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the Juniors was confined to the following courses: foundation 
of silviculture, treatment of woodlands and forest mensuration. 
Thirty-four men were enrolled in the Junior class and eighteen 
in the summer school. 
The experiment of shifting a large part of the field work 
to an extra summer term proved successful. At the opening 
of the autumn term at New Haven the total attendance was 
sixty-three exclusive of those from other departments. 
The next year surveying was transferred to the summer term. 
On January 2, 1905, both the Junior and Senior classes met in 
Washington, D. C., to attend the Forest Congress. For one 
week the students attended the sessions of the Congress and the 
following week a series of specially arranged addresses and 
lectures to which students from other schools were also invited. 
The Forest Club, composed of Faculty and students, was 
organized and has continued to meet on alternate Wednesday 
evenings except in the summer term. During the early winter 
a-group of Seniors with a smaller number of Juniors met and 
organized the Robin Hood Society of Foresters. After an 
existence of six years the organization was discontinued. The 
accumulated funds in the treasury of the society to the extent 
of more than five hundred dollars were contributed to the 
Graduates Fund of the School. 
Shortly after the opening of the winter term Director Graves 
was commissioned by the Forest Service to visit India and the 
Philippine Islands to secure information relative to educational 
instruction in forestry that would best fit students for the prac- 
tice of forestry in tropical regions and particularly in the Philip- 
pine Islands. During the six months of Director Graves’ absence 
Mr. Toumey was acting director, and B. E. Fernow, the former 
director of the New York State College of Forestry, conducted 
some of the courses. A. F. Hawes, M.F. ’03, State Forester of 
Connecticut, also assisted in instruction. 
As in the previous year, after the Easter recess, the work 
with the Senior class was transferred to the School camp at 
Milford. It became apparent, however, that it was unwise to 
continue the spring field work at this place since the men were 
already thoroughly familiar with the region. It seemed desir- 
able that a wholly new field be selected for the spring work 
