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

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UAM BOREOMERS TRIUMPH AGAIN Very few UAM campus organi- zations can boast of a winning tra- dition, much less document proof of continual success over schools which average up to five times UAM's enrollment, but the Forest- ry Club can and does. The event was the 22nd Annual Southern Forestry Association Conclave, a three day pageant of log chopping, log birling, knife throwing, calculating and about every forestry skill imaginable. The UAM Forestry Club spon- sored this year’s Conclave which was held on the Drew County Fairgrounds. Buses from such schools as Texas A M, Auburn, Clemson, the University of Kentucky, the Uni- versity of Georgia, the University of Florida, each with a student en- rollment at least two times larger than that of UAM, began rolling in Opposite: BUDDY HALE and Ronnie Parsons two days early. wrestle with a log while trying to keep it within Conclave events are broken the stakes. down into two major areas, tech- Above: DICKIE CAYCE takes the initial leap to- nical and physical. The technical ward the top of the pole some twenty feet from . the ead R Z events include dendrology, wood Below: UAM'S JIM Tadel exhibits his expertise in technology, timber estimation, dumping his opponents in log birling competition. COmpass and pacing, pole classifi- cation, diameter, breadth, height Maureen Work Sacramento, California A M 1951-52 Once upon a time there was a small college in the South called Arkansas A M. It was probably fairly typical of campuses in the South in the 1950's; 10:00 p.m. curfews, sign-out book in the lobby of the dorm, restriction to the dorm for low grade point averages, no slacks or jeans on campus, and shorts were ac- ceptable only in gym classes --- the usual rules for women students at that time. But A M was atypical in one regard — there was a woman forestry student in 1951. She was the first woman forestry student at A M and there seemed to be some difficulty at the college in dealing with that fact. It seemed not to be taken too seriously, the pervading feeling being that the uniqueness of the venture would soon wear off. The first problem was encountered early in the stu- dent's matriculation when she went to the Forestry Park to study one afternoon and returned to the dorm to discover that she had violated an iron bound rule — no women students allowed in the Forestry Park, day or night. Since the Forestry Club meetings were held in the Forestry Park, a special dispensation was needed for the woman student to attend meetings. The 10:00 curfew at the dorm was also a problem because the meetings often were still in progress at that hour. Another dispensation was obtained. When the new Dean of Women arrived on campus and saw one of the women students in jeans, cowboy hat and combat boots flying across the campus at midday, she made inquiry as to the identity of the offender of the dress code. A subsequent meeting of the student and various sundry officials of the college produced a ruling that the woman student should be allowed to wear jeans on campus only when going to or from the truck used to transport forestry students on the Dendrology field trips. The instructor teaching the soils class that first semester was obviously disconcerted to find a woman in the class. He walked in the first lecture and inquired at some length as to whether there was some prob- lem with the woman student's ability to read room numbers. When Forestry Field Day was discussed, it was sug- gested that the woman student participate in the to- bacco spitting and beard growing contests. The final, insurmountable difficulty occured when the woman student arrived at a point in her scholastic career that the 6 weeks practical logging course was required. It was declared unthinkable that a woman should live in a logging camp with a group of men. There were no alternative courses allowed and it was suggested that the woman change her major to Busi- ness Administration with a minor in Forestry. That being an unsuitable solution to the woman student, she did not register for classes at the college for the ensuing semester. But all fairy tales have a happy ending and the woman forestry student is now alive and well in the Golden State of California. She has a B.A. in Sociology and is completing graduate work in Social Psycholo- gy. She is now beginning studies toward a Juris Doctor and remembering with bittersweet feelings the years at Arkansas A M College, which was fairly typical of small colleges in the South in the 1950's.

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(DBH) estimation, photogammetry, and wildlife. A forester’s proficiency in any of these events depends upon his classroom aptitude and his indi- vidual undertaking in the event, the personal measures he’s taken to in- crease his knowledge of the field. Featured in the physical events, the real highlight from a public point of view of the Conclave, are archery, log birling - an event which is con- fused with log rolling, for log birling is | actually the event held in the water, | the traditional ‘lumberjack’ event, I with the layman's log rolling a mis- | nomer, knife throwing, axe throw- | ing, men and women’s cross cut, || bow sawing, pole climbing, chain throwing, log rolling - where logs are rolled into a certain position with the greatest degree of speed and accu- racy, log chopping and pole felling. Fs ie mo. : a o ‘ q 7s Pe bet 4 » 2 82 Student Life Top: DANNY MORROW receives congratulations after he and David Schimmel claimed first place in men’s cross cut. Bottom: THE TEAM OF Janice Raineri and Sonja Cahoone demonstrate their second place form in women’s cross cut.