J. M. WHITE
PERCY C. ADAMS
stoic. It is undoubtedly gratifying to the president-elect to know that he was not the candidate of a faction, and that it does not become part of his work during the next year to overcome opposition. Perhaps never in the history of the Institute has a president been elected under similar conditions. That Mr. Waid will make a good president may safely be predicted, and that he will labor to increase the dignity of the Institute and make it thoroughly representative of the profession of architecture is certain.
The meeting on Thursday afternoon was the high water mark of convention proceedings for many years. The enthusiasm evoked was long and sustained. It was the keynote that will set the program for the future. A policy so very fine and dignified, an attitude of culture and the highest expression of the art of architecture can safely be
placed in Mr. Waid’s hands for development.
Any account of this convention would be incomplete that failed to make mention of the valuable activities of E. C. Kemper, the efficient executive secretary of the Institute. As usual
since Mr. Kemper’s incumbency, the machinery of the convention was in the most perfect working order. No question, how
D. K. BOYD
ever unnecessary, no demand for service, however unreasonable, could ruffle the temper of that well balanced young man. Much of the comfort enjoyed by those who attended this memorable gathering is largely due to the efficient direction of Kemper and the organization under him,
drilled to the most perfect performance of fine teamwork.
The Next Convention T
HE next annual convention of The
American Institute of Architects, embracing its more than thirty-five chapters throughout the United States, will be held in New York, April 20 to May 2, 1925. It will undoubtedly be the most important meeting of the Institute held during its ninety years of existence, and it will also mark what will probably be the largest national exhibition of architecture and the allied arts ever held in this country. Joined with the Institute in this undertaking, will be The Architectural League of New York, now entering its forty-third year of consecutive service and numbering an active membership of more than one thousand artists. It is the present intention to hold this exhibition in the Grand Central Palace. It is announced in a very well prepared circular that the exhibition will fol
EXEC. SECY. KEMPER
H. VAN BUREN MACONIGLEPAUL F. MANN N. MAX DUNNINGMILTON B. MEDARY
BEN J. LUBSCHEZ