OREGON STATE FORESTER Volume XXXIV Corvallis, Oregon, January 1982 Number 1 .I FERNHOPPER DAY 1982 Fernhopper Day was initiated in 1928 and with the exception of several years during World War II has been an annual affair. February 20, 1982 marks the observance of the 50th annual Fern­ hopper Day and the 76th year of the School of Forestry. The OSU Forestry Alumni Board of Directors met November 14, 1981 to outline the activities for the day. It was agreed that the afternoon program be held at the new OSU Foundation Center (Cultural and Conference Center). Featured will be tours of the Center as well as showings of the student-developed slide-tape, "The Forestry Environment at • OSU". Tours of the Center will be Norman Johnson '53, tells Fernhoppers assembled to celebrate the School's 75th conducted at 1 :30 and 2:30 p.m. The Anniversary why -- "I'm Proud to be an OSU Forester." slide-tape presentations (approximately 25 minutes) will commence at 2 :15 and 3:15 p.m. in the Agricultural Science Conference room of the Center. The FERNHOPPER DAY main reception and lounge area will be FINANCIAL STATEMENT open for visiting and refreshments wi ll Saturday, February 20, 1982 December 31 , 1981 be provided. Featuring Guided Tours Balance Jan. 1, 1981 2,263.29 Self-guided tours to view demonstra­ Of The OSU Foundation Center t ions and displays wi ll be available in Slide-Tape Presentations - Income: Peavy Hall. The main office will be open. "The Forestry Environment at OSU" Dues 680.00 Pre-banquet receptions wi ll be held in the And Displays at Peavy Hall 75th Anniv. Publication 8,982.00 main lounge and room 206 of the Banquet 3,359.50 -Banquet- 75th Year Medallions 2,280.50 Memorial Union from 4 :00 to 5:30p.m. Memorial Union Ballroom 5:30p.m. Miscellaneous 35.12 The Banquet will be held in the M.U . Please Reserve Tickets By Mail Total Income 15,337.12 Ballroom commencing at 5:30 p.m. Deadline For Banquet Ticket Purchase Speaker at this year's Banquet will be 4:00p.m. February 19, 1982!!! Total Income & Beg. Bal. $17,600.41 Rex Resler '53, Executive Vice President­ American Forestry Association and 1981 E xpenditures: 75t h Anniv. Publication 11 ,491.25 recipient of the OSU Distinguished Fernhopper Banquet 3,215.50 Service Award. The costs of production, packaging and 75th Year Medallions 2,265.00 For those who may wish to visit after mailing of the Oregon State Forester plus Bank Service Charge 14.00 the Banquet, the main M.U . lounge, t he other mailings each year must be covered Total Expenditures 16,985.75 music lounge at the east end of the M.U., by Alumni contributions. Dues for Balance December 31 , 1981 614.66 and the small lounge at the west end will 1982 are $5.00 be availabl.e. Total Exp. & Ending Bal. $17,600.41 alumni sa id. And although that educat­ to be very important for the successful DEAN'S CORNER CONT. ion starts with four or five years of preparation of future graduates. There this bad since the Great Depression. This professional courses, it must be continued was enthusiasm for incll:Jding 45-50 situation puts the state of Oregon in with on-the-job training, diversified and practitioners as guest lecture rs each year, serious fin ancial trouble. As this issue THE DEAN'S CORNER I am devoting this "dean's corner" to developing practical experiences, and as we currently do. A full course taught of the OSU Forester goes to press, a summary of some of the clearest points The School's 75th year h as been formal continuing education courses that by a "firing-line forester" was also the state fiscal office estimates a that were made by alumni about the interesting! Reflections, celebrat ions, are linked both to these experi ences and thought to be a good idea - li ke Fred $240,000,000 short fall in balancing School's teaching programs, while inviting budget-cutting, and planning - in add­ to prior formal education. Alumni Graf's fire course, and the semina rs by the biennial budget. Our school , along you to wri te me your views if they aren't ition to classes, student advising, research discussions of these interrelationships Weyerhaeuser and Crown Zellerbach. with other state agenci es, has bee n asked reflected well here. projects and papers, short courses, and a were enthusiastic and stimulating. A natural resource summer workshop to prepare contingency plans outlining for high school biology teache rs and few meetings! Program Sound Alums supported the School 's con­ spending cuts of 5, 10, 15, and 20 per­ Typically, the year's high points t inuing education programs, and urged coordinated by forestry faculty was cent. Should it prove necessary to cut included alumni recogni zed for except­ Strong support for the School's their further development. They asked another idea. outlays by 15 or 20 percent at Oregon ional contributions. This year these traditional values and program thrusts that the scope of the School's offerings Several suggestions were made for State University, the effect on our included the Uni versity's Distinguished was evident throughout the discussions. be broadened to include management improved contacts with employers. And educational programs will be nothing Service Award to Rex Resler ('53) at Clearly, alumni favor continued emphasis skills and supervision, business and public alumni urged advisi ng students to move less than catastrophic. The damage '81 commencement; the OSU Alumni on an undergraduate forestry program administration, political skill s, and "com­ from aepartments in which jobs are short to those in which jobs normally exceed done to this fine institution of learning Association's first "distinguished alum­ that will produce forestry graduates with puter communications." by such cuts w ill take years or perhaps nus" awards both going to fernhoppers "marketable technical skills" and a sound Several discussions concluded that an the number of graduates, such as forest products and forest engineering. decades to repair. I urge each of you to T.J. and Stub (Starker and Stewart, of "foundation for continued personal and appropriately designed continuing ed­ Several suggested improved public do whatever you can to help us avoid course); and the Western Forest ry and professional growth." ucation program could alleviate unreal­ such a calamity. Conservation Association's two '81 for­ Di scipline, high standards of perfor­ istic expectations of the undergraduate information, news releases, etc. through­ out the state regarding what 'the School Lastly , I'd like to fill you in on the estry awards also both going to fern­ mance, competence, integrity and ethics, curric ulum, and simultaneousl y postpone plans for the 1982 Fernhoppers' Day. hoppers, Dave Burwell and Roy Silen! and a good work attitude were School teaching some subjects until after a is doing - success stories, helpful research John Davis '55 This year's activities will be held in the values rated highly by alumni . Finqing forester had sufficient practical exper­ results, etc. new OSU Cultu ral Center, which many of Focus on Future these teachings helpful in their profes­ ience to appreciate their relevance and Alumni believe the School should you have not had a chance to visit. The continue its primary focus on forestry Although we enjoyed celebrating the sional careers, alumni urged us to con­ importance. evening banquet w ill be held in t he tinue developing these qualities in future issues of importance to the Northwest. Memorial Union, as usual. Mr. Rex School's past accompli shments, and we'll At three meetings, participants sug· However, several in executive positions continue to celebrate the current accom­ graduates, "from introductory forestry gested major ·development of forest Resler, OSU classes of 1953 and 1954 noted that to match Oregon's forests plishments of alums, the state's economic through the entire curriculum." pol icy education at the School, both will be our featured speaker. Rex and industry, this University's School THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE i~ conditions haven't allowed us continuing Areas of recent progress were noted, undergraduate and continuing education. coming to the Fernhopper Day cele­ of Forestry must be one of unquestioned time for reflection. Most of the 75th too. Drawing special plaudits were Discussions of increased attention to Welcome, fellow Fernhoppers! It has bration from Washington, D.C., where he improvements in our graduates' w rit ing national and international excell ence and year has focused on the present and the policy education look several directions. been an interesting and exciting year to is Executive Vice-President of the Amer­ stature, with top faculty expertise in future - trying to assure that short-term and communication skills, the stregth­ Most alumni supported the School's serve as President of your OSU Forestry ican Forestry Association. I'm sure he many key forestry subjects. " Anything adjustments are reasonably compatible ened forest engineering curriculum, and educational approach to policy issues as Alumni Association. Our principle will have an interesting and exciting the increase in technical requirements in less would be selling the forests, the with long-term goals. contrasted with advocacy, although this activities this year were ~o finish paying message for us. the resource recreation program . industry, the students, and the people The School has absorbed significant view was not unanimous and was dis­ the bills for last year's 75th anniversary John Davis of Oregon short." Your School did not reductions in teaching, research , and cussed heatedl y at two of the meetings. cele bration and to sponsor Dean Carl's President Progress Needed sell the students or the people of Oregon extension budgets, and will absorb "forums" held in various locations Other Ideas short during its first 75 years; with your additional cuts early in 1982.