Editorials

Title

Editorials

Language

English

Year

1953

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PROFESSOR CUZNER AND THE COLLEGE OF FORESTRY Four score and eight years is a long period in a man's life. But compared with the life of an institution such as ours, it is relatively shorter. Yet much can happen in that length of time especially to a man whose life is dedicated to the guidance and training of the youth. Professor Cuzner, fandly called the "old man", has spent the best years of his life in a school (now college) which for over four decades has been turning out yearly the custodians of our vast forest wealth not only for us, but for future generations. His life and that of the College of Agriculture, where he formerly taught, an~ that of the College of Forestry are inextricably linked. He saw them start with nothing and develop into institut:ons known abroad. He saw them wantonly destroyed during the War of liberation. He saw them begin anew and with the faculty and the alumni and their friends pulling together were able to recover if not completely, almost completely. When Professor Cuzner retires at the end of this schoolyear, the Faculty and the Student Body will feel the creation of a void by h:s departure. Perhaps there can be no better indication of our appreciation for his labors and sacrifices than trying to keep up the standards he had set while Forester-in-Charge, and in continuing the noble although difficult task of forest conservation. The school under him has established a reputation of which every forester can very well be proud. And the Bureau to which every alumnus goes after graduation has earned a name for ;_tself for honesty, efficiency and service. The quality of the graduates can always be traced .;:o the faculty, of which Professor Cuzner has been the guiding spirit. SUGGESTIONS The then school, now College of Forestry, enters its forty-third year of training the country's youth along lines of conservation, service and honor. From the accomplishments and remarkable services that her graduates do for the conservation, protection and The Staff of the FORESTRY LEAVES Organ of the Student Body and Alumni of the College of Forestry, U.P. College, Laguna 1952-1953 BENJAMIN D. ALMONTE Editor-in-Chief BERNARDO C. AGALOOS Managing Editor Associate Editors CIRILO SERNA NAPOLEON VERGARA LUIS PA;l'ERNO TEODORICO MONTOJO Circulation Dept. HERMAN AGPAWA DOUGLAS INGOSAN PELAGIO BAUTISTA GRADUATION ISSUE-March, 1953 JULIAN R. MEIMBAN JR. Board ol Manaiement Business Mana1er VIRGILIO FABIAN BERNARDO BURGOS MODESTO TOBIAS FLORENCIO MAURICIO Assist. Business Manager LUCIO QUIMBO FELICIANO BARRER Art Editor Contributing Editors MARTIN R. REYES Prof. JOSE B. BLANDO FRANCISCO N. TAMOLANG Adviser NICOLAS P. LANSIGAN Page 89 administration of our forests, everyone is aware that its existence is more than justified. From the start the college has trained men principally .. 'fOr service in the Bureau of Forestry. Little changes, if ev~r have been ~ade to mj;dify the currieulum. Forestry, like all other professions marclies airing "*ith 'time. "Th~ advance of forestry for the past four decades has been substantial It seems about time that we inquire into the possib:lities of modifying the present curriculum· to suit the demand of the times. A modified course in which a student interested in forest management or silviculture or lumbering may specialize, appears to be m order. It is also suggested that students be benefited of the invaluable experiences that were gathered through the years by those in the forestry service. These men may be lnvited to come as often as they can and lecture to the students on the practical and actual aS.;. pects of their respective lines of work in the field, the pr~hlems they have encountered, the solutions they made, and things that could never be learned from books and theoretical explanations. Theories are all right. Theories plus practical experience as described by those who encounter them in their everyday work are a long way much better for the, students.-B.C.A. MAIL BAG . . . (Continued from page 79) terest and value to the students as well as the Alumni of this College. Last year we reprinted an article of former Director and Dean ex-officio Arthur F. Fischer "What Makes a Forester" in the grauduation issue of our Organ. The public relation officer of the Bureau of Forestry chanced to come across your . article and believing that it, too, would also be of lasting value to the foresters-would-b3 and the foresters now emPage 90 Compliments of MAJOR NICOLAS P. l.ASOLA Pasture Permittee Manukan, Zamboanga Compliments of FEDERICO .·DIAMANTE Lumber Dealer Dipolog, Zamboanga ployed m the .Ls1anas, the Board dec1aea . io reprint your article and it is b?cause of this that we are soliciting your permission so that we can give our readers an opportunity to read a' very interesting and important article. Hop;ng that our request would be granted and that we shall hear from you soon, I remain. Very sincerely yours, JULIAN R. MEIMBAN J~~ Associate Editor j Compliments of Mrs. ENCARNACION PANUNCIALMAN PASTUR~,P~RMITTEE Lupon, Davao Compliments of GUIANGA LUMBER CO. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER OF LUMBER Calinan, Davao City FORESTRY LEAVES

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