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As the student body fights all the fires which occur in this 

 forest they get practical training in this work throughout the 

 three years of the course. The junior and senior classes are 

 mounted to procure the highest efficiency in this respect. What 

 is believed to be the first forest fire wagon built in the United 

 States, with complete pack saddle equipment, is available. 



(9) FOREST ENTOMOLOGY (Prof. Adams), Senior Year- 



Second Term — Lectures 2 hours. 



The anatomy, physiology, development, and classification of 

 insects ; the life histories of both beneficial and injurious species, 

 with special reference to those forms which are of economic im- 

 portance in the forest. 



(10) DENDRO-PATHOLOGY (Prof. Illick), Senior Year- 

 Second Term — Lecture 1 hour, Field Work and Laboratory 

 2 hours. 



This course considers some of the diseases of trees caused by 

 cryptogamic parasites and parasitic flowering plants. The na- 

 ture and life history of representatives of the principal classes 

 are considered together with practicable preventive and remedial 

 measures for checking their damage. The lectures are illus- 

 trated with photographs, lantern slides, and museum specimens. 

 The museum collection comprises many of our common timber 

 diseases and some foreign ones. Lectures are supplemented by 

 field work in the State forest adjoining the school and in the 

 school nursery. 



(11) FOREST UTILIZATION (Prof. Illick), Junior Year- 



Second Term — 5 hours. 



The work of this course is based on Schenck's "Forest Utiliza- 

 tion." Special reference is given to methods of utilization ap- 

 plicable to the State of Pennsylvania, but the methods used in 



