20 YALE FOREST SCHOOL 

where lumbering operations were in progress and where condi- 
tions were better suited for the preparation of forest maps, 
the projection of logging roads, the estimating of timber and 
the making of working plans. Since the spring of 1905 it has 
been conducted on large tracts of virgin timber in the South. 
The most important addition to the collections of the School 
during the year was a large assortment of forest products from 
the St. Louis Exposition. A former collection of exotic woods 
from the Buffalo Exposition had been severely damaged the 
year before in the fire at the School. The material from St. 
Louis and much besides is stored because of lack of space for 
display. As soon as a School building is erected this material 
can be arranged and made available for exhibition and purposes 
of instruction. 
As in former years the majority of the twenty-nine members 
of the graduating class entered the Forest Service. The rapid 
expansion of the work of the Government under the direction 
of Gifford Pinchot gave opportunity for all who desired to begin 
the practice of their profession on the National Forests, which 
had been only recently transferred from the Department of the 
Interior to the Department of Agriculture and placed directly 
under the management of the Forest Service. 
1905-1906 
The year beginning July, 1905, was the most satisfactory 
from the standpoint of the curriculum since the organization 
of the School. The instruction was made more efficient and 
foundations were laid for still further improvements the fol- 
lowing year. The important change in the engineering courses 
became effective at the opening of the summer term. The 
course was conducted by J. C. Tracy, assisted by C. S. Farnham 
and W. L. Ulrich. For the first time a course in field dendrol- 
ogy was included in the summer work. Since 1905 there have 
been no marked changes in the courses as given at Milford. 
Only three courses are offered; namely, surveying, forest 
mensuration and field dendrology. Among the thirty-six men 
enrolled in the regular course were students from Canada, 
Norway, Sandwich Islands and South Africa. Eighteen attended 
the summer school, five of whom later entered the regular course. 
