SOCIETIES
MUNICIPAL ART SOCIETY OF NEW YORK.
The directors of the Municipal Art Society elected officers May 8 and laid out the work for this year. Charles Rollinson Lamb was made president; William T. Evans, first vice-president; John J. Boyle, second vice-president; George F. Neidlinger, treasurer; William Walton, secretary, and Nelson S. Spencer, counsel.
Some of the plans for the year are a series of “Seeing New York” excursions to visit the important city works now under way; inquiry into the availability of Rockaway Beach as a summer resort for the city’s poor; offering medals and prizes to the pupils and students in the city schools, the Normal College, and the College of the City of New York; co-operating with the Police Commissioner as to traffic regulation, and drawing up a bill to be presented at Albany with reference to tall buildings, different heights to be established in different quarters of the city, following somewhat the law of Paris.
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN.
At the annual meeting of the National Academy of Design, May g, the formal
merger of the Academy with the Society of American Artists was ratified. These officers were elected:
President, Frederick Dielman; Vice-President, Herbert Adams; Corresponding Secretary, Harry W. Watrous; Recording Secretary, Will H. Low; Treasurer, Lockwood De Forest.
Members elected to the Council are Frank D. Millet, Kenyon Cox, Ben Foster, J. C. Nicoll, Francis C. Jones, and William Sergeant Kendall, the two latter succeeding J. W. Alexander and FI. Bolton Jones.
The new Academicians elected from the ranks of the Associates are:
Painters — George De Forest Brush, Emil Carlsen, Elliott Daingerfield, C. FI. Davis, Henry Golden Dearth, Louis Paul Dessar, Frank V. Du Mond, Frank Duveneck, Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, Samuel Isham, F. W. Kost, Louis Loeb, Gari Melchers, F. Luis Mora, Eduard Potthast, Henry W. Ranger, Edward W. Redfield, Robert Reid, Albert P. Ryder, Edmund C. Tarbell, Henry B. Snell, Robert W. Vonnoh, Carlton Wiggins, and Maxfield Parrish.
The sculptors elected Academicians are: Hermon A. MacNeil, Frederick W. Mac Monnies, Charles H. Niehaus, Frederick G. R, Roth, and Edward C. Potter.
BUILDING NEWS.
(The editors greatly desire to receive information from the smaller and outlying towns as well as from the larger cities. )
Albany, N. Y. — Fuller & Pitcher, architects, will prepare plans and specifications for a new building for the Albany Institute and Historical Art Society. Estimated cost, $50, 000.
Alexandria, La. — Directors of Louisiana College, David F. Lawrence, chairman, will open bids, May 25, for erection of dormitory building and mess hall. Plans may be seen at the Baptist Chronicle office, Alexandria; at office of Drago & Smith, MonrOe, La.; at store of J. A. Stephenson, Shreveport, La., and at office of R. J. Hummel, Baton Rouge, La. Usual rights reserved.
Atlanta, Ga. — Edward E. Dougherty is preparing plans for a two-story residence to be erected by W. P. Anderson at a cost of $50, 000; to be constructed of rough stone, half timber and stucco, tiled roof. Stables and servants’ quarters will also be built.
Title Guarantee & Trust Co., Empire bldg., is having plans prepared for a 5-story office building to be used by the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad Co.
Atlantic City, N. J. — The Atlantic City
Hospital is having plans prepared by Davis
BUSH TERMINAL COMPANY’S MODEL FACTORY
An Illustration of Our Work. All Structural Parts of Reinforced Concrete. Walls Veneered with Brick. Turner Construction Co., New York
MUNICIPAL ART SOCIETY OF NEW YORK.
The directors of the Municipal Art Society elected officers May 8 and laid out the work for this year. Charles Rollinson Lamb was made president; William T. Evans, first vice-president; John J. Boyle, second vice-president; George F. Neidlinger, treasurer; William Walton, secretary, and Nelson S. Spencer, counsel.
Some of the plans for the year are a series of “Seeing New York” excursions to visit the important city works now under way; inquiry into the availability of Rockaway Beach as a summer resort for the city’s poor; offering medals and prizes to the pupils and students in the city schools, the Normal College, and the College of the City of New York; co-operating with the Police Commissioner as to traffic regulation, and drawing up a bill to be presented at Albany with reference to tall buildings, different heights to be established in different quarters of the city, following somewhat the law of Paris.
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN.
At the annual meeting of the National Academy of Design, May g, the formal
merger of the Academy with the Society of American Artists was ratified. These officers were elected:
President, Frederick Dielman; Vice-President, Herbert Adams; Corresponding Secretary, Harry W. Watrous; Recording Secretary, Will H. Low; Treasurer, Lockwood De Forest.
Members elected to the Council are Frank D. Millet, Kenyon Cox, Ben Foster, J. C. Nicoll, Francis C. Jones, and William Sergeant Kendall, the two latter succeeding J. W. Alexander and FI. Bolton Jones.
The new Academicians elected from the ranks of the Associates are:
Painters — George De Forest Brush, Emil Carlsen, Elliott Daingerfield, C. FI. Davis, Henry Golden Dearth, Louis Paul Dessar, Frank V. Du Mond, Frank Duveneck, Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, Samuel Isham, F. W. Kost, Louis Loeb, Gari Melchers, F. Luis Mora, Eduard Potthast, Henry W. Ranger, Edward W. Redfield, Robert Reid, Albert P. Ryder, Edmund C. Tarbell, Henry B. Snell, Robert W. Vonnoh, Carlton Wiggins, and Maxfield Parrish.
The sculptors elected Academicians are: Hermon A. MacNeil, Frederick W. Mac Monnies, Charles H. Niehaus, Frederick G. R, Roth, and Edward C. Potter.
BUILDING NEWS.
(The editors greatly desire to receive information from the smaller and outlying towns as well as from the larger cities. )
Albany, N. Y. — Fuller & Pitcher, architects, will prepare plans and specifications for a new building for the Albany Institute and Historical Art Society. Estimated cost, $50, 000.
Alexandria, La. — Directors of Louisiana College, David F. Lawrence, chairman, will open bids, May 25, for erection of dormitory building and mess hall. Plans may be seen at the Baptist Chronicle office, Alexandria; at office of Drago & Smith, MonrOe, La.; at store of J. A. Stephenson, Shreveport, La., and at office of R. J. Hummel, Baton Rouge, La. Usual rights reserved.
Atlanta, Ga. — Edward E. Dougherty is preparing plans for a two-story residence to be erected by W. P. Anderson at a cost of $50, 000; to be constructed of rough stone, half timber and stucco, tiled roof. Stables and servants’ quarters will also be built.
Title Guarantee & Trust Co., Empire bldg., is having plans prepared for a 5-story office building to be used by the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad Co.
Atlantic City, N. J. — The Atlantic City
Hospital is having plans prepared by Davis
BUSH TERMINAL COMPANY’S MODEL FACTORY
An Illustration of Our Work. All Structural Parts of Reinforced Concrete. Walls Veneered with Brick. Turner Construction Co., New York