University of Arkansas Monticello - Boll Weevil Yearbook (Monticello, AR)

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se ites CINDY SNOW and Danny Morrow grab a few minutes of practice before the log birling event commences. ALTHOUGH IT is a strenuous competition, the women fare well in cross cut. Individually, the foresters are a colorful lot. On our campus they are indisputibly the greatest per mem- ‘ber consumers of Skoal, and collectively possess a veritable history of country and western music. If it ended with that, the forester would be simply an- other group, another division of college life. Forest- ers, however, pride themselves in their skills and practice and develop them, from banjo picking to tobacco spitting to coon hunting, archery and beer drinking, and a bit of all these is infused into each one of them. This overwhelming association with the field results in an almost cult-like symbiosis with its participants. Add to the above mixture a growing tolerence for technology and the definite capacity for rowdiness (Sometimes in good humor, some- times not) and you have one forester.

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AXE THROWING demands precision and hours of practice. GERALD CAYCE begins his descent after a rapid climb to the top during the pole climbing event. farming, which in fact it is, forestry has developed its methods of harvest, of planting, and care of trees on a mass scale. At the same time, however, there is an indi- vidual concern and awareness among foresters that trees represent a natural resource and are a symbol of the appeal and beauty of this area. With this in mind, they have developed genetically hardier t rees, bigger trees, and maintain their growth in our forests. The forester has a knowledge of ecology, of the dangers that his operation may present to the animal life, and has, in its evolution from a raw industry into a science, closely related forest- ry to conservation. 78 Student Life

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ESE ee 80 Student Life