Syracuse University - Onondagan Yearbook (Syracuse, NY)

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College of Forestry BT L . Df.ax Franklin F. Moon THE Xew ' ork State College of l ' ' orestry was established at Syracuse in 1911, the charter issued by the Legislature was signed hy (jovernor IJix. The first students received their instruction in the basement of l.vniaii Hall. At that time forestry was popularly con- sidered a tree-planting profession. The Forest- ry College, however, has developed many nn- portant branches such as: forestry engineering, wood utilization, silviculture, forest botan ' . forest zoo ' ogy. forest chemistry, city forestry, wood technology, and the more general fields of forest recreation and forest extension. In addition to the regiUar four year under- graduate com-ses special courses are offered that lead to the degree of Master of Forestry, Master of C it - l- ' orestry. Master of Science, I )octor of Philosophy, and Doctor of Econ- omics. Connected with the College is the Sopho- more Summer Camp located on the Cliarles l.athrop Pack Demonstration Forest of 1000 acres at Cranberry Lake and the i anger School near W ' anakena on shore of the Cran- berry Lake. The college has five forest ex- periment stations in various sections of the state comprising a total area of more than 4000 acres ; it is the largest institution of it : kind in the world. g i6

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[T (The I92e S :w4 H I I M College oj Applied Science THE College uf Applied Science was foiiiided January 22. 1901. Since tint time mure than 1000 graduates have re- ceived degrees in engineering from the University, and many occu])y positions of responsihility in their chosen profession. Among the student activities to be noted especially are the branches of the national engineering societies, with which many oi the students affiliate. Dean Mitchell was a])p iinted head of tin College in 1922. succeeding Dr. W flraham. wiio was made ice Chancellor lie received his training in Harvard L ' ni- versity and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and through actual experience in the service of the Pcnn.sylvania. and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroads, and as as- sistant engineer for the Bureau of Engin- eering of the City of Syracuse. SgSKS r

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1 u CThc 1926 ' IT I College of Agriculture PRACTICALLY all food and clothing arc from raw materials whose source is the fertility of the land. ( )iie third of the people of the L ' nited States, people of average intel- ligence, people representing the highest type of Americanism, people who hold up their hands more than any other single group the destiny of the nation, are engagi ' d in th ' l)rodiictinn of this raw material. The day approaches when consumption of this material will overtake jjroduction. .Af- ter that there will he want unless averted by scientific methods of production and distri- bution. To the purpose of fitting the farmer of the future to cope intelligently with the ecomonic. the civic, the educational, the re- ligious, and al ' other social |)rol)lems that pertain to his. and therefore to the nation ' s welfare the Slocum College of .Agriculture is dedicated. Dkax Ki:ii;en L. . vk. K1 m m RC SK Si 17