was made a graduate department of the Univer- 
sity. A summer school was maintained for several years at 
Milford. Entrance examinations were not required and certifi- 
cates of attendance were issued at the expiration of the eight 
weeks’ course. Because of the opportunity that it would give 
school teachers to become familiar with the methods of field 
work, particularly in silviculture and dendrology, the course was 
at first opened to women. 
The Faculty included but one professor of forestry and one 
assistant professor. The remainder of the teaching staff was 
from the other departments of the University. Their work was 
supplemented by courses of special lectures by Gifford Pinchot 
and Frederick H. Newell. 
A two-year course of study was prescribed, the terms coin- 
ciding with those of the other departments of the University. 
