Comments on: STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, Fall 2010 http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2010/11/student-achievement/ Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:06:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Fred O. Walk http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/2010/11/student-achievement/comment-page-1/#comment-323 Fred O. Walk Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:32:29 +0000 http://www.ag.iastate.edu/stories/?p=948#comment-323 I began my college life at Iowa State as a Forestry student in 1956, graduating in 1961. In the Spring, I think during VEISHEA,, I participated with other Forestry Club members in an annual tug-of-war with Civil Engineering students. The event was held in Central Campus, north of the Campanile. I don't know when the tradition started but, we competed every year I was at Iowa State. I believe the current faculty is correct regarding the surveying course, which the Engineering Department put together just for Forestry students. Also, Forestry students were required to take an Engineering Problems course with special classes set up mostly for Forestry students. It was a one-quarter course in the use of a slide rule. Most of us were not enthused about the course or abuse we took from the Engineering students over their "slip stick." I began my college life at Iowa State as a Forestry student in 1956, graduating in 1961. In the Spring, I think during VEISHEA,, I participated with other Forestry Club members in an annual tug-of-war with Civil Engineering students. The event was held in Central Campus, north of the Campanile. I don’t know when the tradition started but, we competed every year I was at Iowa State. I believe the current faculty is correct regarding the surveying course, which the Engineering Department put together just for Forestry students. Also, Forestry students were required to take an Engineering Problems course with special classes set up mostly for Forestry students. It was a one-quarter course in the use of a slide rule. Most of us were not enthused about the course or abuse we took from the Engineering students over their “slip stick.”

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