Evening star., 1898-10-31
INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS
National Organization to Convene in This
City Tomorrow.
Welcoming Address by COmmis ssioneI
John II. WiEht-Program of the
Business Sessions.

Arrangements are complete for the open
ing of the thirty-second annual convention
of the American Institute of Architects,
which will convene tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock in the banquet hall of the Ar
1ington Hotel. The convention will last
three days, during which time Washington
will be headquarters for many of the best
known architects and designers of the coun-
try. The committee of arrangements, con-
sisting of Messrs. Joseph c. Hornblower,
a. ]. Boyden. Alfred Stone. Glenn Brown,
Robert Stead and Edward w. Dom, Jr.,
have planned to make the convention one of
Importance, and also to make the stay of
the delegates in the city pleasant as pos
sible Three of the members of the commit
tee are Washngtonians and the entertain
ment of the visitors will be in their hands.
Tomorrow mornings session will be open
ed with address of welcome delivered by
Mr.. John Il. Wight president of the board
of District Commissioners. The president
of the institute. Mr.. George B. Post, will
respond in behalf of his associates. and will
then proceed to read his report. The regu-
lar order of business will next be taken up.
At recess the delegates will lunch in Con-
vention Hall. and at the same time take
notes on the construction of the large audi
torium.
Reception by President Mckinley.
AT the conclusion of tomOrrows afternoon
session the architects will be received by
President Mckinley at the White House,
and will afterward visit the old Octagon
House at the corner of 18th street and New
York avenue. The building has been re-
claimed from decay and rehabilitated, un-
Ill it now reflects much of its former splen-
dor The Octagon mansion is being fitted
out for the permanent home of the Wash
inCtOn Society of Architects. and a portion
of the magnificent old dwelling will be fin
1, ; n,-JSi
quarters will be transferred to the Octagon
House at the conclusion of the convention
for the accommodation of any delegates
who may desire to remain longer in the citS.
A session will be held tomorrow evening
for the consideration of the report of the
committee to revise the constitution anu
bylaws. Wednesday morning papers on
architectural work will be read by the FOL
lowing: Prof w. c. Sabine of Harvard
University: Adolf Cluss. F. A I. A. of
Washington: Prof B. E. Fernow, dean OF
the New York State College of Forestry,
and Prof. G. P. Merrill of the National
Museum.
Excursion TO Cabin John Bridge.
At 11:3O o'clock Wednesday the visitors
will be escorted to Cabin John bridge. there
to view the longest single stone arch in the
world. They will lunch at o'clock at Ca
bin John Hotel. The evening session Will
be given over to the reading of papers by
DR.. Cyrus Adler of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition and H. G. Bradlee of Boston, to be
followed by a discussion. which Will be
opened by Cass Gilbert of st. Paul and
Frank Miles Day of Philadelphia.
Thursday morning the business of the
convention will be concluded. and the re-
mainder of the day spent in sightseeing, IN
Guiding trip to the Congressional Library
under the guidance of Mr.. Bernard M.
Green, superintendent of the building. The
privileges of the Cosmos Club. at the cor
ner of II street and Madison place. have
been extended to the visiting delegates.