THE STUDY OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

WITH SPEC IAL REFERENCE TO THE PROGRAM OF THE BEAUX-ARTS IN STITUTE

OF DESIGN

THE ARCHAEOLOGY PROJET. PART l.

BY JOHN F. H ARBESON
In this series of articles. wh ich began in l anuant, I92I, l'i1r. Harb eso11 is explaining the method of working
a11d how to ge t th l' greatest benefit ·i n f ollu w iug the program of Th e Reau:i--Arts Institute of D esiqn. It is 11 ~1
i11t e11ded as a substitute for personal ·i11struc t ion a11 d criticism. The. "A11a lytique" was treat rd in issues f or Fe b-
ruary to Septc111bl'r, r92 r. rncl11s 1vc , a11d the Class B Plan Problem m m ore recent iss11 es.-En.

ANY men take an "archa.:o" simply because for a let-up fr om the hard g rind of the regular pro-
M a credit in archn::ology is required to get
the certificate of the Beaux Arts Institute,
and yet if we look over the published work, the
jet, for the time g iven for the arch;,eo is about twice
as long as that g iven for the projet. a nd whi le all
of this time can be used to advantage in s1·udying
premiated work, we find some names that appear the archceology, it is quite possi ble to do a very good
again and again under an arch<.eo by using only a
"arch;,eo," and the oftener porti on of it. It is thus
we find the name, the possible to take one of
more likelih0od that the these problem s when one
work gives evidence of has not enough time to
abi lity an cl cleverness. stud y properl y a hig plan
These men have found problem.
that there is a great fasci- Then, too . with thi s
nati on in the arch~cology greater time a ncl also be-
problems, a n appeal quite cau se the arch.:eo probl em
different from that of the is n ot concern ed with th e
projet. different e v e n findin g- or studying of a
f r om the "decorative parti or scheme, there is
problem," for here there alvvavs a verv m u c h
is little thought of parti greater proport-ion of time
or scheme, even the ordi- that can be n sed for the
nary laws of design- presentati on than is the
symmetry, balance, ar- case with the plan projets.
ran gement of voids to sol- So these problems ahvays
id s, etc.-take a second- offer the opportunity to
ary place and there is try different kind s of ren-
great freedom for fancy, dering an cl to increase
fo r picturesque effect; for one's ability at rendering .
imagina tion, in fact, un- Medium s may he used
hampered by practical re- tha t would he frowned
quirements. The part·i is upon fo r a plan projet,
usually fi x ed by the pro- opaque color s. lithog raph
gram. At any rate, in an effects; and drawing in
arch<.eo a parti niust not perspective, which is sel-
be originated; it. too, like dom allowed for a plan
the ornament and details, projet, is here desired.
mu st be take n fr om d ocu - Th e compositi on of the
ments of the style in ques- sheet is again of great
ti on. importance. as usually de-
There are several good tail s of the sty le are call ed
reasons for doing arch<.e- for. \ i\Then this is th e
ology problems. In tl~e case. if the small .scale
fir st place, if a man 1s drawing is sh0wn in ele -
working in an ::telier at vation. as in Figure 1, a
ni ()'hts only, and m an of- Spanish loggia, the prob-
fic~ by clay, taking an Figure 2. Archceology P.rojet, "A N orinai1d3• ! e 111 of composition is
arch<.eo gives him a chance Shop Front," Clayton Evans f enbns. very much what it was m

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Figure r. Arch<Eology Projet, "A Spanish R enaissanc e Loggia,"

John F . H arbeson.

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Figure 4, Arclueology Projet, "A Studio in the Russian Style,"

Boris Riaboff,

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Figure 3. Archceology Projet, "A House of the Fourteenth Century in France," John F. Harb eson.

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the analytique only the for ms are more free a nd position, such as Van Pelt's, much more intelli gible
one begins to see that much of the "composing" may than before. I re fe r to the chapter s on painter' s
be done in the rendering : i. e., that washes and tones compositi on-composition in two dimensions-and
can be used to arrange a drawing. More often in not to those referring to the composition of archi-
an archceology, however, the small sca le drawing is tectural form s, which is a study in three dimensions,
in perspective as in the "Normandy Shop Front," always intelligible to the architectural student.
F igure 2. In this case the selection of the point of But the best reason for taking the a rchceology
view plays an important part in the composition, as problem s, the reason why one is required to take
does the location of the source of lig ht, with the at least one of them . is that they a re an incen tive
resulting shadows, and the arrangement of archi- to the real study of "documents," of books and
tectural form s, gables, chimneys, dormers, etc., and drawings . I n the plan proj ets docum ents are used
accessories, people and animals, signs, etc. When to furni sh id eas here and there for a parti or
no details are required , the entire problem of com- scheme; even while they are being consulted one's
positi on ' is in the handling of this small scale draw- thoughts a re preoccupied with the parti and the
ing, selecti on of point of view. arrangement of light documents are of secondary importance. I n t he
and shade, di sposition of a rchitectural features and archceo documents are studi ed for their ow n sake.
accessories. F igure 3 is an example of thi s type The arch~o is, before all, a stndy in style and the
of pro blem . \i\Then a student attempts this sort of parti or scheme, so fundam ental in plan proj et. plays
thing he beg ins to realize the value of the training no part here except as it may fi g ure as a question
in compositi on in the "analytique." After an at- of style- of the style call ed for in the program; the
tempt of thi s cha racter, he will find a book on com - parti itself should he studi ed from documents .

Figure 7. Archmology Projet, "A Cast Iron Balcony," L. C. L icht.

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The problem is primarily a study in the arrange- THE PARIS PRIZE.

ment of motives and in the ornament of the style
OMPETITION for the Sixteenth Paris Prize
given. It familiarizes one with many documents
he would not otherwise look at, certainly not exam-
ine carefully. It gives one many new and interest-
C of The Society of Beaux-Arts Architects is
now in progress, the First Preliminary Com-
petition having been held Jan. 6. The Second Pre-
ing dispositions of architectural forms and enlarges
liminary Competition will be held Feb. 24, and The
one's knowledge of different details. It is one of
Final Competition will open on May 5. The judg-
the surest methods of creating an architectural vo- ment in the Final Competition will take place July
cabulary. It is on the discerning use of documents 17, and the drawings will be on exhibition July 17
that success in the arch<eology projet depends. The to 28 inclusive.
problem may be a "Pompeiian Court," to choose one These competitions are organized for the purpose
at random, but the . documents must furnish not only of choosing a scholar to pursue his studies in the
the architectural details of the court but all the First Class of the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris.
accessories that go to make up the composition and, The winner will receive three hundred dollars quar-
especially, an insight into the life of the people of terly for two years and a half, dating from his
the period, for an intelligent study in arch<eology arrival in Europe. The competitions are open to
cannot be made without some understanding of the all citizens of the United States under twenty-seven.
manners and customs of the time. In regard to the winners of the twelfth, thirteenth
It is here that the student in the city has a great and fourteenth Paris Prizes, the Committee on the
advantage over one in a small town. In New York, Paris Prize of the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects
for instance, as well as Boston and Philadelphia, reports as follows : ·
there are several architectural libraries of the first The Twelfth Prize Scholar, E . E. Weihe, has
rank accessible to all and most of the larger archi- completed his required work and expects to return
tectural offices have libraries of a great number of in February and probably go to California. He has
well selected books, although in exceptional cases, taken most of the programs at the Ecole and done
such as "A Tribune in a Turkish Mosque," or a especially well. This Spring he took a trip through
Normandy and Brittany and shorter trips to the
"Studio in the Russian Style," Figure 4, most of
towns near Paris, Fontainebleau, Compiegne, etc.
them would be found wanting, as such documents During the Summer he worked on Mr. Bigot's
have no direct bearing on modern practice. Such drawings for the new wing of the Sorbonne and
problems are, of course, all the more interesting as took a short trip to Spain.
they take one into unknown lands. But even in a The Thirteenth Scholar, Duncan McLachlan, Jr.,
small town the student can find documents, if he has been steadily working in Laloux's Atelier, has
will look, perhaps in books of travel, or in files of already received more values than required, also
the "Geographic Magazine" or in the circulars of received a mention on the Godebeuf which is rare
travel agencies. for a foreigner to get. During the Spring he visited
With ingenuity much can be done with scanty the towns near Paris; in Summer he has been study·
documents. Figures 5 and 6 show two different ing Romanesque and Gothic work in the South of
ideas of an "Entrance to an Assyrian Palace," both France from Clermont-Ferrand to the coast and
giving a convincing idea of reality and satisfying Roman buildings at Nimes and Aries. He also did
one as to being in "style." If we examine them some excavating for Roman ruins in the Haute-
closely, however, we find that almost every motif Loire. In December he was sent by the Committee
used in one may be found in the other, though used to Nice where Lloyd Morgan was ill in hospital.
in a different way-the cheek blocks of the steep The Fourteenth Scholar, Lloyd Morgan, arrived
in Paris in January, entered Laloux's Atelier and
stairs in the first appear in the foreground of the
shortly after arrival won a first second medal on the
second; the tower treatment is the same in each ex- Rougevin competition. He took a number of the
cept for the top, the loggia in the top of the second esquisse-esquisses, niggered on the Achille Leclerc,
shows at the back between the two towers of the and then started niggering seriously on Pechin's
first; the Assyrian "winged men" at the large en- drawings for the Grand Prix. In the Summer he
trance are the same in each; the animals in relief went to the South for a sketching trip, but was un-
flanking the entrance in the second are shown at the fortunately taken ill near Nice. It was a very seri-
bottom of the frame in the first, and so on. It is ous case of congestion of the lungs with asthma ,
seen what can be done wi£h a few documents under- aggravated by the fact that he had been gassed dur-
standingly used. In fact, these two men worked ing the war. He was taken to a clinic at Nice where
side by side and had between them only three pages he is now convalescent and writes that he expects
in a history of architecture, part of which was text. to return to Paris in January. The Committee was
In some cases the program itself imposes a sim- enabled to get him the best doctors and hospital
plicity, as in the "cast-iron balcony" of Figure 7; treatment through the generosity of one of the mem-
here a great number of motives would have con- bers of the Society.
flicted with the requirements of the style. How- The Fifteenth Scholar, Roger Bailey, has only
ever, as we shall see later, the presentation itself just arrived in Paris, and is getting settled. He is
may be a study of arch<eology. living at the Hotel de Tours, Rue Jacob.

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THE EVOLUTION OF A KENYON COX MURAL
N USUAL interest attaches to the illustra- to lightly support the cartouche between them-this
U tions showing the various steps in the de- effect is pleasant. Though these figures are not by
velopment of a mural decoration by the late any means ethereal, as may be seen by reference
Kenyon Cox, which we are privileged to present to the figure study on page 30, the lines of the pose,
here through the courtesy of Mrs. Cox. assi sted . by the skilfully disposed floating draperies,
In the lower portion of this page is seen a repro- give a completely satisfying sense of lightness to
duction at reduced size of a blue print of the ele- the figures. This can be appreciated by reference
vator enclosure of the Hotel Manhattan. In the to the small photograph of the finished panel shown
space his decoration was to occupy, Mr. Cox pasted on this page.
a piece of white paper and on this he made his first The li fe study and the drapery study for the
rough study for the design of the decoration. This right hand figure are reproduced on pages 30 and
may be seen clearly in our illustration which shows 32 respectively. Quite aside from their interest as
how effectively a few pencil strokes made with the illustrations of the successive steps in the develop-
greatest freedom can express a design. It is inter- ment of a work by a master artist, they are of the
esting to note, by comparing this fir st rough study greatest value as examples of exquisite draftsman-
with the miniature reproduction of the fini shed ship, of sound technique, as evidences of the .con-
panel shown above it, scientiousness and thor-
how little it was fo und oughness w it h which
necessary to change the Kenyon Cox worked.
original conception in No better examples, we
the later study of the de- believe, can be found for
sign. This is character- the student of life draw-
istic of the work of the ing to examine thought-
masterly designer, the fully than the study on
clearness of vision and page 30 and the other
Copyri'.gh-t by Keny on C o .~, 1901. life drawing by Kenyon
the sureness that enable
him to present in his
Decoration by K en yon Cox in Hotel Manhattan, Cox which is repro-
first rough sketch a de- New Yark City. duced on Plate VIII of
this issue.
sign that can be carried
In these drawings it
to completion without
is a pleasure to note the
great changes. It will combined precision and
be noted that the only freedom . t h e sureness
material. difference be- and expressiveness of
tween the first study and the pencil strokes. These
the finished decoration drawings are not "tight,"
is in the position of the though they render the
arms of the figures in subjects with painstak-
relation to the central ing thoroughness. They
cartouche. In the sketch, are full of character and
as may be seen, each fig- tenderness a n cl at the
ure rests a hand on the same time show a con-
top of the cartouche. stant perception on the
This gives a feeling that part of the artist of the
the figures a r e partly purpose for which they
supporting their weight were being made, that
in this manner. A dis- of serving as studies for
tinct improvement in the mural decorations. This
feeling of the design has is evidenced in the grace
been made during the of line, and the formal-
further study by means ity, without stiffness, of
of merely placing the the poses.
hands under t h e · car-
Note-The Hotel Man-
touche in such a way hattan, for many years one
that instead of receiving of New Yorll's finest ho-
an impression of figures tels, stood on the north-
clutching for support, w est corner of 42nd Street
and 1V!adiso11 Avemte. It
one feels that the figures First P encil Study by K enyon Cox for Decoration was remodelled and turned
quite naturally remain in Shown Above. Made on Writing Pap er Pasted into an off ice b·uildiH,q and
equilibrium and are able to Blue Print. H. !. Hardenbergh, Architect. bani? a few years a,qo .

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P RI ZES have been awarded in the competitions held

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ARCHITECTURAL POL YCHROMY as of the earlier polych romy of Egypt, Assyria, and
AVwhich
ALUABLE paper on "Architectural Polychromy"
was presented by C. Howard Walker, whose
China, giving illuminating suggestions. For instance, he
points out that in the attempts to restore the Moham-
medan decorations in Spain, after the removal of the
words are always authoritative on matters of architec- coats of whitewash under which they had been hidden,
tural design, before a joint meeting of the Illinois Chap·· the same thing happened that occurred with the restora-
ter of the A. I. A., the Illinois Society of Architects, and tion of Greek polychromy, i.e., if an indication of a color
the Chicago Architectural Club, has been printed and appeared, it was spread over the entire surface of the
copies can be had by readers of this journal who address unit upon which it existed and the color carried down
a request to The Associated Tile Manufacturers, Beaver on the edges or reveals until it met the color of the next
Falls, Pa. This paper was read on the occasion of the plane. He states that in examining the work of the Moors
opening of an exhibition of tiles and tile work. Only a he failed to find any color on the reveals. The white
very imperfect idea of its scope and usefulness can be reveals were like an exquisite pattern of lace drawn over
given here, the full text of the paper should be secured the colored patterns. The white edges defined each color
and read. area. He emphasized the importance of decisions of line
In a clear and very interesting way Mr. Walker di s- and clear definition of areas of color as exemplified in
cusses the proper use of polychromy in architecture. til es where little raised dikes are formed to hold and
pointing out that unless there is a marked dom ination of retain the glazes, which when fired upon plain surfaces
one color a tendency to confusion is produced and would otherwise run into each other.
the fact that a bui lding is an entity denied. He advises One of the most interesting parts of his paper deals
that the introduction of polychromy, i.e., many colors, with color harmony. He points out that in the past there
should be minor and accessory and devoted· to intimate was no apparent theory of color combinations, the prin-
details which should accent, but not disturb, the general cipal de sire seems to have been to have the colors clear
effect. and intense, unconfused with adjacent colors, and there-
He traces briefly and in a very readable manner the fore separated from them. Few neutralized colors. occur
development of the use of polychromy in architecture, and the naturalistic color often affects the choice of color.
from the earliest times, pointing out the improbability Mr. Walker points out that complementary colors are
that the Greek temples of the Fifth Century were as conflicting, and conflict in color combinations is undesir-
crudely colored as they are shown in Hittorff's restora- able, except when violent sensation is desired, also that
tions, which have been considered author itat ive. He pays a strong ten dency to harmony is produced if one color
a tribute to Mr. Leon Solon's knowledge and apprecia- and its imm edi ate changes into the adjacent colors in the
tion of the polychromy of the Greeks. spectrum is made the dominant of th e color scheme.
He speaks of the wall decorations of Pompeii, and of That any third of the ci r cular spectrum is safe and con-
the geometric work of the Mohammedans, of medireval trasts may be obtained by introducing small areas of
work, and of early Italian colored terra cotta, as well colors in the other two -thirds of the spectrum.

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PERSONALS.
\ A/HITNEY WARREN has consented to serve temporarily as
director of the work of the Beaux-Arts Institute of De-
sign in the place · made vacant by the death of his brother,
Lloyd Warren. ·
JosEPH WESTON has opened an offic e for th e practice o f
architecture, at 515 H ollywood Security Building, H olly-
wood, Cal.
EnwIN W. BYERS of Flint, Mich ., VINCENT J. W AIER of
Detroit, Mich ., and ] AMES C. HARRIS of Saginaw, Mich.,
have fo rm ed a pa rtn ership for the practice · of architec-
ture and engineering under the firm name of Byers &
\ A/aier Architects and E ngineers. with offices in the Flint
Coal Company Building, Rooms 1 and 2, Flint. Mich., and
at 124 North vVas hington Avenue, Saginaw, Mich.
CLAUSEN & KRU SE, Architects, have removed their office
t o 910 Kah l Building, D avenp ort, Iowa.
J os. VAN G. HoFFECKER has opened an office at 803 Eighth
Str eet, Ocea n City, N. J.. for the general practice of ar -
ch itecture.
M. NmDLINGER and R. M. MARLIER have formed a part-
nership under the nam e of Nircllinger & Marli er, Empire
Bui lding. Pittsburgh, P a., for the practice of architecture.
FRANZ & BOND. Architects and Engineers, 189 High
Street, Holyoke, Mass .. h ave dissolved partnershi!} clue to
the appointment of Philip E. Bond as city en gineer. F1·ed
H. Franz is carrying on the bu siness at the same address.
A. C. ZIMMERMAN has opened an office for the practice
of arcl1itecti1re and engineering at 417 San F ern and o
Building, Los A ngeles. Cal.
D ERRY & ROBINSON, Architects, have ope ned a new offi ce
at 3 J oy Street, Boston, Mass.
D AVID T . Er.us fr om Ca rdiff. \!Va les, has j oined the staff
of Bertram Grosvenour Goodhue.
J OHN RICHARD ROWE.
HAROLD S. KAPLAN. A rchitect, for m erly with Stevens &
Lee, is now practicing archit ecture at 298 Dnndas Stree t, J OHN RICHARD ROWE, one of whose sketch es is
\ Vest T oronto, On t., in association with A. Sp-rachman. reproduced on a pl ate oage in this issue is an ar-
under th e firm name of Ha rold S. Kaplan & A. Sprach- chitectural student at th e Ecole des Beaux ,~rts, P ari s,
man, A r chitects. who was r ecently in this country on a v isi t, and bas re-
WILLIAM W. D AWSON, JR .. Architect, has r emoved his turned to continue his studies.
office from 127 Washington Str eet to 46 South Main Th e sk etch r eproduced here was exhibited in the
Street. S outh Norwalk, Conn. Autumn Salon, 1922, in Paris. Mr. R"we's work bas been
shown in this country in an exhibiti on at the T oledo Art
R. M. G uN zrci. has been nl;iced in charge of tbP. new branch Gallery, and in th e Albright Gallery, Buffalo, where a
nffice of the Warren Webster Com pany in L os A ngeles. r oom was devo ted to hi s drawings.
Calif. ~ Mr. Rowe was born in Buffalo, N. Y. After graduating
FRANK R. PECK, of 308 E ast 4th Str eet, L os Angeles, fr om high school, he worked in the office of Green &
Calif., has been appointed to r epr esent Gillis & Geogh egan \ Vickes, architects, Buffalo, for two years. He th en
for th e sale of G&G T elescopic H oists in California. enter ed the Massachusetts Inst itute of T echnology as a
Together with S. W. R. D ally, of 332 Pi oneer Build- special stud ent. After fini shing hi s studies at M. I. T.,
ing, Seattl e. th ev will hand le all o f the Pacific coast h e r eturned to th e office of Gree n & Wickes for a yea r.
business of th e firm. H e then went to Paris and entered the A telier Grom ort.
H e is now a student in the Atelier L aloux.

SAN ANTONIO ARCHITECTURA L CLUB.

JN fift een m onths the San Antonio Architectural Club
has grow n from fift een charter m embers to about one
PORTO RICO ARCHITECTURAL CLUB.
hundred m embers. During th e past year much goo d work
has been done a nd seed has been sown that will, we are'
A SOCIETY under th e name of " P orto Rico A rchitec-
tural Club" bas been or gani zed by th e students in the
sure, make 1923 a fruitfu l yea r. Among the mo st im- course of Architecture established in th e College o f
portant p·ieces of work accompli shed by the club has been Agricultur e and M echanic Arts of the University of Porto
the overcoming of a spiri t of j ealousy and mutual dis- Rico, Mayaguez, P. R. .
respect that wa s a ll too prevalent in San Antonio, as it The Board of Directo rs wer e elected as follows:
is felt to be in other cities of states where no licens e Ernesto Perez, President; Hern ando Hernandez, Vice-
is requi red for the practice of architect ure. The bring- President; D omingo Caino, Secretary; · Luis Alvarez
ing about of a better spi rit bas been la rgely due to th e Stefani, Treasurer; J ose Serran o Angla da, V oter.
efforts of th e club. No rri s I. Crandall, Director of the D epartm ent of Ar-
The club successfully a rranged and presented an enter- chitecture, was unanim ously elected H onorary President.
tainment for th e Texas State Chapter of th e American T he Secretary's add ress is as follows: P. 0. Box 235,
Institute of Architecfs during the recent convention of Mayaguez, P . R.
that o rganization . Featur es were a dinner, impromptu The purpose of the organization is to promote the
table talks, r eading of verses by E . B. Hays, president development, study and practice of Architecture in the
of the Club, and a minstrel perfurmance. island of Porto Rico.

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SETTING UP A DESIGN AT FULL S IZ E IN PAPER. have lef t their imprint upon thi s group of buil dings. It
is also an excell ent point of depar ture fo r excursions to
A N INGENIOUS m ethod of setti ng up a design at studv the notable works of architectu r e in the neighbor-
full size in such a way as to judge its effect in execu - hood o f Paris.
ti on at a comp~.rative l y small expense is shown by th e T h e detail s of the plan are given 111 the fo llowing
photograph on page 37. It w ill be noted th at th e monu- qu otations fr o m the circular issued by th e American
ment has the appearance of a marble or plaste r stat ue organizati on:
on a pedestal of endur ing material whi le th e eff ect of " In additi on to the Music School for Americans which
th e curved exedra can be well judged , still th ere is nothing has fun ctioned now for two yea rs with great success in
mor e sub stan tial ther e than paper, wall-b oard and tw o one wi ng of th e Palace o f Fontainebleau, ther e is to be
wooden seat-end s. Th e figure is a "solar print" photogra- opened thi s year, fr om June 25 to September 25, a School
phic enl argement of the m odel shown on thi s page. The of Fine A rts dev oted to the study of Architecture and
enla rgement was mad e in sections which were pasted on Painting. These sch ools we r e conceived by M. Mauri ce
wall board ve ry mu ch after the fashi on of a poster on a Fragnaud, So us-Pref et or Governor of Fontaineb leau, and
hill board. Th e materi al was then sawed o ut to the sil- a re under the direct pat ronage of th e F r ench Govern-
h ouette an d th is piece of scenery set up on a pede stal ment through its Ministe1· of Fine A1·ts. They ar e located
made largely of paper. Th e bench, excepti ng the seat in th e Palace itself and- tl1 e Professors are chosen fr om
end s already mentioned was also ma de from paper. T he among the m ost distinguished French arti sts and arch i-
idea was worked cmt hy th e archi tect .T ohn Mead H owell s tects, th e School of Fine Arts being un de r th e eminent
and the scul ptor C. P . J enn ewein a ssociated as designers directo rshi p of M. Laloux, Member of the In stitute, and
of th e monum ent. one of th e best-kn own patrons of the E co le des B eaux
A rts in Paris.
FONTAI NE BLEAU SCH OOL O F THE FINE ARTS. "The F onta inebleau Sch ool of Fine Arts does not dupli -
cate any course of study that n ow exists in Fra nce or
A SUMMER Sch ool fo r American
and scul pto rs is to be open ed
architects. painters
in the Palace of
America. It is a summ er sch ool only and is designed as
a sort of post-grad uate sch ool fo r advanced stud ents who.
F onta ineb leau, France, under th e patronage of the French under an intensive system of instruction, can benefit by
Gove rnment. their uni que surroundings. The studi os and drafting
A rrangement s were compl eted last summe r by Mr. rooms ar e in th e Palace itself, a palace complete"y fur-
Ll oyd 'Na1-ren. and si nce hi s death the carryi ng on of ni shed and justly considered one of the very finest in
hi s work has been a ssumed by hi s br oth e1·. Mr. ·Whitney E urope, in which the pupils may study at their leisure
Warren, th e work of the Am erican organi zati on having the various styles and decorative feat ures that have
bee n placed in his hands for th e D epa rtm ent of Ar- se r ve d as th e insnirati on of arti sts for cen turi es. We now
chi tecture. T he res ults of thi s work are certain to be far- nossess in Amer ica every OP!.)Qrtunity f ur techni cal train-
reachin g si nce th er e is no place in Fi-ance better adapted in g- in th e Fine Arts, but thi s sch ool aims to supplement
than Fontainebleau for tl1e study of all styles of archi - thi s and widen the arti stic horizon of its students by
tecture. painting a nd interio r decorati on for at one time tr avel and bv contact with th e art istic and hi storic tra-
e r anoth er many of the gr eat French and Italian masters dition of an - ol der civilizat ion.

Courte;y of The Mon ument and C1mttery Review

Photograph of Mode l of the Barre Monument, C. P . J ennewein, Sculptor, I ohn Mead Howells, Architect.
See T ext on This Page.

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Photograph Showing Full Size Paper S et-u p of the Barre Monument. S ee T ext on Page 36.

"For Painters and Sculptors: Atelier work in the Pal- letter of recommendation from the director of the school
ace Studio, speciali zing in th e study of the arts of Mural or institution at which the candidate has studied.
Decoration and the study of Ornament. vVork in Tem- "All app lications should be made: fo r architects, to
pera and Fresco. Frequent trips t o Paris and elsewher e, Mr. Whitney Warren, care Beaux-Arts In stitut e of D e-
by m oto rbu s, to study the work of the older and th e sign, 126 East 75th Street, New York; for painters and
modern masters. sculptors, to Mr. Ernest Peixotto . care The Mural Paint-
"For Arch itects : Ateli er work it; the Palace drafting- ers , 215 West 57th Street, New York. .
room. Specialized study of French Arch itecture, past " By reason of the low cost made possible by the French
authorities, the summer session of the Fontainebleau
and present, and of its all ied arts. Study trips by moto r- School of Fine Arts is brought within the reach of most
bus to p!aces of architectural interest, covering a wide students. Board, lodging and tuition fees, with the trips
area. by motorbus alluded to above, are, all included, about
"For both : Lectures on th e History of Pain tin ?; and $100 per month. The French steamship line also all ows
Architecture; on the French styles; classes in French and a discount of 30% to students, bringing the price of a
French History, etc. Excursions by m otorhus. under ex- comfortable passage as low as $90. The r egistration fee
pert artistic guidance to chateaux. churches, and oth er is $10. Thus $500 would r epresent th e entire cost of a
monuments of interest in the neighborhood of Paris. summer spent at the school.
"The American organization is concerned solely with "It is hoped that ateliers, schools and colleges will find
the r ecruitin« of students. It has been placed. by the sch olarships of $500 each, to be won in competitions, a nd
F 1·ench authorities, in the hands of Mr. Whitney Warren awarded to the most oiromising stud ents of their class.
As the Fontainebleau Sch ool of Fine Arts is an effort
f o r the Department of Architectur e. and of Mr. Ernest on the part of France to r ender a Teal service to America,
Peixotto for the Department of Painting. They. in turn, th e American Committee feels that a knowledge of this
have organized the committees that w ill aid them in mak- rar e opportunity sh ould be clearly broug-ht before every
in g the school kn own in America and in selecting its stu- student who would wish to profit by it." ,
dents. It is hoped that all parts of our country will be The m embersh ip of the Executive Committee in Amer ica
represented in the student body, and fo r this reason the is as follows: Mr. vVhitn ey Warren. Chairman. D epart-
American Committee is working in con nection w ith th e ment of Archi tecture ; Mr. Ernest P eixotto_. Chairman.
h eads of ou r leading a rt schools and colleges. It f eels Department of Painting; Mr. Edwin H. Blashfield, Pres i-
tl1at it is offering a uniq_u e o pportunity to Am erican dent, National Academy of D esig n; Mr. Howard Green-
st udents. ley, President, The Architectural League; Mr. Tho111;i s
"The number of students in the School of Fine Arts Hastings, President, Beaux-Arts Institute of Design; Mr.
is lim ited to one hundr ed. A ll applications for admission ] . M onroe H ewktt. Presid ent, T he Mural Painters; Mr.
should be accompanied by a note clearly stating where, Her mon A. MacNeil, President, National Sculpture So-
with whom, and for how long the candidate has studied: ciety; Mr. James Gamble Rogers, President, Society of
and thi s note should be suppl~mented, if possible, by a Beaux-Arts Architects.
 PENCIL POINTS

ART STUDENTS' COMPETITION. A ll letters and packages should be addressed: For

A SCHOL:ARSHIP . Competition open to all art stu-
d.ents m the Umted States, with the exception of
Scholarship Competition, Art Students' League of New
York, 215 vVes t 57th Street, New Y o rk City.
those 111 N cw York City, will be held at the A rt Students'
L eague of New York on March 23, 1923.
Ten scholar ships. will be aw~ rd ed to that work showing SCHOOL CRAFTS CLUB, NEW YORK.
the grea.test promise. Work 111 any medium, from Life,
the Antique, Landscape, Etching, Portrait Illustration T HE January meeti~g of the School Crafts. Club of
C?mposition, also photographs of Sculpture,' may be sub~ New York City was a g r ea t success, both regard 111

mitted. All work should be for wa rd ed so as to reach th e to a large attendance, and because of the excellence of
League not later th an March 15th, and mu st be sent with the program of speakers furnish ed. This meeting, hel<l
return express or parcel post charges prepaid. on Saturday evemng, January 20, in the grill room of
Students entering th is competition are urge d to send L)'.ons Restaurant on 41st Street, was und er the leader-
the most comprehensive exhibition possible, to faci litate sh ip of A. vV. Ganitt and L. J. Young, Directo rs of Shop-
the work of the Jury. It will be r eadily understo od th at work m th.e New York City. Schoo!s. Throughout th e
th e work covering the widest field of Art expression will program, with only one except10n, the presentation, rath er
best enable the Jury to judge of the individuality and th~n the projects themse lves, was stressed .
promise of the prospective student. The League wish es How shall we ge t the aim of our shopwork over to
to emphasize that th e Jury w111 be e:uiclecl in making their our pup_ils ?" was the subj ect discu ssed by J ohn Kuhn,
awards, not by the degree of proficiency displayed by th e of Pi;bl1c School No. 126, Brooklyn. If boys ar e a sked
applicants, but by an effort to find intere sting individ- th e aim of shopwork, they a r e likely to reply-"to teach
uals whose strength the League desires to add to its own. ~ trade.''. . Lack of time all owed per pupil makes this an
The scholarships so g iven will entitle the holder to ~mposs1b 1lity . S o m ~ of the real reasons are: (1) Because
free tuition in any two classes of the League during th e ~t 1s th~ natural thmg for a boy to manipulate tool s, man
season of 1923-1924. The Jury will consist of the fo l- !S a bmlde1·-. (2) General educational aims. (3) Train-
lowi ng instructors of the League: George B. Bridgman 111g 111 use'.ulness at hom e. ( 4) Co-01-dinating develop-
D ean Cornwell, Edwin Dickin so n, Guy Pene Du Bois' ~11 e nt of mm d and body. Sturdiness and development of
Frank Vincent Du Mand, Freel vV. Goudy, Robert Henri: mt ellcct go hand in hand fo r success. Thought sho11ld
Charles R. Kn ight, Richard F. Lahey, Leo Lentelli, come before ac~ i on. (5) Accuracy. (6) Order of procedure.
Hayley Lever, George Luks, Kenneth H. Miller, \i\Tallace Talks were given as fo ll ows : "Forests and Thei r V alu e"
Morgan, Jo seph Pennell, John Sloan, Duncan Smith, Allen hy J. A. Mackay, Public Sch ool No. 95, Queens: "Sh op-
Tucker, vVilliam Von Schlegell , George E. Wolfe. work Illu straf"ive of Organized Thinking" by
A. L. Markwood. Public School No. 46 Man-
hattan; "vVl1en Sh ould Charts be Us~cl," hy
E. Monta.'l"ue. Publi c Scl,nol No . ll.O, Brnok -
lyn. C11arl rs Mu' ler exhibited glider models.

L TWELFTH- N IGHT REVEL OF THE OF-

A Sl\£TCH JI( tOLOIJ.R FICE 01' B. G. GOODHUE.

:
I'<. C. .1MtT,.._
s . r ·~~~
THE Twelfth -N igh t revel of the staff of
the office of Bertram Grosvenor Goodh ue
• G . c . >T)IL* .I.
JC this year was as entertaining· and clever as
SIX P£Sl&NS JN l&J..RCtl Of AN Al.ClllT"T those of preceding year s and, like its prede-
" Cll"H/o""" ~ · 11"1Tll~ W .1
cessors, it was m ark ed by many evidence s of
AH AAClllTECT • 11· Plltt.t. tr the close and pleasant r elation that exists
A . DAAU6111"~M"H • • l!,. r . U06E • .
betwee n the aTchitect and the members of
~.. :t,e.~~~~POLITA;. : J . r~l~~ his staff.
"RICH ClltNT • • f' . &~WEM
- . &O\IJEH'j \0.1TVME~ ~llrl'Lh•P T h e program con sisted of three dram at ic
&)I . Ml\ISQH WOOLWOl!Tll , Sfl . "Vlr., presentations. Th e first. "A Sketch in Color."
][ was marked by an amusing comedy; sec-
A S.TILL LJFll!. ond "Six D esig ns in Search of an A r chitect,"
a farce in one act; and thinl, "A Still Life"
• tt.fl{lllll' , t .J.MA1TtWllol.1
. ~ ~ . W ~ :!>TON 1.Jll,
an amusing bit, the subj ect of which is i~­
• • • OJI . "4VRll.l\Y dicated by th e fact that of the two scenes.
.l.V IJI L ~ON .,. 11. KOl>irtl!S the first is laid in the draf ting room and th e
omc.trt/ • J ;.nc.":'J:O+/i:!·~~c. second in the cellar. Foll owing th e presen-
.>C~HI£ r - VU.11611.,6 11.00M tation of th ese little plays, the members of
.>GE.NE Jr. tN TH6. C:4L.L" R
the party gathe r ed, as usual in the large r e-
£Vlt.O<!o V~
ception room. Featui·es of this part of the
evening's program were an ac\clress by Mr.
Goodhue and the presentation to Mr. Good-
hue, by th e members of hi s staff, of a large
toy automobile constructed fr om paper by
members of the organization. In connection
with this gift an am using characterization.
likening the va i·iou s members of th e organ-
ization to the parts of an automobile was
read.
These an nual entertainments have been a
feature in Mr. Good hu e's office for the past
sixteen years or so, excepting for the year
this country was in the war when th ere was
no play. An interesting history of th e
Twelfth-Night r evel together with the full
text of a notable add r ess given by Mr. Good-
Program of Twelfth-Night Revel, Bertram Grosvenor hue at last year's gather ing was printed in
Goodhue's Office. (Reproduced at reduced s£ze.) the issue of this magaz ine for February, 1922.

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 QUERIES II
111 this department PENCIL PoINTs will endeavor to answer questions of general interest pertaining to Architec-
tt4re and allied arts, giving the best available information from ailthoritative sources. We desire that you feel
fr ee at all times to make itse of this service, inviting vour co-operation in making the deflartment both interest-
inq and valitable. Sho1tld yo1t desire an answer by 111ail, enclose stamp for reply. Address queries to The Editor.
PENCIL PoINTS, 19 East 24th Street, New Yorlz City.

Question-Will you please describe in your next issue GARGOYLE CLUB OF SAINT PAUL.
the process of "rubbing" by which inscriptions or figures
GRO\i\!ING from a group of twenty men who met in
can be obtained from a flat, upright surface? J. R. T . hotel and office room s, to an esta blished club, includ ·
AnsW.?r-In addition to th e generally-known fact that ing practically every architect and architectural drafts·
such rubbings are mad e by laying a paper against the man in th e city, many of whom have won nation-wide
surface and rubbing a pencil, marking crayon, or some- and even world-wide fame, and owning one of the most
thing of the sort across the paper, th ere are a few little picturesque club buildings in the country, th e Gargoyle
tri cks th at m en who have don e the rubbing of many in- Club of St. Paul has made for itself a uniqu e place in
scriptions have found an aid in their work. the hi story of the city and is a nationally known organiza-
F or in stance, in order to keep the paper from shifting tion.
it is well to take short pieces of adhesive tape, such as The club was established in 1913, according to the con-
is used by surgeons, and stick part of i.t to the paper and stitution, "to create a closer affiliati on between St. Paul
let the other part adhere to the surface. This would be architects, betw een draftsmen, and between architects and
especially h elpful to you in making rubbin gs from in- draftsmen." Since th en its scope has been broaden ed and
it includes landscape gardeners, sculptors and artists in
scriptions on a flat, upright surface. F or delicate work, other lines, among its members.
such as m osaic. a bond paper th at can be had in folio The emblem adopted was a gargoyle, high on a build-
size is convenient and in making a rubbing of la1·ge in- ing, ove rl ooking a city. The emblem gained considerable
scriptions a heavier, stiffer paper in large sheets is local fame during the winter Carni val, when members of
renuired. the club, walking inside a huge cloth gargoyle, paraded
Where the work is delicate and th e surrounding: sur- the d?wntown streets and were present at every carnival
face rough . th e best results are som etimes obtained by funct10n. That cloth gargoyle met a mysterious fate.
smudging dirt on the paper with one's fin gers. workin<{ On the last night of th e Carnival the "beast" made its
out the desiirn in this way. Usually a ball of blacking way to th e doors of a local club building, but found th e
used by shoemak ers on t11e h eels of boots they rep air, doors locked. The poor gargoyle was lef t outside in the
generally known as a h eel ball, is best, especiall y fo r in- cold and the "feet" went hom e. The next m orning th e
scriptions of la rge size. Thi s material is a sor t of waxv ga rgoyle was gone. H e has neve r been seen since and is
rcompositi on and is very black. It is <l esirahle to get it supp osed to have dug him self in, after th e manner' of gar-
in as large sizes as oossible, the usual size hein g ah out the goyles, to escape the cold.
size of a quarter. It is som etimes obtainable as lar.lTe as F or th e first three years after its in ception the duh
a hasehall. A larger piece is much less tiresome to hold . m et in various places-hate's, offic e ro om s, homes- any
Anotlier excellent m ate rial is · the kind of large marking place that would accomm odate the members. In 1916 the
crayo n used in shinning dem.rtments for marking boxes. German Bethl ehem Preshyterian Churcl1. Oakland and
This can be had in red and blue as well as in black. Pleasa!1t Avenues. Saint Paul, was abandoned by its con-
gregation . The Gargoyle Club. both becaus e it felt the
Question-Can you tell me where I can find inform a- need of quarters and because it disliked to see th e pic-
tion on the plannin<r of orphanage instituti ons of the turesque little church, which had been designed by Cass
cottage plan type? M. S. Answer- We would r efer you Gilbert, later to become an internati onal 1y kn own archi-
to the Child Helnin<r Departm ent of th e Saw~ F ounda- tect, and which was the object of many visits by tourists,
tion 130 East 22nd Street, N ew York Citv. They have torn down or devoted to commercial purposes. bought it.
a fil e of plans of a large number of institut ion s of this The building is widely known as one of the most original
type, including the Hebrew Orphan Asylum, which was de- an<l uniqu e examples of church architecture in the country.
scribed and illust rated in the "Architectural Review" for During the World War. 90 per cent. of its m embers
April, 1919. being in the S ervice, the Board o f Directo rs of the Club
Q1~estio11-Will you please give m e the names of the were obliged to lease the building and conduct its a ffair s
nubli shers of the following books: "Over the Drawin':'. which were confined to a monthly dinner, at one of th~
Board" by Lubschez, and "Spain" by Calvert, two vol- other clubs in the city. .
umes? C. T. S. Answer-"Over the Drawing Board" by At the present tim e. its members gather ·once every
Lubschez is published by th e J ournal of the American month for an educational program, which include in-
Institute of Architects, New York City, and "Spain" by dustrial films, stereopticon slides, speeches, etc. Once a
Calvert, two volumes, is published by E. P . Dutton & month a social entertainm ent is conducted, enlivened with
Company, New York City. music, refreshm ents and a general good time. Our m onth-
ly dinner, at the Athletic Club, is still in force and ve ry
Q11estion-Wil! you kindly give me the name of any well attended.
book n ow in print that sho ws any details of Phcenician At o ne time or another th e club, as a body, is invited
architecture? C. D. F. Answer-We would ref er you to make private inspection of buildings, plants and fac-
to the "History of Art in Phcenicia and Its D ependenci es" tories. Annual competitive exhibits and picnics have been
by Georges Perrot and Charles Chipi ez, two volumes. arranged. All of which have been helpful in promoting
Translated into English by Walter Armstrong. Published the spirit w ith which the club is working its way t o be-
by Chapman & Hall, London. coming one of the best architectural clubs in the country.

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 THE SPECIFICATION DESK
A Department for Specincation Writers
The contributions printed below were received in response to the suggestion published in th e Jan-
uary mtmber that the papers in that issue be discussed with a view to bringing out any additional ideas
Dearing on the specification problem. It is hoped that all ·who arc interested in the preparation of
sp ecifications will fe el free to submit their ideas for publication in subsequent issues of PE N CTL POINTS.

A SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING ACCURACY The system I use is somewhat more elaborate
AND COMPLETENESS IN A than any of those mentioned by your contributors.
The "mental conception of the entire building,"
SPECIFICATION. mentioned by Mr. Ward, is, beyond a doubt, essen-
By Selig Whinston, of B. H. & C. N. Whinston, tial. I go further , and completely analyze each and
every detail of the building, especially those where
Architects, New York City. the work of a number of trades come together and
must coincicle,-as suggested by Mr. Holske. I
A LLwriting
of your contributors to the last issue on the
of specificati ons agree on the necessity
make these analyses by care full y and thoughtfully
sketching out the actual details at a small scale, ou
of obtaining completeness in writing a specifica- a pad of paper, studying the same until I arrive at
tion, yet few present any definite and developed my best possible arrangement, later giving these
system for obtaining just that which th ey all strive sketches to the draftsman fo r drawing up at the
for. That is the deficiency which I propose to fill , proper scale. Thi s preliminary work completed, I
with your consent. then take a set of blue prints made before the di-
It is apparent that the specifi cati on, in order to mensioning of the drawings has been done, and
be complete, must contain some mention of each and several hundred s lips of paper about 0 " x 3", begin
every item of work necessary to construct and com- at the upper left hand corner of the uppermost
pletely fini sh the building. It is al so apparent that sheet, and cl osely and carefully examin e the draw-
the drawings, properly read and interpreted with a ing, checking off each item shown or note written
view to the work of the actual construction of ·the thereon, with a 'small clot , and immediately then;after
building, together with all the notes . thereon, and writing that item clown on the slip, condensed to
with all mental n otes formed by the experienced save labor, following that with slips for each pre-
builder, (be he architect, superintendent, draftsman paratory item required in conjunction with the item
or contractor) of the necessary preparatory work indicated on the drawing. For instance,-! come
required to make the installation of each item of to an item "Tile floors, base and 5' -0" wainscot in
the fini sh of the building possible,- that all these all bathrooms,"- the building being br ick walls and
drawings, notes, and mental conceptions contain all wood beam constructi on. I make one slip "Deafen-
items necessary to be incorporated in the specifi- ing in bathrooms" fo r the boards placed between
cations in order to make the same complete. These the beams to receive the concrete foundation for the
items, then , supplemented by clauses pertaining to fini sh tile floor; then a sli p, "Concrete fo undations
general work required to be clone on ever y building fo r tile fl oors"; next, "Tile floors in bathrooms" ;
operation, statements as to guarantees, quality, insur- next , two slips, "Base and S' -0" tile wainscot in
ance, etc., etc., fitted into their proper places in the bathrooms" ; one to be fil ed under tile contract
composition of the entire specification, make up, as heading. and the other under plastering contract
far as I can see, The Complete S pccification. heading; next a slip "Metal lathing for tile wainscot-
The general clauses can be obtained from a num- inR in bathrooms," if such be required; next a slip,
ber of sources. The real problem is th e casting of "Scratch-coating for tile wainscot-bathrooms."
the drawings, so to speak, with all their notes, in- Should waterproofing, or any other supplementary
ferences, implication s, and with all the mental nota- items be wanted, independent slips are made out fo r
tions whi ch arise in reading the drawings. into the them. This procedure is maintained until the lower
specifications by breaking up all thi s in formation right hand corner of the lowest sheet is reached ,
into specific references to each of the multitude of carefully going through the entire set of drawings,
component minuti ~ which go to make up the com- making sure, beyond a question oi a doubt, that
pleted building, properly index ing them by placing everything is perfectly understood by the writer anj
them under their respective headings, such as "Ex- that everything is immediately noted on the slips.
cavating," "Concrete and Cement Work, " "JVIason never relax ing the vigil until the end h as been
Work," or whatever it may be, arranging the matter reached and passed. Notes made during confer-
under the headi ng in logical and systematic for m, ences with th e owner are also itemized in this man-
and then giving the actual specification which deter- ner on the slips. A ll itemizing done, the slips a re
mines exactly what that item is_ to be. generally sor ted according to th e va rious trades,
Now , how can all these item s be assembled with care being taken to include no work und er the head-
the assurance that everything required for the build- ing of a trade that is not done by that t rade. The
ing is included ? next step is to take the slips pertaining to the first

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trade to start work on the job and classify them is more important, with confidence, assurance, and
further, putting all slips referring to one item of power; and the results of such a specification can-
work together,-to be mentioned under a single not fail to be anything but harmony with the con-
paragraph heading in the finished specification. tractor, a clear understanding of just what is in-
For instance,-the slips for "Carpenter Work" for cluded in a contract and _w hat is distin.c tly omitted,
a small brick building may be divided into the fol- and increased respect for the architect's business
lowing items: Framing, Furring, Rough bucks, sense and buying ability from the contractor and
Rough flooring, Roofing boards and blocking, Deaf- owner, a clarifying of the entire business of "buy-
ening, Grounds, Stairs, Finish flooring, Trim and ing building construction work" so that the entire
Millwork, Saddles, Application of finishing hard- transaction becomes as simple and free from ob-
ware, cutting, etc., etc., etc ., and so covering all scurity as that of a housewife presenting her care-
items to be done under that contract. fully prepared shopping li st to her grocer or butcher,
All this ground work having been completed, the and receiving the goods over the counter as ordered,
actual writing of the specifications is then begun, or a modern and progressive purchasing agent who
and this then, resolves itself down to very little goes into the market knowing exactly what he wants
more than carefully transferring the information to buy, and getting it.
contained on the slips to the actual specification
sheets, elaborating the condensed notes as may be
necessary to convey in unmi stakable terms a clear THE EFFECT OF THE STANDARDIZA-
idea of what is wanted. I use no unnecessary words, TION OF BUILDING MATERIALS
but each requirement having any effect on the price
to be figured for the item, the quality wanted, or the UPON SPECIFICATION WRITING.
conditi on to be met, is menti oned,-or, to use a term By A. Lynwood Ferguson of the Structural
of logic, every characteristic, having as its con- Service Bureau, Philadelphia, Pa.
comitant any material variation in either the bid or
the product, is specified.
There yet remains to be explained the final P R9BABLY no_ one feature of bu_ilding cc:instruc-
tion has received more attention dunng the
arrangement of all the items, general clauses, etc., past several years than that of the standardization
in the completed specification ;-the "get up" as of building materials. The Department of Com-
some-one has menti oned . merce has even establi shed a division to promote
All my specifications, and they are all written so the idea of simplified practice, as it is termed. It
that any trade may be awarded separately from the is certain that nothing more important has been or
rest, start immediately with "Scope of Contract" could be accomplished to relieve the architect of
under which I stipulate what is included under the individual effort, time and expense involved in the
contract, listing all items as was indicated above, and writing of architectural specifications. Yet few
including any general items such as removal of rub- architects seem to have familiarized themselves with
bish, watchman , fences, water, etc., which it may be these various standards to which it would be so much
desired to incorporate in the contract for the trade to the advantage of themselves and their clients to
in hand, buttressed with provisi ons covering minor refer. It would be difficult to cover such a broad
items inadvertently omitted. The nex t paragraph subject in the small amount of space allowed in
is headed "Similar Work Under Other Contracts," this issue, but the following will serve as an indica-
under which I make menti on of anything which tion of the work already accomplished in this field.
might affect the bid in thi s respect ; then comes Among the organizations which have established
"Q.uality" which gathers under one heading all ref- standards for building materials perhaps the most
erences to quality, ordinarily scattered throughout well known is the Bureau of Standards in Washing-
the length of the specification; then "General " und er ton , D. C. The work of the Bureau in the testing
which all special general conditions, not covered and investigating of the properties of structural
by the A. I. A. or Uniform Contract general con- materials was taken up and is carried on primari ly
ditions, are stipulated; then follows in regular or- for the needs of the government in its structural
der, the amplification of the items included under work, but this information is just as necessary to
"Scope of Contract" until everything to be clone the public in construction work and every effort is
under that particular sub-contract or trade is cov- made by the Bureau to present its findings in a
ered, and points of contact with the other sub-con- form available to the public generally.
trncts specifications are properly aligned and co- The American Society for Testing Materials has
ordinated, fashi oning the specification into a com- for its purpose the promotion of knowledge of the
prehensive whole, a body complete in itself, which materials of engineering and the standardization of
when combined with the specifications for the bal- specifications and methods of testing. Reference
ance of the trades, each in itself also a whole, form to the "Standards of the American Society for
the result so much to be desired: the complete, ideal Testing Materials" in architect's specifications fur-
specification for the entire building. nish a brief form of securing an assured product
All of the foregoing may appear to be tecliom and an equitable basis for contractor's estimates.
and laborious in execution. On the contrary, thi s The American Society of Civil Engineers, Amer-
system enables one to do the brain racking work of ican Society of Mechanical Engineers, American
specification writing with surprising ease; and what Railway Engineering Association, The National

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Fire Protection Association, The National Board higher degree of safety and efficiency during and
of Fire Underwriters, Underwriters' Laboratories, after construction.
Associated Factory Mutuals Laboratories, and many
other national and international organizations have A LETTER ON SPECIFICATION WRITING
prepared standards as to materials and their cor- From Clarence Wilson Brazer, Architect,
rect application to insure the most efficient use pos-
sible with a maximum of fire and life safety. Such Chester, Pa.
investigations as those being conducted by the
Bureau of Research of the American Society of Y OUR January issue concerning specifications
has been read with considerable interest and I
Heating and Ventilating Engineers on thermal-con- find myself in agreement with most of the com-
ductivity, insulation and air leakage will prove of ments therein.
inestimable value to the architectural profession. I am a firm believer in standard specifications
The building materials industries are practically written upon 4 x 6 in. cards in double space type,
all organized into associations of producers and allowing for interlineation.
many of these are expending much time, effort and Where possible the (a) Necessary, ( b) Eco-
money each year in the investigation and standard- nomical, ( c) Good, ( d) Elaborate, Choice Methods
ization of their various products. or qualities, to be briefly covered on the same card.
Among the many manufacturers of building By using the cards instead of an old specification
materials and associations of producers who are one has at the same time a complete checking list
trying to standardize their materials to promote and the cumulative result of his experiences in prac-
efficiency, · encourage year-round employment and tice so that the standards of quality as corrected
simplify specification writing only a few can be from experience, practically give an insurance
mentioned here. against omissions.
The Associated Tile Manufacturers have prepared By simply placing a parenthesis about the mat-
publications such as Basic Information and the ter not germane, superfluous words can be kept out
Basic Specification which will prove of inestimable of the final specifications but remain as a reminder
value to the architect in his specification writing. for future work.
The slate industry has recently so standardized all We have in this office a standard classification
the slabs and parts which go to make up enclosures, given below for the trades, including Landscape
shower stalls, stairways, etc., that on two small Work and Furnishings, with which an architect
sheets of paper can now be shown the various but comes in contact for the completion of his picture.
comparatively few parts which are required to make These have been grouped into ten major divi-
over one hundred and thirty fixtures of any size or sions each sub-divided into ten minor divisions as
combination likely to be desired. Advantage may near as possible in the order in which the work is
be taken of these by specifying by type and stand- done upon the building or in which the trades are
ard size without preparing detail drawings for e~ch. sometimes allied in various sections of the country.
Other associations of manufacturers which have 1 General Contractor's Work:-11-Description
adopted standards and specifications for their prod- of Competitive Drawings; 12-0utline Specifica-
ucts are The Common Brick Manufacturers' Asso- tions; 13-Proposals; 14--Contracts; IS-General
ciation, the National Terra Cotta Society, the Amer- Conditions; 16--Preliminary Work; 17-Tempo-
ican Face Brick Association, Portland Cement rary Work; 18-; 19-Building Laws.
Association. and the Associated Metal Lath Manu- 2-Site Wark :-21-Moving and Underpinning;
facturers. The Lumber Industry is working now 22-Wrecking and Demolition; 23-Excavation and
on a program for the formation of grading stand- Grading; 24--Roads and Pavements; 2S-Land
ards and the standardization of sizes of lumber Drainage; 26--Sewage and Garbage Disposal; 27-
and mouldings. Probably many other organizations Well Sinking and Water Supply; 28--Plant!ng amt
are working along similar lines. Gardening; 29-Piling and Bulkheads.
And yet how few architects avail themselves of 3-Rough Masonry:-31-Masons' 'vVork and
this opportunity to use standards already estab- Materials; 32-Concrete and Reinforcement; 33-
lished. The American Institute of Architects real- Stone Masonry; 34--Cut Stone, natural and manu-
izing- that a book would be needed to even list the factured; 3S-Brickwork; 36--Terra Cotta, Struc-
many government departments, societies, associa- tural; 37-Terra Cotta, Ornamental, Architectural
tions and other organizations which are working on and Faience; 38--Damp and \iVaterproofing; 69-.
standardization of building materials, prepared and 4-Finished Masonry:--41-Pla ster Block and
issued the Structural Service Book. Every archi- Board; 42-Furring and Lathing; 43- Plastering
tect should encourage such investigations and should and Stucco Work; 44--Paving ; 4S-Cork Tiling;
utilize as far as possible the data thus prepared, for 46--Tiling; 47-Terrazzo; 48- Jnterior Slate,
it will mean the elimination of a tremendous amount i\tiarble and Scagliola; 49- .
of individual effort, time and expense in the prepara- S-M etaJ Work:-51- Structural Metal; 52-
tion of specifications and detail drafting, it will Vaults ; 53- Miscellaneous Metal; S4--Art Metal;
permit industries to keep production well in ad- SS-Metal Sash, Doors and Trim; 56---Screens;
vance of demand, insure more constant employment S7-Weather Strips; SS- Roofing and Sheet Metal
of workmen, furnish a uniform basis for estimates, and Kalamein Work, Metal Ceilings; S9-Hard-
reduce the cost of building, and finally, assure a ware.

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6---W oodworll :-61-Timber; 62 -- Carpentry; s .. nmless Brass Pit>e.-Bull et in No. 1, A . I. A .. c l assi-
fi cation 29 B4. Illu strat ed bu ll e tin with tabl e s , price
63-M illwork; 64-S tair Building; 65-Cabinet li sts. wei g h ts, etc. Typical l ayo u ts of hot water sys-
t ems of various kinds. 7 % x 10 % in. 24 pp . Rome
Work; 66---Floori ng; 67-Glazing; 68-Painting Brass & Copper Co., 105 Domini ck St., Rome, N. Y.
and Decorating; 69-. Anchor Poi;t.- A mont hl y ill ustrated m agaz in e cove r-
ing s u bject of f e n c in g fo r a ll co nditions. Contai n s much
7-l\Icchanical:-71-Heati ng and Ventilating ; material of inte r est to architects. 8 x 11 in . Anch or
72-Steam Power Plant; 73-Plumbing; 74--Gas Post Iron Works 54 Ch urc h St., New York .
Electtic Tint<" Syste111s .- Loose- l e af portfolio co n tain -
Fitting and Generating; 75-Refrigeration; 76--- ing inf ormation on thi s subject as applied to schools.
Hydraulic Elevators; 77-Kitchen Equipment; 78- hanks, hospitals, li braries, h otels, p ubli c buildings, rail-
way terminal s and manufacturing plants . SY, x 11 in.
Laundry Equipment; 79- . 60 pp. International Tim e R ecord in g Co., 50 Broad St ..
8-Electrical :- 8 1- Electric Wiring; 82-Elec- New York.
A1111ihle Calling Systems.-Bulletin covering this typ e
tric Fixtures ; 83-Bell Work; · 84-Clock Work; of e quipm e nt fo r m any differ en t uses and under varying
SS-Elevators and Dumbwaiters (Electric and condit i o n s. SY, x 11 in . 1 6 pp. Holtz e r-Cabot Electric
Co., 12 5 Amory St., Boston, Mass .
Hand); 86---Mechanical Cleaning; 87-Mechanical ( T he followi11g bttlleti'lls are also a.vailable on application..
"Fire alarm Appa·r atus," r'l11t cr-com11nrnfrati11g Telephone
Carrier; 88-Moving Picture Equipment; 89- Systems," "Ann1£ncintors and Signaling AJ1/1arat11.s 1"" B ells,
Pumps. Bu::::crs, Horns, Push B11.!tons and Relays" and "Nlagnetfr
Cloe!<")
9-Miscellan eous:-91 Auxiliary Fire Apparatus; Painting S1,ccifications.-Sp ecifications coverin g . n ew
92--Wood Furniture; 93-Metal Furniture; 94- and old work, plaste r, ceme nt and concret H; iron and
stee l ; r e p a inting· ir on a nd s t eel ; gal van i zed iron and
Upholstery; 95- Furnishings; 96---Lightning Con- steel ; gal vanize d or zinc coated iron; cop p e r and zinc
ductors ; 97- ; 98- ; 99- ; 100-. · fl as hings; tin roofs etc. ; interi or-compl e te specifica -
tions for a ll kinds of inte rior work . 14 pp. full y in -
All catalogues of manufacturer s are classified in cl exe cl. SY, x 11 in., published by New J e r sey Z in c Co ..
160 Front St., New York.
vertical fil es in accordance with this standard classi - Ziuc S1rnnting.-Four bookl ets d ealin g comp l e t e l y with
ficati on. Every speci fication card bears the general t hi s subject . D e t a il drawin gs an d oth e r u sefu l data.
Illustration s of finish e d work. Tabl es of costs. char ts ,
classification number and, after a decimal point, the e tc. Publi shed by N ew J e r sey Zinc Co .. 160 Front St.,
number of the card in such subdivision, thereby New York.
enabling the office boy to refile same in its proper Specifi<"ntion Data Shcet.-Contains info rm ation r e gard-
in g V e ntilouvre, a speci a ll y d e signed ventilator for u se
place after having been typed. in d oors a nd transom space. Fu ll page drawing show-
ing d e t a il s. 80 x 11 in. V ent il o u vre Co., 103 Park A ve ..
While such a method probably does take a little New York.
longer , yet thi s is so with everything that must be Tile Right Angle.-W a t erproofing issu e. Covers sub-
ject of waterproofing concrete . SY, x 11 in . 16 pp. Gen-
thorough, and our experience is that the number eral F ir e proofing Co ., Youngstown, Ohio.
of extras due to oversight is practically nil. It will Atlantic T .erra Cottn.-No. 9 of this s e ri es illu s trates
several not ab l e exampl es of t erra cotta of the Fi f t eenth
be noted that room is left in some places for ex- Centur y. A tl antic T er ra Cotta., 350 M adison Ave., N ew
pansion. York .
H:uuly Book on PtLinting;.-A valu abl e co1n p il ation of
paint in g d a ta, covering fo r m ul as a nd m e thods of app li-
MEASURI NG SAND FOR CONCRETE. cati on for a ll c l asses of work. Vest po c k e t size. 3).-2 x
5Y, in. 100 pp . National L ead Co., 111 Broadway, Ne w
York .
T HE reliability of concrete construction is likely
to be increased, and the cost in some cases re-
PumuinA' nullctin.-Loose- l eaf bulletin No. 45 contain -
ing s p ec ific at ions. drawings, tabl es of sizes and capaci-
ti e s of var i o u s t ypes of centrifu gal pumps for use in
duced, by the application of a newly developed bui ldin gs. A valu ab l e h an db ook on the s uh.i ect . 8Y, x 11
method of measuring sand , which is now being in. 60 pp. C h icago Pump Co., 2300 Wolfram St .. C hi-
cago. Ill.
tested at the Bureau of Standards of the Depart- A Series of Bulletin" h ave been comp il e d by th e Edi-
ment of Commerce. The method has been termed son Lamp \Vorks of th e Genera l Electric Comp any, giv -
ing compl e t e Lighting Data r e l a ti ve to several t yp e s of
the "inundation method" and consists of measurin!! Indu str i a l B uildings, Automobi l e Garages, and Display
sand in a container which has been partly filled with Room Li g hting, and Str eet Ligh t in g . Siz e 6 x 9 in .. and
no ntains 32 pag-es each. May be obtai n e d by addressing
water before the sand is put in, so that when the Bdison Lamp Works, of G eneral E l ectri c Company, H ar -
rison , N. Y.
sand is in, the water is up to the top and the sand Sylphcm Heating S1>e<'ialtieN.-T echnical handbook con -
completely soaked. taining valu ab l e tabl es, sp ecifi cation data, etc .. for all
t ypes of steam a nd h o t water h e ating. 3 'h x G\I! in. 144
pp . Th e Fulton Co., Knoxvi ll e, T enn.
PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST TO THE SPECIFI- Ln1>to n St<'el Winclows .-Ill ustrate d specifi cat ions bro-
c h ure , No . llO. Windows for apartments, r esiden ces,
CATIO N WRITER. school s, indu str i a l plants, etc. Working drawings. S'h
Any publication mention.e d 1111der this heading will be x 11 in . 72 pp. David Lup ton's Sons Co.. All eghany
Ave. and Tulip St., Philade lph ia, Pa.
sent fre e, unless otherwise noted, upon request, to readers Frau1e C onstruction Dctnils.-Bo ok contai nin g 28
of PENCIL PoINTS by the firm issu·ing the publicat-ion. p l ates d ealing with practi cal prob l ems ar i s in g in the
W hen w rit·ing for any of these it~ins please m ention co nstruction of fram e buildings; to serve as a gu id e to
PENCIL POINTS. those engaged in actual costructio n work, to prospec-
tive bu il d e rs, to a r chit e cts, a n d to students of arc hitec -
Architcctur:d lU ctnl 'Vork .- Hunclsome bro c hur e in tur e a.nd building co nstruction in the pr ~ n ara tion of
s e pia illu str ating num e r o u s exa1npl es of bronz e an d drawings. 8% x ll'h in . Price $1.00. Published by the
w r ought iron work as in stall ed in r ecent build i ngs. 10.V, National Lumber Manufactur ers' Assn., 750 McCormick
x 14 in . 32 pp. Th e F l ou r City Ornamental Iron Co .. B ld g., Ch i ca,go , Ill.
Minneapoli s , Minn. Tile JU01leru JUethod of Ash Dispo,.nl.-Illu strated book-
Color in Architccture.-Bro c hu re illustrat ed in col or l e t , G x 9 in. 8 pp. Pub l is h e d by th e Sharp Rotary Ash
pl ates and num e r o u s e ngrav in gs in s e pia, on th e bas i c R ece iver Corp., Springfi e ld, Mass.
princi p l es of the applicati on of co l or in availabl e me- C ont{)OSit"ion Floo1·ing S1tcciflcntio11s.- Cove rin g San i-
diums . SY, x 11 in . 38 pp. Th e Nati onal Terra Cotta tary floor , base and wainscoting. Franklyn R. Mu e ll e r
Society, ID West 44th St .. N e w Yo rk . & Co., Wauk egan, Il l.
I~ig· hting Service for Banks anti Iusurancc Con11•nnies.
-B rochur e illu strated by PngTav in gs and diagrams Asbestone Co1111>ositio11 Flooring.-Book l et containing
showing bot h dir ect an d indirect li ght ing e quipment illustration s a nd col or suggest i ons for Asbes t one Com -
suitab l e for use in b a nking and similar b uildings. Con - posit ion Floorin g. 8'h x 11 i n. 8 pp. Franklyn R.
t a i ns much practi cal data. 8 x 11 in . 32 pp. I. P. Frink, Mu e ller & Co., Wauk eg·an , Ill.
Inc .. 24th St. and 10th Ave., New York. Asbestoue Everlas-tic lUngnesite Stucco.-Boo kl et co n-
(Also "Lighti11g S ervice for 1-IosjJitals/' "Pictare Lighting" t a ini ng illustrations ancl specification s. •Ix 9 in. 24 pp.
an d "Lighting for Stores.") Frankl yn R. Mu e ll er & Co .. W a uk egan, Ill.

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on. d r av{in.~ an.d n..oled "sloLe.
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Details of Wooden Casement ~Vindows in Frame.

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Mr. Manship are both former Fellows of the Academy,

WANTS and it is, therefore, peculiarly fitting that they should

undertake to design a memorial for two other former
Fellows, Thrasher and \Varel, who died during the great
war. Mr. \!Yard's uncl e has generously agreed to pay for
the actual cost of th e m emo rial and the t r ustees are pro-
viding for th e expe nses of Messrs. Faulkner a nd Manship
AJ1wr l isf!n1enls in t hi.~ r·olumn fin· r·,•n ls a word, none less than out of interest derived fr om the funds collected in mem -
$1.UU. H. emttlu11 ce m ·u:st uccumµuny order . ory of Mr. Frank D. Millet at the time of hi s tragic
death on th e T itanic. The central bay on the libra ry side
DRAFT SMEN-vVan te d immed iately severa l good. seni or, of the courtyard has a lready been prepared for the
hi gh class draftsmen, experi en ced in H ospital ancl Church memorial and the artists have had a mod el of the bay
work. Reasonably permanent positions if sati sfacto ry. made and are now studying fr esco processes. They pian
\ Vr itc stating age, ex peri ence. salary, and send specimens to make the upper portion a fresco depicting, in a sym-
of work with fi1·st letter; ge neral drawings, large scale bolic way, a youthful F ello w of th e American Acade my
and full size detai ' s. RITCHER & EILER. 147 NORTH embarked upon a voyage of di scover y among the great
FIFTH STREET, READING, PA. artistic wonders of Europe; th e lo wer portion contains
WESTERN POSITIONS-Several openings for well the dedicatory inscripti on and a carved marbl e seat where
future academicians may repose an d pond er.
qualified a r chitectura l draftsmen in Colorado and adjoin- " Prof esso r S howcnna n has just fini shed his interest-
in g states . Write Bus iness-Me n's Clearing House, Den- ing set of lectures up on 'Eternal Rome,' much to the
ver, Colorado. r eg ret of th ose who ha ve been listening to him. At hi s
ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTSMAN want ed at onc e for last lectur e t here was a n enthu siastic 'd em onst rati on' in
permanent position in city of 40,000 pop ulati on; expe ri- hi s favor, the like of which I have not see n during the
ence on r es: dcnces and small school buildings necessa ry. eleve n years I have been in R ome.
Appl y to Geo. Barkm a n, Architect, Hamilton, Ohio. " Mr. H enry Osborn Taylor has deli vered the first of
his tw o lect ur es on 'The Formative Elements of tl1 e
VV AN TED: Architectural dr afts man. Must have sev-
eral yea rs' experi ence and a co llege training. P. L. Medi <eval Mind.' The lec ture was well attended and much
ap preciated.
Small, 220 U ni on Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio. " \>Ve have visited the famous Torlonia sculpture gallery
\•VANTED: Good dra ug htsman by Ba rber & McMurry, in the Trasteve re. Senat r Lanciani kindly consented to
Architects, Knoxvi ll e. Tenn. Must ha ve ability to make lecture to us and, as he had aided in the excavation of
accurate ancl complete wo rking rlrawings fr om prelim- man y of th e statu es th emselves. what li e had to say con-
inary sketch es . Beaux-Arts Ate'ier in connection with tained man y an interesting anecdote. As it is difficult to
this office. obtain permission to see this collection. we invited the
POSITION WANTED: Juni o r architectural draftsman, student s of th e French Academy, Spani sh Academy, and
student o f Columbia Extension, de sires position with English School to go with u s. Such visits as t hese, where
oppo rtunit y for 'lcivancemcnt. Address Penci l P oints, 19 the students from the various academies min gle. is abo ut
E . 21'h St. Box 63 . as far as we have prog1·essed at present w ith the schem e
of an association of .n ation al academi es in Rome. A ny
SENIOR DRAFTSMAN-Wanted immediately, th or- year, however, may see a m or e closely knit association.
oughl y experi enced seni o r draftsma n. technica ll y train ed "The gifts of the m onth consisted of ab out one hundr ed
preferred, capable of acting as job captain in developing and fift y books fr om the es tate of Mrs. vV. H. Hurlbert,
comp lete working clrawings and details fr om sketches on a r elativ e of Trustee George B. McClellan ; Lire 500 from
high grade public a nd semi-public work. \.Vr itc stating Mr. John Gray fo r th e library; and one th ou sand dollars
age. experience, sa lary and send specimens of wo rk. gen - fr om Miss I sabell e Ballantine for the library.
era l drawin gs and details . HERBEI{T M. GREENE "The h ead of th e Ard1itectural Depart ment of the
CO MPAN Y. ARCHITECTS, DALLAS. TEXAS M assachusett s Institute o f Techn ology has asked m e to
A WELL ESTABLISHED FIRM in a Southern City of obtain for hi s departm ent ful l-size Dlaster cas ts of the
200,000 popul ation wishes to secure a competent drafts- column and pilaster capitals of th e Pantheon, Templ e of
Mars Vengeur, Tem!)lf' of Casto r a nd P 0ll ux, and the
man who can des ign, mak e qu ick sketch es and neat accu-
Portico of Octavius. Th ese casts were made yea rs ago
r ate workin g drawings for domestic work and who is for the French Academy and th e di1·ecto1· of that insti-
willing to give his bes t effo rts for th e opportunity of tuti on has kindl y agreed to let us have copies mad e. It
becoming iden tified with th e firm, after proving hi s is a great opportunity. \ Ve ought to ha ve a · set at our
\\'Orth . A young ma n of a bility a nd of clean habits a nd academy but economy is the watchword now.
mora ls will find this a good proposition. In answering, "Roumania is to hav e an academy in Rome. The new
state age, expe ri ence a nd n ames of previ ou s employers. director called a few days ago. Th ey have only arch;:col-
Address Box 62. care of P encil Points, 19 E. 24th St., ogists at present but as soo n as the ir fund s arc suffi cient,
New York, N. Y. art ists are to be added.
WANTE D : Several a rchitectura l drau ghtsmen of ex pe- "\Ve have J1ad a visit from MTS. Georgi> Montgomery
rienc e and on e superintende nt of construction. State sal- Tuttle. Presid ent of the American Sc1100\ of Mus ic at
ary expected . cxperiencr. a nd oth er detail s. Guilb ert & F ontainebleu. It is planned to ad d painters.. sculptors.
Betel le. 546 Broad St .. N C\\'a rk, N. J. and a r chitects to th e school.
"\i\Je had a most successful Th a nk sgiving dinner. thanks
TRJ\ V EL: Architectural student who in tends to go to to the enthusiasm of those stud ents who were selected to
E urop e fo r th ree months about May 15th . wo uld like to n1 anage it. Sixty-six sat down at table. Rev. Theodore
arr ange to trave l with a g r ouo of indi vidu als of simil ar Sedgwick. Recto r of Calvary Chu1·ch of New York. macle
intentions. Ad dr ess Box 64. PENC IL PO I NTS PRESS, ~ n excellent Thanksgiving speech. T he checks fm· the
Inc. , 19 East 24•.h St .. New York. Collaborative Prize w inn ers of last yea r 3rrived just in
tim e to be hand ed over at thi s meal to three lucky com-
THE AMERICAN ACA DEMY 1N ROME. netitors. It was 1·eall y a remarkable dinner for thirtv-
thr ee cents a nlatc. After dinner. dancing, pool and bridge
F R01{ a letter recently received hy Mr. C. Grant we re in order.
LeFarge, Secretary of the American Academy in "The sarl death of for mer F PJ) ow Hanv I. Stirkroth .
R ome. from 'M r. Go rh a m P. Stevens, Di1·ecto1·, we riuote Painter. wh ich took place in 01ica!!o on Octoher 17th . is
th e following: a great loss to hi s nrnfessinn and to his fril!nds . H e was
"Th e chi ef event of. iast m onth was th e arrival of a young painter of the greatest nromise anrl it is inrleerl
M essrs. Faulkner and Mansh ip, who have come to wodc hard to realize that tl1e hand of death has ar restee! his
up the Thrasher-Vv'ard Mem o rial. Mr. Faulkner an<l steps."

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