ioio PARKS 



A SUGGESTED COURSE 



All the suggestions that have been made concerning the training of 

 park executives apparently agree that it is desirable that the executive 

 have collegiate standing, and that a broad, liberal training is fundamental. 

 This, coupled with studies in the special fields of knowledge intimately 

 related to the major functional activities of a modern park system, supple- 

 mented by actual field work in the various major divisions of a highly 

 developed and well organized and administered system during every summer 

 vacation, ought to give a fairly all-round training. 



The subjects of study in such a course will fall naturally into five 

 major groups, although in some instances there will be overlapping. The 

 five major groups are: 



(A) General Course. This would comprise, chiefly, subjects of a liberal 

 or cultural nature, although many of them will be preparatory to more 

 technical courses later. 



(R} Executive Administration. Business organization and manage- 

 ment. 



(C) Community Recreation. Organization and leadership of the people 

 in many different forms of recreational activity. 



(D) Landscape Gardening. 



(E) Park Engineering. 



A tentative list of subjects that may be studied under each group 

 follows : 



(A) General Course. 



1. English. 



(a) Composition, general. 



(b) English literature including American literature. 



(c) Public speaking. 



(d) Practice in writing with special reference to composition of reports, 

 publicity material, orders, etc. 



2. Modern languages. This may be either German, or French, or 

 Spanish, to be studied to extent of securing a reading knowledge of one or 

 the other of them. 



3 . Mathematics. 



(a) Higher algebra. 



(b) Trigonometry. 



(c) Calculus. 



These subjects are preparatory to courses in landscape architecture and 

 in engineering. 



