Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-03-31
School Of Forestry
OPENS Here IN June.

IN and stock laws tempo
s q .rowded reforestation out Of
Jnrg - a the majority of the citi-
hs !. Bogalusa and Washington
a's = y INIT ]. K. Johnson, superin-
'arl,l ~ q forestry for the Great
tsnassn.s Lumber Company, ana otn-
souths.tLn. state have too much inter
q ID W ~ matter to let it bf entirely
1t . ~ sven for a sh at while.
i0Tgossssni,,, i School Of Forestry, the
suIi nrisiana. will be held in Boz
tI -. y about the middle OF June,
g,l1ss sovs and young men interested
pbeIe ~ and refOrestation win
p iOt = ,Study the care and preserva-,
eors ~ South's greatest natural
pon =. trees. Instructors will be
HseaEE - bv Louisiana State Uni
ssn., y. "a and the U. s. Forestry De-
TsIss .srt R. D. Forbes, Louisiana
Paf'lnSS orsster and former Yale for
asss icSndent, will be in charge OF
Az scAool. 81 po,o1usa
.ls ~ he next week to consult with
sl.aiu Iohnson and to choose a site
sup s .Cs1ap which is to be built, In
e. ~ Ia the school, the New Or
~. ~ iTines-Picayune in an editorial
q March 18th said:
q ~ %s- nd era of American forestry
u ~ consisted in turning the stand
w eiTber into building material has
u ~ This is as plain as a pike
y - anyone who has followed the
~. lalilorments of forest thought dur
ss w mast decade. The nation, the
" ~ states and the lumbermen
aansslves have become alarmed over
mid destruction of our trees
Nj are, now joining in various
s ~ to insure preservation
~ Inerpetuation of our timber re-
sources. -, ~ ,,o++or
.st me good intention of the three
s .@s named, the good cannot be
~. 80 without an exact knowledge OF
80 what ought to be done and
NV TO do it. In short, trained
- are needed, men schOoled not
. s.r a knowing the value of tree
~ its later industrial purposes
Ea,sb that. too, is essential-but
s- st n men who know the tree from
X yootlets far beneath the earth to
IL Tins Of It's tendrils, or the points
Il itg needles, if we are considering
~ great long-leaf pine forests thak
u tbe chief concern Of forestry in
Men must be trained for this inn
roTtant duty and to train them there
INST be classes-eall them schools
Won wish-whers science will al
i,r1ate with practice and where the
Tgbts Of the tree will be learned as
I'M as its uses and obligations.
Tor some years the famed Yale
School Of Forestry has sent its boys
4 Louisiana to complete their forest
elucation, and the classes Of that or
ognizstion have been held at Urania,
ia center Of the nations greatest
pforestation efforts. Indeed, it is
former Yale forestry student, Il. u.
Fomes. who is now Louisiana state
forester, under whose guidance it has
now become possible for Louisiana
Il establish a summer forestry
school Of her own.
This new project, that has quickly
PASSED from the status of project TO
that Of reality, was realized at re-
cent meeting at Baton Rouge OF the
aate conservation officials, j. g.
Lee, professor of forestry at the
louisiana State University; Henry r..
Gardiner, prominent Louisiana lum-
herman and reforestation enthusiast,
and ]. X. Johnson, representing w.
+. Sullivan and the Great Southern
Lumber Company of Bogalusa.
The first Louisiana Forestry Sum-
Her School will therefore be opened
n June Of the present year at Boga-
hsa, and thereafter the classes will
be held on alternate years at Boga-
hsa and at .Urania, those being the
two places yhere, till nowy the re-
growth of pine has beensgiven great
est attention. What more fascinat-
ing study could be imagined for a
zeal out-of-doors boy than a summer
pent in learning all about the great
forest growths that are of such in
salculable benefit to the nation?
What better means OF acquiring pro-
iieieney in a profession that is not
yet crowded and that offers the
young man an attractive employment
4 the open and one at the same time
mat is performing a real service for
the state?
Tuition at the school will be NOM
nal IN fact except payment for
board, that will be had at minimum
rates for good camp grub" the stu
tent viii be under practically no ex-
pense. Meantime he will be learn
Rg the care and preservation Of
Eees, estimating, Identification, wood
surveying with a hand compass, bot
sny andslogging. And there is a big
me swimmf hole right near the
seaool, too! Don't let's all start at