~) TJ I &3 v. 9 11 I ~ FO L/STR ~ ---~_.a;.J~a 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 VoL 9 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 * * * * .. James C. Turner, .Jr. ASSOCIATE EDITORS.. ..Joe Kovach, Jeanette Jackson * * * .. 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 ' 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 2 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 ans 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 lumpln 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. 1 10 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. \ 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. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Atlanta. Georgia Library University of Gorgia F.thens ~ Georgia