THE
AMERICAN ARCHITECT
With Which Is Consolidated The Architectural Review
Volume cxxixMAY 5, 1926Number 2496
CONTENTS
The Arch of St. Maria, Burgos, Spain.................................................................Frontispiece Selling Phidias et Al. to the Trustees.... Thomas E. Tallmadge, F. A. I. A......................... 487 A Preliminary Study for St. Mary’s College
Group, Oakland, Calif....................................John J. Donovan................................ 493 Editorial Comment......................................................................................................................500 The Decorative and Structural Value of
Ceramic Products.................................................................................................................503 Mechanical Features, Baker Laboratory of
Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Arthur N. Gibb................................ 509
Acoustical Treatment in Small Auditoriums Wallace Waterfall ..............................513 Baker Laboratory of Chemistry, Cornell
University, Ithaca, N. Y.................................Arthur N. Gibb................................... 517
PLATES Alumni Memorial Administration building,
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa.................Theodore Visscher & James Burley.. 5 Plates Waldron Academy, Merion, Pa........................F. Ferdinand Durang........................... 3 Plates School of Music (Sage Hall), Smith College,
Northampton, Mass........................................Delano & Aldrich................................... 5 Plates Bridges Hall of Music, Pomona College,
Claremont, Calif ........................................Myron Hunt............................................ 3 Plates
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AMERICAN ARCHITECT
With Which Is Consolidated The Architectural Review
Volume cxxixMAY 5, 1926Number 2496
CONTENTS
The Arch of St. Maria, Burgos, Spain.................................................................Frontispiece Selling Phidias et Al. to the Trustees.... Thomas E. Tallmadge, F. A. I. A......................... 487 A Preliminary Study for St. Mary’s College
Group, Oakland, Calif....................................John J. Donovan................................ 493 Editorial Comment......................................................................................................................500 The Decorative and Structural Value of
Ceramic Products.................................................................................................................503 Mechanical Features, Baker Laboratory of
Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Arthur N. Gibb................................ 509
Acoustical Treatment in Small Auditoriums Wallace Waterfall ..............................513 Baker Laboratory of Chemistry, Cornell
University, Ithaca, N. Y.................................Arthur N. Gibb................................... 517
PLATES Alumni Memorial Administration building,
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa.................Theodore Visscher & James Burley.. 5 Plates Waldron Academy, Merion, Pa........................F. Ferdinand Durang........................... 3 Plates School of Music (Sage Hall), Smith College,
Northampton, Mass........................................Delano & Aldrich................................... 5 Plates Bridges Hall of Music, Pomona College,
Claremont, Calif ........................................Myron Hunt............................................ 3 Plates
OWNED AND PUBLISHED BY
THE ARCHITECTURAL AND BUILDING PRESS, Inc.
E. J. ROSENCRANS, President and Treasurer FREDERICK S. SLY, Vice-President Publication, Editorial and Advertising Offices: 239 West 39TH Street, New York City
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
WILLIAM H. CROCKER, Editor
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BETTS, Associate Editor
R. W. SEXTON, Associate Editor, Department of Interior Architecture E. K. BRUNNER, Editorial Assistant
Board of Directors
H. J. REDFIELD E. J. ROSENCRANS PAGE A. ROBINSON G. E. SLY
FREDERICK S. SLY H. H. MINER
Western Office: First National Bank Building, Chicago, PAGE A. ROBINSON, Manager
London Office: DORLAND HOUSE, 14 Regent Street, S. W. I.
Yearly Subscription in the United States and Possessions, Canada, Mexico and Cuba, Six Dollars. Other Countries, Eight Dollars,
Payable in New York Funds. Single copies (Regular Issues) 50 cents.