The American Architect The ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1924NUMBER 2447
FIFTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION,
THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE of ARCHITECTS, WASHINGTON, D. C., MAY 21-23
The First Day
SAID oelof tHe delegates to this convention,
eft vet era 1 of aviation in the A. E. F., as he AettlecT i: ito his seat when President Faville Mailed-;! the delegates to order,—“low visibility, very.fc Out-of-doors the rain was coming down ...in. a steady drivpi and the low hung clouds were shrouding the Potomac flats in wreaths of mist. Veteran attenders of conventions recalled the meeting of three years ago, when one cloudburst succeeded another. But. that was the “no smoking” year, and one might view the proceedings and listen to the flow of oratory in a clear atmosphere, at least indoors.
But this year is another story, and must be written of as it was, and it is certainly true to state that the “visibility” was “low” and the atmosphere, so charged with a variety of brands of tobacco, burned in every manner that the present smokers enjoy, formed a decided fog. Emerging from the ITemicycle, delegates would, to quote one, occasionally “come up for air,’ quickly to return and be lost in the fog. No one could be present on this opening day, when the outer air was so dense as to be
oppressive, and not recall the atmospheric conditions of that convention hall. No conditions, however bad, could check the very serious attitude of the delegates, and the first day’s proceedings were marked by a “snap” and a large measure
of accomplishment that served to make a most satisfactory first day.
President Faville’s address, printed in part on another page of this issue, was received with unanimous approval. An incident, marking what was believed to forecast an inevitable happening in the succession to the presidency, was the long sustained applause that greeted D. Everett Waid when he arose to read his report as Treasurer.
An impressive feature of the morning’s session was the delivery of a eulogy by President Faville in memory of Bertram G. Goodhue, Henry Bacon and Louis Sullivan. At the conclusion of President Faville’s remarks, the delegates stood in silence with bowed heads, for one minute. The morning session was, as usual, set apart largely for the presentation of reports of the various committees. A condensation of the more important of these interesting documents is presented in this issue.
The feature of the afternoon session, presided over by Milton B. Medary, Jr., was the discussion of The Public Building Problems of the United States. This was a constructive discussion of the building problems and policies of the Federal Government, by distinguished representatives of the Government and by delegates. The principal speakers at this meeting were Lt. Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, In Charge of Public Build
PRES1DENT-ELECT D. EVERETT WAID
(Copyright, 1924, The Architectural & Building Press, Inc.)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1924NUMBER 2447
FIFTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION,
THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE of ARCHITECTS, WASHINGTON, D. C., MAY 21-23
The First Day
SAID oelof tHe delegates to this convention,
eft vet era 1 of aviation in the A. E. F., as he AettlecT i: ito his seat when President Faville Mailed-;! the delegates to order,—“low visibility, very.fc Out-of-doors the rain was coming down ...in. a steady drivpi and the low hung clouds were shrouding the Potomac flats in wreaths of mist. Veteran attenders of conventions recalled the meeting of three years ago, when one cloudburst succeeded another. But. that was the “no smoking” year, and one might view the proceedings and listen to the flow of oratory in a clear atmosphere, at least indoors.
But this year is another story, and must be written of as it was, and it is certainly true to state that the “visibility” was “low” and the atmosphere, so charged with a variety of brands of tobacco, burned in every manner that the present smokers enjoy, formed a decided fog. Emerging from the ITemicycle, delegates would, to quote one, occasionally “come up for air,’ quickly to return and be lost in the fog. No one could be present on this opening day, when the outer air was so dense as to be
oppressive, and not recall the atmospheric conditions of that convention hall. No conditions, however bad, could check the very serious attitude of the delegates, and the first day’s proceedings were marked by a “snap” and a large measure
of accomplishment that served to make a most satisfactory first day.
President Faville’s address, printed in part on another page of this issue, was received with unanimous approval. An incident, marking what was believed to forecast an inevitable happening in the succession to the presidency, was the long sustained applause that greeted D. Everett Waid when he arose to read his report as Treasurer.
An impressive feature of the morning’s session was the delivery of a eulogy by President Faville in memory of Bertram G. Goodhue, Henry Bacon and Louis Sullivan. At the conclusion of President Faville’s remarks, the delegates stood in silence with bowed heads, for one minute. The morning session was, as usual, set apart largely for the presentation of reports of the various committees. A condensation of the more important of these interesting documents is presented in this issue.
The feature of the afternoon session, presided over by Milton B. Medary, Jr., was the discussion of The Public Building Problems of the United States. This was a constructive discussion of the building problems and policies of the Federal Government, by distinguished representatives of the Government and by delegates. The principal speakers at this meeting were Lt. Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, In Charge of Public Build
PRES1DENT-ELECT D. EVERETT WAID
(Copyright, 1924, The Architectural & Building Press, Inc.)