Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-01
IMPROVED
RURAL HON ES
Art Professor Will Help Make So.
Dakota Farms More Attractive

Dakota Farms More Attractive
One of the noticeable innoya-
tlons of the present day is the at
tempt of the universities and col
leges to 90 outside OF their halls
and campus grounds. i'm an effort
to be of service and benefit to the
common people. South Dakota's
institutions seen to be keeping up
abreast with those of other states.
The Northern Normal and Ind. In
stitute at Aberdeen and State Ag-
ricultural College, Brookings, have
for some time been the leaders in
this kind of work /; and now comes
our State "U" at Vernillion,
which has established Dept of
Journalism as one of its mediums
for extension work. This depart
ment is sending out weekly letters
to the newspapers of the state Civ
ing an account of its various en-
terprises.
The first one of these letters to
be received by The Press is of
special interest, when one looks
around Forest City a little, and
wehope somebody will get some of
the US extension work to ramble
this way-just for joke.
We copy the said letter below
and regret that we are unable to
print them all as they appear,
judging from the four or FIVE we
have received:
1.-The rural homes of South IRA
kota should be attractive as we'll as
comfortable, says Professor Rossi-
te" Howard, of the art department
of the University of So. Dakota.
who since joining the 'U' last fall
has been devoting time to the study
of the rural architecture of the
state. He is planning a campaign
of education for rural buildings
that will combine the qualities of
usefulness and beauty and that will
adapt themselves to SoDakota con.
ditions. With this end in view
Prof. Howard is working on ser
les of stereopticon lectures ON rural
architecture which he intends to
give in the state.
''The art department will not
undertake single handed the task
of developing the rural architec-
ture of So Dakota. The depart
ment of home economics and the
college of engineering are giving
assistance on questions of house
planning and the structural prob
lens of house building. Profes-
sor Howard has been getting ma
terial also from Washington and
the east and from neighboring
states where work along these lines
has been done.
"Prof. Howard has recently re-
turnd to the U. s. from France
where he spent several years as art
lecturer for the Bur. of University
Travel. An art department, he
says, should not be merely con-
cernd with pictures. 1t should get
in touch with the state where there
is the greatest need. He feels
there is a great field in So. Dakota
in helping to plan more attractive
homes"
Another good work to be under
taken by the extension departm't
of the University is a ''Survey of
Road Materials" of the State. The
college Of engineering is at pres
ent testing materials from different
sections of the state and is propos-
ing to undertake survey for the
definite purpose of determining
the location and nature of So. Da-
kota's road materials.
Another rise of nearly two
feet occurd in the river last night
(Wed). which is the highest the
sold. inh." remembers of, at this
time of the year. The water is
backt mp under the Eidam bridge