WATER COLOR SKETCH BY FREDERICK ROY WITTON
According to the specific deed of trust the income from the funds was to be used for the encouragement of architecture by travel and study abroad, and its benefits were limited to young men under thirty who had passed at least two years in the office of an architect in Massachusetts. The process of selection consists in a preliminary examination in history of architecture, construction, French and drawing, those who qualify in this examination being admitted to a final competition in design for a building on a large program.
The first competition was held in the spring of 1884, at a time when architectural practice was by
no means so clearly defined as it is now and standards of planning and design were still in process of evolution. It is interesting, therefore, in going over the awards which have been made during the thirtyfour years of the scholarship to note how uniformly the selection has been made, following similar lines. In each case the jury is told that it can make such rules as it pleases and can arrive at a selection in such manner as seems to it to be most justified. The jurors have been men varying widely in their points of view and in their personal desires, and during these years the whole ideals of the profession have received very material modifications, and yet in every instance it has seemed perfectly clear that the jury has approached the problem in practically the same manner.
The awards are made public at the first meeting of the Boston Society of Architects in May of each year. The winner of the scholarship is expected to go to Europe within three months thereafter and to spend at least two full years in travel and study abroad, returning in season to report to the Society of Architects at the first meeting in October. The committee places almost no restriction upon what the student shall do and study.
The good that the scholarship has done to the profession is not measured simply by the opportunity it has afforded the individual holders. Each year
PENCIL SKETCH BY FREDERICK ROY WITTON
According to the specific deed of trust the income from the funds was to be used for the encouragement of architecture by travel and study abroad, and its benefits were limited to young men under thirty who had passed at least two years in the office of an architect in Massachusetts. The process of selection consists in a preliminary examination in history of architecture, construction, French and drawing, those who qualify in this examination being admitted to a final competition in design for a building on a large program.
The first competition was held in the spring of 1884, at a time when architectural practice was by
no means so clearly defined as it is now and standards of planning and design were still in process of evolution. It is interesting, therefore, in going over the awards which have been made during the thirtyfour years of the scholarship to note how uniformly the selection has been made, following similar lines. In each case the jury is told that it can make such rules as it pleases and can arrive at a selection in such manner as seems to it to be most justified. The jurors have been men varying widely in their points of view and in their personal desires, and during these years the whole ideals of the profession have received very material modifications, and yet in every instance it has seemed perfectly clear that the jury has approached the problem in practically the same manner.
The awards are made public at the first meeting of the Boston Society of Architects in May of each year. The winner of the scholarship is expected to go to Europe within three months thereafter and to spend at least two full years in travel and study abroad, returning in season to report to the Society of Architects at the first meeting in October. The committee places almost no restriction upon what the student shall do and study.
The good that the scholarship has done to the profession is not measured simply by the opportunity it has afforded the individual holders. Each year
PENCIL SKETCH BY FREDERICK ROY WITTON