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felled, so skilfully the logs snaked out by single horses and plied in the 

 immense yards, and with such ease are the great loads sledded down ice- 

 coated roads to the landings, that you are scarcely aware that you are in 

 the midst of a great lumbering operation, involving millions of feet of spruce 

 and fir. Piled and scaled, these logs line the bank and overflow into the 

 stream bed, stretching away white and level, and in a setting of green. 



You can scarcely believe that before May 1st this ice-locked river will 

 be a swirling torrent, bursting its banks and overflowing the adjacent flats. 

 Down such tributaries, daring river-drivers, scorning all kinds of weather, 

 will urge millions of unruly logs into the smoother reaches of the St. John, 

 from whose booms they will be towed in rafts to the great milling centres 

 which supply with deals and other lumber the markets of Great Britain, 

 Europe and the United States. Next season the snow-covered ruins of 

 abandoned camps which were last year the rendezvous of sturdy men of all 

 nationalities, will alone tell the story of the big yards, the pride of the camp 

 boss, who directed the most successful drive in the history of the company 

 in the face of all obstacles. The woods, managed on a rough selection sys- 

 tem, present quite a contrast to the top-strewn, barren waste left in the wake 

 of the southern lumberman, with dilapidated negro shacks and weed-grown 

 spurs oi fonnei railroads to mark his progress. 



FOEESTEY COUESE. 



As an outcome of the Provincial Forestry Convention held in Frederic- 

 ton in February, 1907, a grant of $2,500 was made for the establishment 

 of a Department of Forestry in the University of New Brunswick. At that 

 time Chancellor Jones, of the University, presented an outline of an under- 

 graduate course in Forestry, which, in his opinion, could be carried on in 

 Connection with the regular courses in Engineering. Most of the subjects 

 in this course, with the exception of the Dendrology, Forest Mensuration 

 and Sylviculture of the Junior Year, and the Lumbering, Wood Technology 

 and Forest Mapping of the Senior Year could be handled in the beginning 

 by one man the students taking Chemistry, Botany, Economics, Surveying, 

 Eailway Construction, etc., either in the Arts or Engineering Departments. 

 The course was to cover four years, leading to a Bachelor's degree, the 

 first two of which were to parallel the present Engineering course, with the 

 exception of Botany in the Freshman and Forest Botany in the Sophomore 

 Year. Chancellor Jones had such a conception of the intended course (gained 

 from a careful study of the curricula of other schools and the work of the 

 Engineering Department) that we had no difficulty in agreeing on all doubt- 

 ful points, and in sandwiching the courses into the Engineering time table 

 as they appear at present in the new calendar. The necessary rooms were 

 fitted up, a few instruments and books purchased and instruction began. 



Only four men began the Junior work, and there were no applicants for 

 Senior courses. Two freshmen had registered, but natural timidity kept 

 them from hunting the new department up for several days, so that for a 

 while "it looked like a shame," as one fair Co-ed, expressed it' "to have one 

 whole professor (especially where professors are so scarce) for six men." 

 However, encouraged by the natural hopefulness of the Chancellor, we man- 

 aged to keep busy and cheerful, and played a waiting game; which is very 

 essential in Forestry. Additions were made to the list of students- and the 

 schedule until there are now thirteen men in all classes, with a good chance 

 for a Junior Class of -seven or eight next fall. The interest of the men is 



