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For Sweeping
Carpets, Rugs,
Wood and Tile Floors
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Upholstery and
Hangings, and
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NO SLIDING PARTS NO PACKING - NO MOTORS NO PUMPS NO OILING
NO GENERATORS NO WIRING
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** System costs less than any other and is far less expensive to operate.
** Plants installed in hotels, office buildings, theaters, clubs, apartments, stores, steamships, institutions and residences.
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Europe, visiting Paris, Berlin, London, Liverpool and other European cities where he can make a study of architecture. He is allowed the sum of $1,200 for this trip.
In case Mr. Price fails to qualify Mr. Vorse will be allowed this award. Second prize carries with it no reward other than the honors.
The judges were Mr. Geo. B. Ferry, of Milwaukee, Mr. Clarence H. Blackall, of Boston, and Mr. Granger, of Chicago.
CHICAGO ARCHITECTURAL CLUB.
At the annual election of the Chicago Architectural Club, May 7, Mr. Alfred S. Alschuler was chosen to preside for the ensuing year. He has served during the last two years as a member of the executive committee and as chairman of the educational committee. Mr. Alschuler is asso
ciated in business with Samuel A. Treat under the firm name of Treat & Alschuler.
ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTURE.
The headquarters for Canada of the Royal Institute of British Architects of London, England, has been moved from Montreal to Toronto, and Mr. F. S. Baker, F.R.I.B.A., has been appointed Honorary Secretary for Canada. An examination for admission to the Associateship of the Institute will be held in Toronto from November 16 to 23, and candidates who are British subjects and not less than 25 years of age will be eligible.
This decision on the part of the Royal Institute is another indication that Toronto is becoming the educational centre of Canada.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER, A.I.A.
The damage an earthquake can do to a building of modern construction was de
scribed and discussed by the members of the Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, after a banquet at Los Angeles, May 10.
Several speakers told of the ruins of San .Francisco,, praised the excellence of steelframe construction, and lauded particularly the enduring quality of reinforced concrete.
The merits of redwood as a building material were not forgotten and Architect Octavius Morgan cited numerous examples of its fire resistance.
It was expected that a report upon the northern disaster would be received from the State Board of Architects, but a letter from San Francisco announced that it had not been completed.
Interesting addresses were made by Architects Morgan and Kremple, who had made a careful survey of the 1 damaged structures in the north.
The other architects present wefie: President, Alfred F. Rosenheim; treasurer, Au
gust Wackerbarth; secretary, Ferband Parmentier; Timothy Walsh, John Ajustin, W. L. B. Jenney, William R. Bryan, of St. Louis, J. Con Hillman, Lester S. Moore, Joseph P. Blick, of Pasadena, Robert Train, C. H. Brown, Arthur B. Benton, W. A. Munsell and Thomas Preston.
ARCHITECTURAL LEAGUE OF NEW YORK.
The annual election of the Architectural League of New York took place May 1.
Mr. Richard Howland Hunt was re-elected president without opposition.
Besides the re-election of Mr. Hunt, Herbert Adams was elected first vicepresident and Joseph Lauber was re-elected second vice-president. John M. Carrere was elected member of the executive committee, class of ’07, and Grosvenor Atterbury, Frank Howell Holden and Taber Sears were elected members of the executive committee, class of ’09. J. Monroe Hewlett and Charles I. Berg were elected delegate and alternate, respectively, to the Fine Arts Federation for two years.
CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE.
The California State Board of Architecture, through its secretary, Lionel Deane, has made public the following communication :
“Through an absurd rumor that has gained currency throughout the United States, and by which it is claimed that the mayor has telegraphed for architects, a large number are flocking into the city, expecting to find immediate employment.
“The State Board of Architecture held meetings on April 30 and May 1 to arrange examinations in the near future and purpose holding a series of examinations in accordance with the law requiring architects to be certificated.
“We would advise all persons who propose coming to California to practise the profession of architecture that there are over 350 certified architects and over 1,000 draughtsmen in the State,”
Dept. E
452-454 East Water St. MILWAUKEE, WIS.
CLEANING
Vacuum Method
For Sweeping
Carpets, Rugs,
Wood and Tile Floors
For Cleaning
Upholstery and
Hangings, and
For Dusting Walls and Ceilings The perfection of simplicity has at last been reached
NO ENGINES
NO SLIDING PARTS NO PACKING - NO MOTORS NO PUMPS NO OILING
NO GENERATORS NO WIRING
American Air Cleaning Co.
**Dust and dirt are drawn immediately to basement. Occupies very small space. Is perfectly controlled. Is noiseless.
** System costs less than any other and is far less expensive to operate.
** Plants installed in hotels, office buildings, theaters, clubs, apartments, stores, steamships, institutions and residences.
Write for literature describing our new simplified Mechanical Cleaning System—Vacuum Method.
Europe, visiting Paris, Berlin, London, Liverpool and other European cities where he can make a study of architecture. He is allowed the sum of $1,200 for this trip.
In case Mr. Price fails to qualify Mr. Vorse will be allowed this award. Second prize carries with it no reward other than the honors.
The judges were Mr. Geo. B. Ferry, of Milwaukee, Mr. Clarence H. Blackall, of Boston, and Mr. Granger, of Chicago.
CHICAGO ARCHITECTURAL CLUB.
At the annual election of the Chicago Architectural Club, May 7, Mr. Alfred S. Alschuler was chosen to preside for the ensuing year. He has served during the last two years as a member of the executive committee and as chairman of the educational committee. Mr. Alschuler is asso
ciated in business with Samuel A. Treat under the firm name of Treat & Alschuler.
ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTURE.
The headquarters for Canada of the Royal Institute of British Architects of London, England, has been moved from Montreal to Toronto, and Mr. F. S. Baker, F.R.I.B.A., has been appointed Honorary Secretary for Canada. An examination for admission to the Associateship of the Institute will be held in Toronto from November 16 to 23, and candidates who are British subjects and not less than 25 years of age will be eligible.
This decision on the part of the Royal Institute is another indication that Toronto is becoming the educational centre of Canada.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER, A.I.A.
The damage an earthquake can do to a building of modern construction was de
scribed and discussed by the members of the Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, after a banquet at Los Angeles, May 10.
Several speakers told of the ruins of San .Francisco,, praised the excellence of steelframe construction, and lauded particularly the enduring quality of reinforced concrete.
The merits of redwood as a building material were not forgotten and Architect Octavius Morgan cited numerous examples of its fire resistance.
It was expected that a report upon the northern disaster would be received from the State Board of Architects, but a letter from San Francisco announced that it had not been completed.
Interesting addresses were made by Architects Morgan and Kremple, who had made a careful survey of the 1 damaged structures in the north.
The other architects present wefie: President, Alfred F. Rosenheim; treasurer, Au
gust Wackerbarth; secretary, Ferband Parmentier; Timothy Walsh, John Ajustin, W. L. B. Jenney, William R. Bryan, of St. Louis, J. Con Hillman, Lester S. Moore, Joseph P. Blick, of Pasadena, Robert Train, C. H. Brown, Arthur B. Benton, W. A. Munsell and Thomas Preston.
ARCHITECTURAL LEAGUE OF NEW YORK.
The annual election of the Architectural League of New York took place May 1.
Mr. Richard Howland Hunt was re-elected president without opposition.
Besides the re-election of Mr. Hunt, Herbert Adams was elected first vicepresident and Joseph Lauber was re-elected second vice-president. John M. Carrere was elected member of the executive committee, class of ’07, and Grosvenor Atterbury, Frank Howell Holden and Taber Sears were elected members of the executive committee, class of ’09. J. Monroe Hewlett and Charles I. Berg were elected delegate and alternate, respectively, to the Fine Arts Federation for two years.
CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE.
The California State Board of Architecture, through its secretary, Lionel Deane, has made public the following communication :
“Through an absurd rumor that has gained currency throughout the United States, and by which it is claimed that the mayor has telegraphed for architects, a large number are flocking into the city, expecting to find immediate employment.
“The State Board of Architecture held meetings on April 30 and May 1 to arrange examinations in the near future and purpose holding a series of examinations in accordance with the law requiring architects to be certificated.
“We would advise all persons who propose coming to California to practise the profession of architecture that there are over 350 certified architects and over 1,000 draughtsmen in the State,”
Dept. E
452-454 East Water St. MILWAUKEE, WIS.