New-York tribune., 1896-05-04
THEY LEA We THE INSTITUTE.
ARCHITECTS TO FORM A CHAPTER OF THE
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION.

NINETEEN MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT HAVE
GRIEVANCE. THEY SAY BUT PRoFEs-
soR HOOPER SAYS HE DOES NOT
KNOW WHAT THEY WANT
Differences which have for some time existed
between the trustees Of the Brooklyn institute
=. ,rts end Sciences and the members OF the
Institutes architectural department nave re-
su,ted in the resignation of nineteen members
of the Executive Committee OF the Department
of Architecture the designations to take enect
not later than May 10. The members, IN their
,t,or of resignation say that they resign because
tbev have found it impossible to adjust exist
,py differences between their department anu
.ho Institute The trouble has been, accord
,pp 70 Isaac f. Ditmars the president OF 'he
Executive Committee, of the department. 'i''
the officers Of the department are no' s"''
fed to remain fgurehead officers OF uep"'
ment which has, to certain extent d" ''e
nary membership on paper. ana permit 'no W.,
70 be done by one man who claims u 'ne puo
uc 10 act for the department, while Ill ie"ii''
he is not qualified to Judge OF It's requirements
and is not in sympathy with It's aims NIL
D,tmars says, further, in explaining the rea-
sons for the resignation:
We fully realize the mp0rtancs HI f ARTS and
Sciences as architecture is the Oldest ana mos m
fnl of all the arts. and the Execu.ve 90 ,ha de-
would have been glad remain in control OF tne ue
partment and make It, as it formerly Was, one The o
the most active and efficient IN me us ihrouah
ont having tried for years TO arrive at seI[e ne
ment of certain difficulties when arment naNS and the
funds amounting TO something over and Ana having at
, hacome convinced OF the impossbility OF con-
timing under the present conditions mas ieSe"eu
in a body.
Professor Franklin w. Hooper, the director oi
the institute. remarked. when he was asNeu
about the resignation, that 1t was rather singu-
lar that the men resigned just the oaS pe'o'o
their terms of office expired. Professor Hooper
said that nothing was heard at the ahiiuai
meeting of the Board Of Trustees on FRIDAY
ohor, tho designations. and that ne had under
stood that a difference which existed between
tho trustees and the architects about year ago
had heen settled He said that although the ar
! cbitects had withdrawn from the agreement
| ,bev had made they had afterward come 10 an
other agreement. Professor Hooper acKhowi-
edged that the architects had said that they nao
been ANNOYED by interference from some one
hut that he did no; know what they mean' or
who had interfered with them. He further
added that he had not the slightest idea what
they wanted now.
One OF the members of the Architectural De-
partment said pointedly on Saturday that fro-
fessor Hooper himself was 'he man ~ "
,orsarence they had resented. He said that COM
mittees had been sent to Professor Hooper, put
that he had positively refused to recognize their
claims He added further
have great admiration for the work ne mas done Done
.r the institution but we feel that we nave been
sat on long enough The money made e py ~ US IN sx
hibitions the general funds OF the ed s0ee'y y
| and we derived no benefit from H. we asked 70
| have some voice in the management or these Iuhos IS
| and in the department. but this was not gwen 10
| ne We have now decided to create a l'rookI! II
chapter of the American Institute OF Arcniee'7, i" -
which is a National institution. not In opposition 10
| the Brooklyn Institute In any way. froiessor
| Hooper must have known of our resignation
The letter of resignation Is signed by isaac f.
| Dtmars Washington Hull, Gustave A. jam
| Charles T. Mott G. L. Morse Louis DE copper
Rerg. A. c. Thomson. Z. NJ Upjohn' waiter
| D,o,,.o, IT = Cunnison. H. p Fowler. Frank
II Ouinby. Samuel B. Shook, Albert r. Parntt
stephen W. Dodge, Barr Ferree, Oswald Spier'
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