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

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cruising, forestry students better idea of what the real study surveying, mostly world of forestry is like. As outdoors, of course. every student eventually Summer camp gives learns, no classroom can future foresters at least a duplicate exactly the world a N ————————————————— outside, but for many UAM forestry students, ‘“‘summer camp”’ comes uncomfortably close. Top left: Jimmy Jones uses a clinometer to measure tree heights. Left: James O’Donnell gains experience in current compass handling. Above: Surveying is an integral part of forestry. Students learn methods and techniques of handling surveying equipment. Student Life 109

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108 Student Life Almost every forestry student has been to summer camp. Certainly every UAM forestry graduate has. Ask him to recount the experience, though, and he will not tell you of swimming and handicrafts; but of ticks, chiggers, and a summer job for which the only checks he or she got were checks in an instructor’s gradebook. Without a doubt, the term ‘‘summer camp” is a misnomer. It does take place in the summer, but the similarity to anything sponsored by the Boy Scouts or your church, ends there, although summer camping foresters, in the face of a rattlesnake, have been known to find religion. During the UAM Forestry Department’s summer camp program, students learn timber: cruising, surveying, and other essential skills with extensive ‘“‘hands-on’’ experience. Some foresters will tell you that UAM’s summer camp is what separates our program from that of many other schools. While graduates of other institutions may only have heard lectures on a subject such as timber cruising, (determing the wood volume contained in a given forested area) UAM graduates have spent at least 3 hot summer weeks in the woods actually cruising timber. After timber Covering one of the many facets of summer camp, Dee Zimmerman measures tree diameter as Cathy Hicks records his findings.

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Dr. James W. Curlin deputy assistant secretary of land and water resources for the U.S. Department of the Interior, was named the 20th recipient of the University of Arkansas at Monticello’s Distinguished Alumnus Award. Curlin was honored at commencement exercises May 16, 1980. A native of Pine Bluff, Curlin graduated from: UAM in 1954 after receiving a bachelor of science degree in forestry. He holds a masters degree in soil science and a doctorate in science from Louisiana State University and a juris doctorate in law from the University of Tennessee. In his position with the Department of the Interior, Curlin oversees the programs of the Bureau of Land Management, coordinates the siting and permitting of the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline, and represents the Interior Department on various government and non- government activities. Curlin has held positions in both public and private for forest research. He is a former district forester in charge of timber management for the Kirby Lumber corporation in Cleveland, Tex., and served as forest manager for International Paper Company in Minden, La. In 1964, he joined the staff of the Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory as associate director and research Chancellor Taylor presents Dr. James W. Curlin with the plaque which signifies his distinguished alumnus status. 110 Student Life