. The Varsity war supplement 1917. First Ambulance Presented by Students Administrative Council 76 THE VARSITY MAGAZINE SUPPLEMENT The Faculty of Forestry and the War By Dean Fkrnow THE Faculty of Forestry is still in the pioneer-ing stage, that is to say, the practice of theprofession is as yet hardly established inthe country and hence the employment ofits devotees and the number required are stillproblematical. For this reason the Faculty hasgrown slowly and developed cautiously as far asnumbers are concerned. In the year before the war, it had, however,attained to the number of 51, with a
. The Varsity war supplement 1917. First Ambulance Presented by Students Administrative Council 76 THE VARSITY MAGAZINE SUPPLEMENT The Faculty of Forestry and the War By Dean Fkrnow THE Faculty of Forestry is still in the pioneer-ing stage, that is to say, the practice of theprofession is as yet hardly established inthe country and hence the employment ofits devotees and the number required are stillproblematical. For this reason the Faculty hasgrown slowly and developed cautiously as far asnumbers are concerned. In the year before the war, it had, however,attained to the number of 51, with a newly enter-ing class of 21, which would have been near the desirablenumber for some time to come. For the session immediatelyfollowing the declaration of war the registration had a totalfigure of 50, and a new entering class of 20 was the end of the session six of the registrants had enlisted,. and for the session of 1915-16 the total registrationhad fallen to 32, only three being newcomers. Bythe end of the session the number had dropped toeleven, mostly through enlistments, and at thattime of the 124 names of regular students at onetime registered in the Faculty not less than 60 percent, were enlisted. The present session started with nine registra-tions, four of them old students physically unfitfor service, one an incapacitated returned aviator,and four of them new students under military age. At present writing, as far as known 78 undergraduatesand graduates of the Faculty are enlisted, 28 of the have given their life for their country; 16 have beenwounded or ill; two are prisoners.
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