136 FOREST PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION 
“—-.- 
-_ *- 
EQUIPMENT 
Some 200 new stereopticon slides have been added to the perma- 
nent equipment. No new purchases were made other than replace- 
ments during the years of the war, but it will be necessary to add 
considerably to the equipment during the next year or two to 
provide for the increased registration. 
STATE FOREST NURSERY. 
The State of Maine supports a forest nursery at Orono, Maine, for the 
propagation of young forest trees for planting within the State. This young 
stock is furnished at absolute cost f. o. b. Orono. This building is devoted 
to packing and shipping the nursery stock. Photo by Maine Forestry Dept. 
Ay Ds Fs 
A chapter of Xi Sigma Pi (Gamma Chapter) has been organ- 
ized in connection with the Forestry Department. This is the 
National Honor Society for students in forestry. Only men with 
an average rank of 75% or better and no failures in forestry sub- 
jects are eligible for election to the society. The object being to 
stimulate scholarship as well as to promote good-fellowship. 
PUBLICATIONS 
During the past year we were able to make a cooperative agree- 
ment for entomological investigations in Maine. The Forestry 
