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About The Conservative (Nebraska City, Neb.) 1898-1902 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1901)
& The Conservative * a private estate , therefore no degrees nro conferred upon the graduates of Dr. Sohenck's school there. At Cornell the degree of Bachelor hi Science of For estry is given. Special students , at least twenty-one years of nge , who are not candidates for degrees , are also ac cepted at Cornell. Post-graduate courses for master's or doctor's degree are un der consideration. At Yale the degree of Master of Forestry will be given to graduates of the Forestry School who nave previously received bachelors' de grees from collegiate institutionsjof high standing , or who have had a training equivalent to that of such institutions. Special students are also receivedthough such are recommended to take courses at the summer school rather than at the winter semesters. All applicants for admission to the Yale School must bo not less than twenty years of age. Berea is essentially a Kentucky moun taineer's school , and t& it is not likely to draw students from this section it will be needless to devote space to its conditions. At the New Hampshire college an "advanced course" is offered to the regular students , and there is a one 5 ear special course open to all comers. Candidates for degrees at Cornell and Yale are required to pass entrance ex aminations. Cornell's full course lead ing to the degree of B. S. F. is one of four years. Special courses of a single term , u single year , or three years are also provided , and short summer courses are carried on in the college forest for the training of rangers , logging bosses and under foresters. Yale's full course is of but two years' duration. The en trance examinations at Cornell and Yale differ considerably in subjects. Cornell requires English , history ( Greek , Ro man , English and American ) , plain and solid geometry , plain and spherical trig onometry , algebra , advanced German , advanced French , or Latin may be sub stituted for French. Yale calls for al gebra , plain , solid and spherical geome try , trigonometry , botany , geology , chemistry , physics , German or French , English and political economy. While the courses offered by Cornell and Yale are necessarily much alike , they yet differ in several ways. Cor nell's full course being two years longer than that of Yale , makes it possible to introduce a greater variety of subjects. The courses of both schools are very fully set forth in the circulars which may be had on application to the direct ors. A mere casual perusal of those cir culars will suffice to indicate the all- round qualifications demanded of a for est engineer. It'is not enough to know how to plant and transplant trees and to cut them down. He must know scien tifically all about the life-history of tree growth and of soil and soil formation. He must be a surveyor and map- draughtsman , a road builder , a hydro- grapher , a lawyer , an entomologist , a chemist and timber physicist , a mathe matician of uo mean order , and he will be the bettor equipped if ho knows some thing of mechanics , of pisciculture and of venery. Before a young man decides to take up the profession of forestry he'will want to consider carefully what demands the life will make upon him and de termine what the chances are of his be ing able to meet them. In the first place he must be of robust or wiry phy sique. Without this he can hardly hope to successfully complete his studies in preparation for his professional career. It will also be an important part of his stock in trade , for he will be called upon to make long and arduous journeys on horse and on foot , through the roughest of country , and to live in many cases a life of severe simplicity and perhaps of comparative hardship. Such a calling naturally appeals to the dramatic and adventure-loving temperaments of healthy young men , and the opportuni ties offered for becoming the pioneers in an honorable profession , for making a reputation , a fortune perhaps , and of helping to save to one's country , one of her most valuable possessions , appeal to the ambitious. It is not all a glorious life in the mer ry green wood , however. There is plenty of prose in this case as in every other calling. Let the young , would-be forester not forget that there will be weary hours of office grind such as rec ord keeping , tabulating , figuring , map- making. There will be weeks and months when he will be obliged to live away from his fellows , away from every luxury , even far from a post office and all that that means to an exiled man , and with no human society but a rough loggers' crew. If , after a full and com plete realization of all thisa young man feels drawn to the work , he will doubt less prove a credit to the profession. Allen Chamberlain in Boston Evening Transcript. OUR FARM BOY'S OPPORTUNITIES. Many writers of recent date , and many at the present time , are writing very encouraging letters giving their own ex perience as well as that of others , who have begun to push for themselves in the world from rather adverse condi tions , and climbed the ladder 01 success rung by rung , and are now in a position to enjoy lucrative avocations , while they are still looking ahead for another oppor tunity to advance further. All of these writers without exception , ( and there are many of them ) hold the opinion , and express themselves freely , that the op portunities for promotion for an ener getic , hustling , trustworthy young man are of daily occurrence. This becomes more and more apparent in conformity to conditions necessitated by the introduction of applied science into industrial avenues , quickened by the consolidation of capital to place upon the markets of the world products in the best possible condition at the lowest rate possible. In all the different trades and pro fessions , including commercial and spec ulative pursuits , we find men making a success of their special calling , who as boys and young men were struggling along as common workingmeu and me chanics with small income , but rich in integrity , industry and energy , while at the same time fortifying themselves with the necessary education indispensa ble to that line of life of which they have resolved to make a specialty. For such well equipped young men , the de mand is more than the supply. On ac count of the ever increasing competitive system of doing business , the opportun ities are before every young man who by hard work and a firm determination has mastered all details of his adopted line of business. This we would rather call digging or hunting up the opportun ities ; although begun at the lowest steps of the ladder , the possibilities as seen by his workmanship act as an ad vertisement to the higher branches of his calling ; whereas if he regards his labor as drudgery and is always striking for an advance of pay and shorter hours , he soon finds himself fretting at his bad luck , when observing other young men who he thinks are only of the ordinary kind , enjoying the opportunity. There are hundreds of boys and young men upon our western farms , who no doubt are asking themselves what their chances are for the future. 'Tis well when a boy reasons thus. To begin with he should have his mind fully made up as to what occupation he would.most in cline to follow ; then with a firmness of purpose , and an honest diligence he must acquaint himself with all details that may come within his sphere in that particular branch of fanning to which he is aspiring , whether in the line of stock , dairying or orcharding as a spec ialty or combined with general farming. Not only should he know what his duty is , but he must be prepared at all times , even in times of emergency , to apply his most energetic efforts to bring about normal conditions. A case to the point. Take two young men of equal age , having the same ad vantages of school and farm training. In the spring both hire to an extensive farmer , Mr. A. John is sent out with a team to plow. Tom had some other duties to attend to around the buildings. In an hour or so John returns with the horses , making inquiries about Mr. A. John having broken his doubletree could do no more , and will have to wait until noon when Mr. A. returns to order another. Tom , at once observing the trouble , hunted around , got a stick and some tools and shaped a doubletree that served the purpose for the time , and
