The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-01-06
FORTUNE FOR GENIUS
Here's a Chance For North
Carolina Architects,
PLANS FOR A COLLEGE
WANTED BY THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA.
MAPS AND PARTICULARS NOW HERE
They Are on Exhibition at the Office of The
Secretary of State--The Competition
Opened Yesterday and Will
Close on Jdy1.
WANTED BY THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA.
MAPS AND PARTICULARS NOW HERE
They Are on Exhibition at the Office Of the
Secretary of State The Connection


Here is a chance for the architects of
North Carolina-a chance for both fame
and fortune.
The University of California is soon
to be built, and all the architects of the
world are invited to cooperate in the
preparation of a permanent, general
plan of the buildings and grounds which
are to compose the university.
To this end $4,000 is offered in prem
iums to architects by the trustees of the
Phebe A. Hearst Architectural Plan of
the University of California. That
North Carolina architects may have
advantage of this competition, topo-
graphical map of the grounds and a
programme of the competition was yes
tesrday received here by the Secretary
of State. He has them on exhibition
in his office and would be glad to show
them to anyone who contemplates sub
hitting plans.
The competition opened at noon yes
terday and will be closed at noon on
July LIST, 1898. Before this date July
1. 1898, the plans must be deposited by
the competitors with the United States
Consul at Antwerp, Belgium.
The preliminary competition will be
decided at Antwerp by an international
jury composed of r.. Norman Shaw,
London; J. L. Pascal, Paris; Paul Wal
lot, Dresden; Walter Cook, New York;
J. B. Reinstein, San Francisco. The
members of this jury will take no part in
the competition or know anything of the
authorship of the plans submitted. Their
decision will be without appeal and no
reasons therefor will be given.
The jury will retain all plans deemed
worthy of being kept-the maximum
number to be retained is not settled, but
it must be at least ten. The authors
of the plans retained will receive prem
ium of $500 each, if only ten plans
are retained; not less than ST, 200 each,
if not les than fifteen plans are retained;
and not less than $1,000 each, if more
than fifteen plans are retained.
After this Preliminary competition
will come the Final competition, the
programme for which has not yet been
completed. Enough is known, though,
to state that competitors successful in
the Preliminary competition Will be
given free transportation and expenses
to California to study the site OF the
proposed buildings on the ground. They
will then be given not less than SIX
months to submit plans for the Final
competition. The jury in this Final
competition will consist of the jury for
the Preliminary competition, four archi-
tects chosen by the trustees of the
Phebe Hearst Architectural Plan, aided
by lists Of names proposed by the success
full competitors in the Preliminary COM
petition.
Al total sum of at least $4,000 will
be devoted to premiums for the best
planss At least $4,000 of this sum will
be awarded to the plan classed as No.
1. At least five of the plans will be
awarded premium. But the jury re-
tains the right of distributing the total
allotment of money among a greater
number Of plans if deemed worthy.
The University of California was
founded under an Act of the Congress
of the United States, passed in 1867. 1t
received large land grant and sub
sides, and still receives, in addition,
yearly income from the United States.
The charter of the University was
granted to it by the State of California,
in 1868, and a part of its income is
derived from a tax of two cents on
each 500 of the taxable wealth OF the
State, which income is, of course, con-
stantly increasing in amount.
1t will thus be seen that the Unlver-
sity has both a national and State char
acter. It's present resources are valued
at about SO 100000, and, in addition to
the income from part of the resources,
it has a yearly income of about $4O,OOO
from the United States and about $3.50
600 from the State tax. The University
has trebled it's number of students in
six years: it had TT in 1891, while il
has 2,3OO now, and it will probably
have 5000 after ten years, which Is the
number of students for whom the archi-
tectural plans should be calculated.
The University possesses extensive and
well-located grounds; besides it has at
it's disposal sufficient resources to begin
the erection of a great centre of learn
ing. But it will require many years to
complete the work in all its parts. Con-
fusion would arise and the possibilities
for a beautiful site might be lost If the
preliminary work were undertaken
without a comprehensive idea or the
whole, and without previously formu-
lated plan. Only the adoption, from the
start, of well conceived general plan,
will permit the promoters to, proceed
wisely and with confidence in the crea'
ton, successfully, of the various colleges
and departments which are to compose
the University.
It is this general outlining Of the work
destined to remain the guiding thought
of the undertaking, which constitutes
1.-The object of this competition in which
the architects of the world are invited
70 engage and for which such fortunes