AN HISTORICAL SKETCH 23 

as 1907 seventeen institutions in the United States and Canada 
were offering instruction in forestry and five institutions had 
fully organized departments or schools for high-grade training. 
The standard required for the profession of forestry was becom- 
ing higher each year and already many of the graduates of 
minor schools found it difficult to find remunerative positions. 
Six classes had now graduated with a total enrollment of 
127. This does not include 37 men who did not take the full 
course. The occupations of the 127 graduates of the first six 
classes, in July, 1907, is shown in the following table: 
PIM RIE SU OT EOSE SET VICE. oie as wide erejaiea eb oi8!sss a0se & a,a/s'0) 6.0 74 
ET ao uy oa «V4.0 4 kod 64 hed odo $855 sieles 5 
MEOMOOIIOMIAT WORK Gs ccc ks t.ho tea cdetsscscecscses 10 
In the Philippine Bureau of Forestry .............. 3 
MEEUALO. TOPCRUEY » a5 AK UTTER d 6 SR acdc saed eases 20 
In the forestry work of foreign countries .......... 6 
RIL i 5.5 a alga di aruih .acwbivig 2 die- a 9'e'a 6gh Mie waist 8 
a hi 2 gb doth soda a ins de Brass ig bs Wt ¥ 40 9. meee vale I 
Hitherto there had been but one program of study prescribed 
for all students. All subjects in the regular course were required 
for the degree. A greater number of students were each year 
applying for admittance with advanced standing, having already 
had courses in technical forestry in other institutions. To supply 
this demand a number of advanced courses in forest technology, 
silviculture, lumbering and forest management were offered for 
the first time. 
The spring work of the Senior class was conducted in Ala- 
bama on a tract of virgin forest owned by the Kaul Lumber 
Company. Hitherto nearly all the field work at New Haven 
was at Maltby Park, a comparatively small portion of the lands 
owned by the New Haven Water Company. During this year 
Mr. Hawley was employed as consulting forester for the com- 
pany. Under this arrangement the School obtained the privilege 
of conducting field work on all the lands owned by the company, 
aggregating eight thousand acres, of which more than one-half 
is covered with forest, under an organized system of manage- 
ment. The open land is gradually being planted. This large 
tract of permanent forest near New Haven and within easy 
