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minisffzczfion DEAN Josnrn S. ILLICK EW York State has the distinction of being the birth- place of professional forestry education in America. The first college of forestry in this country was cstalblished at Cor- nell University in 1898. Unfortunately, this first adventure in professional forestry education did not last long, for soon after the founding of this original college of forestry, criticism began to be directed against timber cutting practices on the College's experimental forest near Axton in the Adirondacks. This criticism 'became so severe and powerful that early in 1903 the state appropriation for the College was withheld by gubernatorial veto. As a result of this administrative action, all the academic activities of the original forestry College were discontinued in June, 1903. Thus came to a close, after only about five years of operation, the first attempt at professional forestry education in America. That this adverse action on the part of the governor was not fully justified and final is demonstrated by the fact that professional education in forestry was resumed at Cornell in 1910, and in 1911 the New York State College of Forestry was established at Syracuse University. The foregoing information regarding the beginning of professional training in forestry in New York State is presented here with the thought that it will help undesrtand the environment in which our college of forestry here at Syracuse came into being, and why throughout its entire existence it has been offering extra-broad and progressive programs in both professional and public forestry education and also in forest research. Among the original purposes and objectives of our college as set forth in the creating legislation of 1911 are: 1. The teaching and instruction of its students in the science and practice of forestry and its several branches. The Board of Trustees in this original legislation was empowered to prescribe courses of instruction, research and experiments to be pursued. in the College, and the degrees to be conferred on graduates therefrom, and on those taking postgraduate courses therein . It is especially worthy to note that -postgraduate work was regarded as a proper educational func- tion of the college from the time of its establishment in 1911. Graduate work has grown from three graduate students in the second year of the College's operation to 117 in the school year 1950-51. To direct effectively this rapidly enlarging program of graduate stud- ies, a new position of Director of Graduate Studies is now in the process of establishment. 2. The carrying on and promotion of investigations, experiments and research in forestry and its several branches in field and forest, class room and laboratory and in industrial and com- mercial plants, and like investigations, experiments and research in relation to the habits, life histories, methods of propagation and management of fish, Ibirds, game, food and fur bearing animals and forest wildlife. Directly after the College was started, some research work was undertaken. It was largely, however, in the form of contributed services on the part of regular faculty members. The first direct appropriations to the College were made in 1945 in the amount of 325,000 At present, the College is conducting research projects calling for an annual expenditure of more than SZ25,000. Since 1948, this greatly enlarged research program is moving fonward under the direction of a Director of Research. 3. The giving of popular instruction and information concerning the elements of forestry, the effective marketing of forest products and of practical tree-planting throughout the State. 4. 'tThe obtaining and imparting of knowledge concerning the scientific management and use of forests, their regulation and demonstration, and the production, harvesting and reproduc- tion of forest crops and the earning of revenue therefrom. l121
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