FORESTRY EDUCATION, 



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There is no insuperable difficulty in stopping the fire nuisance in this country, provided the 

 moral obligation is recognized, the will is there, and the necessary organization is provided, 



PORESTRY EDUCATION. 



The New York legislature of 1898 made provision for the establishment of a college of 

 forestry in Cornell University, and provided for the purchase of a school forest of 30,000 acres to 

 be used as an experimental demonstration area for illustrating the principles and practice of 

 scientific forest management. The school was organized in April, 1898, with Dr. B. E. Fernow as 

 director and dean. 



Its first session opened in September, with the beginning of the collegiate year 1899. This is 

 the first professional school of forestry established in America which offers in its courses the same 

 full complement of studies to be found in European institutions of similar kind. 



As indicating the scope of the subject and the requirements for a fully educated forester of 

 highest degree, the following schedule of studies announced by the college is reproduced. 



This step firmly establishes the forest policy of the State of New York, eventually to place its 

 large forest property under the management of technically educated foresters issuing from this 

 State college. 



Schedule of the courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of the Science of Forestry (B. S. F.). 



[Courses in parentheses are elective in whole or in part ] 



FRESHMAN YEAR. 



Mathematics 



1)0 



Physics 



Do 



Chemistry 



Invertebrate zoology. . 



Vertebrate zoology 



Entomology 



Botany 



Do 



Geology 



Do 



Forestry 



SOPHOMORE YEAR, 



Chemistry 



Entomology 



Botany 



Do * 



Geology 



Do 



Do 



Engineering 



Do 



Political economy 



Forestry 



Designa- 

 tion of 

 courses. 



7 



10 

 2a 

 2b 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 1 

 2 



10 



23 



1 



16 

 2 

 9 

 5 

 1 



21 



32 

 4 

 5 



34 

 2 



First 

 term. 



2 



(3) 



2 



(5). 



3 



3 



Second 

 term. 



Third 



term. 



2 



(3) 

 2 



3 



2 



(3) 

 2 



(5) 

 3 



3 







3 

 3 



3 



3 



2 



3 







2 



(4) 

 2 



4 







3 







4 

 2 





(1) 



3 

 3 





3 

 2 







3 









8 



3 



1(3) 







(3) 



(3) 



JUNIOR YEAR. 



Chemistry 



Botany 



Geology 



Do 



Engineering 



Political economy 



Pisciculture andvenery. 

 Forestry 



Do 



Do 



Do 



SENIOR YEAR. 



Political economy... 



Law 



Forestry 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Seminary and thesis 

 Electives , 



Designa- 

 tion ot 

 courses. 



21b 

 11 



20 

 22 

 11 

 51 

 ..... 



4 



59 



9 



30 

 11 

 12 



First 

 term. 



2 

 3 

 3 



(3) 



Second 

 term. 



3 



(3) 



1 



3 



Third 

 term. 



(3) 



2 



3 



The resources of the entire university, with its library, laboratories, museums, and collections, 

 are practically at the disposal of the college by the action of the board of trustees, and hence, 

 besides the required courses, any additional courses offered by the various departments which are 

 thought to be of especial value to forestry students may be elected by them whenever they have 

 satisfied the requirements. 



The courses m fundamental and supplementary branches, which are needful and required for 

 the three or four year forestry courses and for graduation, are selected from those offered in the 

 departments of the university. 



The courses in forestry are briefly described as follows: 



1. Synoptical course in forestry. Economic nature and political aspects. Designed especially for students of 

 political economy, agriculture, engineering, and freshmen in the college of forestry, to acquaint the student in a 

 brief manner with the several subjects comprising the field of forestry. Lectures only. Two hours, fall or spring 



2. One-year course in forestry, with special reference to silviculture. Designed especially for agriculturists 

 and others who desire a brief study of the technicalities of woodcraft and silviculture. Lectures and demonstrations. 

 Three hoars, through, the year. 



3. Silviculture. Principles of arboriculture, application of dendrology to crop production, methods of 



