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Fulltext: • COLLEGE NOTES • ROLL OF HONOR Second Semester, 1951-1952 Rank Name Class A.Load 1st-Francia, Faustino C. Senior - 17 2nd-Reyes, Martin R. Senior - 22 3rd-Malacoco, Evangelina F. Senior - 22 * * * * A.R. 1.59 1.66 1.95 PRESIDENT TAN, MOVING-UP DAY GUEST The earliest to start, shortest convocation program and briefest guest speaker's speech ever had in a Moving-Up Day celebration here was held on March 29, 1952 at the Ma.1tiilng Park Pavilion. President Vidal A. Tan of the University of the Philippines, in his "Gettysburgian" speech, inspired the graduates to go on with .zeal and industry in their service to the country. Though with low remuneration, the ranger, he said, has greater opportunity for better character and happier life than the rich. Dean Tamesis presented the B.S.F. and ranger candidates for graduation to the President of the University, after which the latter conferred the certificates to the rangers. Other features of the program were the traditional passing of the key (Seniors to Juniors) ceremony and 2 vocal solos by Miss Lulu Castro, (Coloratura soprano) accompanied on the piano by Miss Amelita Roa of the Conservatory ot Music, U.P. Promptly at 8:30 A.M., the program was opened by the Forester-in-Charge of the College, Harold Cu.zner, who gave a brief remarks about Moving-up day. At 10 A.M., the different donations were turned over to Dean Tamesis 'for the College of Forestry: (Senior Cla-2 artistic concrete benches fitted around an African oil palm; Ranger class--Dictiooary wooden stand; Pensionado Club-waiting and rest station). Mrs. Tamesis and Mrs. W. L. Gooch cut the ribbons for the Senior class and Pensionado club donations, respectively. Games, 'oratorical and Spanish declamation contests were held in the afternoon followed by a dance tendered by the Juniors in honor of the Seniors in the evening at the Swimming Pool Pavilion. The II MA Band furnished the music. * * * * JUNIOR-SENIOR PROM The Juniors this year under the leadership of their President, Marcelino Macabeo, resumed the tradition of giving a dance in honor of the Seniors. That was on the evening of March 29, 1952 in the colorful, cool- swimming pool pavilion of the Makiling National Park. The popular II MA band furnished Page 34 the delightful music for the dancers. Ladies from Calamba, Bay and Los Banos gave life to the affair. Dean and Mrs. Florencio Tamesis, Mr. and Mrs. Winslow L. Gooch, Forester and Mrs. Eugenio de la Cru.z, Foresters P. San Buenaventura, D. Soriano and Carlos Sulit, Dr. A. V. Manza and Professor J. B. Blando, Foresters E. Madrid, F. Asidao, Ar. Genio, and many visiting foresters from nearby provinces attt.nded and participated in the dance. Sucess of the affair is due to the cooperative efforts of their President, the Vice-President, Jose A. Cru.z, Ambrosio Juinio and their classmates. Forester F. Tamolang contributed his artistic talent in "dressing up" the pavilion. (See pictorial) * * * * ATHLETICS The Forestry Youth Circle cagers rammed their way to the final round of the basketball championship to cop the basketball trophy during the Moving-up day celebration on March 29, .1952, by shoving out the tall 3rd BCT. P.A. Stars in the College of Forestry basketball court. The FYC hoopsten completely dominated the game against the Army dribblers. Results: 17-11, 26-24, 46-30, 59-36. For the last three years the FYC almost captured all basketball championships in the College of Forestry, winning 3 trophies and 13 pennants in different games in different towns of Leguna, Tayabas and in the city of Manila, since its organization in 1949 by youths within the Forestry premiaes captained by Marcelino Capito and coached by Forester T. Deliso. The College of Forestry quintet playing its initial game lost to the Sportsman, Los Baiios, by a margin of two points. The clash was as rough and rugged as any two feuding neighbors can make it. The game started in as a thrilling see-saw affair. Score: 33-31 In the second game of the afternoon on March 29. the Los Banos All Stars enjoyed a target practice as they knocked out the Santa Cru.z All Stars, 47-22. In another game, the Grinhar Midgets outsped and outlasted the Grove Midgets, 31-18. On March 30, before the championship games were played, in one game the Santa Rosa All Stars ousted and rode roughshod over the Ex-Cowhm San Pablo five. The San Pablo boys chopped the gap down to 9 points in the last quarter but the Santa Rosa skymasters refused to be cowed and marched on to a final 29-27. The Forestry Youth Circle rapped the Los Baiios All Stars edg:ng out the basketers from the low· lands, 22-13. The following day the Forestry All Stars softball FORESTRY LEAVES team toppled the defending Agriculture All Star bulldogs, in a double-head game at the College of Agriculture softball grounds with a 10-4 win. Another tilt between the Los Baiios All-Stars and the 3rd BCT P.A. Stars will determine the winner of the Manalo Banner. Donors of Prizes were: Forester Ernesto G. Tamayo . . Basketball Trophy Forester Santiago Berbano . . . . . . Banner Forester Carlos Valdepenas . . . . . . . . Banner Forester Jesus Natonton . . . . . . . . Banner Forester Benjamin Blando . . . . . . Banner Anonymous ................. . Forester Tomas Manalo . . . . . . . . . . Banner Banner It was a highly successful sports affair on the Forestry campus as Mt. Makiling cooperated with good weather in contrast to her usual playful moods of raining during celebration games.-T. MONTOJO * * * * FORESTRY TEAM COPS VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP The Forestry volleyball team, captained by Honorato Esteves and coached by Forester Rosario Cortes, captured the 1951-52 Los Banos Volleyball intramural championship tilt last December 20, 1951. The Foresters nosed out the Aggie Freshies in three straight sets at the College of Agriculture grounds. In the elimination contest, the contending pertie1 were divided into Groups I and II. The Forestry Team, U.P. R'11"al H:gh boys and the Junior Aggie• composed the contenders in the elimination contellt. for Group I, while the Freshmen Aggies, the Senior Aggies and the Sophomore Aggies fought each other in Group II to win the elimination contest. The Freshman Aggies whipped both the Aggie Seniors and the Aggie Sophomores in easy games and became winner of Group II to face the winner for Group I. The Forestry tossers trounced the U.P. Rural boys in the first elimination and steam-rollered the Aggie Juniors in the second round to qualify for the championship game which was played last November 17, 1951, against the Freshman Aggies, winner of Group II. The Forestry cagers showed superb form in the first stanza and eased down in the second and third, spurring the Freshie Aggies to fight hard and desperately; but in the fourth, the Foresters really clicked and hammered the Freshies right and left mercilessly. With victory in sight, however, the hectic game was overtaken by darkness so that Mr. Gascon, the umpire, had to postpone his decision-which resulted in a 2-all tie. The play-off was held last December 20, 1951, in which the fighting Foresters won 3 straight games out of the 5 scheduled games. Score: 21-18, 21-20, 21-17. Once again, ·the highlanders regained GRADUATION ISSUE--April, 1952 the volleyball championship crown which they have worn for so long that it has almost become a tradition of the college. -T. MON'i'.OJO * * * * Without games, Forestry Day celebration would certainly be dry and so on Forestry Day, December 2, 1951, games were played for which different prizes were donated by prosperous alumni of this College. Among the donors were the following: 1. Forester P. San Buenaventura . . . . . . . . P20.00 2. Forester Agapito Cenabre . . . . . . . . . . . . P20.00 3. Forester Vicente Parras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P24.00 4. Atty. Juan Acojido . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P12.50 5. Forester Valentin· Sajor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P 6.50 6. Forester Evaristo Tabet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P 5.00 '"/. Forestry Youth Circle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P20.00 8. Pensionado Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P20.00 These cash prizes were given for: Pingpong, Badminton, Tennis Singles, and Tennis Doubles. -T.M.M. * * * * A beauty contest was held at the Leaders' Trainir1g Conference. MiBS Thelma ( Balagot of the Philippines) was declared Beauty Queen of S. E. Asia and Robert (Hla Khin of Burma) has qualified to be Mr. S. E. A. Polly (Cancio, Phil.) and Keith Bridston (WSCF, Switzerland) were eliminated from the contest because it was felt that "their beauty has become the ezclusive poBSession of their respective partners." From "The Sillimanian", January 19, 1952 (Page 2) * * * * FILIPINO FORESTERS MEET The Society of Filipino Foresters held its fourth annual meeting last March 30 at the forestry campus in conjunction with the moving-up day celebration of the U.P. College of Forestry. Winslow Y. Gooch, forestry advisor of the Mutual Security Agency (E.C.A.) in the Philippines, pointed out to the foresters the fact that the pressing forestry activity at the moment in which M.S.A. is participating is the cla11ification of the public forest lands, and the establishment of a Forest Products Laboratory at the forestry campus in Los Banos, which will be the center of forest research work in the country. This laboratory will be equipped with the most modern scientific apparatus for testing and analyzing wood and carrying on ezperimental research in the preparation of pulp and peper, pressed boards, veneers and plywood. It was also learned from Advisor Gooch that the Pap 35 M.S.A. is likewise interested in lending suitable assistance aimed at improving the management of our vast forest resources which will take the form of a comprehensive inventory of our forest wealth and the setting up of forest experiment stations. Among other matters taken up in the meeting, were a symposium on administrative and technical problems of forestry, approval in principle of the proposed legislation to provide for the licensing of the practice of forestry in the Philippines, and adoption of the "Code of Ethics" for the profession. -JUAN DAPROZA • • • • FORESTRY ALUMNI MEET Taking advantage of the presence of a sizeable group of foresters who are to convene the following day for their conference as members of the Society of Filipino Foresters, Dean Florencio Tamesis, as President, called them to a meeting as members also of the Forestry Alumni Association in the afternoon of March 29. Invited to the meeting were the new B.S.F. and ranger graduates who became automatically members of the association. Members of the Board of Directors were elected who are as follows: Foresters Florencio Tamesis, Porfirio San Buenaventura, Eugenio de la Cruz, Carlos Sulit, Calixto Mabesa, Gregorio Zamuco, Doroteo Soriano, Valentin Sajor and Felipe Amos. The first 3 will serve for 3 years, the next 3, 2 years, and the last 3, 1 year. The association endorsed the organization of a course leading to the degree of Master of Forestry. A committee of 9 (3 from the College of Forestry, 3 from the Bureau of Forestry and 3 from the outside) alumni was authorized to be formed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors to study the revision of the curriculum of the College of Forestry here with a view to meeting the needs of the lumber industry. A campaign fot contributions to the Ahem Medal Fund was started; prosperous members of the association chipped in readily. * • * * NOTED SCHOLAR ADDRESSES LOS BA&OS STUDENTS In a special convocation at the College of Agriculture on February 18, 1952, in which a number of College of Forestry students and faculty members were present, Dr. James Yen, President of the International Committee of Mass Education, UNO, thrilled his listeners with a significant address, in which be laid emphasis and interest on the education of the masses or "kasama". His line and special interests were in the education of the poor, the needy, the illiterate, the oppressed, the downtrodden, or th• common masses. "The foundation of our progress as a nation lies in the masses, hence the education of those masses are important in order to let the founPage 36 dation contribute to the prosperity of the country," Dr. Yen declared. In the earlier part of his address he related his struggles to succeed in his movement for mass education in China. He conceived the idea in the firin& lines in France during World War I where he discovered that within 4 months a Chinese soldier was able to learn to read and write which was a farce in China. This convinced him of the effectiveness of mass education. He said that many fail "not becau1e they lack brains but because they lack the opportunity". The progress of a nation depends upon the educated masses. Thus, they should be given the opportunity for an education. The progress of the nation should not be worked from top down but from bottom up, he averred. The outstanding scholar and educator said "I must come to the people, to a village or barrio where the people is, not the city. I must not look upon them as aliens, but I as one of them, wear their kind of clothes, eat with them, sleep with them and be part of them. For from them I can get more facts about education and at the same time educate them." He pointed out that the prerequisites of an ideal mass education are: it must be fundamental (not basic), it must have economy of time, and it must be useful and practical. Mass education must serve to wipe out illiteracy, poverty, diseases and misgovernment. These are the objectives be sought to make mass education a success. But he ventured to say that one must have imagination and desire, self-confidence, faith and pride in order to succeed. He cited Rizal and Nathan Hale as examples of men who dedicated their lives to the cause of the masses. He advised the audience to follow in the footsteps of Rizal and be a Rizal some day for we need ll1llDJ' Rizals these days. He concluded his speech by saying that since be is specially interested in the education of the masses, he must start working for the progress of humanity by working from bottom up, where the foundation supports its success. NOTE: Dr. James Yen is an internationally recoi· nized Chinese educator and one of the ~atest ex· ponents of the mass education movement, a iraduate ot Yale University and considered one of the world's outstandini modern revolutionaries. He was one of the 10 outstandini men toiether with Einstein, Dewey and Henry Ford who were honored in 1943 at the 400th anniversary of Copernicus. -T. MONTOJO * * * * FORESTRY COMMUNITY CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS PROGRAM The traditional Christmas program was held on December 21, 1951, under the auspices of the Student Body Organization of the College of ForeStry. FORESTRY LEAVES Skit contests, lantern contests, songs, a tableau, etc. were the principal features of the affair. The results of the contests were: Winners: Skit Contest-Makiling Literary Club-1st Prize Pensionado Club-2nd Prize Sophomore Class-3rd Prize Lantern ContestLocal BCT, P.A.-lst Prize Second Prize--Sophomores Third Prize-Seniors A choral number, "Oh, Holy· Night" was rendered by the occupants of Dormitory House No. 1. The Seniors staged the spirit of the season by presenting a magnificent tableau of the nativity of Christ. Vocal solos were rendered by Messrs. Silverio Revilleza and Florencio Garnica, song birds of the Freshmen. There were exchanges of gifts managed by a Santa Claus. Professor Eugenio de la Cruz, Adviser of the Student Body Organization gave the closing remarks. Prize donors were: Professor Harold F. Cuzner, Miss Thelma Balagot, Mr. Domingo Jacalne, Mr. Domingo Lantican, Mr. Osiris Valderrama and Mr. Rodrigo Valbuena. Master of ceremonies was Mr. Jose Meniado, VicePresident of the SBO. -T. MONTOJO • • • • BUSINESS WITH A MESSAGE Mrs. Sulpicia B. Aquino, social worker and insurance underwriter, spoke before the college students taking Engineering during a recent visit on February 7, 1952. She impressed the students with her witty address in which she urged the value of savings. Her topic was "The Improvement of Economic Life." She congratulated the students for taking the Forestry course. She emphasized the value of savings to the students. According to her, savings is the foundation of the progress of a nation. Savings is a sign of love, for to save is to love. Now is the time to save-for tomorrow it would be too late. Life is home, life is a machinery. Time will come when that machinery will not work-save today to prepare for tomorrow. According to her, by savings we are contributing to the progress of the nation. In the last part of her talk she ezplained the meaning of insurance, its value and the security it gives to the insured. She then entertained questions from the students. She said that this is especially good only to those who do not drink, smoke nor drink cocacola too much. She mentioned the fact that here in forestry the students arj! healthy and do not waste their life unlike many of those in the city. She - a bright future for forestry students not only in the GRADUATION ISSUE---April, 1952 Government service but in private enterprise. Although her business is insurance, she gave the young men sincere, motherly advice. -T. MONTOJO • • • • TAMESIS TALKS TO STUDENT BODY Dean Florencio Tamesis talked before the student body on March 2, 1952. He had a trip to Japan and Europe and, in his talk, informed the students, among other things, of the causes of the confusion now prevailing in the Philippine-Japan timber trade. He revealed that the trouble lies mainly in nomenclature and partly in our inspection service which passes inferior logs for export to Japan. According to him, some unscrupulous log exporters had been sending such inferior species as Kupang and Lanipao to Japan as "white lauan". This has resulted in widespread losses to the Japanese traders and has harmed our timber export trade as the Japs have refused to accept the poor grade log. He de•cribed to the students several Japanese practices in the lumber trade most interesting of which was their method of selling logs by public auction. The buyers and the auctioners do so silently communicating with each other by means of signals with the hands. The dean also mentioned about the Japanese saw which has but one twentieth ( 1/20) of an inch sawkerf greatly reducing milling wastes. Mr. Tamesis brought with him samples of Japanese-made bamboo products, such as an ash tray, a bamboo mug and a laminated bamboo serving tray which resembles a high grade plastic product. In the rattan industry, the Dean informed the students of the Japanese method of cleaning rattan by the chemical process. Dean Tamesis also visited Rome where he attended the F AO conference. He revealed the formation of a Eucalyptus Commission and a Chestnut Commission, created to preserve and propagate those trees. The Dean observed that the people of Italy and other parts of Europe are forestry-conscious as evidenced by the fact that Arbor Day is celebrated for months in different localities. School children line up for the tree planting ceremonies with their parents behind them. From the French forest school at Nancy, Mr. Tamesis brou11:ht with him a new idea for a contraption which is of import to Dendrology students. There he found in use, a portable, collapsible, aluminum ladder which could be carried by one man alone-when folded.-F. P. • * * • SILVICULTURE CLASS VISITS REFORESTATION PROJECTS To supplement classroom lectures, the Silviculture 2 class under For. Teodoro Delizo made an on-thespot study of reforestation work under the Bureau Page 37 of Forestry. Believing that it is best 'to see actually the things· discussed in the classroom, the class visited the projects in BagUio and in Caniao, Vigan, Ilocos Sur. Since the forest in the Mt. Province are of almost pure pine, the officers explained to the students the procedure in pine reforestation which is slightly different from the general procedure followed with common trees. In Caniaw, the students saw how a good nursery could be built even on an unfavorable area. The sloping ground was easily made serviceable by terraces, and an exquisite water system provided with sufficient water for the plants. Brain and brawn solved the problem of a rocky terrain. * * * * FRESHMEN TAKE THREE EDUCATIONAL TRIPS This year's freshmen rounded up their education with three field trips under their respective professors. First relief from their monotonous campus routine was the Botany trip to Dalahican Beach on December 16, 1951. The freshies collected marine speciments and visited Perez Park in Lucena and the Sampaloc Lake in San Pablo City. On December 19, 1951, Professor Jose B. Blando, head of the English department and Miss Thelma C. Balagot, took the Freshies to Manila where they observed various operations in the press room of the ''Manila Times", and visited the San Miguel Brewery's Ice Cream and Cartoon plants and Bottle Factory. Immediately after the Christmas holidays, on January 3-6, 1952, the Freshmen took to the field again, this time under Dendrology Professor Calixto Mabesa. The class entrained for Tagkauayan, Quezon where they studied swaµipland species of trees as well as the dipterocarp forests deep in the interior. Aside from Professor Mabesa, the freshmen were accompanied by Dr. A. V. Manza and Ranger Rodrigo Valbuena, assistant instructor in Dendrology. While in Tagkauayan, the students were aided by Forester E. K. Santos, Ranger Ordonez, Ex-Ranger Panaligan and other personnel of the local forest station.-T. M. MONTOJO * * * * ORATORICAL CONTEST AND SPANISH DECLAMATION TILT WINNERS In the afternoon of March 29, the ninth oratorical contest and Spanish declamation contest under the auspices of the Makiling Literary Club were held. Winners in the Oratorical contest: 1st, Jose A. Cruz ( prize--gold medal from Speaker Perez) ; 2nd, Raymundo Acosta ( prize--silver medal from Hon. Cipriano S. Allas) ; and 3rd, Feliciano Barrer (prize-Page 38 books from Forester P. San Buenpventura). Win. nars in the Spanish D~clamation Contest: 1st, Filiberto Pollisco ( prize--book from Forester H. Cuz11e.r) ; 2nd, Feliciano Barrer ( prue--book from Forester F. Assiddao); and 3rd, Pedro Agustin (prize -book from "Forestry Leaves). Judges for the oration were: For. Felix Franco (chairman), Mrs. M. Sevilla and Miss Balagot, members. * * * * LAND CLASSIFICATION . (Continued from page 14) mic structure of our country? These are the questions which we should ask ourselves before we sacrifice forest land still containing valuable timber and other important forest products in favor of agriculture. A little of the future should be sacrificed for the sake of saving the present. Of what has already been set aside by the Bureau of Forestry from these vast forest resources as portions of the permanent forestry heritage for posterity, it is expected that the other government agencies that have something to do in the development of agriculture should so respect the wisdom why they should no longer count these areas in any tentative program of making further sacrificial destruction. Thus, the thought of saving what is left of utility for posterity in this world of growing things is an inspiring hope for .those who are coming after us. AN ORCHID OR ... (Continued from page 33) ciency, for which Director Fischer and his associates deserve praise and commendation. (Sgd.) EULOGIO RODRIGUEZ Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce" Remember the Bell Mission Report last year which singled out our Bureau for efficiency? We have been keeping up to tradition.-J.D. The faith that overcomes every obstacle in the world is the faith that 'refuses to accept apparent opposition and defeat. -L. Stevens Hatfield FORESTRY LEAVES