Xi Sigma Pi Rewind...
We pulled this photo from the Pack Forest Archives (courtesy of the old RTI Image Archive—thanks!). Taken in the fall of 1932, this shot captures several new pledges to Xi Sigma Pi, the forestry honor society founded at UW in 1908. It’s a bit hard to make out, but among the props and gags these pledges are wearing is the slogan, “Everybody loses when timber burns.” A note on another photo from this set indicates that two of the pledges (the other is off-screen, thanks to a regrettable crop we had to make for space) are from India, which is a fun reminder that even back in 1932 we were training foresters around the world!
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