DEPARTMENT REPORTS 155 



intendents. A few meu are working this summer on golf grounds in 

 preparation for their training in this line. 



This department has not been granted the privilege of an extension 

 worker. The demand of citizens of the state for assistance in this field 

 is very great. Letters are daily received asking for advice in the plant- 

 ing of the home grounds and for help in the designing and development 

 of farm grounds, tourist's camps, playgrounds, school grounds, church 

 grounds, and the grounds aibout rural town buildings. A great deal of 

 the time of the writer has been taken in working upon these plans as 

 well as much of the time of Miss Genevieve Gillette, half-time assistant 

 in the department for the past year. When one considers that the mak- 

 ing of each plan requires from four to forty hours of time drafting, 

 the immense amount of work involved may be appreciated. The depart- 

 ment, however, was not able to meet all of the demand. Many requests 

 for plans and personal visits had to be refused. The following is a 

 summary of the plans made this year: 



1. Civic Problems — 



(a) Parks, Athletic Grounds, Tourist Camps 2 



('b) School Grounds 8 



(c) Church and other public buildings (not schools) . , 5 



(d) Cemetery 1 



2. Farm Problems — 



(a) Farmsteads 9 



3. Suburban Properties 8 



Total ' 33 



Besides the plans made several talks were given before various sorts 

 of farmer's organizations and civic improvement clulbs. 



It is hoped that funds will be available from the extension division 

 to place a man on full extension time during the coming year, as this 

 department, otherwise, will not be able to take care of the demand for this 

 work which is becoming more pressing each year, and a refusal of help 

 on requests tends to develop an antagonistic feeling toward the institu- 

 tion. It would seem if we are interested in making country life more 

 worth while, that we should be anxious to encourage a greater interest 

 in the development of rural home grounds, and in the aesthetic develop- 

 ment of all other rural grounds such as of the consolidated school 

 grounds, rural town parks, rural cemeiteries, and such other public 

 properties in our rural communities as will tend to make them more 

 beautiful and satisfactory. 



Eespectfully yours, 



C. P. HALLIGAN, 

 Professor of Landscape Architecture. 



