NEW BRUNSWICK FORESTRY CONVENTION 37 



with one instructor, we could carry on almost as good a School in Forestry 

 as can be found in any Province. Remember, the Yale School of Forestry 

 has only been in operation a few years ; the whole science of Forestry is 

 practically in its infancy, and I feel that in this Province we have just as 

 good a ground for the establishment of a School of Forestry as anywhere on 

 this continent. So I thought it worth while to outline this Syllabus in 

 connection with the courses established at the University. 



Now, I feel that at any University, establishing a course in any pro- 

 fessional line, first of all there should be laid a very broad basis of general 

 educational value, so I have put in this course a great many subjects which 

 may be regarded as subjects of educational rather than Forestry value. In 

 connection with the Yale School of Forestry, they require a degree in either 

 Arts or Science, from a recognized University, then the course is completed 

 in two years. So it is generally recognized, so far as the University 

 Forestry courses are concerned, that there should be a general basis along 

 educational lines. Therefore, in the first year, I have included the general 

 subjects of English, Mathematics, Modern Languages, and in the first year 

 Botany, and in the second Physics, then I have added in the first two 

 years the subject of Drawing, which is at present, of course, taught in 

 connection with our engineering work at the University. Now, we all know 

 the value it would be to a lumberman to have considerable experience in the 

 drawing of plans and in the formation of working plans for working over a 

 wood lot, and it is important that any man going into the subject of Forestry 

 as an expert should have considerable knowledge of mechanical drawing. 

 Then, of course, the subject of Surveying is without doubt a very important 

 subject for a forestry course, so I have added Surveying to the first year of 

 this course, the same as in the Engineering Course, with surface surveying,' 

 field operations, etc. Then, in connection with the second year, I have put 

 in the work that is now being given in the Engineering Course "The Uses 

 and adjustments of instruments (compasses, transits, levels, etc.,) trigono- 

 metric surveys, compass surveys and contour surveys." All of which would 

 be designed to give the forester a knowledge which would enable him to 

 survey a Lot of wood land, to make plans of it, and to perform his work in 

 a systematic way. 



Now, in the third year, I have put in the following subjects : 



First Chemistry, as in the B. A. course. This will be valuable in the 

 matter of the chemical constitution of the forest woods. 



