The Trustees of the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University, announced that the new Louis Marshall Memorial, science building of the College, is completed, and that leading foresters and distinguished figures of the country have been invited to participate with them in its dedication on Thursday, February 23.
This will mark the addition to the College of a modern and completely equipped building which commemorates the service to forestry of the late Louis Marshall, the American Jewish leader, who, as its first president, presided over the deliberation of the Board of Trustees for eighteen years.
An all-day program has been planned for the dedication of the new four-story building and will be conducted in the edifice itself. The ceremony will open at ten o’clock with addresses by leaders in forestry education and in the field of forestry.
Dr. Henry Schmitz of the College of Forestry and Agriculture at the University of Minnesota will talk on “The Relationship of Fundamental Sciences to Forestry.” Earl Clapp of the United States Forest Service at Washington, D. C., will speak on “Aspects of Basic Research,” and Dr. E. A. Merrill of New York Botanical Garden will discuss “Systematic Botany and Forestry.” Following the luncheon, which will be served then to the guests at the new structure, the visitors will be conducted in an inspection tour through the new building.
The formal dedication exercises will start in the afternoon at three o’clock, at which Dr. Harlan H. Horner, assistant commissioner of the New York State Board of Education and director of Professional Education will deliver an address of presentation, and form## Governor Alfred E. Smith, present chairman of the board of trustees, taking the position in 1929 at the death of Louis Marshall, will express the acceptance for the college. Chancellor Charles Wesley Flint of Syracuse University will deliver a speech of acceptance for the University. Then the dedication address will follow. The name of the speaker, however, has not as yet been announced.
In the evening the annual Forestry Student Club banquet will be held in the Hotel Syracuse at which guests and hundreds of alumni will be present.
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