Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...loss of this school to Harvard is doubly regrettable when it is considered that ever since the founding of the school, the demand for qualified men in this field has far exceeded the supply. An appreciable percentage of the students attending the Harvard school have been lured away by the offer of excellent jobs, before they had completed the requirements for a degree...
...Harvard Planning Library is said to be the best in the world and judging from the demand for more and more trained men which the school has been endeavoring to meet since 1929, the instruction offered has not been regarded as of a substantially lower quality...
...objects upon it for human use and enjoyment, where the good appearance of the result is of importance. For many years the landscape architect has been concerned largely with the planning and development of the private place, but of recent years the rapid increase in recreation has brought the demand for men trained in the profession to a point where it now exceeds the available supply. While the principal work of the landscape office in former years, the private place, has decreased, the amount of work on public projects of various sorts, mostly of a public recreational character, has increased...
...meet this demand a man entering the profession of Landscape Architecture must have training in the fine arts, since his field is largely one of visualizing the results and of creating pleasant surroundings that will be in keeping both with the architecture and with the natural conditions of the locality. He should be competent in design and above all, have the imagination to see the finished results of his schemes far ahead of the actual accomplishment. Dealing, as he does, with not only architectural compositions, but also the problems of land grading, engineering, water-supply, and drainage, as well...
...true value of any profession lies in its service to the public and in the resulting demand by the public for its employment. In this connection it is interesting to note that during the recent depression all graduates of the Harvard School of Landscape Architecture have been occupied' at various types of work related to their profession, and that none, even the men graduating last June, have failed to secure positions in this particular field. No one can forecast the length of time that this demand for trained men will continue, but there is every indication that the majority...