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

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SUMMER CAMP 1960 It happens each June on the Monongahela Na- tional Forest. June 1960 was no exception and Camp Arthur Wood, near Alvon, West Virginia, was beseiged by forty-seven neophytes to forestry field practices. Maryland, Ohio, New Jersey, New York, and particularly West Virginia sent dele- gates to the banks of Anthony's Creek. Dyed- in-the-wool mountaineers found that Paul Smith's College sent some very competent and friendly men from the North. Those familiar only with West Virginia's coal country discovered that the Mountain State offers scenic beauty, good recreational facilities, and handsome stands of timber. As the summer got underway, Abney, chain, rod, and compass became daily bywords, while D.M.D., Blue Bend, Maple Grove, and softball games were frequently mentioned in the eve- nings. Later in the summer, shouts of three logs, plot centers, stand and stock tables, and give 'er five became standard lingo. After five weeks of daytime sw-eat, not many rainy days, and several nights of rechecking sur- vey and cruise reports, all turned their attention to pulp and paper, Pissodes strobi, Belcher's Mill, Meadow River and the Meadow Creek Manage- ment Area. Instructors Koch, Christensen, Carvell, and Jackson put many lessons in applied forestry and a good taste of field work before us. The town of White Sulphur Springs offered lessons and ap- plied practice in other less enlightening, but more readily accepted, indulgences. Sessions in the barracks and on the athletic field revealed that Dan Harman can really play a guitar, Lee Tibbs is an athlete as well as a scholar, just exactly where Rock Cave, West Vir- ginia is located, and that Leonard Koenick left his razor at home for the summer. Earl Roth dis- covered that his truck could not always follow Charlie Rexrode's. Many of the married men yearned for the more refined and contented life of the city. It was found that ethyl chloride gives the forester a decided advantage over reptiles of all kinds. The strange appearance of dirty kitch- en utensils in the mess hall each morning con- vinced the staff that John Simon and his accom- plices had found an outside source of food. Frank Vallelonga fell in love with Lewisburg and Tom Trammell commented daily on how pleasing everything at Camp was. Part of the handsome profit from the logging operation 1311.00 per manj was converted into a celebration featuring two kegs of Maple Grove's Best and one stone cold sober pulpwood operator. In North Carolina those more inclined toward-s entomology found that the life cycle of a forest insect called chig- ger includes a definite alternate host. As the years pass and as we become more deep- ly involved in forestry, or other livelihoods, sure- ly the summer of 196'0 and Camp Wood will be well remembered .... well remembered not only for knowledge acquired there and academic achievements, but also for strengthening the bond between each of us and the profession of forest- ry.

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