Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-09-30

"A Prophet is not without honor
save in his own country and among his
own people"
Wauwatosa people may be inter-
ested in the bigger things that one of
her citizens is doing.
The Art Institute of Chicago an.
nounces that they have secured the
services of f. A. Cushing Smith, Land
scape Architect and Town Planning
Engineer. to deliver series of illus
trated lectures in connection with the
Better Homes Institute.
Mr.. f. A. Cushing Smith is prac-
ticing Landscape Architect and Town
Planning Engineer with offices in Chi
cago and in Milwaukee. He is a grad
uate of Cornell University, Ithaca, n.
Y. with the degree of Bachelor of
Science, where he specialized in Land
scape Architecture and in Architecture.
and he later received the degree of
Master of Landscape Architecture
from Harvard University, where he
specialized in Town and City Planning.
He has since travelled widely in the
practice and study of his professions.
In 1913, the plans prepared by Mr..
Smith for the plating of tract of
land of $50 acres, in national COM
petition held under the auspices of the
National Conference on City Planning,
were one of the four sets to be espe.
cially mentioned and published.
IN 1914. Mr. Smith, as the only
American competitor. received a medal
and Honorable Mention in the Inter.
national Conference of the re-planning
of Dublin, Ireland
For about two years he was on the
faculty of the University of Illinois,
Urbana. Illinois. in the Department OF
Landscape Architecture. where his
brilliant and foreeful speaking, and his
ability es an instructor, resulted in
his appointment IN 1916 as state adj
wiser in civic improvement in the state
of Massachusetts, which position he
held until the fall Of 1917, when he
enlisted in the Air Service Of the u.
S, Army.
Mr.. Smith has been successfully
practicing his profession for over ten
years, and Is an able designer in the
solution of all problems relating TO
Town Planning and Landscape Archi.
lecture. He has designed and laid out
the grounds about many private homes
and country estates, has designed golf
courses and country clubs. modern
cemeteries, real estate subdivisions of
all types. public institution grounds,
parks and park systems. Fairgrounds,
university and school grounds, and has
prepared detailed plans and compre-
hensive reports covering City and
Town Planning projects for many
communities in the United States. He
has been retained by large corpora
tons in the preparation of plans and
details of construction for Industrial
Housing projects, providing accommo.
dations for many thousands of work
ingmen, plans which include all archi.
tectural and engineering problems He
has recently been retained to design
a summer resort of over four hundred
acres, including a large subdivision
golf course, state park, state fish
hatchery, Fairgrounds, community
centers. recreation facilities for boat
ing, bathing and dancing
Mr.. Smith Is member of the Rotary
Club of Chicago, where he holds the
classification of Landscape Architect
and Town Planner. and is also mem
Der of the American Society of Land
scape Architects.
Mr.. Smith has for a number of years
been in great demand by civic or
ganizations. mems clubs and schools,
as lecturer on subjects related to
Landscape Architecture, Town Plan
ming and Architecture, and has pre-
pared fascinating ga obstructive lee
lures, illustrated by colOred lantern
slides, covering various phases of his
profession. These addresses are full
of practical suggestions which can be
applied 10 your personal. individual
problems as they relate to the design
and arrangement of the rooms of
your Dream Home" the development
and planting Of the grounds about the
residence, however tiny they may be.
The lectures offer inspiration to every
municipality in giving Illuminating
and constructive suggestions for con-
crete endeayor in the field of City
Planning