Georgia forestry, Vol. 9, no. 9 (Sept. 1956)

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CELEB AT NG GOLDEN
1956

GEORGIA FORESTRY
E d itorial

50 Years Of Progress

It takes a lot of know-how to stay in business SU years. Put, it takes a lot more than knowhow ~o take an obscure idea and mold it for half a century into a solid, realistic institution with enou~h foresi~ht to keep a jump ahead of the future. Throu~hout 50 Ion~ years, the Geor~e Foster Peabody School of Fares try has proved to be such an institution.
In 1905 George Peabody dona ted funds to the Cni versi ty of Geo r~ia for 1n1 t1atin~ a
forestry pro~ram. A year later,
a forestry school bearin~ his name was or ~ani zed on the University's campus. Thus, the vision of educatin~ and inspiring youn~ men to strive toward perpetuatin~ Geor~ia's diminishin~ forests i>e~an to take shape.

Like all pro~ressive ideas, the infant Forestry School was confronted with the cold
barriers of reality. Fore~try
still was somethin~ new at the turn of the twentieth century. Landowners fellecl their trees at w i 11 for plan tin~, for huildin~ and for fuel. They ~reedi 1y sold timber rights to vast lumber industries which moved down from the North and denuded the land. Trees were abundant and their very abundance reduced their value.
Put, the Forestry School en-
dured. f 1thou~h it was little
rnore than an idea for the next decade, dedicated men--to~ether with a handful of interested students-- nurtured the idea carefully. In time, forrest products manufacturers realized a vast potential

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GEORGIA FORESTRY
September, 1956
Published Monthly by the
GEORGIA FORESTRY COl\11\liSSION, State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia Guyton DeLoach, Director

No.9

.1\Iembers, Board of Commissioners:

John M. McElrath, Chairman

Macon

Sam H. Morgan . ... Savannah Oscar S. Garrison . .. Homer

C. M. Jordan, Jr.

..... A l a m o

H. 0. Cummings . .. Donalsonville

Georgia Forestry is entered as second class matter at the Post

Office under the Act of August 24, 1912. Member of the Georgia

Press Association.

EDITOR

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.. James C. Turner, .Jr.

ASSOCIATE EDITORS..

..Joe Kovach, Jeanette Jackson

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DISTRICT OFFICES, GEORGIA FORESTRY CO!Hl\liSSION:

DISTRICT !-Route 2, Statesboro

DISTRICT VI-P. 0. Box 505, Milledgeville

DISTRICT li-P. 0. Box 26, Camilla

DISTRICT VII-Route 1

Rome

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DISTRICT III-P. 0. Box 169, Americus

DISTRICT VIII-P. 0. Box 1160, Waycross

DISTRICT IV-P. 0. Box 333, Newnan

DISTRICT IX-P. 0. Box 416, Gainesville

DISTRICT V-P. 0. Box 328, McRae

DISTRICT X-Route 3, Washington

wealth was in~rained in Ceor~ia's squandered forest}ands due to the climate and extended ~rowin~ season. 1\'ew
wood products were discovered
and permanent forest industries be~an to move into the area. landowners ~ained a new respect
for the woodlands they previously re~arded with di s in-

terest. The value of trees rose

sharply. A press in~ demand for

~raduate foresters to improve

the quality and quantity of

forest production also rose.

Industries,

landowners and

the state looked with a new re-

spect toward the Forestry

~chao].

The School has anticipated and met future forestry needs by maintainin~ an active roLe

in forest activities and research. Its ~raduates have con-

tinued to contribute important advancements to the state and the nation. More than half of its tota 1 ~raduates remain in Geor~ia to work with industrial and state a~encies. The remainder are employed in forests all

over the nation and the world. On the eve of its fiftieth
birthday, for~sters all over
Geor~ia and the nation are preparin~ to pay tribute to the Forestry School for its lon~
service and dedication to for-
estry. Put, perhaps the School's

finest tribute is its hundreds of ~raduates and the work they
(jWJ, e have accomplished. eute/l

~eptember begins the celelJrat.ion of the George Foster Peabody School of Forestr)'' s golden anniversary. Since the Uuiversi ty arcll is such a tamil iar sight to Georgia forestry alumni and students, it wi I 1 be seen throughout the year in the form ot decals and stickers to remird everyone of this memorable occasion.

SEPTEMBER, 1956

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From Then . 'Til Now

History Of Peabody Forestry School

f hanrHul of students interes ted in , a new and littl e - known profe1:>::;ion pathered topether in a modest lit tle hou se in l90o in fthens, Ga. That was the hepinnin g of the ( eo rpe Foster Peabody School of Forestry.

Since then, the school has

evolved into a modern well -

equipped institution that has

assumed leadership in t he na-

tion's vi tal forest industry.

Hundred s of younp men h ave filed

throuph its classrooms to take

their places in hi phly-ski lled

includinp dendro logy, protec-

tion, si l viculture, forest eco -

nomi cs, lum~erinp manapement and

farm forestry. Each student

worked for the newly created

Pachelor of Science in Forest

Enpineerinp degree. Ultimate

aims of the course were to en-

~ courage appreciation of forests,

to teach forest manapement, to

acquaint the student with tech-

ni q ues of 1umbe rinp a nd forest

-..-"'!!liJI....o;;; enpineerinp and to encourage

Barrow Hall

forestry education throughout

pos1t1ons throughout the forests

t he state.

of the world .

f lthouph t he school offered a

The University of Ceorpia had

s urpri sing! y broad propram in

existed for more than a hundred

t he early years, it was hasti 1y

years when the noted educ at ion al philanthropist Georpe Foster

pointed out that students s hould ''di stinct l y understand '' that

Peabody donated fund s in 1905

the limited facilities of the

for establishinp a forestry pro-

Univer sity c ould not offer com-

pram at the school. To initiate

plete instruction in the forest-

the propram, .Alfred .Akerman , the

ry profession. Students were ad -

school's first Professor of

vi_sed not to practice forestry

Forestry, me t with a small proup of interested students in the

unti 1 t hey suprl emented their t r ainin~ by one or two years of

fu t ure home of t he l ate T. "'

spec ial preparation at an insti-

Reed . The curric ulum was some-

tution offerinp post praduate

wha't limited in the bepinninp.

instruction in forest enpineer-

Only nine courses were taupht ,

lnp.

Enrollment continued to he s mall because of the re lative nove lty of the course an<i hecause forestry as a profession st ill was t.oo new to arouse much interes t. Only five or s ix s tudents comprised the school's entire enrollment, although at one time t here were only Pight scattered throuphout the four-year course.
Limitations of confininp forestry instruction to the classroom were realized a t an ear 1y date. In 1909, two summer terms

llui lc\in 2

were

to the curriculum.

The summer terms were divid ed

into two camps. The first was

held in the lumherinp center of

~orth Ceorpia, and the secon<i in

the lonpleaf belt of South Gear-

pia and Florida. Object of the

camps was to acquaint the !';tu-

dents with camp life and affor<i

an opportunity of studying var-

ious forestry activities in di-

verse areas.

When the State Col l epe of fpriculture was r eorpani zed in 1907, the Division of Forestry
(Contin ued on na~e 9)

~tt of dotterl

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GEORGIA FORESTRY

A host of modern and advanced facilities are located at the George Foster Peabody School of Forestry for all phases of research and instruction in the forestry field. ~signed expressly for instructing students in separate forestry activities, all equipment a;1d 1aboratory space lS readily available to government and industrial foresters for individual research projects.
Types of Equipment Among outstanding equipment on the l 1ni versi ty of Geoq!ia campus is a complete electricallyoperated sawmill. The mill 1s equipped with a planer' turner' cut-off and other power tools which make-up a modern efficient mill operation. The machinery is arranged in ideal fashion so that students can learn correct sawmill layout and management by actually participating in mill operations.
Other equipment at the school i~cludes a bolter saw, a timbertesting machine, a complete wood-working shop, a 5,000 board feet capacity dry ki 1n, a wood preserving plant and countless tools and instruments used ex-

tensively in forestry activities. In addition, construction is near completion on the campus of a fully-equipped greenhouse for research in forest tree genetics.
OUtside Facilities ~1 any of the Forestry School's facilities are located off the campus. In an effort to provide realistic settings for forestry instruction, the school has several of its curricular act1v1t1es located in woodlands throughout the state. ~lany of the sites were chosen for convenience or for necessity. ~ seven-cord experimental charcoal dry kiln at the Forestry School's 11hitehall Forest near Pthens is the site of extensive experiments to determine the practicability of a new method of curing lumber. f. fence pQst tesling area also is s ituated there for research to improve durability ancl quality of that important wood-using source.
oconee r,ursery Pt Oconee Forest, the school has established a nursery where constant research and instruction is maintained in that field. Forest management is taught in a practical manner at the school's Watson Springs Experimental For-

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GI~EE!'Io ~OlJSr:;s-- IIc above green nouses arc located on the uu i vers i t,y of (i{~org_aa campus . \arious types ot re~carcn takes place within-arnon~ WIIICII arc res~arcll i n toaest tree genetics <lllli gralting ol setdli .!;s.

CBAI\COAL KILN- -Photo above is n seven-cord charcoal dry ld lu.
IL is usc~ for curing lum~er.
est ten miles north of Greensboro. And, at the Hartman For-
est, 15 miles north of Pthens,
research and on-the-scene classroom work in forest management also is maintained.
~un;mer cam{} Perhaps the most important phase of forestry instruction is conducted at the Forestry School S u mme r C a mp at Hard Labor Creek State Park. Each sumner, students attend a 10-week session there to apply ''book learning'' acquired during the - regular school year. In the forest classroom, methods and theories learned in the confines of the school building are tried and tested. Ps a result, the student gains a practical knowledge of forestry as well as that provided through formal instruction. The multiple facilities of the Forestry School are not the only ones available to the forestry student. Expert instruction also is offered by other departments at the l 'niversity of Georgia. Superior facilities of the chemistry, boLtn.Y, soils and fine arts departments are only a part of the overall educational machinery that help mold the forestry student into a well-informed and we 11-educa ted graduate.

SEPTEMBER, 1956

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Forest Research A dded
To Education Program
George Foster Peabody School of Forestry not only exce 11 s in forestry education, it also is a leader In the nation's forest
research propram. As anintegral part of the U.S. Forest Service's Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, the School serves as headquarters for the fthens-Macon Research Center.

Since its inception a 1itt le more than two years af!O, the Research C-enter has made rapid strides in developin{! research programs in hardwood mana{!ement and utilization, {!enetics, seed storage and seed hand lin{! and entomolof!y. Prior to that time, federal research projects had been conducted at the Forestry School for several years.
Ps early as 1945, the school
was cooperatin{! with the federal and state f!OVernments in a number of advanced forest research experiments. Later, or{!anization of the Research Center expanded the pro{!ram to include many of the school's facilities and incorporated other agencies such as Geor{!ia' s Forest Research Council.

SEEn HEns- -Fore~ try s tudcnts , above, arc sh0\\'11 now to prepare nursery seeu Lcds.
Under the research pro{!ram, the federal f!OVernment finances most of the activities. The Forestry School furnishes office and laboratory space, plot acreage and full use of facilities on their experimental forests. Various forest industries also provide use of their forestlands, and the Geor{!ia Forestry Commission donates rent-free quarters for the Macon branch at its Forestry Center at Dry Pranch .
Current projects now in effect by the Research Center, with which the school is cooperatin{!,

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NURSERY R~EARCII--G .~. Bishop (left) and M.M. Reines (ri~1t), Forestry School profes~ors, observe grafted pine seeulings.
SEEDLING PROOlJ(;TJON--ProL M.l\1. Reines, left, explains to onlooker the latest rcscarcll metuods in scel!l ing proouction. include individual experiments in hardwood mana{!ement, hardwood utilization, forest utilization, {!enetics, seed research, fores t insects and disease and nursery disease investi{!ations.
The entire r esear ch pro{!ram of the Pthen s -~ !acon C-enter ha~ hPen {!reatly faci li tated by the co-oneration of the Forestrv School. \11Jile endeavorin{! to instrurt future foresters i n the lat est forestry practices, the schoo 1 is keepin{! abreast with new deve 1opmen ts. Py enga{!i llf! in the cooperative research pro{! ram j t al so is helpwg to further the forest ry profession and discovrr new and bf'tter methods of perpetuat ing and improving our forests.

Prof. Grant For est Utilization

Prof. Bishop Forest Protection

Prof. Patterson Forest ManaRemen t

The George Foster Peabody School of Forestry boasts a faculty of well-qualified and competent men. Each of its nine regular professors holds a graduate degree in his particular field a nd has proved his prowess eit he r by acclamation or by publication of scholarly dissertat1ons on specific forestry problems.
BiShop Franklin Grant
The senior member of the nineman staff i s Prof. Bishop Franklin Grant. The 59-year -old professor of forest utilization and director of the summer camp joined the faculty in 1929. He was born at Walhalla, S. C., and is married to the former Eva Virginia Shock ley of Greenville S. C. They have two dau~?:hters, Mary Virginia and Frances.
During World War I , Prof. Grant served overseas with the U. S. Army' s 30th Division from April, 1917 to May, 1919. Afte r his dis charge, he e nt ered the University of Georgia, and was graduated in 1925 with a Bache l or of Science degree in Forestry. In 1932 , w~ile serving on the fac ulty, he received his Master of Science degree.
George NO I'11an BiShOP
George Norman Bishop, professo r of forest protection, joined the farulty in l93n. He was born at Winder, Ga., on April 10, 1904. lie is married to the former Louisa John son of Atl~ nta. They have one son, George Norman, Jr., 21.
Prof. Bishop n~cei ved a Bachelor of " ' ience degree in Forestry in

1926 from the University of Georgia. Before joining the faculty, he also obtained a Master of Forestry degree in 1931 from the University.
Archie Edgar Patterson
In 1940, Archie Edgar Patterson, professor of fore s t management, was added to the staff. Prof . Patte r s on was born July 20, 1915, at Boone, Iowa. He is married to the former Villetta I. Walter of Boxholm, Iowa . He received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1937 from I owa State Col lege. In 1938, he was g rant ed a Master of Science degree from the same school.
Prof. P a tt e r so n is a for m nntional chair~an of the nivision of frlttcntion of the Socie ty of American Forest e rs.

was the next add it ion to the faculty. He was born at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, Jan. 28, 1919. He is married to the former Martha Jane Koch of Columbu s, Ohio. They have two children, James Michael, 10, and Molly Jane , 7.
In 1940, Dr. Jenkins rece ived his Bachelor of Science rlegreP from Ohio State University. He earned his Ma ster of Science degree in 1949 from the Unive r si ty of Georgia; and in 1955, he was awarded hi s Ph. D. degree from the University. He also atte nd ed Kenyon College, Fenn College a nd John Carroll Lniversity.
During World War II, Dr. J e nki ns served as a civilian under the U. S. Army Special Service Forces where he conducted research on product ion of blood plasma.

LYle \f. R. Jackson
Dr. Lyle W. R. Jackson, profes s or
of silvicu lture, was added to the staff in the fall of 194n. He was born Feb. 21, l9UU, at Lookout, Wis . His wife, Clara, is a native of Philadelphia.
Dr. Jackson was graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 192() from the University of Minnesota. In 1927, he re ceived his Master of Science degree from the s ame schoo l and in 1932, he was grad uated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Ph. D. degree in plant pathology.
James tlollart Jenkins
Dr. James Hobart Jenkins, professor of wildlife management, in 1949,

Jotm Reid Parter
~ext add i tion to the staff was John Reid Parke r, ins tructor in for es try. lie joined the faculty in the
fall of 1954. P nat ive of Franklin
County , Geo rgia, Parker was born ~lav 4, 1924. He i s ma rri ed to the fo r me; Cynthia C. Todd ; and they have two children, John Reid , Jr ., 5, and AnnTodd, 3.
Parker s erved t hree years as staff
se rgeant with the L:. S. Army duri ng
World War II . A large por ti on of that time was spent overseas in the European Theater of Operations. After his discharge , he attended the Univ e rsity of Georg ia from
which he g raduated in l95U with a Bachelor of Science degree in For estry. In 1952 , he obtai ned hi s

Dr. Jackson Silviculture

Dr. Jenkins Wildlife Mana!Jement

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Mr. Parker Ins true tor

l'vlast er of Forestry de gr ee from Duke University. He also ha s attended Clemson College and Iowa State Coll ege .

During World War II , Dr. Reines was a captain in the U. S . Marine Corps. He served one year overseas during his three -year e nlistment.

Lawrence Col ton \\alkcr
Dr. Lawrence Co lton Walker, as-
sistant professor of s ilviculture
joined the s taff in t he fall of 1954 .
A native of Was hington , D. C., he
was born Sept. 8, 1924 . He is mar-
ried to the former Anne Si nclair of Tyler, Texas; and they hav e two
o, c hildren, Jane t Ann , and Stephen
Lawre nce, 5.

Prior to e nt eri ng the service,
he graduated in 1942 from Pennsyl-
vania State College with a Bache lor of Science degree. After his disc harge, he returned to Penn State where he obtai ned his Ma ster of
Science degree in 1951, and his Ph.
D. in 1953. He also atte nded City
College of New York a nd New York
State College of Forestry.

Dr. Walker served in the European Theat r e during \Vor ld War II as a corporal in the U. S. Army S i gnal
Corps. t~ e nlisted in 1942, a nd was
di sa ble d a nd disc harged in early
194o. After his discharge, he at-
t e nd ed Pennsylvania State Univ er-
s ity and was graduated i n 1948 with a Bac helor of Scie nce d egree . He
earned his Master of Forest ry degree
in 1949 at Yal e University . In 1953 ,
he graduated from the \"ew York State College of Fore stry with a Ph. D. degree in forest s oils and silviculture. Prior to his discharge from the Army , he also s tudied at the University of Paris .
~!ervin ~1. r.cincs
Dr. 1vervin M. Reines , associate ' professor of forest genetics, also
was added to the faculty in 1954. He was born April 7, 1918, in New
York City. He is married to t he former Anna Finklestein, also of New York, and they have two c hildre n,
o.~lichae l Seth, l(J, and Bonnie Sue,

Henry Artnur stoeur
Latest addition to the fa culty
is Dr . I~nry ArthurStoehr, associ-
ate professor of forest mensura tion.
A na t ive of Chicago, Ill., t he 4o-
yea r -old professor was added to the
staff in the fall of 1955. He is
married to de former Dorothy Dickson of Trezev ant, Tennessee.
Prior to entering the service
where he served for 18 months in
Southwest Pacific as a Tec hnical Se r geant with the U. S. Army , Dr. .s t oehr atte nded the Un iversity of
Minnesota a nd grad uated in 1933
with a Bachelor of Sc ience degree in Forestry. Upon completioll of his military obligations, he continued
his education. In l94o, he graduated
from Duke University with a 1vlaster
of Forestry degree. And, in 1954,
he received a Ph. D. in forestry from the University of Michigan.

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Dr . Walker S iiviculture
\.;,. Assoc . Pro . Reines
F'ores t Genetics
Dr. Stoehr .Forest Mensuration

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Scheduled Anniversary Conferences
The George Foster Feabody School of Forestry will celebrate its Golden Anniversary starting Sep-
tember, 195o and going through ~:ay 1957. For fifty years, the School
of Forestry has grad uated young men who are now serving not only the state of Georgia; but the Southeast and natiOn as well.
To help celebrate this memorable occasion, many groups are holding meetings and conferences at the school throughout the coming year. Special attention is called to the two alumni functions: First, on
o l'.ctoher the alumni breakfast and
dedications of new facilities at the school. This meeting wi 11 be held on the same day as the Georgia-Mississippi State football game. The second meeting of the
~lumni wi 11 take place rvlay 3 and 4
at the school. At this meeting, the celebration will include a banquet, field day, dinner and awards to the outstanding ltlP.'l in the field or 1on:f;try.
Other Mcetiugs
Other meetings scheduled for the year are as follows: Georgia Forestry Commission Administrative
Hork Conference, Sept. 10-15;
Southern Forestry Insect Work Conference - - T & II'. Sept. 11-12; The Coord ina ted ~~'ood Preservation
Council, Nov. 9-10; Forest Fro-
ducts Research Society inclt1ding Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Sec., Dec. 7-8; Regional Committee on Forest Education and Research, Fa ll ; Southern Forest Tree Improveme n t Committee, Jan. 8-9; Southeaste rn Sec t ion Society of Ameri-
can For es ters , Jan. 25-2o; Area
\~eeting Southern rulpwood Con"ervation Ass ociation, tv1ay 14-15; GPorgia Forest ry f\s s ociation, May 23; and Ceorgia Chapter Society of AlllPnran Forester s , Spring.


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Students Encouraged In Campus Activities

Offi cia ls of the George Foster PeaboJy School of Forestry real-
ize it takes more than modern equi r-
ment a nd competent professors to make an outstanding forestry school. It also takes students. And, they know a successful sc hool is dependent upon its students and the part they play in the various campus activities.
Almost since the Forestry School was established, its stuaents have taken an active part in ca mpus 1ife. The s till active Forestry Club, organized in the early years has taken the lead in most of the school's social functions. later, in 1926, the first honarary forestry fraternity, Alpha Xi Sigma, was organized. And, in 1941, the loca 1 chapter secured membership in the Xi Sigma national honorary fraternity.
Every st ud ent enrol led in the school has the privilege of joining the Forestry Club. Among its annual functions are sponsors hip of the Harves t Ball, he ld eac h fall; the [ umberjack Ball, during the winter quarter; and the Field Day and Forestry Club BanCJuet, each spring. The club meets twice a month .
In add it ion to its variety of social activities, the Forestry Club sponsors, edits a nd publishes the sc hool yearbook, Cypress 1\nee. For more than 30 years, the Cypress I\Tie e has chronic led the growth and development of the scbool and its student body.
~1embership in the Xi Sigma Pi nationa 1 honorary forestry fraternity is confined to those students who display outstanding qua 1it ies in scholars hip leane r s hip r~ nd c har acter. The chapter's contributions to the sc hool inc lude sponsorship of the Christmas tree which r~clorns the front lawn each yule season; financing of the memoria 1 plaque located in the front vestibule; installation of the various murals throughout the sc hool and erection of the Forestry School sign. All members of the faculty are members of thP fra-

ternity ancl take an active part in all of its programs .
Through a close cooperation between the student body and members of the faculty, student activities at the George Foster Peabody School of Forestry have done a great deal to enhance the school's growth a nd have provided
---- a pleasant atmosphere for the
forestry program.

LUmH..:IUACK B,\LL-- fhe LumberJack t;.Jl is an aurmal \\inter quarter cvcut \\'lriclr is allticipated by th( fncul ty ~s well as u.c student loresters. Top photo, taken in 19-!7, pictur<:>s the dr~pe roue~ 's 1 t t 1 n g this oue out.'

TH CUOD ULO DA\S--Members of the 1927 ForestrJ Club are sllowu in an iu formal St"Ssion after orre of ttreir Lusiness meetiugs,

~CIIOOL PROJLCT--Abovc ()iroto shows orrc ot several murals lound iu!-.ide tire H1restry sclrool. 'llris v.as orrc of the many scrvic~" projects
SiorsorNI tJ.Y \i sigma pi, national honorary I ratcrrr it.}'.

GEORGIA FORESTRY

School History.
(Continued from Pa Re 2)
was transferred 1nto the build-
in g now known a s lumpl<in llall. Akerma n was r e arpoi nted Pro fes sor of Forest r y, and for t he next four years he utilized the hu i !di ng and i ts f ac ili t i es for l aJ.o r ntory a nd c la ss room wo rk .
In 1911, t he prese nt P~ ri c ul tur
a 1 Engineer in v Build i n ~ was compl eted, and t he l'ivis i on o f Forestry w:as '"ovPd i n t c t he f ir s t floor of t he ri ~ ht win g.
James ll. Herr.)'
fkerma n r es i ~e d in th e fa ll
of 1914 , and was r e r laced hy
J ames B. Be rr y . The Lnivers ity's forest r y p ro~ r am ma d e se ve r a l imro r ta n t s trid es durin ~ Prof. Ferry's te nu re of o ffi ce. He secured reco~i t i on of t he Cr aduate Committee a nd a r ra n ~eme nt s were made for con fe r r in g the de~ree of \1aste r of ~cie nce in Forestry upon completion of on e YP8 r' s ~radu ate wo r l< in s ome sperial rhase instruction . Plant p8tholo~y also was added to t he curriculum, only t o he transferred to the Divis i on of ~orticu l ture within three years.
Burleigh ltep lat:es uerry
In 1920, interest i n forestry apparently be~an to wa ne. En-
rollment dropred s harpl y and wh <>n Prof. ~=erry te nde r e d his resignation in the middle of the school yea r, only four students WPrf' enrol led. 1l10mas D. Pu rlei~h was arroi nted to rerlace Perry.
f. year I ater, the Feder a 1 Poard for Vocational Education dPVP)OJ)ed a rlan for rehabilitatln~ Px-serv1cem~n by lnitiati n ' two ->Pp;' ri11:P forestry courses 1 t t hf' l 'ni versi t y. These in-

c luded a rrimary Forest Ran~er course and an advanced Forest Pssistan t course. Enrollment rose sharply.
The increa sed enro llment necessitated f acult y expansion. Two addi tiona 1 professors were arrointed. They were f\lbert McCrew and DuFre Parrett. McGrew r e s i~ne d the ye ar following, and Parrett later became Extension fore s t e r.
Py 192 3 , there were 58 Stu-
dents enrolled in the rivi s ion of Forestry. Thus, for the first time the University's forestry pro~ram rank e d on a par with other forestry schools.
r ro~ ress a 1s o wa s made in the
s ummer camp provram . Tn 1921, it
was held on a two-acre tract of land located in the center ofthe Cheroke e \ at ion a l Fores t. 1l1e s it e wa s deeded to th e s chool h y Or. T . fl. ~k)latton, he ad of the Divi s i on of Horticulture . f\ year late r ' t he c amr wa s move d to Tovms County ne ar Youn g llarri s where F r o f. E . I . f dams deeded t he l'i vis ion of Forestry a l ar ve r site I 1 for use as long as it was de vote d to educational
f'Urposes
Progrc~s Luucr :1!arclmort1 Pur lei ph lf'ft the t'ni ve r s i ty
in 1930 t o be c ome Pss ociat e Pi-
ol o~i s t of the 1\ ppala c hian Fores t Expe ri men t S t at ion . lie wa s r e -
pl a ce d in 1931 by Cordon D.
~ la r c kworth, fo r ~ r he a d of the rivi s i on of Fores try at louis iana ~t a t e l'nive r s it y. !Urin ~ hi s e i vh t and a ha lf year t e nure, seve r a l r ro ~ r ess 1 ve move s we r e ma d e .
The Di v i s ion o f Fore s tr y was
moved in 1935 from Barrow Hall to
t he build i ng which rr e vious ly wa'5 occ up ied b y t he Divi s ion of Ve r ter ina r y Medicine. Later the Unive r s i ty was r e organized and the Div i s i on of For es try of the College of Agr ic u lt ur e was re s tored to its or i g ina l stat us as the George Foster PeaboclySchool of Forf's t ry .
The n , i n 1938, the Fores try
Sc hool reac he d it s mos t s i ~nifi cant milPstone. The long-c he ri s he d dream of a se r a rat e ne w building was rea l ize d whe n the rrese nl George Foste r Fea hocl y Sc hoo l o f Forestry lt 1i f r)in g wa s compl e t e d .

Before the edifice was erected, however, Marckworth resigned. He
was s ucceeded by Donald J. Wedde 11.
uean hcddel1 Weddell came to the Univ e r sity fromAlabama Polytec hn ic Institute as Director of the Georgia State Division of Forestry. Immed iately after assuming his duties, he was made Dean of the School - - the first in its history.
During the War ld War II yea r s, e nrollment drorped considerab l y. At one time only a half dozen students were e nr olled and Dean Weddell was the only fac ul ty member not on leave. However, the aftermath of the war brou~ht a heavy influx of vetera ns, and enrollment rose to an all time high in
1948. A tot a 1 of 305 under~raduates
and four graduate st ud ents were then stmlying a t the School. Within a year, the faculty was increased to eight.
present llistory
Fina 1 c hapter of the school's r e cent his tory was written on ~hy
31, l95o- the date of Dean Wed-
dell's death. He had see n the school strugg le thr ough the dubious war years to assume leadershir in the South's forestry activities. His death came at t he height of his career, when the Forestry School was t he center of countless progressive research projects in cooperation with the U. S. Forest Service .
Although the Fore s try School has made rapid stride s during the past few years , its future is even mor e promising. Fully accredited by the Society of American Foreste r s , the George Foster Peabody ForestrySc hool holds an imrortant place in the futur e of forestry activities in Georg ia and the nation.
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CO~IE ANO GET IT-- Personr1el of the Tenth District recently enjoyed a barbecue chicken dinner at Eliah Clark State Park near Lincolnton.
ne l'Ven t was sponsored Ly the Lincoln County Forestry Unit. It was a IH!rt of tne Ui~trict' s rf~:."'Jlar Kanger CluiJ meeting.

Southern Pine
Production
Georgia today stands ''unequalled'' in the nation as the top producer of Southern pine. A recent economic study released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta mad e that report, adding that Georgia has led the nat ion in pine production since World War II.
While neighboring states have suffered setbacks since the early 1920's, the s tudy revea led, Georgia has cant inued its upward trend in pine production. reak level was reached in 1952, it stated, and has remained fairly consistant ever s1nce.

Tree Planting
An all-time tree planting record for any single private group was set during the r955-5t) season by the Southern pulp and paper industry, the Southern Pulpwood Conservation Assn. announced recently. More than 231 million tree seedlings were distributed or planted by the industry , the association declared.
The survey pointed out this is the third successive year the industry has planted more trees than it c~t during any similar period preVlOUS.

The survey cited various reasons for the steady growth, pointing out that. the average annual output stands well over a billion board feet.

Crisp County is the first county in Georgia to put into effect the new fire notification law recent1y passed by the Georgia Assembly.
On July 24, the second successive
Superior Court Jury endorsed the measure, in accordance with stipulations contained in the proposed law. The vote was unanimous.
The law, effective immediately, requires landowners to notify the local forestry unit before they burn woods, fields or debris. The measure is optional in each county and requires two successive grand juries to vote approval before it becomes law. The April term grand jury gave initial endorsement to the bill.
District Forester Olin Witherington has announced officially that the law now is effective in Crisp County. He urged Crisp County residents to cooperate with their local units to avoid the penalty of prosecution for a misdemeanor.

Georgia is the nation's second largest producer of paper bags, according to a recent s urvey released by the U. S. Census of Manufactures. New York tops Georgia f?r first place by a narrow mar gln.
The report showed Georgia had nine paper bag plants in 1954, which shipped goods valued at ${)0,118,000. This overshadowedall other states except New York, where shipments totaled $til,l50,000.
Georgia's bag plants employed 2,8til at that time, the survey showed, and had a total payroll of $9,838,000.

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YOU SEE Ttl AT OOrrJ;\HICK\ THERE'?-- Instruction in cqu i 11men t maintenance was an intrjcate part of activities at ttle Sevl'nth IJistrict training &chool held recently at the Maril'tta Forestry Unit.

Georgia Forestry
September, 1956
Unhl man found a practical way of making paper out of wood. books were a luxury few could afford. Today. every town can have a library; every home can have books. Access to knowledge is the heritage of every Amencan. Pulpwood to make paper ts growing now on well-managed mdustnal and other pnvately-owned Tree Farms all across the country.

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