West Virginia University Division of Forestry - Cruiser Yearbook (Morgantown, WV)

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THE UNIVERSITY FOREST J BOB KELLISON SUPERIN TENDEN T

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Xl SIGMA Pl H Row 1 - Arnett Mace, Roy Boyer, Ed Griffin, Clair Stalnaker Row 2 - Mr. William H. Reid, Joseph Wolfe, David Knibb, Ralph Lewis, Gordon Knight, Jack Wills, Dr. Robert Smith, Dr. Kenneth Carvell NA TIONAL FORESTRY HONOR FRATERNITY To secure and maintain high standards of scholarship in forestry education, to work for the upbuilding of forestry, and to promote fraternal relations among workers engaged in forestry activities. Rho Chapter of Xi Sigma Pi, a national forestry honorary fraternity, was established in the Division of Forestry in 1952. junior and senior students whose scholastic records place them in the upper 25 percent of their respective classes may be elected to membership. This fraternity was established at the University of Washington in 1908. There are now 19 active chapters with a total membership of nearly 5,500. 38

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