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cepts and processes of resource planning. Some of us may want to 

 move ahead; others may not. But I think it vitally important that 

 the universities and colleges share leadership in this dynamic situation. 

 To do this, they must recognize the critical nature of the problem and 

 take responsibility for educating students and reeducating profes- 

 sionals within the framework of our newly declared aims. 



JULIA J. BRODERICK. Two problems have emerged from the dis- 

 cussions of open space and natural beauty in the metropolitan areas 

 and their fringes. The first is how we preserve and protect those 

 areas of particular character that mean beauty to us and the second 

 is what we do with the areas that we have acquired as open space. 



It is not enough simply to procure some sort of fee or right to signif- 

 icant land areas. Unless the minority, now convinced of the need 

 to assure natural beauty in our landscape, can educate the majority 

 as to the constant and continuing efforts involved, the forces that 

 have produced the present confusion will continue their inexorable 

 march. 



Barbara Ward suggests that we need models of open space areas 

 to illustrate the choices available and to demonstrate their value. 

 I question whether we are capable of building such models. 



Frederick Law Olmsted had a philosophy of open space in metro- 

 politan areas that was consistent with the mores and philosophies of 

 his society. It was a romantic notion that sought to bring pieces of 

 the country's wilderness into the center of the city : hence the Fen- 

 way and Wilderness of Franklin Park in Boston and Central Park 

 in New York. It was a false wilderness to be sure, but master- 

 fully built and it created a desire for similar parks and open spaces 

 in other cities throughout the country. But his philosophy does not 

 meet the needs of our contemporary society. 



We have not shown the ability to design anything much larger 

 than a tot lot which reflects the differences between our way of life 

 and that of Olmsted. The well-designed tot lots of today are very 

 different from those that Joseph Lee fought for at the turn of the 

 century. Yet they meet the same needs that he saw in a way more 

 suitable for a child of the 1960's. 



The models that Barbara Ward seeks were never more desperately 

 needed. Substantial grants must be made available to finance ex- 

 periments in modern open space design. And our landscape archi- 

 tects must spend less time worrying about regional problems (where 

 planners are becoming more and more capable) and more time 



