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Caption: Book - 30 Year Master Plan (Tilton & O'Donnell)
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166 History of Campus Plan made. The recommendation was accepted by the Board, and the Committee proceeded to make the necessary arrangements with Mr. Vitale, whose proposal was presented to the Board for final approval on June 29, 1928. A satisfactory agreement having been reached, he was retained as Consulting Landscape Architect to study, in collaboration with Mr. Piatt and Professor White, a comprehensive scheme of planting for the University, especially in regard to the South Campus, in conformity with the accepted Piatt Campus Plan. The planting design was to be in harmony with and serve as a setting for the new types of buildings being constructed on the Campus. These studies were to* include the necessary preliminary survey for the purpose of more detailed study, a final report, and finished design and planting plans. Mr. Vitale continued his studies for nearly a year, during which time he visited the University and conferred with the University Architects, and on May 17, 1929, he submitted to the Board a final and comprehensive report together with a fully developed planting design, detailed studies, and suggested planting schemes for the major portions of the Campus. The final report was a carefully studied analysis of the planting needs of the Campus, and gave numerous and valuable suggestions for carrying out the proposed Planting Design to the end that the University would in the future have a Campus Plan complete in every aspect. Mr. Vitale's vision of the future was clearly outlined in the concluding paragraph of his report, which is printed in full in the appendix, page 229. Our endeavor throughout our studies has been mainly directed to the devising of a planting design which will give, in the course of time, a maximum of impressiveness with utmost simplicity. For many years to come, undoubtedly, the South Campus will have a bare and uninviting appearance, even if the trees planted are of a fair nursery size, but in the eternal life of the University the day will come when the vision of the present builders will be fully realized. It is, therefore, very much worth while to adopt now the policy of making the present subordinate to the future and jealously to watch for and to prevent opportunistic endeavors to deviate from it. We feel confident that, ultimately, the planting scheme submitted
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