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states would soon follow. N. F. Brand, a graduate of the School of Agri- 

 culture, is sanguine that the instruction there imparted tends to inspire 

 "aspirations for a fuller forestry education and a better administration of 

 our forests." He thinks that the work of St. Anthony "may be the seed from 

 which a good school of forestry may some time spring up in Minnesota." 



ORGANIZING THE SCHOOLS. 



In 1892, Hon. W. W. Barrett, superintendent of irrigation and forestry, 

 North Dakota, temporarily enlisted the school children of that state in 

 collecting tree seeds for the Columbian Exposition at Chicago, 111. The 

 responses were so efficient it is now proposed to institute a permanent or- 

 ganization, entitled 



THE STATE SOCIETY OF SYLVITONS. 

 ARTICLE I. 



Section 1. The officers of the State Society of Sylvitons shall consist of 

 a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer and executive committee, 

 to audit accounts and perform other duties for said society, and a vice- 

 president in each county. Said officers shall be elected by the majority 

 ballots of delegates at each annual convention, each local society being 

 entitled to one delegate. The executive committee appointed by a prelim- 

 inary meeting shall select said officers pro tern, holding their office until 

 their successors are elected at the first regular convention, when by a two- 

 thirds vote this constitution may be altered or amended. 



OBJECT OF THE STATE ORGANIZATION. 



Sec. 2. The object of the State Society of Sylvitons shall be to unite the 

 educational forces of the state by means of like local societies, represented 

 in this body, for forestry work and its practical application to the better- 

 ment of climatic, meteorological, agricultural and horticultural conditions, 

 wherein are involved the best interests of the community. 



AWARDS OF MERIT. 



Sec. 3. This society may grant awards of merit or diplomas, to any 

 Sylviton, or Society of Sylvitons in the state, or elsewhere, that practically 

 demonstrates superior proficiency in tree or forest culture, or in best col- 

 lection of forest products, or best original essay on forestry, botany, irriga- 

 tion, meteorology, or other correlative subject; and such awards shall be 

 signed under seal by the president and secretary. 



local societies. 



ART. II. 



Section 1. There may be a Society of Sylvitons in every school district 

 or school of any kind within the sfcate, and it shall have the right to regulale 

 its own affairs in harmony with the constitution and scope of the state 

 society, in this form.: 



