224 Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin 



Colonel Henry S. Graves 



It is a great pleasure to announce that Colonel Henry S. Graves 

 has accepted membership on the Honorary Advisory Council of the 

 Roosevelt Station. As the distinguished former Chief Forester of 

 the United States Forest Service, that branch of the government 

 under his leadership made great progress. Colonel Graves, as the 

 first Director of the Yale Forest School at Yale University, has been 

 the teacher and inspirer of the largest body of trained foresters which 

 this country has yet produced. It was mainly under his guidance 

 and supervision that the various constructive animal and wild life 

 activities of the Forest Service have developed. This is particularly 

 true of the development of grazing as a phase of forestry, the 

 problem of predatory animal control, the Yellowstone elk problem, 

 and the comprehensive plans for fish and game in our National 

 Forests. The relation of wild life to the recreational uses of the 

 forests he grasped far in advance of the times and paved the way 

 for its unprecedented progress. The antiquated view that animals 

 were merely a phase of protecting the forest from injury he long 

 ago discarded, because he saw that animals are not merely an inci- 

 dent in forestry but an aspect of forest production which is of basal 

 economic and social value. Colonel Graves has just returned as 

 Dean to the School of Forestry, Yale University, and this assures 

 this institution of the leadership which it has so long maintained. 



Gifts to the Library and Collections 



The former Ichthyologist of the Station Staff, Professor T. L. 

 Hankinson, on his departure, presented to the Station nearly 200 

 reprints, pamphlets and books. These are a very welcome addition 

 to the Roosevelt Wild Life Library. He also presented to the fish 

 collection over 150 lots of fresh water fishes, a series which for 

 comparative purposes will be very valuable. 



The latest contribution to our game collection is a mounted Moose 

 head, collected by the donor, Mr. Irving D. Vann, Attorney, of 

 Syracuse. This very appropriate addition to our game collection 

 was taken by Mr. Vann in the Touradif River, Rimouski County, 

 Quebec, September, 1912. 



Contributions of the above character materially aid the progress 

 of the Station, and the Station is grateful to the donors for these 

 contributions. 



Reception of the Bulletin 



The first number of the Bulletin has been received so heartily 

 throughout the State and Nation as to leave no possible chance for 



