The broad ax., 1912-07-13
STATE SCHOOL OF ARcHTEC
FURE AT URRANA.

STATE SCHOOL OF AHCHITEC
TURE AT URBANA.
A statement was sent out q short
time ago from the Associated Pres
to the papers IN the state and country
that Mr.. Walter Burleigh Griffin, Of
the class Of 1899, architectural course
University Of Illinois, had won the
international competition for plans foI
the erection Of q capitol building fol
the federal government Of Australia.
The competition was mneh more i'm
portant than this would seem 60 sig
Nifty. The Australian federal govern,
ment has determined to follow the ex
ample Of the American federal govern
ment in the founding and development
Of Washington, and create a new city
a. q federal capital, locating it away
from other cities and IS far out il
the open country as Washington wal
when it was founded.
The federal government Of Australis
desired a competition among the az
ehitects of the world for the planning
Of this federal city,-the suggestion
Of buildings and their location, the
fundamental street plan, and in genera
q suggestion covering all that was
necessary in blocking ont In broad out
lines the plan of a great city worthy
to be the federal capital of this new
nation.
It was a problem almost exactly like
that before the American people il
1900 when Washington was created a
the capital city Of our federal union
and Mr.. Griffin has had the good for.
tune to play the part Of the celebrated
FFenehman L'Enfrant, who drew the
foundation plan upon which q city
was built which has become one Of the
most magnificent governmental eenterE
in the world.
Mr.. Griffin 3 problem was even more
comprehensive as well as more detailed
than L'Enfant's, for he was expected
not merely to draw up a street plar
and indicate the location of one or two
buildings, with suggestions for the
plans Of these, but to draw up in con
siderable detail the ground plan, pro
vide for the scheme of drainage, fol
the location of numerous buildings, fol
the proper handling of the traffic, and
the development Of the legislative and
business sides Of this great metropolis
The fact that Walter Burleigh Grit
fin graduated in the architectural
course Of the University of Illinois
serves naturally to call attention Il
this school and its remarkable growth
and services to the country.
If anyone had picked out thirty year
ago the most unfsvOrable place in tn,
United States for the location Of {
course in architecture, no one wOulS
have made q mistake in putting 4
upon the banks Of the BOneysrd stream
in the city Of Urbana in Illinois "a,
removed from any specimens Of ar
ehiteeture that were worthy Of study
with no collections worth VISITING
within q thousand miles, the OutlOol
for a great school Of architeetur'
seemed hopeless enough.
But Professor Clifford N. Kicker, VIII
stiH remains = member Of the faculty
IVES 90 70 speak, the founder and On
gSniEsr Of this school, and as he sal,
to one Of his friends some years ago, hi
success is largely to be attributed {
the fact he has been "on the Job
ever since. Summer and winter, raj
or shine, IN storm and quiet, he he
psrsistently hammered away TO Ia.
bread and deep the foundations Of thu
school and rear its Superstrueture hig
until It has become one Of the tou
greatest schools Of architecture IN I'll
new world, and has an attendance dun
ing the present yeaE, exceeding tia
Of any ether school Of arehitecture 1
this hemisphere. It has become
source Of inspiration in every count
in the commonwealth, and the trace
Of its influence are to be seen n ii
buildings going up throughout TIL
state.
Dr.. Kicker has been for many ysal
the chairman Of the State Board q
Examiners, who have charge Of Ii
admission Of applicants to the p-aetie
Of the profession Of arehitecture. i
this position he las dcus mneh 70 8,
standards and elevate the general lev
of the profession.
In addition to the fact that q
School Of Architscture in the Unive
sity Of Illinois has, through the i
aasnes Of SIS szadaAtss sasstsa in
very marked Nay tie arehitsesm
throughout the commonRealth az III