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a memorial which was adapted from plans which had been pre- 

 sented to him for the study of wild life and which Roosevelt him- 

 self had approved. These plans were presented to him in 

 December, 1916, by the College of Forestry and received his hearty 

 commendation. He urged that they should be developed " in a big 

 way," and began active work for them. We then went into the 

 war and the subject was dropped temporarily, but with his death 

 the Trustees of the College asked the Legislature to make these plans 

 a nucleus for the Roosevelt Wild Life Forest Experiment Station. 

 This was done, as has been stated, in May, 1919. 

 The law establishing the station reads as follows : 



" To establish and conduct an experimental station to be known 

 as " Roosevelt Wild Life Forest Experiment Station " in which 

 there shall be maintained records of the results of the experiments 

 and investigations made and research work accomplished; also a 

 library of works, publications, papers and data having to do with 

 wild life together with means for practical illustration and demon- 

 stration, which library shall, at all reasonable hours, be open to 

 the public." 



Thus New York State has definitely committed herself to this 

 wild life Memorial to Theodore Roosevelt. From the Roosevelt 

 family came the following hearty approval, through Lieutenant- 

 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. : 



" I think your ideas are excellent and I know that my father 

 would appreciate no type of memorial more than that which you 

 suggest, as you know it was one of the subjects that was always 

 uppermost in his mind. I give my consent without reservation for 

 the use of his name for this memorial." 



The appropriateness of the Memorial has been confirmed by a 

 number of close friends and admirers of Roosevelt who had worked 

 with him for many years in his campaigns for conservation. It is 

 especially fitting that the Station should be located at the State 

 College of Forestry at Syracuse because the College emphasizes 

 modern forestry, which consists in using forest regions to the best 

 human advantage. This includes not only the timber, but the fish 

 and game which can be used for food and recreation, and any other 

 crops, such as forage for grazing animals, and even a harvest of furs. 

 It is a broad policy, but it is the only one yet discovered that is 

 economically and socially sound. 



It is also fitting that the Station should be located here for cer- 

 tain additional reasons : first of ah, because the plan having Roose- 



