The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-10

strength. l begin to suspect that dis
t;nctions are as clearly made on one side
Of that line as the other. He also had a
day off of which he SAYS: "A course OF
eighteen hours Of continuous daily duty
soon gives one surprising relish for the
pleasure OF doing as you please. | know
nov something OF the delight OF Sunday
or got my first leave of absence one
afternoon when 1 was allowed to go to the
village Of Central Valley 20 have my boots
mended. Not since / was n small boy at
boarding school have / felt the same vivid
pleasure IN going freely forth, knowing
that. for the time, / was my own master:
and when l returned TO the hotel II was
very much with the schoo boys feeling OF
passing again under the yoke.
To many persons the word art implies
decoration. adornment the beautiful but
not necessarily the Indispensable Archi-
lecture for instance. being practical and
essential does not present itself to them as
art whereas, at its best, it is one of the
highest developments of art 1t is also the
one most closely associated with tie life
OF the people. TO understand the varying
architecture of the world is to understand
The conditions physical. intellectual ana
moral, peculiar to the different races its
study involves much more than mere ac-
quaintance with dry, mechanical details.
This fact is recognized by the drawing de-
partment of the Chicago public schools,
which makes architecture an important
part OF its work during the five years
course In connection with their drawing
the pupils are taught its relations 10 geOlo-
Sy geography, climate, character ana his
tory TO aid in this undertaking they have
secured the services of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
II. Gibson, OF Indianapolis, who have been
successful in making The study of archftec-
Aure attractive even to young children.
Some comments on the subject made by
MIR. and Mrs. Gibson in a pamphlet issued
by the drawing department mentioned are
worth reading. These detached thoughts
may De quoted: "A knowledge of architec-
tuie Is more important TO the people or
TINS time than of any preceding age. be-
cause the individual counts for more.
There are many people who can
draw and paint who are not artists One
manual deXterity in the arts. 1t is through
artistic cultivation that We may expect AN
Improvement in architecture. There
is no reason why a people Should not know
so Simple thing as the history and gen.
efal principles of architecture
Architecture expresses us whether we will
or not Witness the heterogeneous archi-
mass of individual expression in those who
build Look around us. We see the de-
SIRE the yearning for better things What
we need is guidance, We shall get alone.
pest when we can guide ourselves" Since
1t does express us, 1t is desirable that the
expression should be of our best. 1t is not
desirable that all children should develop
INTO architects, but it is certain that ma
Jorlty or the children WILL In their matlIri-
", control the character of the architec-
ture OF their period, and If this controlling
influence is Intelligent, so much the more
admirable will be the impress of their gerl-
Grafton upon history