. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 17-19. Forests and forestry. 12 The utilization operations aie arnnnj; ihe most interesting and instructive on the forest. Fuelwood, posts, and poles are harvested on a large scale. A state-owned portable sav^rmill, stave mill, shingle mill, and lath mill are operated on the forest. The students, as a part of their course in Lumbering, work upon these mills and learn to handle the different posi- tions from felling the trees and firing the boiler to head sawyer and timber scaler. Briefly, the students are kept in constant contact with all t
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 17-19. Forests and forestry. 12 The utilization operations aie arnnnj; ihe most interesting and instructive on the forest. Fuelwood, posts, and poles are harvested on a large scale. A state-owned portable sav^rmill, stave mill, shingle mill, and lath mill are operated on the forest. The students, as a part of their course in Lumbering, work upon these mills and learn to handle the different posi- tions from felling the trees and firing the boiler to head sawyer and timber scaler. Briefly, the students are kept in constant contact with all the operations of a forest business, and taught the best and most efficient methods of handling a forest prop- erty both by precept and practice. FACILITIES FOR RECREATION. The faculty arranges annually a course of free lectures. These instructive and helpful talks are given to the students by men of prominence in subjects allied to forestry. They cover travel, history, civics, literature, first aid, wood craft, personal health, and other timely topics. The student body maintains an athletic association. Ath- letic contests are not engaged in so extensively as at some other educational institutions because the students obtain sufficient physical exercise in their field work which takes them out of doors at frequent intervals during the entire year. A large baseball diamond, a double tennis court, a billiard table, and gymnastic equipment are available for use. Basket Ball is the most popular game. It is especially adapted to a small student body and engaged in during the winter when field trips and forest exercises are few in number and of short duration. The schedule comprises games with normal schools and small ALL-ABOARD FOR A FIELD TRIP. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pennsylva
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