AN HISTORICAL SKETCH 13 

Entrance requirements were much more liberal than at present. 
Graduates of universities, colleges and scientific schools of high 
standing were accepted without examination, provided they could 
show requisite knowledge of botany, geology and chemistry. 
Others were required to pass examinations in mathematics, 
botany, geology, chemistry, physics, German or French, English 
and political economy. Special students were admitted without 
examination when they were able to present other evidence of 
their fitness to pursue the courses given. The tuition charges 
were one hundred dollars per year. ' 
Looking back from a perspective of thirteen years the curricu- 
lum is simple in the extreme, and may be characterized by the 
emphasis placed upon courses in botany, geology and zoology, 
and the comparatively limited work in technical forestry. The 
forestry subjects in the curriculum were as follows: outline 
of forestry, silviculture, forest management, forest measure- 
ments, forest technology, lumbering, forest protection, forest 
history, forest administration and state and National forestry. 
With the exception of one short course of six lectures given 
by Gifford Pinchot the entire field was covered by the director 
and the assistant professor. 
Provision was made for field work at New Haven, Milford 
and in the Adirondack Mountains. In the first announcement 
of the courses, field work was only briefly mentioned as follows: 
“Frequent excursions will be taken to points of interest near 
New Haven. In the spring of the second year the work will be 
transferred from New Haven to the field, the first few weeks 
being spent in Pennsylvania and the remaining time in the 
Adirondacks.” 
1900-1901 
The first term of the regular course began on Thursday, 
September 27, 1900. Seven students were enrolled and remained 
to complete the two years’ course, and in addition thirteen 
Academic and two Sheffield students attended one or more 
courses. The director and four of the regular students lived 
in Marsh Hall, which was provided by the University for the 
use of the School. In November, 1900, the first annual catalogue 
of the School was published, and included practically the same 
