UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
FOUR-YEAR COURSE. (Degree B. S. in Arch.) (Architectural engineering may be taken in lieu of advanced design, etc.)
GRADUATE YEAR. (Degree M. S. in Arch.) (Allowing specialization in design or in architectural engineering, etc.)
SPECIAL COURSE OF TWO YEARS. (Certificate.) (For qualified draughtsmen; affording option in architectural engineering.)
COMBINED COURSES in Arts and Architecture, by which A. B. and B. S. in Arch. may be taken in six years.
COLLEGE GRADUATES granted advanced standing.
SUMMER COURSES in elementary and general subjects through which advanced standing may be secured.
For full information address: DR. J. H. PENNIMAN, Dean, College Hall, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
Options in Architectural Engineering and Landscape A rchitecture.
College graduates and draughtsmen admitted as special students.
H. W. TYLER, Secretary,
Mass. Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
St. Louis, Mo.
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
offers a professional four-year courae in Architecfcire. Admission by examination or by certificate or diploma from other schools and colleges. Draughtsmen are admitted as special students.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
The Graduate School of Applied Science and The Lawrence Scientific School
offer graduate and undergraduate courses in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Forestry, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Geology.
Forfurther information, address W. C. SABINE, 15 University Hall, Cambridge, Mass.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor, Mich.
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE.
Four-year course in Architecture and in Architectural Engineering. Draftsmen and others adequately prepared _ are admitted as special students. For Bulletin describing work, address Dean of Department of Engineering.
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
Four-year professional courses in Architecture, in Architectural Engineering and in Architectural Decoration. Special courses for draftsmen and constructors. Excellent library and equipment. University fees nominal.
Department oj Architecture.
W. T- PILLSBURY, Registrar, Urbana, III
THE SOCIETY OF BEAUX-ARTS ARCHITECTS
has established
A FREE COURSE OF STUDY
open to draughtsmen and students of any city, modeled on the general plan pursued at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and comprising frequent problems in Orders, Design, Archaeology, etc.
For information apply to the Secretary of the Committee on Education, 3 East 33d St., New York City.
“MONUMENTAL STAIRCASES.”
40 Gelatine Plates, on bond paper, 9 x 11 . In Envelope. Price, $5.00.
The American Architect, Publishers.
THE GEORGIAN PERIOD
PRICE, $60.00.
“The most important work on architecture yet produced in America.”—Nation.
THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT,
1 a West Fortieth St. New York
OKONITE
INSULATED ELECTRIC LIGHT WIRES
Are pronounced by leading Architects to be SAFE, DURABLE and EASILY ADJUSTED for the inside wiring of PUBLICyPRIVATE BUILDINGS
Candee Weatherproof Wires Okonite Waterproof Tape Manson Protecting Tape
SOLE MANUFACTURERS THE OKONITE CO., Ltd.
253 Broadway, New York
Willard L. Candee, H. Durant Cheever,
Managers.
G*o.T. Manson, Geni Sunt.W. H. Hodgins, See y.
TRADE MARK
REG. US. PATENT OFFICE.
ventilating system, and the air is delivered by the latter at the normal temperature of the rooms supplied.—Philadelphia Record.
The Monson Columbarium.—One of the features of Lord Monson’s ancestral home in Lincolnshire, at Burton, is the sort of columbarium of carved ornamental stone, bearing the Monson heraldic devices and arms, which is destined to receive the urns, or silver jars, containing the ashes of the Monsons now living and as yet unborn. It was built by the late Lord Monson immediately adjoining the private chapel, and with the object of avoiding an enlargement of the ancestral vaults and family mausoleum which would otherwise have been necessary, owing to the number of dead which they contain. The Monson columbarium is something in the shape of a sanctified pigeon house, there being tiers of pigeonholes, one above the other. Each pigeonhole, on receiving its urn of ashes, is hermetically sealed with a pane of thick glass, while a brass plate immediately below igives the name, the titles and the other customary data concerning the person whose ashes occupy the receptacle. Cremation is becoming more and more the fashion among the titled and untitled aristocracy of Great Britain, and this is naturally leading to the abandonment, in a great measure, of ancestral vaults and of the old family mau
soleums, and the substitution in their stead of columbariums, such as that of Lord Monson. These columbariums, in spite of their ornate character, do not, however, in
spire the feelings of solemnity aroused by the stately tombs that adorn so many of the ancient cathedrals, abbeys and churches of the United Kingdom.—Marquis de Fontenay in N. Y. Tribune.
A Strange Granary.—The “golah” at Bankipur, India, was built for a granary in 1783, but has never been used for that purpose. It is 426 feet round at the base, with walls 12 feet 2 inches in thickness, the interior diameter being 109 feet. It is about 90 feet high and might contain 137,000 tons. Inside is a most wonderful echo, best heard from the center of the building. As a whispering gallery there is, perhaps, no such building in the world, not even the famous Mormon Temple.—Kansas City Journal.
Those Unquiet Stairs.—In a recent suit in a Cincinnati court a lawyer was crossexamining a German, the point under inquiry being the relative position of the doors, windows and so forth in a house in which a certain transaction was alleged to have occurred. “And how, my good man,” the lawyer said, “will you be good enough to tell the court how the stairs run in your house?” The German looked dazed for a moment. “How do they run?” he repeated.
“Yes; how do the stairs run?”
“Veil,” continued the witness, “ven I am oopstairs dey run down and ven I am downstairs dey run oop.”—Harpers Weekly.
Alexander s Town.—An appeal to Hellenism and Hellenic spirit throughout the world is implied in a scheme, the tentative beginnings of which are being discussed here (writes an Alexandria correspondent), to revive the memory of Alexandria’s magnificent past. The project is for the erection of a monument to Alexander the Great, the founder and eponymous hero of the city. It is probable that an organizing committee will be formed, and when that point is reached nothing can deter the scheme from success, for the Hellenic colony here is both wealthy and patriotic. It is not, perhaps, without significance that the first subscriber to the movement should be a German, settled in Alexandria, whose donation is £500. The predominant, suggestion for the monument is that it should take the form of a gigantic statue of the hero in marble and iron, to stand on the newly constructed esplanade arching the eastern bay. It is suggested that the marble should come from the classical -quarries of Pentelicus. A resident of Alexandria, in a letter to the Egyptian Gazette, recalls the Greek legend surrounding the founding of the city. The soil all being black and yielding no chalk, flour was sprinkled to mark the site of the future city, which took the shape of a Macedonian mantle. Suddenly a flight of birds swept down and consumed
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
FOUR-YEAR COURSE. (Degree B. S. in Arch.) (Architectural engineering may be taken in lieu of advanced design, etc.)
GRADUATE YEAR. (Degree M. S. in Arch.) (Allowing specialization in design or in architectural engineering, etc.)
SPECIAL COURSE OF TWO YEARS. (Certificate.) (For qualified draughtsmen; affording option in architectural engineering.)
COMBINED COURSES in Arts and Architecture, by which A. B. and B. S. in Arch. may be taken in six years.
COLLEGE GRADUATES granted advanced standing.
SUMMER COURSES in elementary and general subjects through which advanced standing may be secured.
For full information address: DR. J. H. PENNIMAN, Dean, College Hall, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
Options in Architectural Engineering and Landscape A rchitecture.
College graduates and draughtsmen admitted as special students.
H. W. TYLER, Secretary,
Mass. Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
St. Louis, Mo.
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
offers a professional four-year courae in Architecfcire. Admission by examination or by certificate or diploma from other schools and colleges. Draughtsmen are admitted as special students.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
The Graduate School of Applied Science and The Lawrence Scientific School
offer graduate and undergraduate courses in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Forestry, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Geology.
Forfurther information, address W. C. SABINE, 15 University Hall, Cambridge, Mass.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor, Mich.
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE.
Four-year course in Architecture and in Architectural Engineering. Draftsmen and others adequately prepared _ are admitted as special students. For Bulletin describing work, address Dean of Department of Engineering.
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
Four-year professional courses in Architecture, in Architectural Engineering and in Architectural Decoration. Special courses for draftsmen and constructors. Excellent library and equipment. University fees nominal.
Department oj Architecture.
W. T- PILLSBURY, Registrar, Urbana, III
THE SOCIETY OF BEAUX-ARTS ARCHITECTS
has established
A FREE COURSE OF STUDY
open to draughtsmen and students of any city, modeled on the general plan pursued at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and comprising frequent problems in Orders, Design, Archaeology, etc.
For information apply to the Secretary of the Committee on Education, 3 East 33d St., New York City.
“MONUMENTAL STAIRCASES.”
40 Gelatine Plates, on bond paper, 9 x 11 . In Envelope. Price, $5.00.
The American Architect, Publishers.
THE GEORGIAN PERIOD
PRICE, $60.00.
“The most important work on architecture yet produced in America.”—Nation.
THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT,
1 a West Fortieth St. New York
OKONITE
INSULATED ELECTRIC LIGHT WIRES
Are pronounced by leading Architects to be SAFE, DURABLE and EASILY ADJUSTED for the inside wiring of PUBLICyPRIVATE BUILDINGS
Candee Weatherproof Wires Okonite Waterproof Tape Manson Protecting Tape
SOLE MANUFACTURERS THE OKONITE CO., Ltd.
253 Broadway, New York
Willard L. Candee, H. Durant Cheever,
Managers.
G*o.T. Manson, Geni Sunt.W. H. Hodgins, See y.
TRADE MARK
REG. US. PATENT OFFICE.
ventilating system, and the air is delivered by the latter at the normal temperature of the rooms supplied.—Philadelphia Record.
The Monson Columbarium.—One of the features of Lord Monson’s ancestral home in Lincolnshire, at Burton, is the sort of columbarium of carved ornamental stone, bearing the Monson heraldic devices and arms, which is destined to receive the urns, or silver jars, containing the ashes of the Monsons now living and as yet unborn. It was built by the late Lord Monson immediately adjoining the private chapel, and with the object of avoiding an enlargement of the ancestral vaults and family mausoleum which would otherwise have been necessary, owing to the number of dead which they contain. The Monson columbarium is something in the shape of a sanctified pigeon house, there being tiers of pigeonholes, one above the other. Each pigeonhole, on receiving its urn of ashes, is hermetically sealed with a pane of thick glass, while a brass plate immediately below igives the name, the titles and the other customary data concerning the person whose ashes occupy the receptacle. Cremation is becoming more and more the fashion among the titled and untitled aristocracy of Great Britain, and this is naturally leading to the abandonment, in a great measure, of ancestral vaults and of the old family mau
soleums, and the substitution in their stead of columbariums, such as that of Lord Monson. These columbariums, in spite of their ornate character, do not, however, in
spire the feelings of solemnity aroused by the stately tombs that adorn so many of the ancient cathedrals, abbeys and churches of the United Kingdom.—Marquis de Fontenay in N. Y. Tribune.
A Strange Granary.—The “golah” at Bankipur, India, was built for a granary in 1783, but has never been used for that purpose. It is 426 feet round at the base, with walls 12 feet 2 inches in thickness, the interior diameter being 109 feet. It is about 90 feet high and might contain 137,000 tons. Inside is a most wonderful echo, best heard from the center of the building. As a whispering gallery there is, perhaps, no such building in the world, not even the famous Mormon Temple.—Kansas City Journal.
Those Unquiet Stairs.—In a recent suit in a Cincinnati court a lawyer was crossexamining a German, the point under inquiry being the relative position of the doors, windows and so forth in a house in which a certain transaction was alleged to have occurred. “And how, my good man,” the lawyer said, “will you be good enough to tell the court how the stairs run in your house?” The German looked dazed for a moment. “How do they run?” he repeated.
“Yes; how do the stairs run?”
“Veil,” continued the witness, “ven I am oopstairs dey run down and ven I am downstairs dey run oop.”—Harpers Weekly.
Alexander s Town.—An appeal to Hellenism and Hellenic spirit throughout the world is implied in a scheme, the tentative beginnings of which are being discussed here (writes an Alexandria correspondent), to revive the memory of Alexandria’s magnificent past. The project is for the erection of a monument to Alexander the Great, the founder and eponymous hero of the city. It is probable that an organizing committee will be formed, and when that point is reached nothing can deter the scheme from success, for the Hellenic colony here is both wealthy and patriotic. It is not, perhaps, without significance that the first subscriber to the movement should be a German, settled in Alexandria, whose donation is £500. The predominant, suggestion for the monument is that it should take the form of a gigantic statue of the hero in marble and iron, to stand on the newly constructed esplanade arching the eastern bay. It is suggested that the marble should come from the classical -quarries of Pentelicus. A resident of Alexandria, in a letter to the Egyptian Gazette, recalls the Greek legend surrounding the founding of the city. The soil all being black and yielding no chalk, flour was sprinkled to mark the site of the future city, which took the shape of a Macedonian mantle. Suddenly a flight of birds swept down and consumed