The 1917 Reptonian: an annual publication representative of the work in the professional course of landscape gardening at the University of Illinois . „„, _. 1 - r I A Neighborhood Park Margaret Hen sonR. A. Muessel Sixty-twQ The 1917 Reptonian FRESHMAN DESIGN In view of the fact that most of the courses of the Freshman year arethose which are prerequisites to the courses in Landscape Design, it hasseemed fitting to introduce design into the first years work in the form ofa course in Architecture. Problems in lettering, graded washes, archi-tectural details in the form of garden features and p


The 1917 Reptonian: an annual publication representative of the work in the professional course of landscape gardening at the University of Illinois . „„, _. 1 - r I A Neighborhood Park Margaret Hen sonR. A. Muessel Sixty-twQ The 1917 Reptonian FRESHMAN DESIGN In view of the fact that most of the courses of the Freshman year arethose which are prerequisites to the courses in Landscape Design, it hasseemed fitting to introduce design into the first years work in the form ofa course in Architecture. Problems in lettering, graded washes, archi-tectural details in the form of garden features and pavilions, and repro-ductions of the orders constitute the greater part of the training. This issupplemented by lectures and exercises in shades and shadows and per-spective. Such practice enables the student to become familiar with theprinciples of design, with architectural elements, and teaches him a veryjust sense of proportion. Freshman architecture is further broadened by requiring a certainpart of the time to be spent doing freehand work. The medium of expres-sion used in most cases is charcoal, but as the student becomes moreefficient some work


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