University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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f Student foresters attend the summer forestry camp, ar Poplar Bluff, for on-the-spot experience. located ne Q Would-be Bunyans enroll in new MU 'Forestry School Dean Ruthforcl H. Westveld directs the new School of Forestry. Paul Bunyan, the greatest Woodsman of them all, is more than a legend to men enrolled in the School of Forestry. He serves as an inspiration to these students who will one day manage the nation's forest lands or be salesmen and man- agers of the sales outlets for the products of the forests. Forests grow on approximately one-third of the nation's land area. Thus, the proper use and development of forest lands and full utilization of the products of the land is im- portant to the economy of the nation. The wood products industries have plant investments of 312 million, they pro- duce products Worth more than 325 billion annually and they employ more than 2 million Wage earners. Students can normally obtain the degree of Bachelor of Science in Forestry in four years including somesummer Work. Summer job are considered essential because the work experience is a valuable supplement to their college training. Some federal agencies, notably the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management have student trainee programs into which a student may enter through civil ser- vice examination. The classroom and laboratory instruction is offered in Columbia and a major part of the field Work is given at the Forestry Summer Camp in southeastern Missouri. This camp is held in the 9,000 acre University Forest, 15 miles from Poplar Bluff. It provides facilities for instruction in forest mensuration, silvics, and silvic culture. Other field Work is done in the immediate vicinity of Columbia, where 125 different species of trees are found. A small timbered area in walking distance from the campus is used, as is the 80-acre Schnablel Arboretum and Demonstra- tion Wood, the Ashland Wildlife area and the 4,500-acre Weldon Spring Experimental Farm. Dr. Rutherford Henry Westveld is Director of the School.

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Engineers face tomorrow The graduate with an engineering degree today steps into a world of rockets, plutonium, sabre jets, radar, television, wonder-drugs - all signs of our time and signs of his trade. This is truly an Age of Engineering, and Missouri can be proud of the contribution the College of Engineering is making to this area. Dr. John Calvert, alumni of the College and now chairman of the engineering program at Pittsburgh University, once remarked that is is indeed amazing that from a school of its size, so many Missouri engineers are listed in the uWho,s Who of that profession. The excellence of its graduates can be attributed to the fact that the program of the College of Engineering is care- fully arranged so that these men can gain the cultural values of scientific studies and, at the same time, utilize the liberal opportunities of the University that are necessary to his life. The slide-rulei' set may get degrees in five areas - agri- cultural, chemical, civil, electrical and mechanical engineer- ing. The basic ingredients of engineering advance are offered in practical experience in the Engineering Experimental Station. Other specialized courses are offered at the second division of the Colleffe the School of Mines and Metallurd at Rolla. Since its founding in 1878, the College has rapidly ex- panded under the able administration of Dean Huber O. Croft. as ay New engineering labs - a boon to experiments and experience. , r Dean Hubert Crofl surveys site new Engi- neering building now under construction.

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A cigar smoking forester! Remember Smoky the Bear. Field experience - essenfiel To forestry training The new agricultural science building, which will house ihe School of Forestry, is located on'H'tt and Rollins.