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scientific training, introducing as many cultural subjects as time will permit. 

 If any man comes to us with advanced credits, he is by no means allowed to 

 elect ahead of his class. Rather, he is urged to avail himself of the resources 

 of the university, on whose campus we are located, and elect extra courses in 

 English, history, economics, language, etc. 



The subjects which might be considered a part of the forestry program dur- 

 ing the first two years are silviculture, technology, and forest engineering. 

 However, if a man finds during this time he has chosen the wrong profession 

 or has misunderstood the demands which forestry makes upon him, the course 

 is not too specialized to prevent his changing to engineering, agriculture, or a 

 general science course in any university with practically no loss of time. 



At the end of the second year men are compelled to spend three months in 

 camp in the Adirondacks, surveying, cruising timber, making topographic maps, 

 building trails and bridges. In short, a general course of training in field 

 methods is given them by their instructors which is intended to round .out 

 the theoretical work they have been given during the first two years. It does 

 more than that, it eliminates the weak vessels and gives the faculty a chance 

 to size up each man, to know his possibilities and to determine what particular 

 phase of the ever-broadening field of forestry each student is best suited for. 

 At the end of this summer semester the men return to Syracuse, or in some 

 cases drop out, having discovered that they are not the stuff that foresters are 

 made of. If they come back they are then permitted to elect a group which 

 will prepare them from a certain line of work. Certain subjects are common 

 to every group, being the essentials of a general scientific and forestry edu- 

 cation. In this selection the men are aided by instructors who have lived with 

 them in camp for a period of three months and can assist in vocational 

 guidance. This grouping of studies permits students to begin specialization 

 during the third year in college, since they can elect, by choosing a certain 

 group, three subjects in addition to the regular three subjects required. With 

 the inauguration of our paper and pulp work it will probably be necessary 

 to give extra work in chemistry and physics during the sophomore year which 

 will cause a slight deviation from the above. 



At the end of the junior year we have arranged a long vacation of five 

 months. Every man is urged to secure a wood or mill job of some sort where 

 he will work not under the eyes of his instructors, but under a regular boss 

 who will demand full work for regular wages. As an instance of the increasing 

 interest which forest industries are showing, it may be said that the placement 

 committee last spring had over 600 positions open for 53 men, juniors and 

 seniors, they were trying to locate. This list comprised only positions where 

 some measure of technical forestry training was required. Seventeen different 

 types of jobs were offered. 



Upon his return to college at the end of the junior vacation, his general 

 performance with his employer and his reputation as a technical man is as- 

 certained. Increased opportunity is given for specialization during the senior 

 year, the group which he has elected including only one subject common to all 

 groups, the others varying according to the group selected. 



Thus, at the end of the fourth year the men who have chosen to specialize 

 are graduated with a degree indicating a training only in science the B. S. 

 degree. However, they may have received special training which will make 

 them capable college-trained apprentices for the paper and pulp industries, dry 

 kiln engineering, forest recreation experts, forest engineers, i. e., surveyors, 

 topographic mappers, "growth sharks," etc., knowing something about wood, 

 the basic raw material as an organic product, and having a scientific training: 



