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Here's lo 1957 May it bring<br />
you everything you're wishing for.<br />
MARTY'S<br />
PHOTO SUPPLY<br />
Acute Lack Of Trained Men<br />
Is Major Forest Problem<br />
PRINCE GEORGE One of <strong>the</strong><br />
biggest problems facing <strong>the</strong><br />
lumber industry in B .0. today is<br />
<strong>the</strong> acute lack of universityforestry<br />
en-<br />
trained foresters and<br />
gineers, Hon.' Ray Williston,<br />
Minister of Lands & Forests,<br />
told a meeting here last weekend.<br />
I<br />
The minister was addressing a<br />
special meeting of <strong>the</strong> Canadian<br />
Institute of Foresters in <strong>the</strong> Masonic<br />
Hall. Those present at <strong>the</strong><br />
meeting consisted of foresters &<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir guests, and eame from as<br />
far away as Terrace.<br />
In an interview following <strong>the</strong><br />
meeting Mr. Williston said he<br />
had told <strong>the</strong> assembly <strong>the</strong>re is<br />
much to be done in <strong>the</strong> field of<br />
educating <strong>the</strong> public on <strong>the</strong> needs<br />
and problems of <strong>the</strong> forest in »,<br />
dustry.<br />
Forestry is approached from<br />
two divergent points of view, he<br />
went on. industry and conservation,<br />
and public confusion is <strong>the</strong><br />
result.<br />
"We must convince <strong>the</strong> people<br />
that if we are going to follow a<br />
policy of sustained yield we are<br />
going to have a far more technical<br />
industry.<br />
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"Until now wee have depended<br />
on <strong>the</strong> universities to train men<br />
and we of <strong>the</strong> B.C. Forest Ser\'ice<br />
have started recruiting <strong>the</strong>m in<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir third and foiuih. years. The<br />
trouble is, everyone else has<br />
been doing <strong>the</strong> same thing and<br />
we have not been getting enough<br />
men.<br />
"I am convinced that what we<br />
must do is try to inject interest<br />
in forestry and lumbering into<br />
<strong>the</strong> Grade 10 and 11 level. We<br />
must supply interesting data on<br />
<strong>the</strong> industry employment openings<br />
and opportunity for advancement.<br />
"There is no information in <strong>the</strong><br />
schools now," said <strong>the</strong> former<br />
Minister of Education.<br />
"Nearly every o<strong>the</strong>r basic industry<br />
has placed such information<br />
in <strong>the</strong> schools and is reaping<br />
<strong>the</strong> benefits.<br />
"The data in <strong>the</strong> schools on <strong>the</strong><br />
forest industry — British Columbia's<br />
basic industry — is as poor<br />
as that of any o<strong>the</strong>r indiistry in<br />
<strong>the</strong> province."<br />
Mr. WiUisiton proposed that <strong>the</strong><br />
lumber firms contact <strong>the</strong> high<br />
schools and offer summer employment<br />
to students who intend<br />
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to go on to university.<br />
The firms might offer employment<br />
during every summer in<br />
which <strong>the</strong> student is attending<br />
university, and lend <strong>the</strong> student<br />
<strong>the</strong> difference between his saved<br />
earinings and his educational<br />
costs on condition that upon graduation<br />
<strong>the</strong> situdent would remain<br />
with <strong>the</strong> company at least<br />
until <strong>the</strong> loan was discharged.<br />
Great strides have been talcen<br />
in this field by <strong>the</strong> pulp and paper<br />
industry in B.C., <strong>the</strong> minister<br />
stated.<br />
This system would not only<br />
hela fill <strong>the</strong> need for technical<br />
persSonnel, it would solve ano<strong>the</strong>r<br />
problem which <strong>the</strong> industry faces;<br />
<strong>the</strong> problem which arises<br />
from <strong>the</strong> fact that many forestr"<br />
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