The 1917 Reptonian: an annual publication representative of the work in the professional course of landscape gardening at the University of Illinois . gn, 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 theprinci
The 1917 Reptonian: an annual publication representative of the work in the professional course of landscape gardening at the University of Illinois . gn, 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 in pencil sketching is done. The scope of a course likethis allows a very thorough training and gives the student a chance to pre-pare himself in the most adequate manner for the work that is to follow. The 1917 Reptonian Sixty-three. Smith A Niche G. S. Gimre Wk >l^4E Be?? ?^ > IvPrPf r A Measured Drawing Laura Bannister sixty-four The 1917 R ept onian GARDEN DESIGN In the course in Garden Design the chief emphasis is laid on the studyof gardens of the early periods. The Tudor, Elizabethan, French, Italian,and Colonial gardens are those considered. The types of architecture, theuses and purpose of the garden, the nature of the planting, and the in-dividual characteristics of each period are studied and discussed. Thisinstruction is supplemented with exercises in the designing of present daygardens which reflect the characteristics of some particular type of periodgardening. At this time when the influence of certain types of architecture isclearly felt in our building, it can be readily understood why it falls in theprovince of the landscape architect to be ab
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