The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-17
OF CORNELL ~ UNIVERSITY.

j, Niagara r observation 1 In New; 81 ork Iestab-
4 glshed "a precedent, the val lily OF which
4 Is noW universal reco gniz ed. IL In{s its
4 sphere, tllescltys or the town has the right
Il to take and preserve he SINAI Ter features
}|twithin II S range. Such preservation#o fa
a local fea lures has over full in fuence
on the boys and 81 Iris. VIII ol " a side from
4 Hts instrnslc f1uence In + increasing the
attractveness Of the place; for It Is Of it,
!! leuse8 to ~ each thef CHI ldren about the
wonders that are ia off Il we elect the
features that are n cal.
4 II II. AZ bird expression OF the forward
Emovelnentin In rural art IS he great In
crea se3nRco -operati tive eff ort III these Ines:
sl.rhera are many societi es, \ al occupying
useful fields nd 1T Isl wing to know
$|lthats tic national societ les are to be CO.
ord mated. or thereby the eff Glen cy Y
Il lilo. inere ased ,s
eSrlseSo f the ar = and Il N proYerne nt sos
ctetless prac tica he prod { q de-
4 cad e. lrea dy these anizat ions are dos
Eing established work of p rlnan ent lteS
In many lines. T his wor VII soon tell
Every to Nn 8 ci nd wi &c wi be
aroused to the importa nee Q q m aking 1T IA.
ltsel clean and ttractive 81 and q he in-Se
snuence will gradual lys spread 4 to- the open
country. Ss IS
5E W. There has emerge ed al new profe s-s
( so,, !, one that d Gals with gu tdoors art
lbut- It hasT to- do wit much more ~ han
l5mere gardening or even Il arti ficial land &
lsscapes.S ter, as II now,lSit was ca lied
lla11dsca pc XII archit ecture. but 1t has
ito do III with much Is N ore 5 than a Y M
chitecture, sS linl less XII we use AK he Word
IN 4 a very large and TN famil lar sense
lyThe truth Is, this 3 new # profession \
includes, both landscape ardentng and
Landscape archi lecture, and much more
LIT covers In It's sweep Il % holel outrof-s
DOORS ling us W herein u lies the beauty In
1.-the landsca pc. what is the artistic Inter-
lest In tho given hill or MIA II IN What part
OF the slandscA pef he but dings w. uld8 best
be placed for artls tic effect as vel as for
|9utiltarlan pull poses " les Of are
l!chiteoture Will comport best wit the sur
lrolndlngs what general lie OF handling
| and Ssuh-divlding will best suit the genius /!
|Sof the place. The American Park and
Outdoor Art sAssociat ton made p at tirst I
Of those who pra q iced this prot ession.s
now includ es.S 81 cantly Its nun
5dreds 2sof members men nd women OF 4
every sort who have at heart the 5aesthe
I&tlc# bet terment&ofSY their environment q !,
lawyer Is Its 8presl dent.
| "A This association and this ne profess
sion are to lela tes o ur$ surrounding g TO
embarrassing artistic temp r5of iou
Ito weld into harmony I'll es man y en- ter
prlses tina are no w isola ted and sepa-SSs
ate.f OF. f1Jht eis
stood lin this country, has been usually
an Isolated featllre. Now 1t is to be. re-
Hated with the whole tci ty@ or I. wi tn y Its
whole neighborhood. It will be a part /
Of the landscap pc In which 4 sits ia OF a
| theswrole landscape;3or, better the WholA Il
Landscape may be a parl u he tho rong H.
fares will be connected wi IT., as nerves
are connected bwith5a ganglion The Lands
sea pc OF a whole country (asE OF Essex
county. New ] erseyl7 will be- brought un-f;
der the general control this rtist. All
the enyirnns OF a city las OF Boston with X
| Its hills and streams q nd ba Ks and road g
and lakes and shores and ma shes ana
forests WILL be put In his hand n such 4
bold handling as this,9mere formal par ks !
are hut Incidents; yet, to the Landscape
gardener OF a generation ago. the park
was the elimination of &pr ofessional eff
| fort, is sis n ssyj iiss q
Finally. this new IA ta presses itself lii 4
our increa sing Intimacy With the objects
In nature w are coming TO- know he Il
animals and the plants and the brooks
better. The things with which a man
can best he reached, TO put the child 4
first OF all into book is to- lead IN away 4
from its own world intoSa I'm o. nm Y
|reallt!es. The tendency & Of our Il duca-ssss
| ton has hseH = to lead a way from the VI
things with whichsa man has 10 do. Cow
lernment Is some far-off chtmeras The
|;child goes to school IN gene world
comes home to another world. All this
now Is changing, The hamlet or he city 4
Els the placein which to study government
and social questions, The, II plant ~ hat "
grows at ones feet the bee IN the .nea r-s
est fower, the landscape that IL common s
est. these are the avenues Immature ard
to the larger life that les ahead Il The Z
whole point Of view OF our education has
shifted from the subject-mattsr Ia the
child. This is the new education. Every i