OREGON STATE FORESTER VOLUME XV Corvallis, Oregon, J anuary 1967 Number New Peavy Arboretum DEAN . \ ' • I 010•• 1 W PI.AVY AIIOIIfUM -- Dr. Carl Stoltenbei·g Dr. Carl H. Stoltenberg will assume the Thanks to a generous grant from l'I'Irs. The result was a well ddined watercourse Deanship of the OSll School of Forestry i\fax D. Tucker. the George W. Peavy averaging 3 to 4 feel deep with a steady ilbout Janua'l' I. 1967. Dr. Stoltenberg .\rboretum is in the process of being com­ flow of water throughout the summer. comes to Oregon from Iowa State University pletely redone. The total area designated The next major accomplishment was the where he has been Head of the Department as arboretum is approximately 180 acres construction of over a mile of traiJ a full of Forestry, and succeeds l\fac McCulloch which includes Cronemiller Lake and the eight feet wide topped with a three-inch who has stepped down for reasons of Forestry Club cabin. First priority is the Ia yer of crushed rock. health. The new dean was born in Mon­ 3~ acres immediately inside the entrance on The pond, which for technical reasons terey, California, received his bachelor's and old highway 99 about eight miles north of master's degrees in forestry from the Un i· Corvallis. will be smaller than shown, was to h ave been completed last fall but due to prob· versity of California, and his doctorate in A campus commillce with representatives len1s involved in obtaining a water right, agricultural economics from the University from Forestry, Pharmacy, Botany, H orticul­ construction must be delayed. I t will be of Minnesota. He has served on the facul· ture and Landscape Architecture, with Dick named the "Randall Pond" after the late ties of University of Minnesota and Duke Dilworth acting as chairman, has been set Case} Randall who had been in charge or University, gained research experience on up to plan the development. Preliminary the Arboretum From 1951 until his death in assignments with the U.S. Forest Service in­ planning included a master plan (see pic· 1965. cluding that of chief of the division of lure) prepared by George Fredeen, Dept. of forest economics research of the 1ortheastern As most Fernhoppers know, many native Landscape Architecture, and a soil survey hy Forest Experiment Station, and is presently and a few exotic species arc already present the Dept. of Soils. a member of the council of of on the arborclllm site. One interesting spec­ th~ ~ciety Americ-dn Foresters. Actual work got under way this . past ies belonging to the genus Pinus p eriodi· su1nn•er under the direction of Dave Paine. (ally reverts back to its juvenile growth Future plans, beside construct ion of the Using power equipment, most of the 34 characteristics and produces singular, angu· dam, include maintenanci:1 expansion and acres has been cleared of brush, mowed and tar needles which look exactly like spruce the beginning of an extensive planting prO· sprayed with 2·4·S·T to retard new growth needles. The origin of these trees, some up gram. T he planting will follow a plan yet of undesirable plants. Even though follow· to 10 feet high, is unknown. to be developed with help from the Dept. of up spraying is anticipated the original spray· Another spot has been set aside for Dr. Landscape Architecture and the existing soil ing has been quite successful. Kim Ching's plantation of various species survey. Eventually other ·chools on the One of the major accomplishments was and varieties of Pseudotsugae from all over campus will add a section including a that of d raining the swampy area west and the world. One of the trees has all the botanical garden by Botan y and a drng nonhwesl of the proposed pond. Since this outward characteristics of a true fir. Dr. garden by P harmacy. area was too damp for heavy equipment, a Ching explains that the normal Douglas-fir It will be many yea rs before the entire ditch was blown (not all at once) using has 26 chromosomes (13 from each parent) Arboretum area is complete hut a substant· nearly 500 pounds of ditching dynamite. hut the above mentioned tree has 27. iat beginning has been made. Page TWO · OREGON STATE FORESTER January 1967 .J anuary 1967 OREGON STATE FORESTER Page Three Stoltenberg takes over, thus enabling him to take a part at the outsel. By doing this lishcd the Casey Randall lVIcmorial Scholar­ the Alumm not only get to work with the •• 0 CASEY ship. The words of the scholarship • bra­ Alu·mni B·usiness • • • • • Dean, but the Dean stands to receive, fi rst School Doings chure best describe the esteem· in which Oregon State Un iversity Forestry Alumni Association hand, some of the thinking of the Alumni Casey was held, and arc quoted. scattered around the State. There l~as been a !ot. of planning put into Board of Directors the new Forestry b111ldmg. Priorities of the MAC'S CORNER "Warren Robert ,"Casey" Randall, Oregon State Forester University's construction program placed the Since this is the last ··corner" for me, (1918-1966) in 1962 was voted by the students the most inspirational teacher TERM EXPIRES APRIL, 1967 new Forest11' building into the next biennial I'll look back at 29 years of association with Aunual n cw~ l e lt er of the OSU Forestry in the School of Forestry. T his is George W . Churchill U. S. Forest Service Alu mni Association m ailed to the last budget as submi tted to the Governor. Al­ the School. not to embark on an elaborate though the Governor's hatchet men whacked historical cssa)', but to give a few examples perhaps the best index to his years of P. 0. Box 3623 kn own address of all OSU Fernhoppcrs. service in the School- the ability to Portland, Ore. 97208 <II th.e University's consruction program, it illustrating the many changes which have r~ma ms to seen w ~ et h c r its place on the occu rred. I'll make a few guesses about command respect, even though he was · l J. S. Forest Service ?e Spencer T. Moore ltst allows 1L to surv1ve with the cuts that future developments, with no guarantees, no demanding of his students, as he was (Vice President) Ash Building have been made. of h imself. Corvallis, Ore. 97331 t imetable, and no inte11L 10 second-guess the From The . Th c first ~vcek -l?ng i nsti Lute in forestry men who will be responsible fo r the School's Theodore Maul State Forestry Dept. lo1 Otllstandmg lugh school students was fu ture. During most of his years at Oregon (Presiden t) 2600 State Street ~1c:ld last year and was quite successful with In 1956, many of you were on deck fo r State University, Casey labored under Salem, Ore. 97301 Alumni President tO s~udents from Oregon, Washinglon . Cali­ the School's 501h anniversa11'. Present were the extreme handicap of serious ill­ [onlla and ~daho attending. former dean Paul l\1. Dunn; Harold Gill health and many severe operations. at TERM EXPI RES APRIL, 1968 As r mentwned above, 1 have met the new and T . J. Slilrker, half of the fi rst graduating once d id he lose his cheerful outlook on Marvin Rowley Tree Farm Service Dc~n, and find him an exceptionally intcl·­ class of 1910: many others from the early life; not on ce did he complain; always P. 0. Box 278 estmg person to talk to. I suggest Fern_ days of the School; and the spirit of George he was an example and an inspiration Philomath, Ore. 97370 hoppers Day and Banquet as a good place W. Peavy himself. It would be unthinkable to others who thought they had troub­ Frank Sargent State Forestry Dept. to meet _D ean Stoltenberg and say h ello to that his spirit co uld be in any other place les. 2600 Stale Street Mac aga1n - particularl y if you didn't get on the 50th auniversary of his beloved Warren R. Randall Salem, Ore. 97301 to attend the banquet in Mac's hon or last School. spnng. H undreds of student$ wi ll remember Sam Taylor Boise Cascade On that occasion I addressed an urgent lt is with sadness that we announce the Medford, Ore. 97501 H o~v ab~u t you non-members joining the and sincere charge to the youngest man in death on February 22. 1966, of P rofessor Casey's patience and assistance in times .-\ssocmt10n. About 20% do now - we the room, asking him to be present at the Wanen R . (Casey) Randall in Fort Collins. of perplexity and trouble. Many fern­ TERM EXPIRES APRIL. 1969 could have a. J~C~ n i ngful organizatio: with IOOth anniversary; asking him to tell how he Colorado. ln his memory has been estab- hoppers learned from h im the necessity 1 for high ideals and for kindness and Dave Burwell R osboro Lumber Co. mo.re. of you JOIIHng and taking part in the was present in 1956 and heard and saw the P. 0. Box 1098 ac11v1t1es of the Association . men who were in the first class. the men In postwar curriculum developments es­ generosity toward their fellow men. He Springfield, Ore. 97477 who spoke of the early years, the men who sential new courses have been added, and taught them much that was outside the Very truly yours, knew George Peavy so well, the men who non-essentials eliminated.