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F. PENNSYLVANIA STATE FOREST ACADEMY, MONT ALTO, FRANKUN 



COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. 



The location of this school is at Mont Alto, a village 60 miles southwest 

 of Harrisburg, the capital of the State of Pennsylvania. 



This is a State school organized primarily to train men for service in 

 Pennsylvania. The State has over a million acres of public forests 

 requiring many men for their protection and administration. The teach- 

 ing force of the school consists of seven men, five of whom are engaged in 

 work of purely technical character. The course covers four years and 

 leads to the degree of bachelor of forestry. 



G. UNIVERSITY OF MAINE, COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF 



FORESTRY, ORONO, MAINE. 



The University of Maine is situated in the small but beautiful city 

 of Orono, 9 miles from Bangor, the third largest city in the State of 

 Maine. The department of forestry offers a four-year course leading to 

 the degree of bachelor of science. Maine is one of the most heavily 

 timbered States of the Northeast, and the school has exceptional facilities 

 for practical instruction in forestry. 



2. FOREST SCHOOLS IN THE CENTRAL STATES. 



A. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY, ANN ARBOR, 



MICHIGAN. 



Ann Arbor, the seat of the University of Michigan, is a small city in 

 the southern part of the State, a short distance from Detroit, which is one 

 of the most important cities of the Central States. 



The training in forestry at the University of Michigan is recognized 

 as one of the most thorough and efficient in the United States. There is 

 a four-year course leading to the degree of bachelor of science in forestry, 

 and a five-year course leading to the degree of master of science in forestry. 

 The faculty of the department, consisting of four instructors, is ably 

 assisted in the allied subjects by instructors in the other departments 

 of the university. The head of the department of forestry is one of 

 the pioneers in the forestry movement in the United States. He was 

 at one time in charge of the Federal forest reserves. He is an educator 

 of note, has written a number of textbooks, and has been a power in 

 advancing the national forestry movement. The school counts among 

 its graduates many able men engaged in forestry work in the United 

 States and tropical countries. 



B. MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, FORESTRY DEPARTMENT, EAST 



LANSING, MICHIGAN. 



The Michigan Agricultural College, the oldest agricultural school in 

 the United States, is situated near Lansing, the capital city of Michigan. 



