SOCIETIES.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER, A. I. A.
After their monthly banquet, May 14, the members of the Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects indulged in a. sprightly discussion of a proposal made by Mr. Harry Brand that there be in the profession of “concentration of effort. ”
By this Mr. Brand meant that the Chapter should subscribe to the rules of the Builders’ Estimating Guarantee Company, a new organization which has for its purpose the relief of the architects from the annoyances caused by a multiplicity of contractors and the rapid adjustment of their frequently conflicting figures on the cost of materials.
“And make us simply picture-makers! ” exclaimed Mr. Octavius Morgan, when Mr. Brand concluded his explanation.
Mr. Morgan, who is regarded as the dean of Los Angeles architects, vigorously opposed the plan of an architectural “clearing-house, ” and President Rosenheim, of the Chapter, supported him in his contention that the architects and their draughtsmen are competent to do their own work.
Elmer Grey commended the purpose of the Estimating Company, and Frank Hudson believed its endorsement would be beneficial, but no definite action was taken.
It was announced that $100 has been added to the Chapter property fund during the month, and that Messrs. Austen and
Whittlesey have each promised to subscribe $250.
The proposed articles of incorporation of the Chapter were read by Secretary Parmentier, and it was decided that a revision of the laws shall be made at a special meeting to be held May 31.
The architects present were A. F. Rosenheim, P. W. Ehlers, S. Tilden Norton, August Wackerbath, J. N. Preston, J. Lee Burton, Frank Hudson, John P. Krempel, Fernand Parmentier, W. A. Munsell, George Wyman, J. J. Blick, of Pasadena; Octavius Morgan, Julius Krause, and Percy Eisen.
NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION.
The New York offices of the National Fire Protection Association opened recently in rooms 815, 816, 817, at the Engineering Societies’ Building, 29 West Thirty-ninth Street. These offices have become necessary on account of the increasing scope of the Association’s work and the fact that this work has brought them prominently in contact with various important interests and manufacturers whose goods are built under their specifications and whose headquarters are in New York City.
National Fire Protection Association offices will be shared by the Underwriters’ Laboratories of Chicago, who make, practically, all the tests for the National Fire Protection Association on various retardants, extinguishers, signalling and hazardous devices, which, in one way or another,
affect various buildings as concerns fire hazards.
These offices will be equipped as rapidly as possible with all literature and information, specifications, etc., pertaining to these associations, so that the interested public may be able to inform themselves exactly what is desired in order to conform to most modern ideas of fire engineering practice.
The location of these offices in the Engineering Societies’ Building will also assist in bringing the insurance fraternity, through the National Fire Protection Association, in closer touch with the various prominent engineering societies located in the same building, and which societies are, of necessity, deeply interested in all specifications affecting building construction and equipment.
ARCHITECTURAL LEAGUE OF AMERICA, 1907-8
The subjoined members will regulate the affairs of the League during the present year:
Publicity and Promotion
Jesse N. Watson, of St. Louis (Chairman), three years; Alfred S. Alschuler, of Chicago, two years; Alex. M. Adams, of Philadelphia, one year. Education
Prof. Newton A. Wells, of Urbana, Ill. (Chairman), three years; H. V. Vonholst, of Chicago, two years; Frederick M. Mann, of St. Louis, one year.
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.
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 of Architecture.
W. L. PILLSBURY, Registrar, Urbana, ILL.
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
Options in Architectural Engineering and Landscape Architecture.
College graduates and draughtsmen admitted as special students.
H. W. TYLER, Secretary,
Mass. Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.
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.
For further information, address W. C. SABINE, 15 University Hall, Cambridge, Mass. ___
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.
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
St. Louis, Mo.
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
offers a professional four-year course in Architecture. Admission by examination or by certificate or diploma from other schools and colleges. Draughtsmen are admitted as special students.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor, Mich.
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE.
Four-year course in Architecture ana in Architectural Engineering. Draftsmen and others adequately prepared are admitted as special students. For Bulletin describing work, address Dean of Department of Engineering.
“ MONUMENTAL STAIRCASES.
40 Gelatine Plates, on bond paper, 9ʺ × 11ʺ. 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,
12 West Fortieth St. New York
OKONITE
INSULATED ELECTRIC LIGHT WIRES Candee Weatherproof Wires
Okonite Waterproof Tape
Manson Protecting Tape
SOLE MANUFACTURERS THE OKONITE CO., Ltd.
253 Broadway, New York
Are pronounced by leading Architects to be SAFE, DURABLE and EASILY ADJUSTED for the inside wiring of PUBLIC & PRIVATE BUILDINGS
Willard L. Candee, H. Durant Cheever,
Managers.
Geo. T. Manson, Genʼl Supt. W. H. Hodgins, Sec’y.
TRADE MARK
REG. US. PATENT OFFICE.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER, A. I. A.
After their monthly banquet, May 14, the members of the Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects indulged in a. sprightly discussion of a proposal made by Mr. Harry Brand that there be in the profession of “concentration of effort. ”
By this Mr. Brand meant that the Chapter should subscribe to the rules of the Builders’ Estimating Guarantee Company, a new organization which has for its purpose the relief of the architects from the annoyances caused by a multiplicity of contractors and the rapid adjustment of their frequently conflicting figures on the cost of materials.
“And make us simply picture-makers! ” exclaimed Mr. Octavius Morgan, when Mr. Brand concluded his explanation.
Mr. Morgan, who is regarded as the dean of Los Angeles architects, vigorously opposed the plan of an architectural “clearing-house, ” and President Rosenheim, of the Chapter, supported him in his contention that the architects and their draughtsmen are competent to do their own work.
Elmer Grey commended the purpose of the Estimating Company, and Frank Hudson believed its endorsement would be beneficial, but no definite action was taken.
It was announced that $100 has been added to the Chapter property fund during the month, and that Messrs. Austen and
Whittlesey have each promised to subscribe $250.
The proposed articles of incorporation of the Chapter were read by Secretary Parmentier, and it was decided that a revision of the laws shall be made at a special meeting to be held May 31.
The architects present were A. F. Rosenheim, P. W. Ehlers, S. Tilden Norton, August Wackerbath, J. N. Preston, J. Lee Burton, Frank Hudson, John P. Krempel, Fernand Parmentier, W. A. Munsell, George Wyman, J. J. Blick, of Pasadena; Octavius Morgan, Julius Krause, and Percy Eisen.
NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION.
The New York offices of the National Fire Protection Association opened recently in rooms 815, 816, 817, at the Engineering Societies’ Building, 29 West Thirty-ninth Street. These offices have become necessary on account of the increasing scope of the Association’s work and the fact that this work has brought them prominently in contact with various important interests and manufacturers whose goods are built under their specifications and whose headquarters are in New York City.
National Fire Protection Association offices will be shared by the Underwriters’ Laboratories of Chicago, who make, practically, all the tests for the National Fire Protection Association on various retardants, extinguishers, signalling and hazardous devices, which, in one way or another,
affect various buildings as concerns fire hazards.
These offices will be equipped as rapidly as possible with all literature and information, specifications, etc., pertaining to these associations, so that the interested public may be able to inform themselves exactly what is desired in order to conform to most modern ideas of fire engineering practice.
The location of these offices in the Engineering Societies’ Building will also assist in bringing the insurance fraternity, through the National Fire Protection Association, in closer touch with the various prominent engineering societies located in the same building, and which societies are, of necessity, deeply interested in all specifications affecting building construction and equipment.
ARCHITECTURAL LEAGUE OF AMERICA, 1907-8
The subjoined members will regulate the affairs of the League during the present year:
Publicity and Promotion
Jesse N. Watson, of St. Louis (Chairman), three years; Alfred S. Alschuler, of Chicago, two years; Alex. M. Adams, of Philadelphia, one year. Education
Prof. Newton A. Wells, of Urbana, Ill. (Chairman), three years; H. V. Vonholst, of Chicago, two years; Frederick M. Mann, of St. Louis, one year.
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.
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 of Architecture.
W. L. PILLSBURY, Registrar, Urbana, ILL.
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
Options in Architectural Engineering and Landscape Architecture.
College graduates and draughtsmen admitted as special students.
H. W. TYLER, Secretary,
Mass. Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.
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.
For further information, address W. C. SABINE, 15 University Hall, Cambridge, Mass. ___
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.
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
St. Louis, Mo.
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
offers a professional four-year course in Architecture. Admission by examination or by certificate or diploma from other schools and colleges. Draughtsmen are admitted as special students.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor, Mich.
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE.
Four-year course in Architecture ana in Architectural Engineering. Draftsmen and others adequately prepared are admitted as special students. For Bulletin describing work, address Dean of Department of Engineering.
“ MONUMENTAL STAIRCASES.
40 Gelatine Plates, on bond paper, 9ʺ × 11ʺ. 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,
12 West Fortieth St. New York
OKONITE
INSULATED ELECTRIC LIGHT WIRES Candee Weatherproof Wires
Okonite Waterproof Tape
Manson Protecting Tape
SOLE MANUFACTURERS THE OKONITE CO., Ltd.
253 Broadway, New York
Are pronounced by leading Architects to be SAFE, DURABLE and EASILY ADJUSTED for the inside wiring of PUBLIC & PRIVATE BUILDINGS
Willard L. Candee, H. Durant Cheever,
Managers.
Geo. T. Manson, Genʼl Supt. W. H. Hodgins, Sec’y.
TRADE MARK
REG. US. PATENT OFFICE.