OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS 



report on the matter of placing public build- 

 ings in parks. 



Mr. Manning read a report on the "Stand- 

 ing of our Profession in Relation to the Pub- 

 lic and Other Professions." Mr. G. A. Parker, 

 a paper on the "Value of Park Reports." 

 President Eliot spoke on "Welfare and Hap- 

 piness in Works of Landscape Architecture." 



December 12, 1911. Meeting and dinner. 

 Transportation Club, New York. 



Present: Messrs, Brinckerhoff, Caparn, 

 Greenleaf, Hubbard, Lay, Leavitt, Lowrie, 

 Manning, J. C. Olmsted, Parsons, Pilat, Roj', 

 Underbill, Vitalc and Wheelwright. Guest: 

 Mr. Thomas H. Mawson. 



Report of Committee on Education read and 

 accepted and copies ordered sent to interested 

 parties. 



Mr. Mawson spoke on the difference be- 

 tween the standing of the profession of land- 

 scape architecture in this country and in Eng- 

 land. 



A letter was read from the A. I. A. regard- 

 ing the proposed Lincoln Memorial in Wash- 

 ington; Mr. Manning was appointed to con- 

 sider this question with authority to act. 



January 9, 1912. Thirteenth annual meeting 

 and dinner. Transportation Club, New York 

 City. 



Present: Miss Jones, Messrs. Brinckerhoff, 

 Caparn, Gay, Greenleaf, Lay, Lowrie, Parsons, 

 Underbill and Wheelwright. Guest: Mr. 

 Charles A. Piatt. 



Following the election of officers for the en- 

 suing year and the appointment of commit- 

 tees, Mr. Piatt spoke on "Collaboration be- 

 tween the Architect and the Landscape Archi- 

 tect " 



February 20, 1912. Meeting and dinner. 

 Hotel Victoria, Boston. 



Present: Messrs. Aldrich, Caparn, DeForest, 

 Gallagher, Hubbard, Kellaway, Kennard, Man- 

 ning. -Movius, Nolen, F. L. Olmsted, Phillips, 

 Sears, Shurtleflf and Taylor. Guests: Messrs. 

 F. H. Bourne, H. L. Flint, F. H, Gott, W. H. 

 Punchard, A. G. Rotch, S. C. Smith, B. A. 

 Tripp and Loring Underwood, James Ford, 

 J. Randolph Coolidge. 



Subject of the Lincoln Memorial was dis- 

 cussed and it was 



Voted: To approve the report by Glenn 

 Brown on the subject. 



Mr. Ford spoke on the "Housing Problem" 

 and Mr. Coolidge on the "Mandate from the 



State of Massachusuetts to Consider and Re- 

 port on the Problem of Metropolitan Planning 

 for the Metropolitan Park System around 

 Boston." Mr. Shurtleflf spoke on the "Boston 

 Zoological Garden." 



March 19, 1912. Meeting and dinner, Trans- 

 l)ortation Club, New York City. 



Present: Messrs. BrinckerhofT, Caparn, Low- 

 rie, Outhet, Parsons, Pilat, Saltus and Vaux. 

 Guests: W. Van Ingen, Professor Hamlin, A. 

 S. Boring, President Architectural League. 



Voted: That a committee be appointed to 

 arrange a meeting of the society and the pub- 

 lic to consider the question of Central Park. 



Mr. Van Ingen spoke on the subject of 

 Central Park from the point of view of the 

 painter. 



November 12, 1912. Meeting and dinner, 

 Transportation Club, New York City. 



Present: Messrs. Brinckerhoflf, Caparn. 

 Greenleaf, Lay, Parsons, Phillips, Saltus and 

 Underbill. 



On motion of Mr. Brinckerhoff the secretary 

 was instructed to send a letter to all members 

 of the society, urging them to enter the City 

 Planning Study, conducted by the National 

 Conference on City Planning. 



The president started an informal discus- 

 sion on the question of professional practice 

 and charges, which developed interesting fea- 

 tures. 



December 10, 1912. Meeting and dinner, 

 Transportation Club, New York City. 



Present: Miss Coffin, Miss Jones, Messrs. 

 Brinckerhoflf, Caparn, Greenleaf, Lowrie, Pen- 

 tecost, Saltus and Weinrichter. 



Report of Committee on Editing Transac- 

 tions was read. 



Voted: That a copy of this report be sent 

 to each member for a written opinion, the re- 

 port then to be revised to correspond with the 

 majority's opinions. 



Voted: That the president bo empowered to 

 appoint a Committee to Investigate Ways and 

 Means of Organizing and Maintaining an Em- 

 ployment Directory, through which any mem- 

 ber of the society may obtain information as 

 to oflfice assistants, contractors, etc. 



January 14, 1913. Fourteenth annual dinner 

 and meeting. Transportation Club, New York 

 City. 



Present: Miss Coffin, Miss Jones, Messrs. 

 Caparn, Chamberlain, Comey, Dawson, De- 



