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VOL. XIII. NO. 133
m FORESTRY IS
FORESTRY A NEW STUDY IN U. 8.
PINCHOT FIRST FORESTER.
THERE ARE MANY MEANINGS
Prof. Neal T. Chllds Writes on "A
Knowledge of Forestry as a Part
of Liberal, Education."
In 1889 Gifford Plnchot was a senior
at Yale. One day a college mate
asked him (as students will) what ho
was going to do after graduation. "I
am going to study forestry." "What Is
that?" queried the puzzhd Btudont.
"That is tho reason I am going to
study It," replied the man who later
was to become the great exponont of
tho conservation movement in Amer
ica.
Mark the fact. An upper classman
in a great university, in tho "progres
sive" United States, In tho nineteenth
century, did not know what forestry
was. At that time ninety millions of
other Americans did not know what
forestry was. Because of these things,
Gifford Plnchot determined to study
-the-Bubjeetr -lie-went to Europer
There were no foresters or forest
schools In America. Ho walked and
talked with the greatest df forst
meisters, Sir Dietrich Brandis, study
ing the best In Germany, in-Franca, in
Austria and later In India under tho
guidance of that master. Ills school
ing finished, he came back to America
to tell us what forestry is and point
out our need of it.
You who are seniors of the Unlver
elly ot Nebraska, in 1914 you who are
about to take up tho Important job of
being a citizen in the republic and
pass for a man or woman of liberal
education, do you know what forestry
is?
The average educated person whom
one meets today has a layman's
knowledge of the sciences. Ho or she
'.nows something of engineering, of
agriculture, of geology, "of botany, of
irrigation. Mention forestry. They
aro lost in tho woods. They know it
dealB with trees and possibly birds and
buzzing bees, ot cetera. What do you
think forestry Is?
Forestry Is many things to many
(Continued on page eight.)
PRflMIHFNT FORESTERS
NEBRASKA GRADUATES
Nebraska Men Noted for Their Prac-
tlcal as Well as Technical
Knowledge; "
Since the establishment of tho For
est School at tho University about
seventy students have graduated from
tho course, ninety per cent of which
now are following some line of for
estry. Tho great majority of tho men
aro in tho United States Forest Sor
vlco. Tho first man- to graduate in For
estry was R. E. Benedict of tho class
of- 1903. Ho was employed In tho
U. S. Forest Service until about two
years ago, when ho resigned to accept
a position at Victoria, B. C, with tho
British Columbia'' Branch of Forestry.
Many qf tho Nebraska mon at pres
ent hold high positions in tho Forest
Service. Tho following are some of
tho men and the positions they hold:
O. T. Swan, '04, in charge of Wood
Utilization and Eastern Products Dis--trlct
at Washington, D. C.
UNIVERSITY OF
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IJ. R. II. d'Allomand, '05, Forest Su
pervisor, Kansas National Forest.
P. W. Morrill, J0C, Assistant District
EoEestoc-ofDistr-Iot & Stationed at
Denver, Colo.
C. G. Bates, '00, Chief of Slviculture,
District 2, Denver, Colo.
M. A. Benedict, 0G, Deputy Forest
Supervisor on Sierra National Forest.
Stationed at Northfork, Calif.
G. A. Pearson, '00, Forest Examiner
in charge of Fort Valley Experiment
Station at Flagstaff, Ariz.
C. J. Humphrey, '00, Forest Pathol
ogist in charge of Madison ofllco of
pathology In co-operation with U. S.
Forest Service at Madison, Wis.
A. W. Sampson, A. M. '07. Plant
Ecologlst of the office of Grazing
Studies. At present taking graduate
work at Johns Hopkins.
C. P. Hartley, '07, Consulting Pa
thologist for U. S. Forest Service in
.THnMrt ?,. r : . :
G-. N. Lamb, '09, technical' assistant
In charge of Basket Willow investigation-at
Washington, D. C.
L. II. Douglas, '11, Grazing Exam
iner. District 2. Stationed at W:
ington, D. C
J. S. Boyce, '11, Scientific Assistant
in Forest Pathology, San Francisco,
Calif.
Tho others are forest assistants and
forest examiners In various forests of
western United States. Of tho four
men who took tho forest assistant ex
amination last year, R. T. Guthrie Is
forest assistant on Pike National For
est In Colorado; E. T. F. Wohlonbe'rg
Is forest assistant in Now Mexico;
S. V. Fullaway and R. E. Bodley aro
forest assistants in Montana.
May Nobraskans are -also connected
with the Grazing division of the For
est Service. R. R. Hill and L. H.
Douglas aro Grazing Examiners, A. W.
Sampson is Expert Ecologlst, and W,
R. Chapllno, '13, a Grazing Examiner.
Among those in State Forestry work
aro E, O. Slepke, 'Q5, Deputy State
Forester, Salem, Ore,;
'07, JTrep Surgeon,
R. G. Pierce,
Pennsylvania
NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1914.
FORESTER'S RETURN
Chestnut Tree Blight
Commission, I
Philadelphia, Ponn.
R. J. Pool, '07, Is Professor of Bot
any at -the University of Nebraska;
G. B. McDonald, '07, is Professor of
Forestry at Iowa State -College at
Ames, la.; F. J. Pipal, m Instructor
In Botany, Perdue Agncultural Col
lego at Lafayette, Ind., and R. D.
Rands, '13, Profesor of Botany in tho
University ot Louisiana at Baton
Rougo.
Two Btudonts from tho Philippine
Islands have graduated from the For
estry course. Of these, M. Lazo, '10,
is Assistant Fqrestor, Philippine
Islands Bureau of Forostry, Batan
Forest Mason, Batan, P. I., and G.
Pagadalan, '09, Is Teacher of Botany,
Candon, Jlocos Sur, P. I.
Others aro in private work with
various lumber companies and nurser
ies of tho United States.
There aro a larger number of No-
uraska men in investigative "work; In
proportion to Its graduates than any
other university, which is due larcolv
to tho thorough training In botany
they receive. Although thoro aro not
aisonumbor - )f - men - in - the - forestry -
work, thoBo engaged in It nro making
a good record.
SECRETARY OF THE COM
MERCIALJLUO TO TALK
Will Describe the Workings of the
City Association All Interested
May Attend.
Secretary W. S. Whitten of tho Lin
coin Commercial Club will describe
t,ho workings of that organization be-'
fore tho class in Business Administra
tion in O. 102 at 2 p. m. today.
Prominent business men havo beon
scheduled to 'make talks before
classes in tho department of Political
Economy and the students take re
markable interest in them. Students
not irTtho regular classes aro urged to
attend if interested,
PROFESSOR SCHRAMM
TALK8 TO FOREST CLUB
Tells of the Importance of Foresters
Being Able to Examine
Mines.
"Examination of Coal Mines on Na
tional Forests" was tho subject about
which Professor Schramm of the;
Geology department talked to tho For
est Club last Tuesday evening.
Professor Schramm was employed
as special agent by tho Forest Service
for one summer to examino coal mines
on National Forests In Washington,
and has first-hand knowledge of tho
Bubjcct. Ho stated that becauso so
many mining ventures wero failures,
and often fakes for acquiring timber
lands, great precaution must bo taken
In making mine examinations..
Cornhuskera
"Practically all ol the extra 2Q0 Corn-
buskers ordered by Manager Swift
jYQrodlsposod-o yesterday AU-of-
tho do luxoworoBo1d and no moro
can bo ordered from tho printers. Tho
- fuw hluudardH-that aro left may bo
had whilo they last at tho Cornhusker
office or at T. A. Williams' ofllco In
Administration Hall.
8lg Eps Defeat 8lg Chls.
Tho Sig Eps won in baseball from
tho Sig Chls yesterday by a score of
14 to 5. Tho batteries were: Sig Eps,
iteefo and Taylor, and Tholson; Sig
uiub, .binary, uenms, ana uuapin.
Tho usual number of errors was
present and many ot tho scores were
made on account of them.
Reduced Price.
Through tho efforts of the lovors of
Shakespeare in tho Lincoln Commer
cial Club, tho price of tickets to the
gallery at all performances of "Tho
(Merchant of Venice" and "As. You
Like. It" has been fixed at twenty-five
cents. At tho matlnoos, students will
ho sold tlckots to the balcony at fifty
cents.
Price 5 Cents
AGGIES ENLISTING
RECRUITING STATION, OPENED
AT THE FARM YE8TERDAY.
APPOINTMENTS BEING MADE
University Companies to Be Formed
of University Students Lieuten
ant Bowman Choosing the Off I-.
cers to Lead Companies.
As tho possibilities of war with
Moxlco bocomo moro realistic, tho war
fover among tho cadot students bo-
-oomea-moro-heatcri; a recruiting sta-
Hon was opened up nt tho Stato Farm
yesterday morning and early In tho
afternoon tho ofllcor In chargo tele
phoned to tho city for an additional
corps of recruiting officers. An op
portunity for a trip to Moxlco seems
to havo takon well with tho farmor
lads and they nro onllstlng In largo
numbers. An extra largo number of
officers aro required in recording tho
volunteers, ns tho system Is quite com
plicated, requiring various examina
tions and filling out of papers.
Formation of Companies.
Lieutenant I3owman stated ycatoKL.
day that although ho had not as yot
recelvod his official appointment as
colonel of tho regiment, he was going
ahead with tho formation of tho com
panies from tho University cadets. In
forming tho now companies tho Com
mandant stated that ho would appoint
old experienced men as captains, pros
ont officers In tho cadot roglmont as
lieutenants and non-commissioned offl
cers to fill tho minor positions.
Can-Enlist Now. " '
Tho recruiting station on 6 stroot
has opened for business and students
can volunteer thoro. No one but Uni
versity studonts will bo allowed to en
list In tho student companies.
"In tho event that thoro Is no call
for troops to go to Moxlco," said LIou-.
tenant Bowman, "nil tho enlistments
will bo canceled. No volunteer will bo
required to servo as anatTohal guards
man." A number of queries have beon
received at tho Military department
regarding this point.
At an Officers' Club meeting tho
Commandant asked how many of tho
officers would bo willing to .enlist in
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SOME INFORMATION ON
SENIOR PLAY TICKETS
P I a v P regressing"
-Collection
of "Props" Commenced by the
Statfe Manag'"'
Thoro has been some inquiry as to
tho senior play seats that aro on sale
at the book stores. The manager
stntos that those tickets are for those
who aro not seniors. Seniors should
pay their assessments in the basement
of tho Administration Building and if
they do so at once, before the re
served seats arc put oji salo at tho
Oliver they will have tho first opppr
tunlty to reserve seats. With both a
matlneo and evening performance,
however, thoro should bo plenty of
good seats for everybody.
Clarence Clark, stago manager, has
bpgun to collect tho "props" and, scen
ery for tho production of "Tho For
tune Hunter." Tho rehearsals aro
moving smoothly and Dwlght Grls
wold, as the fat son of the liveryman,
and Charles Epperson as "Bllnky"
Lockwood, tho banker that makes the
eagle scream, promise to make big
hits In their parts.
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