


GRADUATES CLASS OF 1908 185 

He was prepared at the public schools in Cornwall, Conn., and at the 
Housatonic Valley Institute, which became in turn the Cornwall School 
_and the Foster School. In 1902 and 1903 he taught in the public schools 
in Cornwall. In 1907 he graduated from the Sheffield Scientific School 
at Yale. 
He was married June 22, 1911, in Killingly, Conn., to Miss Bertha 
Marion Branch of Danielson, Conn., daughter of Walter Hamlet Branch, 
deceased, and Ella Maria Branch, now Mrs. F. H. Greener. They have 
one daughter, Helen Melissa Clark, born November 10, 1912, in Litchfield, 
Conn. 
Clark is forest assistant in the United States Forest Service. 
He writes: “July to November, 1908, spent in Kentucky under 
J. S. Holmes studying forest conditions in codperation with 
the state. Became thoroughly familiar with corn bread, moon- 
shiners and night-riders. January to July, 1909, was in Ala- 
bama, for first three months under W. B. Piper. Then was 
put in charge of making a working plan for the Tennessee 
Coal, Iron & Railroad Company. This working plan is notable 
since it was the last of many perfectly harmless working plans 
made by the Service for concerns whose only concern was for 
an estimate of their timber. September to November, 1909, 
lived among the Indians. Had charge of marking timber for 
the Government mill at Neopit, Wis. July to November, 1910, 
worked in Piedmont, N. C., under State Forester J. S. Holmes 
in codperation with the state in determining the timber resources 
of North Carolina. December, 1910, to April, 1911, assisted 
W. W. Ashe in a study of second growth in eastern Tennessee. 
May 15, 1911, transferred from state and private codperation 
to Appalachian and sent to New Hampshire to work under 
K. W. Woodward, examining lands for purchase under the 
Weeks Law. The last of June came South to take charge of 
a party examining lands in eastern West Virginia and western 
Virginia. The first of February, 1912, made a preliminary 
examination of the Massanutten Area and recommended its 
purchase by the Government. From May in general charge of 
work in the Potomac, Massanutten and Youghiogheny areas in 
Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.” 
He is a member of the First Congregational Church of 
Cornwall, Conn., and belongs to the Society of American 
Foresters and the Free and Accepted Masons. 
