AN HISTORICAL SKETCH 29 

stimulus to permanently establish a graduates’ fund. The sub- 
scriptions to this fund during the first meeting of the associa- 
tion were more than four thousand dollars. A gift of one 
thousand dollars was received from William Wheeler of Buffalo, 
N. Y., the income to be given yearly as a prize for meritorious 
work in silviculture. 
The first number of the series of bulletins and memoirs pub- 
lished by the School was issued in February, 1912. This is “A 
Classification for Forestry Literature” and is the classification 
used in the School library. In February, 1912, the report of 
the alumni reunion was published and distributed. Two impor- 
tant manuals dealing with forestry subjects were published by 
members of the Faculty during the year, namely: “Forestry in 
New England” by Mr. Hawley, in collaboration with Mr. 
Hawes, State Forester of Vermont, and “Identification of the 
Economic Woods of the United States” by Mr. Record. 
A conference of American Forest Schools was called in 
December, 1909, to consider the aim, scope, grade and length 
of curriculum as the first step in the standardization of forestry 
education. At this conference a committee was appointed to 
draw up a plan for the standardization of the requirements for 
technical training in forestry. Director Graves was appointed 
chairman; other members of the committee were B. E. Fernow, 
R. T. Fisher, Filibert Roth and Gifford Pinchot. A second 
conference was called in December, 1911. Nearly all American 
institutions offering instruction in forestry were represented. 
The plan of the committee was discussed in detail and it was 
agreed to publish the report in the Forestry Quarterly. The 
committee was continued, and on the resignation of the chair- 
man his place was taken by Mr. Toumey. The report of the 
committee was published in Volume X, Number 3, of the For- 
estry Quarterly, and widely distributed. The importance of 
this report, its influence on forestry education in America, and 
the part taken in it by the Yale Forest School, calls for its 
recognition in this historical sketch. 
1912-1913 
The total number of students enrolled during the year was 
fifty. It became still more evident that the marked falling off 
