cxvi Department of Rural Art. 



gether with a Seminary, the object of which was the better un- 

 derstanding of the current civic and landscape topics of the day^, and 

 some advanced work by the seniors. The teaching was done largely 

 in the rooms of the College of Architecture, being in closer prox- 

 imity to the excellent library of that College, and also to our draft- 

 ing room, since we were allowed, through the kindness of Professor 

 Martin, to utilize a portion of the architectural drafting room. 

 Several classes were conducted in a seminary room in the College 

 of Agriculture, as was also the work given the Winter-Course stu- 

 dents. The Winter-Course teaching was intended to help the stu- 

 dents to understand better the simpler ideas of landscape design, 

 and so make for themselves better home and village surroundings. 

 A considerable interest was taken by them in the work. 



An important phase of the instruction is the personal reading by 

 the students. This is largely to make him familiar with the writ- 

 ing and plan work of the earlier masters of the subject of art and 

 gardening, particularly those of the earlier Italian and French 

 schools. History of Landscape Design requires this in particular, 

 much reading being a part of the requirements of the course. The 

 seminary work, too, calls for a considerable reading, but along 

 more modern lines, particularly those of domestic and civic im- 

 provement, articles in the current press and magazines being the 

 source for much of this information. 



During the last year we have been at work upon the changes in 

 our course of study, as discussed in our last report. With the aid 

 of the Committee on Courses of Instruction, together with consid- 

 erable personal work of arrangement and adjustment, we are 

 finally able to announce our work as a well-organized four-year's 

 course of study, the first two years of which are made up of the 

 regular work of the College of Agriculture, with the junior and 

 senior years specialized along lines pursuant to Rural Art and 

 Landscape Architecture. In this year's Announcement of Course? 

 of Instruction, the courses have been so arranged as to meet the 

 needs of the students, as well as satisfy the requirements of the 

 College. The course now prepares the student, when supplemented 

 by one year or more of office training with a reputable landscape 

 architect, to enter into the more professional field of landscape art. 



In the revision of the course, several noteworthy changes have 

 been made. The course in Plant Materials has been divided 

 into two courses: one, Rural Art 86, termed Organography of 

 Plant Materials of Landscape Gardening, a two-hour course ex- 

 tending throughout the year ; the other. Rural Art 87, entitled 



