The Daily Missoulian., 1914-06-29


the school of forestry of the Univer
sity of Montana has just come from
the press. The school of which thi
booklet tells will be launched witt
every course complete next fall. 1t il
school for which there has been ;
crying need in the west for years.
has a real mission. 1t is established
along the broad, practical lines tha
has won commendation and approva
from the great numbering interests o
the western states. 1t promises t
quickly develop into the most impor
tant department of the university ant
is sure to call to Missoua many stu.
dents this coming term.
In its foreword the catalogue undel
the caption. THE Opportunity in For.
estry and Logging Engineering" says
in part:
BY an act of the Thirteenth legisla
tive assembly G913) q state school o1
forestry has been established at Mis-
soula, as a department of the Univer-
sity of Montana. This enables the
university to offer four years course
of study in forestry in which the pro-
fessional training of men for the man.
agement and utilization of western
forests may be carried on in a west
ern environment and with the forests
of the west for class rooms and labora-
tory.
Prescribed Courses.
The courses, as now prescribed, fol-
low largely the recommendations and
directions of prominent lumbermen
and the administrative officers OF
the national forests located in the
west, and are essentially planned tc
give men practical training in the
actual field work of forest manage
ment and in logging and numbering
and other means of forest utilization
This action of the legislature OF
Montana recognizes the need of west
ern schools for western men. The
west has its own forest types and its
peculiar forest problems; the most
efficient man in western forestry, 9TH
er things being equal, is the man
familiar with western conditions by
experience and training. The develop
ment of the lumber industry in Mon
tana and in other parts of the Pacific
northwest, the boundless timber re-
sources of the west and the location
of the national forests almost entirely
in the west all point to the conclu-
sion that the west is to be, in the not
distant future, the scene of the prin-
cipal education in forestry as we'll as
of the practice in forestry of the ma
ton.
Special Opportunities.
The srecia1 opportunities for the
study of forestry at the state univer-
sity consist not only in the splendid
endowments of nature and the unique
location of the school of forestry in a
region of intensive forestry practice,
but also in the practical nature of
the courses of study which are Of
fered, and in the high professional
standing of the faculty and their many
years record of successful practice in
private, state and national forest work.
A large part of the instruction is
given in the shops, mills, field and
forest. This practice is followed not
only through short field trips during
the school year, but also a portion of
one semester of each year is spent in
camp, and the student is required to
spend six weeks of the vacation period
at the end of the junior year in a
summer school carried on in the camps
and mills of nearby numbering opera
tions.
Open to All.
Any person over 19 years of age, Of
good character, and who gives suffi-
cient evidence Of his ability to pur-
sue the studies will be given entrance
to one and two year special courses
in forestry or forest engineering, or to
the short course given in the second
semester of each year for forest rang
ers.
Required Work.
Courses in logging, engineering, for
est engineering, the natural sciences.
and care, protection, and management
of forests are given prominence in or
der to give that practical training
Which is necessary to meet the need
for men of professional training in
the forests and numbering operations
of the western region of the United
States.
Specialization of forests and logging
engineering or in the practice of tech
nical forestry may be pursued in the
second, third and fourth years, the
studies in the first year of work being
identical. The degree of forest en-
gineer is conferred upon students sue
cessfully completing the four years