28 EDUCATION IN FORESTRY. 



upon its graduates are going to be. In this connection Prof. Morrell, of Colo- 

 rado, felt that more work should be offered on grazing. Prof. Chapman agreed 

 that this was important, but thought that the inclusion of grazing was a mat- 

 ter which had best be left to schools favorably located for teaching it. 



Prof. Hosmer suggested that consideration be given to the question of the 

 expense involved. With the present scale of salaries carried by positions to 

 which forest school graduates are eligible, many students feel that they can 

 not afford to spend more than four years at college. The men with a broader 

 training are usually considerably ahead of the four-year men after the ex- 

 piration of 10 or 15 years. The question is how to impress this fact on the 

 undergraduate with sufficient force so that he will remain for the extra year 

 at college. 



In the discussion of the memorandum forwarded by men of the forest schools 

 of the Western States, it appeared to be the opinion of many of those 

 present at the conference that four years was an insufficient time in which to 

 give a student a completely rounded training in forestry that would enable him 

 to meet in full the demands of the profession. If only four years is spent at 

 college the student tends to lack a proper grasp of the whole subject that will 

 enable him to reach the higher places in the profession. 



Several speakers expressed as their opinion that, where possible for an indi- 

 vidual student to do so, six years of college training was better than five. The 

 net result of the discussion on this point appeared to be that, while the men of 

 the western schools felt that four years was sufficient, it was the opinion of 

 some of the eastern schools that five years should be regarded as the minimum 

 in professional forestry training. 



