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Twenty Forestry Students Plan Annual
Pilgrimage to Western, Eastern Forests
l*y William I*. David at the post, and these two usually
Immediately after the completion fight each other in a few weeks’
of final exams 20 foresters will leave | time!); and when one has to cook
to fill appointments as temporary one's own food and then eat it—
employees with the United States j well, at times it gets on one's nerves!
Forest service in the National For- Still, there is something about the
ests of the West and East. mountains, the rugged life, and the
It has long been the policy of
the School of Forestry to secure sum-
enforced hardships that makes slaves
of some—willing slaves—-and kills
mer employment for Its students in others. A fellow just has to be
order that they may be more thor- ] adapted to that sort of thing in or-
ouglily grounded in practical fores- <ler to stand it and come back for
try and field work. In keeping with more.
this policy, Prof. Gordon D. Marck- Good Preparation
Last of Lectures
Is Given by Herty
Charles H. Herty, nationally known
hemist, alumnus and former fac
ility member of the University of
Georgia, delivered the last of a se
ries of addresses on the development
of chemical engineering before chem
istry students and faculty Friday
evening in the chapel.
The lecture on Friday concluded a
group of two addresses on the devel
opment of the dye industry in the
United States since the World war.
Great possibilities are predicted by
worth, head of the department, has
obtained positions for all who pre
fer the hard life of a summer spent
in the woods to one passed in town
among the comforts of modern civ
ilization.
Given Short Course
The Federal Forest Service makes
a practice of hiring a limited num
ber of college forestry students each
year during the period of fire dan
ger from June through September.
These men are given a short course
in what is known as Guard School spend u The outdoor Rfe in the
when they arrive on the National hIgh alt,tudes is the best tonic in
Forest to which they have been as- the worId for thoae nerves that have
signed. This Guard School is, been harassed with books, profs,
usually conducted by a forest ranger and < ' xams for the past n,ne mon,hs -
and instruction in the summer's and the experiences that fall to one's
One or more summers spent in
this manner during the four-year col
lege course in forestry serves to pre
pare the student for more responsi
ve positions later. These jobs are
the bottom rung in the ladder, so
to speak, and one either learns some-
hlng or perishes in the attempt.
There are many advantages to this
kind of summer work. A decent sal
ary is paid and about every dollar
is saved, for, being so far from
town, there is no temptation to
work, fire fighting, map and com
pass reading, campcraft, woodcraft,
telephone repairing, and packing is
given.
When this school is completed,
some of the fellows are put on trail
crews, blazing and maktfng trails
lot are rather hard to believe when
they are recounted to the folks back
ome. All in all It's a great life,
weaken or not.
Those Having Jobs
Those who go west this year are:
R. W. Adams, Bowersville, assigned
through a pathless forest and thus to th « Cleveland National Forest, Cal-
facilitating the travel of men and
pack trains when the big fires start
burning. Others are ordained as
lookouts and spend the rest of the
ifornia: D. C. Walker, Thomasville,
Cleveland National Forest, Califor
nia; J. D. Fountain, Gordon, St. Joe
Forest, Montana; C. A. Ross, David-
snmmer on some lonely mountain top son, N. C., Selway Forest, Montana;
searching the surrounding thousands nennle Cobb, Sale City, NezPerce
of timbered square miles for the tell-J Forest. Montana; N. E. Brooks, Gor-
tale wisp of smoke that means a; don - Lol °- Montana; C. H. Turton,
forest fire. Vienna, Flathead Forest, Montana;
Cause of Fires Frydy Cole, Chllhowie, Va., Clear-
Lightning and the carelessness of water Forest, Montana; T. H
man cause most of these fires so the I Brown. Royston, Clearwater Forest,
lookout must be continually on the Montana; J. G. Crozlne, White
Plains, N. Y., Clearwater Forest
Montana; Joe F. Manley, Royston
Clearwater Forest, Montana; J. M
watch. Some few of the young for
esters will be stationed at strategic
points to act as fireguards or “smoke-
chasers.” When a fire breaks out, Ray- Royston. Clearwater Forest
then theirs’ is the glory—and the
work! A smokechaser must be pre
pared to shoulder a forty-pound fire
fighting pack and get away at any
time, night or day. within five min
utes after he has received word of a
fire. Each fireguard has a 'phone
and he spends most of his time
dreading to hear that 'phone ring
romniissinncr’H Son
Dr. Herty tor the student who de
cides to enter the field of chemical!
engineering ns a life work. A few (jeorge F. I.onglno Jr., banker of
of the radical changes brought about college Park, who last week wus
by men In this field in the last ten ,.| e cted to the Fulton County com-
years were cited at the Friday lec-! mitiHion, is the futlier of George F.
ture. Longino, a freshman at the unlver-
Giving several illustrations of in- sity.
stances in which German chemists
were brought into America to do
work but failed and In which the
work started by the foreign chem
ists was successfully completed by
American chemists. Dr. Herty said
that there was no foundation to the
assertion European chemists were
better than thoso of the United
States.
Graduate Speaks
Dr. Harold I). Meyer, teacher of
social science at the University of
North Carolina and graduate of the
University of Georgia, spoke to the
graduating class of the Georgia State
Teachers college Wednesday.
Montana; M. T. Brown, Martin, Flat-
head Forest, Montana; J. F. Spiers
Brooklet. Lewis and Clark Forest
Montana; J. D. Strange, Eatonton,
St. Joe Forest, Montana; and Rus
sell D. Franklin, Athens, St. Joe
National Forest, Montana.
The students who will work in
eastern National Forests are: Ivo
When one comes directly from a! Miller, Leeds, Ala., Monongahela
college campus to a little log cabin National Forest, West Virginia; H.
perched atop a mountain height
eight or nine thousand feet high, this
mountain being anwhere from thirty
to eighty miles from the nearest
town; when one rarely sees a hu
man being (unless there are two men
Kellog Wins First
n
Chess Tournament
By defeating Milton P. Jarnagin,
Athens, Rhodes scholar-elect from
the university, in a five-game match.
Dr. C. E. Kellogg, professor of animal
husbandry, had been awarded the
title of "Chess Champion of the Uni
versity of Georgia.” Dr. Kellogg won
from Milton Jarnagin 3-1 in the
finals of the first annual chess tour
nament sponsored by the University
Chess club.
Over twenty students took part in
the tournament which was begun two
months ago. Because permission to
use a room on the campus was not
forthcoming, the Chess club had to
hold its meetings at the city Y. M,
C. Hebb, Parsons, W. Va., White
Mountain Forest, New Hampshire;
J. W. Cooper, Athens, Nantahala For
est, North Carolina; J. H. Rasnake,
Atlanta, Superior National Forest,
Michigan.
C. A. reading rooms.
Dual Match
At the last meeting of the year,
held Thursday night, the club be
gan a dual match with Athens High
school. The matches have not been
played off yet and the results are not
available.
The local high school was repre
sented by a team composed of Jack
Morris, Ed Southerland, Ed McCan-
nell, Jack Proctor, Alex Ashford, and
Dupree Hunnicutt, all of Athens.
The university was represented by
Fred Burchmore, Athens; Harvey
Taylor. Athens; Walter Cornett,
Athens; Sam Wilkins, Athens; New
ton Cooper, Lawrinceville; and Har
low Harvey, Athens.
Walter Cornett of Athens won the
consolation tournament sponsored
by the Chess club.
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