Show April V Paul Bunyan Boy Athlete 1948 THE STUDENT LIFE— 5- - LETTERS Paul was the hero and the friend of all the lumber jacks TO THE Yes Wje EDITOR They came for- miles to see him use his homemade d ax - Still Need Forestry recent years some people have questioned the future of forestry in America With the great influx of students into Dear Sir: There have been a number of the forestry schools most of whom are some crusades conducted in this good old world of ours Even here at persons have become alarmed imagining that the large number of students might result in seriously diminished opportuniUtah State we have ‘ -- two-edge- i 1 - For thus equipped he cut a tree with one great powerful smack And with no loss of energy Another coming back In martyrs who sacrifice themselves for the ties for employment cause Someone is constantly adIt'is a fact that forestry schools' enrollment has increased ‘ vocating some change or improvement such as new tennis greatly in the past decade In 1927 there were 1882 enrolled ' “ courts new' practice football in forestry in the United States In 1937 it had up to fields more seats in the field-hou- 6000 It should be noted however that there gone exwas an' new school songs and of all in all courses and And sometimes after work the men colleges during course that cherished dream a cessively high enrollment the last of due the the to availability of NYA "depression" new union building All over the would sit around on stumps U S enrollment The and other total circumstances world people want' changes money And watch him cross a river which in off however to 1941 and then of course 3763 It’s strange then that such a dropped he did in three short jumps condition would be permitted to dropped almost out of the picture during the war years exist Directly in front of our Since the war there has been a great upsurge in forestry main building is a road that enrollment as there has been in almost every professional The world's greatest lumber would make the famous one school In 1947 an all-tijack of 7010 was attained of high would sometimes play a prank through Burma look "like the this number 88 were veterans The total enrollment of Pennsylvania turnpike And jump across and then jump back this is 7400 year Over this important thoroughand not touch either bank fare pass hundreds of cars— eacn Consider Present Students day mind you Visitors receive their first improssion of the colHowever' it is with this rather large number of student! And fast — the man was speed itself U from and twisted its torn' lege of the current period that employers of forest managers range Why he could just about surface Long ago it ' might and wildlife-manager- s are concerned' This spring Blow out the lamp and jump in bed have been adequate in the horse managers opportunities that before the light went out and buggy days perhaps BiJ is one of the better periods seen-Thiis have s with both true foresters regard to permari- now it exists as 'a mute survivor ' ent - t ancj temporary jobs of a bygone day To g as fast as he could few next There of is This- - road which course no assurance that the winds its years go would have been most unkind better However a number of events point leisurly way from the automo- will be as good-o- r For if he had he would have left tive building to a point directly up the belief that the situation will be reasonably satisfactory - - his shadow far behind opposite to the “bird” — this road In the first place quite a large number of students who startis beaten and crushed and mutifreshmen have elected to drop out or change ed in forestry-alated every rod 'of its winding ft mm their ami major way It is pocketed and gutted There has always been a large number of students who with jagged holes which kick the-waa car around like a kernel of have done this but it is to be expected that following with a very large number of students there would be a wheat in a threshing machine we is Here should then where In order to reach large proportion that would change their mind Hence therp everyone who was the least bit respons- start a crusade in front for-thRight are already indications that the graduating classes for the ible success of student body elections ! am taking most of and the importbiggest next several years will not be exceedingly large this means to thank them Jor their help To mention a few 'j ant building on the campus Be1 specifically they are the elections committee: Marlin Wood- fore we build another chicken Still Job Opportunities ward and Hiram McDonald the fraternities and sororities coop or- buy 'another mechanical At the same time there seems to be no indication of independent students Ag club the Intercollegiate Knights milker let’s pour a little asphalt in Dean Chase and Dean Daniel our greatly diminished job opportunities There are some indi- - ' into some of the holes ‘mainstreet’1 least a fair increase cations that there will be-a- t realize the elections were not perfect and did not meet Sincerely number of jobs Before the war the trend in job opportunities Bob" Sorenson in everyone's approval However the Constitution of the Associforestry and related fields was generally upward There are ated Students was at fault to" a certain extent in that it states ” ' indications that this trend will be continued Dear Editor: ''All elective’Associated officers shall be elected durThis year there was a slight decrease in the federal fish’ annually have times printed you Many third the week of the spring quarter" As you know this ing and wildlife service but a fair increase in the number of jobs made it impossible to secure grades for eligibility and caused letters from students on this with the state fish and wildlife agencies It is not likely that campus but not one of them has a considerable amount of confusion will wildlife offer a large field of employment management been favorable to any person in not next ten years but it would seem that the at least or or any organization persons As a result of the recent elections the Student Council’ will be a reasonable numbef of opportunities for able there on the campus is proposing an amendment to the Constitution changing the and students r ' date of elections The amendment would allow time for grades Recentlywasthe USAC exchange for here In presented assembly previous years USAC range management graduates to be checked at the registrar's office and eliminate any tjie enjoyment of the' student have distinguished the school by their performance in the trouble of eligibility It will be voted on at the regular class body The assembly I thought civil service examinations Wildlife management gradelection to be held on April 15 I think that it is for the better- wasn’t especially outstanding federal uates have also turned in a good record and forest management of elections to pass the amendment" from one or two points of view ment students have scored near the national average Within Probably the biggest reason for the twenty years of the life of the school many graduates Lorna Jolley my dislike was the lack of ma' have gone out into the field and attained positions of promterial that the student had to Elections Chairman inence work with They had no special throughout the nation - Conservation Interest High to which the with light lights a horrible and stage performers Perhaps the most encouraging circumstances is the full of scenery with which to interest of the public in natural resource conservacontend Moreover the persons that participated in the affair tion During the first thirty years of forestry instruction in the had very little notice concerning United States the program was carried on against mych their performance opposition and certainly with little enthusiastic support KTost to call like would However I Member people still thought that it was impossible to exhaust our to the attention of all the stu- forests our ranges our game animals our fish our coal our Associated Cblle6ia!e Press dents the performance of the oil and other minerals as well as many other natural re“Sexy Six” (Dick Beecher Dick sources That Entered as second class mail matter Sept 1908 at Logan Utah unde- - the however such saw exhaustive expoita-tio- n period act of Mar 2 1870 Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage is K"oec Lundahl Shirley Stevenson Dee of these things that the end of some of them could be 1103 Act of Oct 3 1927 ’ Harris Royal But tars and my f seen old friend Monte (latter than News Rooms Campus Commons Building Telephone Campus 75 after d p m Wednesday telephone 50 Through the efforts of some of our great conservationists' Merlyn Jones Edison Mail subscription rate ?100 Student subscriptions from student body fees the idea of moderation and conservative management finally I understand that these people ptr year went down to BYU and rolled "took” This came to a head in the early 930’s The federal RepresentThe Student" Life is a member of the Associated Collegiate Press them in the isles which is in administrators of the New Deal era seized aggressively ot ed for national advertising by National Advertising Service Inc idea and conservation got its’ greatest impetus in itsejf a great feat It is very any “Letters to the editor" and all other contributions are welcome They seldom that colleges hear such in the history of the world The Soil Conservation service should be addressed to: Student Life Editor Campus and placed in Campus entertainprofessional d th highly mail box postoffice in The Main postage free or left at the Student Life office Grazing service came into existence during this ment as these six people prein Commons and came to take their places with the period EDITOR-IN-CHIE- F JOE JENSEN sented to the studentbody that Forest service All of these were created because of recogday Whether it was due to the nition of the need for HERBERT CHAMP BUSINESS MANAGER national of natural resources supervision musical genius of Dick Beecher Marion Jackson or It is the embodiment of a philosophy which states that it Is Asfociate Editor (he love for that type of music Bob Welch Nola A Pickett Honrary Editors that all of them have instilled in necessary for the national government detached from political Assistant Business Manager Fay Jones them I do not know But this I or personal interests to conservatively manage the natural Louis Bate do know: To present a song as resource Assistant Editor ' t Joan Hairison they did it requires hundreds of News Editor Suffer Many 'Setbacks and many times a practices Beverly Nielsen Society Editor Begreat deal of stick withit H E D Rediord It is true of couwe that the Feature Editor programs of these national cause when you deal with other Christensen Duane Editor conservation agencies have suffered setbacks in the past Sports Hiram McDonald people as close as these kids Rewrite 'Editor fifteen to realize the years One national agency the U S Grazing service have they begin John Wrigley Copy Editor almost was exterminated by and weaknesses other persons politicians and Willie Pickett Proof Editor failed-tto Is who others hard pom-ba for see national conservation Walter Welti that very thing Circulation Manager It is an interesting fact however that some of the same when teamwork is at a News staff: Viona Redmund Roberta Paul Miller Audrey Cooley Florence Claik Leah Zollinger Flayne Roberts premium people who almost killed the Grazing service now are anxious So I say hats off to the “Sexy to see it reestablished Sports steff Dick Michaud Ehuer Lundaw Ann Lamb Summarily it can be said that the Six” and lots of enjoyment to Conrad McBride Mohammed Kamly Russ Bateson Features: Bob Sorensen and programs of natural resource conservation will the persons that they entertain philosophy Sam Bullen Ross Weaver It is for this reason that foresters range man move forward as they say in Russia “that music Business Staff Duff Landsaw Charlene Tweedie Rosemarie Earl Sterling Huish wildlife agers Art: Merlyn ones Gerry Hatch Roy Olsen managers and people in related fields lo’ sends me” Proof staft: Alice Burt Bonnie Ferry Florence Burgin Pat Mendenhall forward the to future with optimism As ever your old Pal Circulation Carlos Hunsakrr " — Dean Lewis M Turns' Jack Sorenson r se ftafc-- v -- ! f 4 -- -- - ’ s Open Letter to Aggies r e 1 - ’ in-th- e 1 x well-prepar- ' ed -- : ever-increasi- ng IKiitudeat Iiife -- 1 10-- 1 10-- B 1 long-struggli- 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