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of the courses in the College of Forestry, so that all registrations in the different 

 courses during the fall term numbered fifty-nine ; or, allowing for duplication of 

 names in different courses, forty-five students have, during the fall term just passed, 

 benefited from the establishment of the College. 



It is gratifying to state that the College of Architecture has made the course in 

 Timber Physics, given by Professor Roth, obligatory, while the College of Agricul- 

 ture makes a course in Silviculture, given by Professor Gifford, a required course for 

 its students. 



The Faculty has been completed as prescribed by the organic law through the 

 appointment of Dr. John Gifford as Assistant Professor. Professor Gifford, who, 

 having studied forestry abroad, received the degree of D.CEC. from the University 

 of Munich, was well known before by his forestry work for the New Jersey Geologi- 

 cal Survey, and as originator of " The Forester," the present organ of the American 

 Forestry Association. Dr. Gifford was elected Secretary of the Faculty and Custo- 

 dian of Collections. 



Professor Roth has continued to act as forest manager, devoting his entire time 

 to the work on the College Forest through the spring and summer, without 

 vacation. During the fall term, in addition to his lecture courses at the Univer- 

 sity, he has superintended the work in the woods by occasional visits. 



Regarding the courses, I may reiterate that, while it will be the aim of the Faculty 

 to furnish a high-grade professional instruction in all the Forestry branches which 

 have been differentiated in the best European forestry schools, care is also taken to 

 adapt the teaching to American requirements. Besides the full four-year course 

 leading to the degree (B.S.F.), special students, if only sufficiently prepared, are 

 allowed to elect any courses they may choose. 



In addition to the regular instruction, as the existence of the College becomes 

 known, there is growing a crop of inquirers who seek advice by letter, entailing a 

 considerable correspondence on the part of the Director. These inquiries may 

 finally be met by printed matter, for the preparation of which, so far, leisure has 

 been lacking. 



The question has been often raised what we may learn in the matter of forestry 

 from Germany, where forestry has been practised for centuries. Briefly, we can 

 learn from their practice the principles underlying it. Whatever may be said of 

 methods of procedure or of administration, the principles underlying are not national 

 but biological and universal. There are two main branches of forestry. The most 

 important branch, silviculture, is based on the recognition and application of natural 

 laws, which are the same the world over. The other important branch, forest regu- 



