ioo4 PARKS 



This course is designed to make the student acquainted with the more 

 common of our native trees and shrubs, as well as those introduced from 

 other countries for ornamental use. The work will consist of a daily lecture 

 at 9.00 A.M. on the character and identification of some half-dozen plants, 

 with sketches and notes made by the students from living material, and 

 a lecture at 10.00 A.M. on the manner of plant growth and the simpler 

 processes of horticulture. The afternoon will be devoted to a field excursion 

 to illustrate the morning lectures; or, if stormy, to readings in the special 

 library of the School of Landscape Architecture, the college library, or the 

 Boston Public Library, each of which has a very large collection of books 

 on ornamental plants and their uses. 



The afternoon walks will include the Arnold Arboretum, the Harvard 

 Botanical Garden, the parks of Cambridge and Boston, the metropolitan 

 parks, and many private estates and commercial nurseries of this region. 

 This course will begin on July 6, 1926, and last six weeks, coinciding with 

 the dates of the opening and closing of the Harvard Summer School of 

 Arts and Sciences. The tuition fee for this special course is thirty dollars, 

 payable on the opening date. 



(L) Play and Recreation, Lio. Community Recreation. Course for organizers of community recreation 

 physical directors, playground leaders, teachers and social workers. Lectures, reading, discussion and reports. 

 Half course (second half-year). Friday, 7-9 P.M. 



The course will begin with a consideration of the nature and signifi- 

 cance of play in its various educational and social aspects. The theory will 

 be related practically to the various uses of play in constructive education 

 and social progress; and the place of play in the home, school, church, 

 settlement and community, both in free and in commercialized forms, will 

 be considered. The more technical part of the course will begin with a 

 consideration of the organization and administration of play and recreation 

 systems, including from among the following topics such as prove to be of 

 most interest to the class : types of administration (playground association, 

 recreation commission, board of education, park board); types of centers; 

 supervision; organization of corps; training of play leaders; surveys; use of 

 existing facilities, school buildings and grounds, vacant lots, streets, water 

 fronts; commercial recreation. 



Engineering Schools. 



Some civil engineers have entered the field of park executive work. 

 This came about not because the schools of engineering consciously and 

 definitely attempted to train men for park executive positions but rather 

 because engineers employed for specific engineering services in park depart- 

 ments developed a capacity and a love for the general executive work. It 

 is doubtful whether schools of engineering will ever undertake to correlate 



