154 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LANDSCAPE 



AROHITEOTURE. 



To the President: 



Sir: — ^This department was oflflcially formed by action of the State 

 Board of Agriculture as a distinct and separate department beginning 

 Septemiber 1, 1922. Temporary quarters were obtained in the Engineer- 

 ing Building through the courtesy of the Department of Drawing and 

 Design for the term of the school year, after which time it was expected 

 that more ample and desirable facilities for presenting this subject 

 would be available. The department desires to express its appreciation 

 for this courtesy of the Department of Drawing and Design which it 

 feels at times proved quite inconvenient to them. Under these condi- 

 tions it has not been possible to assemble the laboratory equipment 

 most desired for presenting this work, but it is expected that better fa- 

 cilities will be availaible for the coming school year. 



The subjects in Landscape Architecture offered during the past year 

 were such as had previously been presented in this line by the writer 

 in previous years as part of the course in horticulture. The courses 

 have now been reorganized in such a manner that a student specializing 

 in Landscape Architecture will be able to obtain a much better train- 

 ing in the subject during his junior and senior years as well as to per- 

 mit students in General Agriculture, Forestry and Home Economics of 

 obtaining some training on certain phases of this work that will be of 

 most value to them. 



It seems entirely fitting and proper in making this initial report of 

 the department to express the function and service that the writer 

 feels this department can render to the student body and to the citizens 

 of the state. If education consists of adaptation to environment, the 

 value of a study that develops an interest, love and appreciation for 

 all that pertains to the aesthetic enjoyment of a rural environment 

 would seem to be a very basic and vital part of an agricultural educa- 

 tion. That the young men and women passing through this institution 

 may gain a greater satisfaction and a better appreciation of life in a 

 rural environment, it is desirable that they be led to see the beauties of 

 nature and to sense the enjoyment arising from a love of rural land- 

 scapes. Therefore, this department desires the opportunity of reaching 

 each student who expects to live in the country and in particular to the 

 young men and women who expect to become teachers, county agri- 

 cultural agents, or leaders in the rural community. 



There is an unlimited demand for students trained in landscape work 

 as superintendents of golf grounds, a field that has not been considered 

 by this institution in the past. Arrangements have now been made with 

 the U. S. Golf Association whereby students desiring to enter tliis field 

 of service will be given positions during the summer vacation periods 

 on golf grounds to gain the practical experience in this particular type 

 of work and after completing with satisfaction their course in Land- 

 scape Architecture they will be prepared to occupy positions as super- 



