STATE COLLEGIAN ' Published on Thursday of each week during the college year by the students of the Pennsylvania State College in the interest of the Students, l'ac ulty, Alumni and Friends of the cull,l,e . , Entered at the Postuffice, State College, Pa , as second class matter . Editor in Chief C. N. FLEMING, 'O9 Assistant Editor J. K. BARNES, 'O9 Associate Editors P. B. BENNETCH, 'O9. A. W. FISHER, 'lO. K. B. LOHMANN, 'lO. J. F IvIATTERN, 'lO D. R. MASON, 'll Business rtilanagei N. B. HIGGINS, 'O9 Assistants F. H. BERK.EBILE, 'lO C. F. PRESTON, 'll SUI3SCRIPTION. 62. 50 per year or $1 25 it paid v6ithin 2.0 day s after sate of subscription. THURSDAY. JAN. 21, 1909 EDITORIAL The schedule of examinations as published in another column will probably not be of special interest to any except students. We feel that this word of explanation, though not of apology; is aue to those of our readers who are no longer compelled to undergo the doubtful pleasure of college examin- ations On account of examinations, next week's issue of The Collegian will be omitted. For the week follow- ing, the paper will probably be is sued on Saturday instead of Thurs day, owing to the recess between semesters No plans have yet been made for the observance here al college of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Lincoln. It seems THE STATE. COLLEGIAN highly fitting th't we %hould hold exercises on this occasion to proper- - . -.. ly honor the memory of thiS great than. Many cities and educational institutions ai e-making -.arrangements to' r Febi nary _ 12. , Lei. us at 'least have exercises of some nature in the Auditorium on thdt morning. While they need not be long, they Vvould neveitheless, show' 'our 're= spect fat the memory of Lincoln, ~. and be of benefit to each one of us. Forestry Notes. I C. F. Bliss 'lO and Chas. Faunce .'lO, students in forestry in the coP lege, are spending the month of "January with Mr. W. C. Shephard, one of the foresters of the Pennsyl vailia.Railroad on a 1000 acre tract of hard wood timber near"Altoon - a. The boys went at the request of Mr. E. A. Sterling, Foreiter of : the Pennsylvania 'Railroad, to aid in marking trees previous . to the cut ting of . the entire tract for charcoal. Last year the tract was lumbered for large timbers and . luniber, which were used in the .railroad shops at Altoona, and this winter a careful cutting will be made and everything gut will be utilized down to a diam "eter pf two inches.. This will clear the ground so effectually that there will be little - danger from fire, and will aid greatly in the reproduction of the most valuable species on the tract. , The boys are receiving com pensation for their wont, which will be very valuable experience, as there is a very large amount of such woodland in this arid other eastern states that could be handled profitably in the same Way. . ' The Pennsylvania Railroad has a million and a half year old seedlings of red oak in their nursery at' Mor risville, and they have alieady asked the Department of Forestry if it, cannot furnish' several young men durion[_y, the coming spring to aid in supervising the planting of these - f - i'eedliks: i ' and cadlields 'and cut-over At a general meeting of the American Forestry Association held in WashipVton on Jan. )3-14, PrOfs: Hugh of this College, spoke on "The 'undergraduate foreSt school in the education of the for ester."' ,PipfeSsor ,Baker will ad dress the 17th,' Annual ;Meeting of '.The' Pennsylvania Lumbermen's Association, to,,lpe held in Philadel phia, Jan. 2627. • J. M. - Tha'rbuin & Co., seedsmen of New 'fork .City, have just pie : . sented to the Department of For estry some twehty- five different kinds of forest tree seeds for the collection•of tree seeds in the For est Museum. The tree seed collec tion in the Museum already contains nearly one hundred different kinds of tree seeds and fruits, and the donation from J." M Thorburn & Co. will add greatly to the value of the collection for the instructipnal purposes. Many of the, seeds come from trees which are native only' in the south and west. .The seed col lection whichis being' developed is shown in 'glass museum jars with labels giving the common scientific names and , ':"distribution of ' the species. It is of - unusual interest because it shows not only the form of the seed" of the trees, but will serve to make clear in the minds of 'the student's the difference between seeds and free- fruits: ' These are very commonly confused at the present time. In the first number of the "Wis consin Spectator" dated October 1908 the briefs of our side of the debate • with Swarthmore on the Des Moines system of city govern ment are published. in full. -Two copies of the paper are to be found in-the library. Prof. F. L. Pattee is enjoying a visit from his mother and brother of Bristol, New Hampshire.
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