OREGON STATE
FORESTER
Corva llis. O rego n, Jul y 1968
VOL UM E XX l
Ballot Measure N o . 3
Approved By Voters
F ernhopp ers th rou gho u t Orego n wer e the
subject of sp ecial attention during Ap ril
a nd May o f this yea r. Yo u guessed t he
rea son - to be lp o u t o n p assage o[ Ballo t
Mcasn re No . 3 - the key to a new Forestry
Sdwol build ing.
T o m a n y of you outside of Oregon t his
m ay still b ~ news, bu t as yo u ca n sec from
some o [ t he o th er articles in th is m id-yea r
issue of t he O rcgn n S tate Forester. we 're
getting- a ccustom ed to t he fact that a new
buildin g is assu red.
T he Alum n i Associa tion served as a clearing house for letters from President Bub
Underwood , D ean 1vlac, T . J. Starker, and
Dea n Stol ten berg. T h ese letters went to
O regon Forestry Al ums and to p arents o[
cunen ll y e n rolled forest ry stud en ts fro m
Oregon.
Acco m panying the lette1·s were
brochures prepared b y Col leges fo r O regon 's
F u ture an d by Friend s of Higher Ed u cation .
We know th at I he effor ts o [ Oregon
l' ern hoppe rs to in for m the i r friends and
a ssociates on Ballot Measure No. 3 p layed
an i mportant. pa n in getti ng t he m easure
a p proved.
T o a ll of yo u who d id you r p a rL in true
F ern hoppe r
tradi tion-A
GREAT
BIG
T H A NK YO U from t he fac ulty and studen ts
of th e School o[ Forestry.
N ew Officers And
New Board Members
T h e Board o [ Directors o[ t he O reg-on
State U n iversit y Forestry Alu mni Association
met in the Me morial Un ion Buildi ng o n
Fcrnhop per D ay, Febru ar y U , 1968. T h e
Board elected [rom its me m bershi p, Bob
l lnderwuod '48, P residen t, and J im Bagley
'flO, Vice- P residen t. Bo b is a rea fo rest
engineecr for the Weyerh aeuser Com p a ny at
Long·view, '~' as hington a nd .Jilll is timber
a nti lands 111 a nager for U.S. PlywoudC ha1n pion Papers, ln c. at Lebanon .
N ew m em b ers of t he Boa rd are Austi n
McReynolds '40, forest lan d man ager for
G uistina Brothe rs a t E ugene : Glen Parsons
'39, region al forester for Boise Cascade
Corp. a t La G ra nde: Clyd e Stratton '47,
Vice-P residen t [or ' •Vajax Eq uip ment Li mited a t Po rtla nd ; an d Ken n eth 0. Wilson '37,
Ch ief Division o[ Fire Con t rol, USFS, a t
Pori.la ncl. They succeed l\Iarvin Rowley,
F ran k Sargen t, Sam T a ylor, a nd R ex R esler.
a ll o f who m gave o u tsta nding se rvice to t·hc
,\ssociation and the School.
' •Ve o ffer a hearty welcome to t he n ew
Board members a nd our sincere t ha nks to
those who have co m p leted t heir terms of
service. Th e high interest of Fem hoppcrs
in t he Schoo l a n d in th e Un iversity, a n d
the ir helpful a ll itutlc i n gett ing· th e job
done is most app1·ecia ted .
N um ber~
N ew Forestry Building Assured
You saw this picture in the Janua r y Newsle tter , b u t we like it so well
we d ecided to sh ow it to yo u aga in.
Fernhopper Day 1969
Forest Engineering
B e sure to se t aside Saturday, F e brua r y 22,
1969 [or Fern hu ppe r D ay a nd your an nua l
visit to the campus.
One o [ t he pri nciple activities a rou nd t he
Sch ool dur in g the p ast year was tbc st udy
o[ t he forest!')' curricula and courses by
several com mittees. Th ese studies cu lminated in J une wi th rccom1ne ndations for consid erable ch ange beginning in the fa ll o f
l !lG9. L ess change was r eco m m en ded fo r tbe
forest engineeri ng cu rriculum than for the
cu r ricula in the ot11er d epar tments.
T lJe addition o f three r eq u ired co u rses in
the opera tio ns research a rea consti t utes the
on ly major ch a nge in th e fo rest e ng ineering
cu rriculum . Two o f these courses are in the
Ind ustrial En g in eer ing d epar tment, a n d
co ver some of the basic principles in Ibis
a rea , includ ing· com p uter applicatio ns. T h e
third course is a forest e ngi neeri ng com·se
co\-cr ing the app li ca tion of opera tio n s r esearch techniq ues to logging problems. T h is
cum se has been offered as an e lecti ve [o r
t wo years. The curricul um will also be
adj usted fu r changes in the forest p ro ducts
and forest m anagem ent courses requ ired of
fo rest eng in eers.
Bub Wi lson is aga in t he onl y fo rester on
t he sum mer sch ool teachi ng staff. H e is
teach ing two lower di vision [orest engineer ing courses a nd gen e ral forest r y.
J o hn O 'Leary is s pen d ing the sum m er
doing resea rch in timber harvestin g, wit h
emphasis on thi n n ing on steep grou ud . He
is work ing on cooper a tive projects w i th
Crown Ze llerbach Corporatio n and th e
B ureau of Land Manageme n t.
Ken McLaren is not on t he stai'I d uring
the summ er b u t will be back, on a parttim e basis, d u ring the sch ool year.
Both suuuner and permanen t jobs for
for est eng-ineers were plenti ful aga in this
yea r. i'v[a n y req uests from em ployers went
u nfilled .
Oregon State Un iversi ty w ill he ce le bra ting i ts o n e-hu n dredth Birth d a y An niversa ry.
T be Centen nia l Year Celebra tion rnn s [rom
Charter Day October 27, 1968 to Com m en ce me nt in Ju ne o[ 1969. Fe rn boppe1· D a y and
the Banquet will be sma ck dab in t he
mid d le; we plan to h ave some sp ecia l acti vities to com me mor ate the Ce n tennia l.
T he Un i versi t y ha s a Sy111 posia Series
pl anned [o r Febr ua ry 20, 2 1, and 22, and
wi ll h ost represen tat ives o[ business, in d ustry, la bo r, govern1nc n L, <lnd o ther g roups
wh ich Lhe Uni versi ty serves through research . l; orestry >m el forest i nd ustry will be
an imp ortant pa rt o [ o n e of tbc Sym p osia.
You 'll hear more a bo u t th is in the J an uar y
O regon State Forester.
Symposium On
Skyline Logging
Pla ns arc go ing forw a rd fo r a sym p osi um
on skyline logg·ing. We mentioned this to
you in t he J anuary 1968 Newsle tter.
John O 'Leary of the Schoo l sta ff, H ilto n
L ysons from th e l'aci(ic North west Forest
a nd R a nge E xpe rimen t Station , and George
Stenzel [ro m th e U n iversi ty of ' Vashing tun
a rc setting up t he program .
Th e d a les ha ve b een set fo r Janua ry 29,
a nd 31, 1969. Th e Syn, posinm wi ll he
held in th e ·w ith ycom be H a ll a udi torium
0 11 t he OSU campus. Seating ca pacity is
250 and we're expecting· a fu ll house. The
regist ration fee will be $20.00 p e r pe rson.
J o h n i nd icates that abou t 20 a u t hor ities i n
t his advan ced fi e ld o [ lugging wi ll speak
during the t hree da )' session .
:w
Bill Davies,
D epa r tment H e ad
THE DEAN'S
CORNER
T hanks t o aggressive al umni support, t h at
long awaited forestry build ing sh ou ld be
under const ruct io n ea rly nex t year. P rel im in ary plans h ave been approved- now we're
in t he m ids! of deve loping the t housa nds
of det ailed speci rica tions. llill West head s
t be b·uilding program , assisted by a commillce of Dever, D avies, D ilworth, a nd E llis.
To be com pleted by [all , 1970, P eavy H a ll
will en able the School to do more effect ively wh at we're al ready d oing and, in
addi tion, to do man y th ings we h ave been
un able to do before. To mention a few : A
bea u tifu l and mod ern 160 m an a uditori u m,
classrooms and teachi ng labs C([llipped fo r
e[feclive use o[ demonstrations, TV ancl
oth er teach i ng aids, and conference a nd
seminar rooms will remove h andicap s o ur
studen ts and facul t y have en joyed for years.
Speci fi c facilities for wood chemist r y wi ll
enable us to move effectively into I h is area
of u ndergrad u ate instr uct ion, and to i mp rove research a nd gradu a te work i n chemistr y too. Sim ilarly we will soon be a ble to
offer effective inst r uction in wood p h ysics
an d to bring the com p uter in to forestry
classroom instruction. Ex p anded a nd nlDdern ized sell-learn ing facilities will be avai lable t o undergrads a nd fur a n expa nded
program o[ con tinuing educa tion.
Again , than ks [or your s upport.
I n addition lo build ing plann ing, classroom teaching, cou nseling, resea rch , writing,
admin istrative acti ,·it ies a nd so forth, m ajor
curricular reviews have been a pri m ary
focus of faculty concern d uring t he past
year. Studen ts, facu lty an d admi n ist ration
h ave a ll had a hand in the proposed revision s. T heir e[forts h ave resulted in real
p rogress; sign ifican t cha nges wi ll be m ade
in bot h cou rse list ings and content.
Responding to a l um n i conccm for im proved talents in com munication , t he School
has ad opted a 15 credit comm unication
req ui rem e n t for a ll curricn la and , i n
addi tion , the fa cul ty w ill fn rthcr develop
their already sign ifi cant efforts to expand
student com m nnication activi ties in n ndergrad uate [urcstry courses.
All fo rest r y
curricula must now also in clude at least 33
credi ts in t he hum anities an d socia l sciences,
in add i tion t o the fami liar physical a nd
biological scien ce requ ireme nts- we're still
in te rested in a balanced ed ucation of the
"whole n1an".
Facn l ty atten tion dmin g the next few
months wi ll be focused on a s imi la r reevalua tion a nd develop ment of grad uate
ed ucationa l
programs- progress
to
be
repon ed i n t he January newsletter.
\Ve' ll he pu ttin g less comm itree efl'ort
i n lu cu rricul um mod ificat ion next year , hut
m odcmiz;~ t ion o[ cou rse con ten t is a m ajor
continuing cha lle nge to every forestry professOL
Each m ust regu larly review and
in corporate in to his courses th e m ost
im p o rtan t relevan t develop ments i n e n g·in eeri:lg, m anagemen t science, p lant science,
socia l science, a nd I he other areas basic to
forestry.
I n addition, t he good undcrgrad n ate
t eacher must be aware of the changin.g
forestry
IS
c uvi ron mcn t wi t h in wh ich
practiced, thns m aki ng it necessary not only
for him to cha nge his p roblem sol u tio ns bu t
also t he methods used in arriving at
solutions and in deed the problems th emselves.
A [ew brie[ i tems: forest hyd rology l'acu lly
a nd staff have moved [rom the Fon·stry
b u ildi ng t o the Fores t Research Laboratory
lmilding.
All wood-anatomy, -chemistr y.
a nd -physics fac u lty w ill be movi ng fr:>m
the Lab b uild ing into P eavy H a ll in 1970.
Rudy Kallan dcr j ust returned fro m reviewing ou tst anding cont in u ing-ed ucat ion and
exten sion fores try programs in t he M idwest
and Southeast. l ncideu t all y. R udy was
elected prcsidcul of th e OSU Ceulury C lu b ,
an organization that help 3 fi nance Univer si ty pro jects for whi ch no Sta t e funds are
available.
Mac h as beeu busy ed it ing several visi t ing
professor man uscr ipts and h as t aped lectures
fo r the Self Lea rn ing Cen ter - an d still
man aged a brief trip to phot ograph desert
fl owers in Ca lifornia.
This su m mer D ale llever h as a 2-week
teach ing s tin t with t he Arm y - slipped in
School
admin istrative
a m ong Illllllerous
d u ties.
Al umui and fac ul ty are com bi n ing efforts
to develop a strong program to bring h igh ly
q u alified students in to the School of
Forestr y - progress on another Al umni
Task Force recommenda t ion.
Projected Enrollment
For Fall of 1968
About The OSU Forestry
Alumni Association
T h e Alu mni Associa t ion serves several
va luable [u nctions [or .Fern huppers a ro u n d
the world. T h roug h the Orego11 Stole
Forester the Associat ion provid es a con tin u ing lin k b ~ t wec n you, your former classmates. and your School of Forestry. T h rough
t he A lumni Associa t ion office you have a
means o[ getting i n touch wi th [ellow
Fern hoppers. T he Association can also be
he lp fu l to those who wish to relocate a nd
are looking for a new position in forestry.
Spcak !ug o[ t he Orego11 Stole Forester,
t he Ja n a ary, 1 9~9 issu e will include a di rectory o[ graduates. P reviously t h is has been
pu b·l ishcd by t he Forest ry C lu b a nd has
gone only to Fcrnh uppcrs who h ave p n rchased t he Ann ual C ruise. T he d istribu t ion
has been li mited. I nclusion u[ the d irector y
wi ll ad d abou t 12 pages to t he n ewsle tte r,
b u t we think i t will be worth i t.
This brings us around to a noth er poi.Jll,
su p port of the Al um n i Associa tion t h rough
a nn ual dues. T hese are only $2.00 p er year
a nd are used exclusi vely fo r p11 b lication of
til(' newsletter; m ain taing as accura te a
ma il ing list as you r respon ses perm it;
development of programs to serve the
Sch ool, s uch as the Task f 'orce of l ast year
a nd the SLII<len t Select ion Collllll iltce of this
yea r; and support o f the d rive fo r a new
Fu1·estr y Sch ool b uilcliJlg.
Incid e n tally, we're going to try a n ew
wrinkle in attempting to keep the mail ing
l ist up-lo·date. This mid-year newslette r
is ma i led lo you wi th a mai li n g p e r mit that
incl udes advice on address changes.
' "' e
m ay ca tch u p w ith all of you yell
Bill W h eeler i ndicates that Undergrad ua t e
a d missions to t he School o f Forestr y reached
159 students by .Jul y 26, 1968. T h is com pares closely wi th figmcs of 16 1 a nd J(jO fo r
t his same period in 19G7 a ud 1966. If
adm issions t h is year con tin ue to pa ra llel
th ose of the past two years, we can expect
app roxim ately 50 tran sfer studeu ts and 120
fres hmen to e n roll in Sept em ber. This is
somewha t less t han a n ticipated in view of
t he overa ll increase in total num bers of new
studen ts a d m i tted to OSU. Last year by
.J ul y 2(i new s tu den t adm issio ns totalled
~353; th is year t hey total 4668.
H ow abou t it Fern hop pcr s? If you
h aven 't p aid yo ur 1968 dues yet, you 're
getting a second chance . ' •Vh y no t fill out
the cn closccl membershi p blan k today and
sen d us your check for $2.00. J oin t h e rest
of you r fellow Fern h opp ers in keep ing t he
Association strong a nd effecti ve.
In an effort to enco urage s u perior studen ts
to con sider forest ry as a career area, an
exp a u ded scho larship progr am is being
developed. Students id entified by t heir h igh
school princi pa ls or counselors as h aving
demonstrated high scholarsh ip and leadership in studen t affa irs wi ll have the opportu n it y to confe r on forestry wi th OSU
Forest ry Alu mni in t hei'r h ome co m mu n ities.
·we a rc esp ecia lly pleased Lo tell you th at
grad uate study in Forest Produ cts will be
greatl y expanded this next year with 12 to
15 s t udents being e nrolled.
These men
will be closel y tied in wi th the uugoing
research p rojects at the Laboratory and we
expect t hem to add a great deal to the
p rogram .
T h is will be an add ed attraction when high
school student contacts are made by Fem h oppe rs. You will read e lsewhere in this
uewsletter a bou t the proposed studen t
recruitmen t p rogTam.
I nterested prospect ive st u de nts o[ p romise
con t acting· t he School di rectl y or referred
by a n al u111n u s may a pply for freshman
sch olarsh ips.
Currentl y there are available two S'lOO
entering fresh m an sch o larsh ip s p rovided
through the J oe M. Craha ne i\ lcmurial
Scho larship Fund. At p resent we h ave eight
a p plicants for these awards a nd selection of
n.:cipien ts wi ll be made in m id -.-\ugusl.
H opefu ll y, scholarship monies for
this
p urpose
s hould
increase
to
prov ide
a dd ition al incen t ive to a greater n umber of
promising young 111e n . In i ts initial stages
t he fres h man schola rship progra rn will be
rest ricted to O regon residen ts.
Graduate Student
Enrollment
The uncerta iu ty iu nu mbers o[ uew
graduat e students ceu ters ;u·m1 nd the d raft
tjltestion . Craduate Schools ever ywhere arc
un able Lo g ive relia b le est imates of how
m any studen ts will be e n ro lled in the fall
or 19G8 beca use of t he draft.
Graduate stud en ts arc n o longer defer red
n:1 less I hey h ave been e n gaged in a Ph .D.
program for two years or are i n w •nc speci al
fie ld of stu dy such as med icin e. Cuns~que nt ­
ly, we can o n ly say th at somewhe re between
40 and GO gra d uate studen ts arc exp ected
n ext fa ll in all forest ry fie lds a u d all pmgrams.
This past yea r 18 gradutate degrees were
gra nted, three l' h .D.s, and l :i Masters. Of
these degrees, l!i were in Forest i\lanagemen t. t wo in Forest Prod ucts, a nd o ne in
Forest Engi:wcring.
' "' e can expect t he
uum ber ln r ise in all three depa r tmen ts in
the fu lllrc, with t he most dramat ic i ncrease
being in Forest P rod ucts.
Forest lVIanagemen t
R ecommen dat ions resu lt i ng
fro m
the
Alumni Task Force sem ina rs, held d u ring
th e sp ring of 1967, provided much of th e
im petus and direction to the facu lty's efforts
du ring t he pas t year t o up-date our programs in forest man agement ed uca tion a nd
research.
T he alumn i e mph asized the necessi ty of
kecpi ug the cu rricul u m ab reast o[ the
changing needs of the forester and h is profession . They recom mended an expanded
post -grad uate con ti n uing ed ucation p rogn •m
to e na ble pract icing [oresters to keep u p
wit h new concep ts and techn iq ues as th ey
d evelop. They also stressed t he im p ortan ce
o[ ma in tain ing a research p rogram tha t
directs i ts c[[o rts i n an eHective m ann er
to the solu t ion of pertine n t pro b le ms con cerned with fores t resou rce ma nagement.
Efforts o[ the [acu it y du rin g the p ast
year have resu lted i n a 1·cviscd core c u rriculum th a t contin ues to in corpora te the
t h ree option a l areas of ad m inist ration , forest
scie nce, an d fo rest recreat ion. Su p porting
conrses in forest path o log)' , fo rest e ntomology, a n d wild l ife ma nagemen t have been
a dded in addit io n to exp anding req uired
cou rses in p h ysics, pla n t p h ysiology, a nd
forest soils. T he st u den t h as been gi ven
more freedom
in selecting cou rses in
com m u nications a nd b usiness ad min istratio n
to meet subject a rea requirements.
A sign ificant ch ange in the fores try
courses has b een the con solidation of seve ral
cou rses i n to two n ine-ho u r sequences t a ug ht
a t th e sen ior level. O n e sequence has been
designated
as Forest O pe ration s.
T he
purpose of this sequen ce is to fo llow th e
cycle of fo rest devel op men t from esta blishm en t to har vest as an in tegrated con i in u n m ,
ra ther than as separat e, disju n cti ve block s.
It b u ilds on a va r iety o f basi c courses anrl
incorporates instruct ion i n
s ilvicultural
pr<~ct i ces, fo restation, p rotection , fire control ,
and loggi ng me thods.
The
second
integra ting
n ine- cred it
seque n ce is Forest Econom ics and R egulation. I t wi ll s t ress th e q uantit ative aspects
of fores t ma nagement th rough the incl usion
of subject m atter m ateri al on forest taxation, fi nance, app raisa l , ro tation , regu lation ,
land usc, ccon01nics of multiple-u se, production econ omics, and opera tions research.
T he caps to ne course in the curriculum is
M utiliple-Use Decisions, wh ich bas as i ts
primary purpose t he i n tegra t ion of b io m alllenlatical ,
econ omic,
and
logical,
sociological factors in decision ·m aki ng si t uations.
I n the im plem e n tation of these integrated
cou rses, the team-teachi ng method will be
used. I nstructors [ro m t he Forest Engineering a nd Forest P rod ucts DcparLmcnts will
coope ra t e in teach i ng these cou rses to
assure con sideration of a ll p e rtin e n t factors .
At the presen t Lime, t he fac ulty is
concen tra ting on research program pla nning.
T his is a follow- up o f a n ana lysis o f o u r
resea rch e ffort by a dist inguished grou p of
research scie n tis ts drawn from various p arts
of the cou n try.
Deta iled inform ation abou t facu lty ac tivities will be incl uded in the Orego11 State
Foreslc1·, t ha t is sen t to you i n J a n uary o f
each yea r. H ere a rc a [ew b rief h ighligh ts.
R ay Yoder will rctum in September after
one year with FAO in R om e.
Ki m Chin g will a lso he b ack fro m a uucyear sabba l ical leave spen t at the R oya l
College of Fo rest r y in Stock holm.
Denny La vender is now at the Un iversity
of ' 'Vales w h ere h e will do resea rch unti l
next spring.
' "'e are pleased to welcome Dr. ' '" · Scott
Overton to our faculty. Scott will be on ha lftime a p pointmen t in the l' urcsl' Manageme n t
D ~pa rlm c n t, wi th t he balan ce of h is time
divided b ~ Lwcen t he Statistics Department
and the A~ricu ll u ra l Exp erimen t Station. H e
wi ll ser ve as a consul tan t on stat istical
mallers related to o u r research program and
carry on investigations in t he area of forest
biom et ry.
T h e research facu l ty is pleased with th e
n ew Forest Science Wi ng added to 1he
original Forest R esearch Laborator y B u ild ing. For t he first t ime, we h ave adequate
facil ities for our biological resea rch program.
T h e research wing also prov ides excellen t
la bora tories and offices for our graduate
studen ts.
D ick Di lwon h.
D epar tmen t Head
Forest Products
T he redesigned undergraduate c u1Tirul u n1
n ;viewed i n th e .Ja nu ary lcwsleucr h as been
su bm i tted Lo the U n iversit y Curriculum
Coun c;J a nd h'upe fu lly will be accepted and
become eiTect ive the fa ll of 1969. Two
cu r riculum choices are available - one in
' 'Voud Tnd us lr)' Man ageme n t for those prima r il y concerned with ind ustr ia l employmen t and plant prod uction ; a nd wood
scien ce, in tended lo s t art t he programs of
t hose planning on advan ced degree wor k.
T he curricula are based o n the common
fi rst year fo r the enti re forestry school a n d
a lso incl ude several other school-wide
requi red cou rses coming in t he sophomore
year and taken as seniors. Must students
select their fie ld of major interest d uri ng
t he first year i f t hey have not a lread y m ade
such a decision prior to atten ding the
university.
A n increased gradua t e s tudent e n rol h nen l
in fores t prod ucts is expect ed. I nqui1ies of
app l ican ts h ave been particu larly strung in
the fields o r wood che m ist ry, p ulp a nd
p aper. By beginn ing of fall qu arter u p to
15 grad uate studen ts arc expected , prim ari ly
in wood scie nce. Ma ny of these men will
ser ve as research assist ants and
th us
contribute Lo the research program con curren t wi t h wor king on co urses for an
advanced degree. Although n1oSt applican ts
arc in terested in aspects of wood science,
1here
is a n· in creasing call for l' orcsl
Products Econ omics.
A recen t visi tor to l' oresl P rodu cts
Departmen t, under t he a uspices of the
Nat ional R esea rch Cou ncil was O r . Eric
E ll wood, H ead of the Dep a rLment of ' Voocl
an d Fiber Science and Technology of North
Carolina St ale Universi ty in R aleigh. D r.
Ellwood spent two da)'S in discussions w i th
the staff an d in reviewing programs, partic ul arly pla ns in the a reas of research a n d
teach ing in pulp and p a p e r.
llob K rahmer bas arrived in l'vfelbourne,
.\u stralia, for the st art o[ h is year's sabbatical u nder the wor ld renowned facilities o f
t he Com mon weal th Scien t ific a nd Ind ustria l
R esearch O rganiza tion. Bob will be worki ng
in the same gToup as D r. Richard He m ing·
way, B. S. (Forest Products) OSU 1962.
Bi ll Leh ma n n will be leaving in September to con ti nue his P h .D. work at Colorado
Sla te U niversity in Fort Collins.
Abou t the same ti me , Tony VanVlie t wi ll
return from his sabba t ica l lea ve at i\l ichigan
St a le University where h e has spent I he last
school )'Car. Ton y sho u ld be a ll done wi th
his d oclora l p rogra m except for h is t hesis.
Evcrell Ellis,
D epartme n t H ead
President Underwood
Talks R ecruitment
Recent ly t he officers of the OSU Forest ry
Alu m n i Association B oa rd of Directors met
with D ea n Stoltenberg a nd Rudy Kalla nder
to discuss possi bilities fo r worthwh i le projects to be undertaken by t he Associat ion
memb e rship . Among the sources of i n for ma t ion reviewed to obtain id eas were t he
excellen t recomm e ndation s made by the
Al um n i Task Force last year.
One of t he recom mendations dea ls wit h
student select ion and read s as fo llows: "The
Schoo l sho uld conduct an aggresive program
to recru it high ly q u alified high school
gradua tes, transfer students, a nd graduate
st udcn ts. T h e D ean sho uld assure close
liaison wi th other edu ca tional insti tutions to
encourage transfer to and enrollmen t in the
School. "
The grou p concl uded th a t th is would
provide an excellent p roject for the Alumni,
particularly in ligh t of the fact th at th e
n ew Forestry School bu ilding was sch ed u led
for occ11p ancy by September 1970. Al so, i t
would be a n activity tb at all Fcrnhoppers
could participate in , if t hey so desired.
Studen t con tact a nd recrui ting p rogran,,
a rc not new in the Alumn i Associa tion . A
substan tia l pr ogram was l aunch ed in 1958
under the direction of the Boa rd of D irect·
ors. Chu ck D ane, Secretal)'·Treasurcr of t ht
Association, spearh eaded th e e ffort which
con tinued until 1964. A nu m ber of above
average high school slll de n ts enrolled in
fo restry as a resul t of the con tacts made.
T he progra m that is contem p lated will be
geared to the availability o f t he new Foresll) • Sehoul. A n umber o f facets of the
earl ier p rogra m wi ll be employed . Perhaps
the major d i[[ercn ce i n the organ iza tion of
th e p roject will be th e appoin t ment and
active p art icip ation of a Stud ent Selection
Com mittee. T he group wi ll consi st of ten
or
t welve
mem bers,
well
d istribut ed
throu gh ou t the State of Oregon.
T hese people will meet in Corvallis at the
School o f Forest ry on Sa turday, Oct. 5, 19G8.
Some of the early plan ning will be done a t
tha t ti me an d in the afternoon t he grou p
will attend the Oregon Stat e- Un iversi ty of
Washington football game. I'll be asking
F ern h opp ers to serve o n t he conuu ittce in
the ensuing months.
Jn ad dition t o par ticipati ng i n the plann ing of th e stlldcnt selection program,
members of the committee will serve as local
ch airmen in their part of the stal e. T h ese
comm i ttee members wi ll coord inate activities
in their locality a nd ca ll on Fem hoppers to
assist in 1naking con tact s. T h is is only a
rough idea o f the plan. I sh ould have
more to report to you a ft er the conu nillec
meets in October.
Lumber Drying
Short Course
Charlie Kozlik states th at the Lumber
D rying Shol'l Course will be given t he week
of Decem ber 16·20, 1968. The pmpose of
the course is to p rovide basic i n formation
on l um ber drying and to acquain t partici p an ts wi th the la t est techniq ues in t he fi e ld.
The rcgistra l ion fee is ~75 .00 and incl udes
tex t and othe r pert inent ma t erial. En roli111CII L is lim i ted to ·10 participan ts.
Mrs. J. R. (Alice) Dilworth
T he Facul ty a nd Staff of the School of
f orestry a nd the Forest R esearch La boratory
were saddened by the death last mon th of
Alice D ilwo rth , Dick Dilworth's w ife.
_Alice ll'ill be remembered by her m any
fnends as a person i nvolved in numerous
camp~1s activities and comm u ni ty affairs: she
con tn uuted gTeatly to both. !\!any forestry
studen ts, botl1 undergradua te and graduate,
and f e rnhopper Alu ms wi ll recall beinrr
invited to th e Dilworth 's home for dinne7-
OREGON STATE FORESTER
O.S.U. Forestry Almnni A.ss'n.
or d essert and a very pleasant even in g.
One o f Alice's m ajor interests was music.
Dick bas indi_catcd that this was a vcq real
part or h er hfe and she found g reat enjovlll~nt a nd sa ti~faction i n _it. ,\ ccordingly,
01ck has est<t bltshcd a n111S1C scholarsh ip in
ho n or of Alice's memory. i\fany o[ you
who knew a nd enjoyed th e O ilworths mav
wish to rem emuer Alice in this way.
'
You may send your cont rihutions to th e
:\lice C_arcy Dilwo rth l\ fe morial Scholarship
111 MuSIC, care o f the Oregon State Univer sit y Foundation, Corva llis, Oregon !J733 1.
Veneer Drying
Short Course
Ra j• Cu rrin is planning another Veneer
Drying Short Course for .J anuary 13 and 1-1,
1969. The two day program inclu des
lc(l nrcs and discussion opport unities con cern ing llll aspects o r veneer drying; latest
tech niques arc emphasi1ed. En roll men t is
lin1i tcd to 40 , and the registrat ion fee is
s~u per person.
BULK RATE
U.S. Postage
OSU School o[ Forestry
PAID
Cot·vallis, Oregon 9733 1
Permit No. 207
Corva Uis, Ore.
ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED
3rd Class Mattet·
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