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FOREST AND STREAM 
Dec. 27, 1913. 
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bers of the Indian Harbor Yacht Club have sig¬ 
nified their intention of building. 
Any information desired with reference to 
this matter may be obtained from Richard A. 
Monks, chairman of the Regatta Committee, In¬ 
dian Harbor Yacht Club, No. 82 Beaver Street, 
New York City. 
Illinois Casting Club 
Chicago, Dec. 19th, 1913. 
Dear Sir and Brother: Two communications 
are herewith transmitted, together with the reso¬ 
lution offered at the last general meeting by 
Brother Bauer, and his remarks preceding its 
adoption. 
The nominating committee appointed at the 
meeting of your executive committee, held Nov. 
6th, begs to place before you the names of the 
following gentlemen for the offices, as designated, 
to be voted for at our annual business meeting, 
Jan. 19, 1914: 
President, Brother A. D. Whitby; vice-presi¬ 
dent, Brother E. F. McCarty; secretary, Brother 
J. D. Anway; captain, Brother William McCand- 
less; executive committee, Brother David Kerna- 
ghan. Fraternally yours, J. R. Ranny, chairman; 
E. F. McCarty, E. K. Pierson, David Kernaghan, 
C. S. Peacock, committee. 
At the general meeting of the club, held Nov. 
29th, a motion was made, seconded and passed 
by the vote of the club, to amend Rule IX of 
known as clause (c), and allowing merchandise 
prizes at club contests, other than the regular 
Events and Rules by striking out the last clause, 
scheduled events of the season. 
At the above mentioned meeting Brother 
Bauer thanked the executive committee for elect¬ 
ing him a delegate to represent the club at the 
annual business meeting of the N. A. S. A. C. 
He related that during the debate on the 
resolution defining a professional, a member held 
aloft a paper, stating it contained a list of names, 
some twenty-odd in number, the signers of which 
had pledged to do certain things. Some time 
after the meeting it developed that these names 
were pledged not to cast in the annual tourna¬ 
ment of the N. A. S. A. C., if the resolution pre¬ 
sented by the representatives of the Illinois Cast¬ 
ing Club was adopted. They also were pledged, 
in the event of the adoption of that resolution, 
to organize a rival association. 
The resolution referred to above was adopted 
last winter for the express purpose of disposing 
of, in a just and satisfactory manner, the ques¬ 
tion of professionalism. 
In summing up Brother Bauer stated that, 
in his opinion, it was, to say the least, unsports¬ 
manlike, and surely an act of disloyalty to the 
club, for any member to enter into an agreement 
to refuse to abide by the resolution adopted by 
our club, and to refuse to cast at the annual 
tournament should this resolution be adopted, and 
he thereupon offered the following resolution, 
which was adopted: 
“Resolved, That the members of the Illinois 
Casting Club, who assisted in the organization of, 
or have since become members of a rival asso¬ 
ciation, are hereby respectfully requested to de¬ 
monstrate their loyalty to the Illinois Casting 
Club by resigning their membership in said asso¬ 
ciation; and that a copy of this resolution be 
mailed to all members of the Illinois Casting 
Club.” 
Fraternally yours, 
J. D. Anway, Secretary. 
To the Members of the Illinois Casting Club : 
At the last general meeting of our club, the 
above resolution was passed by a majority vote 
of the club. In this connection the following 
observations are offered for the consideration of 
the members of our club. 
The N. A. S. A. C. was formed to embrace 
the various casting clubs in Chicago and else¬ 
where. The act of organizing and creating this 
association has made every casting club affiliated 
therewith a unit of this National Association, 
thus drawing all together in a common bond of 
interest. The obligation of loyalty imposed upon 
the clubs is equally imposed upon the individual 
members by this tie, and should be recognized 
and endorsed by every club and every member 
thereof. 
In 1911 a referendum vote was taken among 
all the members of all the affiliated clubs of the 
N. A. S. A. C. to determine their attitude to¬ 
ward previous interpretations of the rules qual¬ 
ifying professionalism. By a large majority, it 
was decided that a more liberal interpretation 
of the rules than had previously obtained would 
be acceptable for their future guidance. 
Following this indication, the Illinois Cast¬ 
ing Club passed, at its business meeting in Janu¬ 
ary, 1913, a revised ruling, of a character de¬ 
vised to meet the approval of the majority of 
our club members, as indicated by their vote in 
the aforesaid referendum. 
The same rules were adopted by the Na¬ 
tional Association at its annual business meeting 
in October, 1913. By this proceeding, the wishes 
of the majority of the casters of the N. A. S. 
A. C. were complied with, and a rule was passed 
which met with almost universal approval. 
The persistent effort of a minority to thwart 
the will of the majority in the conduct of club 
and association matters is reprehensible, leading, 
as it does, to the playing of petty politics and 
to a disturbance of the peace of our club. 
The accompanying resolution was passed in 
order that our club might be restored to a condi¬ 
tion of unity and harmony, and the earnest wish 
of the writer is that any member affected by it 
will comply with its request. 
A. F. Swisher, President. 
Forestry in the Public Schools of New a York 
The New York State College of Forestry at 
Syracuse Urges Use of Forestry in 
Courses Taught in Public Schools. 
I N spite of the fact that New York leads all 
the other states in the amount of its state 
forests and has done more planting of idle 
land than any other state, New York as a whole 
is decidedly apathetic along forestry lines, espe¬ 
cially in the matter of the proper use of its forest 
resources. 
The State College of Forestry feels that the 
through an aggressive campaign of education 
only way of improving the situation is to carry 
along forestry lines, beginning with the children 
of the state. The question of how to educate 
the child along forestry lines is a bit perplexing 
in view of the complexity of the curriculum in 
grammar grades and high schools. Too often 
schools are burdened with too many courses or 
have all too little time to teach work outlined 
for present courses. The College of Forestry 
by no means urges the insertion of a separate 
course in forestry. It does believe, however, that 
the children of the state can be thoroughly ac¬ 
quainted with the importance of forestry, its 
place in our economic life and its possibilities 
as a state and National industry by simply inject¬ 
ing the forestry point of view into the various 
courses given in the lower grades. 
For instance, in history an exercise or two 
could be devoted to advantage to the growth of 
the forestry movement in the United States; how, 
in 1876, a division of forestry was established 
in the Department of Agriculture; how, in 1891, 
President Cleveland set aside 22,000,000 acres 
from the National Domain amid the protests of 
the corporate interests of the West, etc. With 
these general facts could be taught the steps in 
the development of forestry in New York. 
In botany, aside from discussing a few flow¬ 
ers and shrubs, the trees themselves could be 
taken up, not only as individuals but in their 
community life, bringing out the fact that indi¬ 
viduals struggle against and aid each other and 
that proper use of the axe may greatly benefit 
the forest. How a tree grows; why fire and 
grazing injure a woodlot, are questions that 
every one interested in trees and the forest are 
now asking. They can be answered through the 
children. 
Likewise in physical geography, the source 
of different kinds of timber, the extent of wood 
utilization, and kinds of forest products could be 
her than any other state in the Union, paying a 
taken up. That New York State uses more lum- 
total of $54,000,000 annually for wood to be used 
;n her industries, could be impressed effectively 
upon the mind of every child. In the same way 
the very important question of the protection 
of the forest from fire, the extent and the injury 
which they inflict upon the forest, and the ease 
with which they could be avoided by the exercise 
of proper care, can be graphically demonstrated. 
How very many things have been taught un¬ 
der the name of Nature study. The college does 
not urge the substitution of forestry for Nature 
presents live material right at hand for use in 
study. It does believe, however, that forestry 
many subjects already taught in the school. 
Forestry should get the children out of doors 
and should help them to observe things about 
them in an effective way. 
Without adding material burden to the school 
curriculum, children may not only be taught the 
trees and a love for the out of doors, but they 
will develop an understanding of forestry. It 
should be so that by the time a pupil graduates 
from the high school the word forestry will carry 
as concrete a meaning as agriculture does now. 
With the development of the forestry attitude 
in the young people the misunderstanding and 
apathy along the forestry lines so long in evidence 
in the Empire State will give way to active and 
helpful interest in this exceedingly important eco¬ 
nomic question. 
Forestry cards giving information on some 
of the points mentioned above can be secured 
from the New York State College of Forestry, 
Syracuse, N. Y. - 
From Randle to Paul 
Muskogee, Okla., October 9th, 1913. 
Dear Friend Paul:—It was Sunday (as 
usual), October the 6th, that I in company with 
Dr. D. M. Randle left the city on the 6 some odd 
M. K. & T. north bound for Chouteau, Okla., for 
the purpose of testing the “Bass-bearing quali¬ 
ties” of the oft discussed Adkins private lake. 
With the exception of a strong wind the day was 
almost ideal—cold enough to prevent excessive 
perspiration and fatigue, with now and then a 
thin passing cloud. 
The lake proved to be, as I had suspected, an 
artificial one, fed by hidden springs, the water 
being clearer than we have ever seen either Chou¬ 
teau Creek or Manard, and being of sufficient 
depth was of a delightful temperature. The 
Government survey, I am told, 'shows the lake to 
cover an area of about 9 acres, but I think at its 
present low stage must not cover more than one- 
half that area, and fully one-half of that surface 
is covered with moss which either comes entirely 
to the surface or within an inch or so—a splendid 
place for the bass to lie in wait for the poor un¬ 
suspecting minnow, crawfish or fly, and also to 
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