. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 17-19. Forests and forestry. THE VILLAGE OF MONT ALTO. Just Beyond the Town at the Western Foothills of the Picturesque South Mountains, and Within the Grove of Veteran Trees Standing at the Mouth of the Forested Gap, the Forest Academy is A View in Mont Alto Park Conducive to Pleasant Walks and Interesting Out-of-Door Tree Talks. Mira Lloyd Dock, Chairman Forestry Committee, Gen- eral Federation of Women's Clubs. S. T. Dana, United States Forest Service. Hon. Charles Walter, Member of Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Prof.
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 17-19. Forests and forestry. THE VILLAGE OF MONT ALTO. Just Beyond the Town at the Western Foothills of the Picturesque South Mountains, and Within the Grove of Veteran Trees Standing at the Mouth of the Forested Gap, the Forest Academy is A View in Mont Alto Park Conducive to Pleasant Walks and Interesting Out-of-Door Tree Talks. Mira Lloyd Dock, Chairman Forestry Committee, Gen- eral Federation of Women's Clubs. S. T. Dana, United States Forest Service. Hon. Charles Walter, Member of Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Prof. Ralph Hosmer, Cornell University Forest School. Raphael Zon, United States Forest Service. ORIGIN AND EARLY HISTORY. As early as 1876, in an address before the recently orgfamzed American Forestry Association at Philadelphia, Burnett Land- reth pointed out the necessity of teaching Forestry as a science in itself and not as a branch of Agriculture. From that time, throughout the period of agitation and public education which preceded the foundation of the Department of Forestry there continued frequent references to the necessity of such a sep- arate course or, better still, of a separate school devoted to the teaching of Forestry. Most of the ideas expressed were based on the European Forest Schools as models, but all recognized the necessity of adapting such a school to Ameri- can needs and conditions. This agitation was especially strong in the years 1888 and 1889. During 1889 the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania established a chair of For- estry to be filled as soon as funds became available, but the chair was never filled. Because of the slow growth of public sentiment in favor of Forestry, particularly among forest owners, no constructive steps were taken towards the establishment of a technical forestry course until about the year 1900. In issues of "Forest Leaves," in 1901 and 1902. are found several articles dwelling on the necessity of trained men
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