The times., 1898-11-02

, the selection of designs for public build
inss.
In connection with the trouble concern
ing the Pennsylvania State capitol the re-
port says:
AT the last annual meeting the con-
duct of the competition for the Penn
sylvania State capitol furnished en-
crossing topic of consideration, but with
out producing the desired result. In fact.
the outcome is. IL possible. still more
discreditable TO the State than was ant!c-
ipated: but in other quarters there have
been several notable competitions which
have been conducted with fairness and in
compliance with ethical rules of practice,
although they may not have resulted to
the individual satisfaction of each and
every individual competitor, and IT is not
improbable that the publicity which was
given TO the action of the institute in
the matter of the Harrisburg capitol has
had even greater effect than ii ii had
resulted in the adoption of the course
advised BY the institute.
1T is believed that the State of Penn
| sylvania has but entered upon gigantic
| scheme which will extend through many
/ years and be productive of still other and
| larger results to the discreGit of the, State
and with heavier demands upon its treas
! ury. In view of the failure of the Penn
. sylvania State capitol competition and the
success of that for the New York Public
Library building. IL has been suggested
| by u distinguished member of the New
| York bar that the institute appoint n
committee TO have power to employ legal
counsel to prepare a form Of programs OF
competitions and have II recognized in le-
gal enactment and ordinances authorizing
commissioners TO secure an architect by
means OF competitions: such an act or Or
dinance might make it legally incumbent
upon coporate body or even upon Il
State itself to pay promised fees. which
the State of Pennsylvania successfully
lodged. with no legal redress for the ar
chitects employed by it,
The death of F. A. Coburn. of Cleve-
land. O.; Alfred Smith, OF Chicago, and
Elbridge Boyden. of Worcester Mass,
members of the institute, is noted in the
report.
The report OF the treasurer shows The
balance on hand to be ssS2
a synopsis of the reports of the follow
ing chapters was read: New York, Phiia-
( delphia. Chicago. Boston, Cincinnati,
1 Rhode Island, indianapolis, Washington,
Michigan. Central New York Buffalo, ST.
J Louis, Pittsburg. Central Ohio. worces-
/ ter. Colorado. Southern California and
! Brooklyn. These reports narrated the
number of meetings held the changes in
membership, average attendance at meet
ings and the titles Of papers read and
Z discussed
4 Reports from several of the standing
committees were read and the convention
/ proceeded TO the consideration of the pro-
posed bylaws recommended by the COM
mittee appointed al the last convention
10 revise the constitution and the by
/ laws.
! During the afternoon the delegates were
/ received by President Mckinley and
afterwards held a reception at the octa-
gon House.
! Among those in attendance upon the
/ convention are: George 3. Post, New
/ York; W. l.. B. Jenney, Chicago; A w.
4 Longfellow, Boston; c. NJ. Bartbergsr,
/ Pittsburg; Robert w. Gibson New York:
/ Fred. H. Gouges. Utica. y. Y: Ed. /.
4 Erickson, Providence, r. l.; Jacob Agree,
I jr-, Utica. y. Y; E. A. Wallingford, In
dianapolis: Edwin j. Lewis. ir., Boston;
Julius Kastner, New York: Thomas
( Boyd, -Pittsburg: Guy Ilirkham, Spring
field. Mass; A. w Haywood, Cincinnati:
Isaac E. Ditmaes, Brooklyn; \. C.
/ Thompson, Brooklyn; A. T. Porter.
Brooklyn; Louis De Copperberg. Brook
! lyn; Walter Dickson, Brooklyn; Frank c.
Baldwin. Detroit; James w Mclaughlin,
Cincinnati; Addison Hutton. Philadei-
( phia: Charles F. Schweinforth, Cleve-
land: ]. W. Yost, Columbus: T. d. Evans,
I Pittsburg: 7. F. Heckert, Pittsburg. l..
! Bourcherle, Youngstown, Ohio; J. Foster
Warner, Rochester. n. Y; ]. Fl. Pierce,
Elmfra, N Y; Ernest Laub, District of
! Columbia; George a. Nedenick Ralti-
more: Levi T. Schofeld. Cleveland: NJ
/ S. Mahurin. Fort Wayne. Ind: Frank
Miles Day, Philadelphia; Arthur q. Ever
EFT. Boston; William Martin Aiken. New
York; W. II. Conway, Springfield. III
The proposed changes in the bylaws
furnished the topic for discussion at the
! evening session. The question of the
membership of fellows. the prerequisite es
for fellowship, the application for fellow
! ship and the mode of election were gone
! over and determined.
1t was decided That when an applica-
/ ton for fellowship duty made out shall
| have been received by the secretary of the
| institute, he shall announce the fact OF
such application to each fellow of the
/ chapter to which the applicant belongs
and shall request from them upon ballots
| furnished yea or nay vote upon tho
desirability of the candidate. These bal
/ lots shall be submitted to the board OF
! directors and shall form part of the evil
| dence enabling the board of directors TO
! determine the eligibility of the candidate
| to election.
! II then or later the directors so determ-
! inc the secretary shall cause letter bal
\ lots upon the candidates election to be
\ issued to all the fellows of the institute
/ except those in the chapter already ha--
! ing voted, whose ballots. already cast.
/ shall be counted in the general vote. The
! board may postpone its action upon The
| application for period of not over six
| months, within which time a general let
| ter ballot must be ordered or the candi-
| date informed that his application is le-
! fused. If upon counting the letter bal
| lots received, 1t is found that five or more
/ ballots have been cast against the ad-
mission OF any candidate he shall be de-
clared rejected, otherwise he shall be de-
| clared elected fellow of the institute.
The question of associate membership
was disposed Of and the articles submit
ted by the committee on the revision of
the constitution and the bylaws were ap-
proved.
The words ''shal' and may" pro-
voked rather a long discussion when it
came to the consideration of the section
| relating to State boards. The section as
| submitted by the committee read: I'm
| each State where two or more chapters
| exist a State board shdil be formed by
| representatives of the several chapters -
The committee agreed to strike out the
| word shall and substitute the word may.
| This discussion was repeated several
time, and in each case may was sub
| stituted for shall"
The convention took a recess at 9
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