cxl Department of Rural Art 



Course 10, Plan Evolution — a new course that has been introduced for 

 technical students — is a series of lectures supplementing the drafting- 

 room work in junior design, and involving the presentation of much 

 subject-matter relating to the landscape plan which has previously been 

 covered, for the most part, only by criticisms in the drafting-room. 



Another new course — 39, Gardening — is being given in conjunction 

 with the Department of Horticulture. It furnishes opportunity for th€ 

 garden enthusiast to work out in a practical way some phases of gardening 

 of particular interest to himself. 



Two other changes of importance were made. The name of the Depart- 

 ment was changed from Rural Art to Landscape Art. It is believed that 

 the new name is more truly expressive of what the Department is, and 

 that it is more generally intelligible, covering adequately for the pros- 

 pective student the general character of the field of our activity. The 

 other change was the establishment of a special advanced degree, Master 

 in Landscape Design. We now have two students, graduates of the 

 College in 191 2, registered for this degree. 



The writer, in his report for 1910-1911, mentioned instruction in civic 

 design as a necessary future addition to the departmental list of courses. 

 The stafif of the Department is engaged in active preparation for the 

 offering of such a course. However, the course involves material of such 

 importance and an expenditure of so much time, thought, and money, 

 both in its preparation and in its mode of treatment, that it has been 

 deemed wise to regard the addition of this subject as a future expansion, 

 attempting it in the not-too-distant future but at a time when from the 

 outset the subject may be treated comprehensively. 



Special lectures and trips 



During the year 1911-1912 the Department arranged for fewer special 

 lectures by outside men than in previous years, because of the limited 

 funds at its disposal and the need of expenditures for classroom 

 equipment. 



At the close of the college year last June an inspection trip of several 

 days duration was conducted. More than one hundred of the most 

 representative places in the Hudson River section and on Long Island 

 were visited. A distance of approximately five hundred miles was 

 covered by automobile. Every effort was made toward economy, and the 

 average individual expense for ten students, for a period of four days, 

 amounted to $20. 



EXTENSION 



In spite of the fact that no special funds have been available, some 

 work in the field of extension was undertaken along two rather definite 

 lines, as follows : 



