The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-11-04
SHORT COURSE IN
FORESTRY IS OPEN
SATISFACTORY ENROLMENT RE-
PORTED BY DEAN MILLER
UNIVERSITY NEWS

The short course in forestry and
the rangers course in the school of
forestry of which Dean F. G. Miller
is head, opened Monday with a sat
lsfactory registration, according to
the statement of Dean Miller. The reg
istration has not been totalled yet for
a number of students are known to be
on the way. Registration will be held
open for some time to permit late
comers to register and special efforts
will be made to help them catch up
with the classes.
Another short course will oper on
January 5 for students who are un-
able to enroll now. Both courses will
continue five months. The course now
open will be out in March. The other
about two months later. There is
such a demand for forestry men in the
state and national work and in lum-
Der camps that this school is Unable
to furnish more than a small Fer
cent of the men demanded for timber
work.
The forestry students have adapted
the stag shirt high top boots and reg
ulation "lumber-jack'' costumes and
in short time the men will all be
dressed in this garb, typical of the
work they expect to follow when they
leave school,
E. C. Rettig, a graduate of the
school of forestry in 1919, is here
and is visiting the school. He ad-
dressed the forest club in Morrill, hall |
last night. Mr.. Rettig is employed by
the federal government forestry de-
partment in Montana. He will re-
main here several days.
Enrolment at the University of
Idaho has reached 862 without count
ing the short course and ranger course
forestry students who began enroll
ing yesterday. Every department of
the big school shows growth since
the opening day.
Find Wood so Feet Deep.
Work on the big well has been re-
sumed by Contractor H. H. Quarrels
of Boise, and the well reached 100
feet in depth last night. The last two
feet was through rock and the re-
naming SO feet was through clay, the
last IS feet of which was almost as
hard as rock and filled with decayed
wood, showing that it had been a for
est gesago. The casing for the well
has arrived at last. 1t was shipped l
from McKeesport, Pennsylvania, in {
July and reached Chicago, where it
laid a month and was then returned {
to McKeesport and started on its :
journey again. Work was suspended
several weeks while the contractor
waited for the casing, and we are Civ {
en- another proof of government in {
efficiency in railroad management {
A. E. F. is Organized.
Proper observance of the ami |
of the signing of the armistice
will be urged upon University of Ida |
no undergraduates by an organization E
Of students who served in the Amer i
can Expeditionary Forces which has !
Just taken its place on the campus, ac-
cording to an announcement made to- c
day. A program is expected to be ar
ranged in cooperation with the Mos {
COW post of the American legion.
Frederick G. Erb of Lewiston, sen
Of George E. Erb, Idaho public util- t
tiles con1--sSsioner, recently was elect I
ed president of the university's A. E. a
F. organization. Other officers chos- 2
en- were Ted Holderman of Twin Falls, {
vice president; Don Eagleson of +,
Boise, son of State Treasurer John +
W. Eagleson, treasurer and Leo 9
Schroeder of Fraser, secretary. +
Erb was a captain in the 361st in 6
antry, famous 91st division organiza d
ion; Holderman and Eagleson went a
o France with the old Second Idaho
md Schroeder saw active service with
he 32d division.
Organize New Frat.
More than SO undergraduates from :,
Washington State College and other = =
institutions attended in :, =
tallation ceremonies which aignaliz Z
d the metamorphosis of Zeta Chi \
Alpha, local fraternity at the Uni =
-ersity of Idaho, into the Idaho Alpha a a
hapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, we'll u
,nown national college fraternity.
Lyle Colburn Of Sterling, president;
edwin Peterson of Kellogg, vice pres
dent; George w. Wedgwood of Good n
ng, secretary, and Carl Patch of Boise, N
reasurer, are the officers of the new a
Y created chapter. Twenty-six mem fl
ers of the local group were present c.
or the installation ceremonies. C
Sigma Alpha Epsilon is the first ma c.
ional fraternity to enter the dniversi-
Y since the 1914-15 college year, when
'eta Theta Pi and Sigma NJ installed
hapters.
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