The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-20


selected the day of the Capital Centennial
! Celebration, December y. as the opening
day Of its Thirty-fourth Annual Convention
which is to be held in the assembly room
I of the Arlington Hotel, on December L, 1S,
/ Il, and is. The first number on their pro-
granme reads as follows Meeting Of the
I board CT directors at 10 a. N. The festivi-
/ ties in connection with the Centennial Gel
ebraticn of the occupation of Washington
as the seat of Government win take place,
December r. 1900. and msmbers wishing to
attend should cone on December a."
Glenn B-owu. the secretary and treasurer
Of the institute is very busy completing
arrangements for the event. and answering
/ letters Of enquiry which are daily coming
/ in in large numbers from all parts OF the
country He says that this years eonyen-
! tioa viii eclipse its predecessors in point
/ Of attendance as well as material submit
: ted for discussion. papers read and speakers
/ that will address the convention There
kare twenty chapters in the institute
and they are scattered throughout the w
/ rious States OF the Union Mr.. Brown eX-
/ poets that a. least 1GG members will par
( tieipate in the eonventica-
The Octagon House where the office OF
! the institute is located is a building which
1 mas played 4 very important part in the his
I tory of this city and was occupied by Presi-
dent Madison after TIE partial destruction
Of the White House by the British IN the
war OF 1872 II is located at the corner OF
Eighteenth and New York Avenue north
/ west. and is undergoing TenoTating pro
| cess throughout It's interior in preparation
/ for the convention visitors
! The programme which has been pre-
{ r,1assTn al
/ tractiveIy gotten up. and is practically
arranged. On December -. at 10 O'Clock
a m a meeting of the board Of directors
+ viii take place and the visiting delegates
+ and members viii view the Centennial pa
/ rade. The@eonvention proper viii begin
Thursday December Is. when the mem
] hers OF the institute will meet in the as
seznbly roo1n OF the Arlington Hotel al
/ 9:30 O'Clock. where they will register their
{ names. TIE president will appoint com
f;,ittee of three on the credentials OF dele
safes. and az 10 o'clock there VIII be an
! address Of welcome after which the Pres
! ident OF the Institute, Robert 5. Peabody.
( viii deliver the ann Il address. when the
( convention viii be declared open fer busl-
ness.
The order Of business is as follows, Re
port OF the beard of directors, report Of
the treasurer and reference TO the audit
! ing committee. reports OF chapters, syn
CDsis CT zfiics viii be read by the secTe-
/ tary, sport of committee on credentials,
report Of standing committees. committee
( OF foreign correspondence, Glenn Blown
! chairman: judiciary committee, " )
Games chairman; house and library com
iaittee. Robert Stead chairman: educEtion
and publication committee. Il. L. Warren
chairman; committee on contracts and
lien laws Alfred Stone chairman; com
mittee on applied arts and sciences.
+ George 3. Post chairman II has been ar
ranged that luncheon viii be served in the
assembly room at l o'clock
The afternoon session will begin at
O'Clock and the following reports viii be
submitted: Legislative committee on Gov
eminent architecture George B. P'Jst.
/ CllaiTaan5 delegate TO the National on
ference on STANDARD Electrical Rules. Al
fred Stone chairman; conference with the
Architectural League OF America on Gem
petition codes and cooperation, r, Clip
stCD Stursis chairman; conference with
( heating and yentjlating engineers. A J.
Bcyden chairman. Following this there
will be discussion and vote on the pro-
posed amendments TO the constitution and
bylaws. " L 3. Jenney viii theTeupon
read reports from delegates to the Fifth
International Congress of Architects
which was held in Paris. France. during
the Exposition. The afternoon session
viii close with the consideration Of the
presidents address, the reports OF the
board of directors, followed by the ap-
PointmeRt CT special committee, TO
which recommendations contained therein
shall be referred.
The evening session will open at $50,
and viii oe held in Lecture Hail of Co
lumbar University. corner Fifteenth and
H streets. The programme at this coca
sion includes an address On The Grouping
CT Government Buildings. Landscape. and
Statuary in Washington City" introduced
b. JOSEPH c. Hornbiower, of this city.
Papers viii be read by Architects C How
ard Walker, Boston; Edgar V Seeier-
Philadelphia; H h Bush-Brown sculp
tor, Of New York; Frederick Law Ohm
stead. IT. Brookline Mass. A discussion
viii follow the papers. in which the fol-
lowing members are expected to Partici-
pate= William A Boring New York; D. H
Durham, Chicago; Cass Gilbert. New
York; Edward B. Green. Buffalo n. Y.
The morning session of Friday Deem
Der Il, viii be taken up with q paper read
by Walter Cock OF New York. entitled
Progress Of Architectural Design in tae
United States IN Recent Years" This VIII
be followed by reports OF special commit
tees, unfinished business Of previous day, |
appointment CT committees to nominate |
officers OF the institute for the ensuing
year, and to suggest place in which to
ernoon session viii be called 10 order at ,
O'Clock, and the following essays viii be
presented: r Cupston Sturgis. OF Boston.
On English gardens; John G. Howard New
York, French gardens; a D. F. HamIin
New York. italian gardens: K Honda, Of
Tokyo, japan, japanese gardens.
The following programme has been pre- I
pared fer the 10 o'clock a. m. session On /
Saturday. December Is: Reports of COM
1aittees appointed at the opening session |
and their consideration, unfinished bust
ness. election CO officers and selection of q
place for the next annual convention. mis- i
eellaneous business. At the ALTERATION /
meeting all unfinished matter will be dis
posed OF.
Two prominent features OF the conven- |
ton Will be the exhibitions from Decem-
Der u to 10 in the 0ctagon of drawings
OF Government buildings in charge of pri- /
vate architects and drawings Of the Pan
American Exposition and the exhibition |
Of the Phoebe Hearst competitive draw
ings for the University of California in /
the hall o. the Cosmos Club
Delegates can be distinguished BY 2. red |
ribbon. Members of the institute vino are /
not delegates are entitled to enter all dis |
cussions. to offer resolutions and motions
and to vote on proposition that it Is the /
sense Of the meeting
The officers of the institute are. Robert I
5. Peabody. Boston, president; ". S. |
Eanles, St. Louis, first vice president:
Frank Miles Day, Philadelphia, second |
vice president; Glenn Brown, Washington /
D. G, secretary and treasurer, and the /