New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-06
REMEMBER THE ARCHITECT
High Time He Got More Press and
Public Recognition.

To the Editor % The Tribune
Sir: For years have been patiently wa.
ing FOR the time when the public press VII
consider architecture enough OF a professlo
70 recognize its achievements a. such. Wal,
the newspapers seem 20 be aware that
concert virtuoso need not necessarily be
piano salesman and that an arts, does nc
always conduct a picture framing shop, ihrI
are apparently unable TO realize that ARCH
tects are concerned with buildings ia shy
way at all. Most accounts OF new building
give due mention Of the owner and the cor
tractor. and also the renting agency u tner
is such. The architect j. accorded li'ce h
any. recognition.
OF course. there are all grades n are''
tccts. particularly those who call themsely"
such and here again the public iails
make any distinction, being in utter ig'''
rance that architecture II profession 'r'
no. a trade. An architect ought 10 ksoE
how to lay bricks, but few masons could e.
sign the New York Public Library or ne
Woolworth Building. Some architects I"
what Irwin Cobb calls "carpitects,' but man
are not even graduate carpenters. Perhar
there are az many a. 1900 persons il''f'
as architects in the United States. OF ms
number the profession itself would eonsic"
not more than 1900 as trained architects
the true sense Of the word. There are fe7
professions 50 many sided or so oAseiliI
a,so, it may he added. so unremunera,iye %
consideration OF the service rendered a.
the results achieved.
4 building which attracts the many e.
even the few. is without doubt the result
an architects efforts on the other hihe
those many dreary miles Of buildings VIC"
least fault il that they are utterly comn'i
place offend good sense and good "'"
simply because the builders are either "
willing or unable 20 give the proolen
hand the proper consideration.
Almost any newspaper viii serve 20 oer'
onstrate how architecture Is regarded
the press; let Us take The Tribune Tor ss''
day. the 9TH Of February, for an exsnp'
In the illustrated supplement 20 IND w
Of the Y. ". {. As new general headq''
tiers. II is building above the average a.
represents a grea, deal more than ne moi',
the architect who designed IL and vho maF
il the success il is because Of his carei.
study, which took care Of even the snSn',
detail. Mr.. Royal Cortissoz m his afp0'
on the Scottish Rite Temple in Nssnihs"
gives the architect, Mr. John Russell roy.
due credit for his notable contributor
tie nations architecture Press uasl"
however. is content 70 iabel the i.lusns'"'
Of the building with this caption 'AF'
Photograph" though reproductions OF 1S-.
ings on the same page have the arts, -
prominently coupled with them. oh"N
example of poor taste Is shown % conhee-
with the museum OF the University OF r.
sylyania. Here the caption reads. AV''
Photograph By Shceler" Mr. sheeler msi
= very successful commerc.a. phoiogi"P-
but the architects Of this bund's y,
among the first ten IN this country
Sheeler Is given credit for the ouilaNs' y.
ever. just to prove that The Tribune
the truth. first and last. d,
In spite OF all real estate editor
contrary. the fac; remains that con".
and renting agencies have no more ,.s
with the design Of a building than
type machine has in the wording o. VI.
ter which appears in the columns OF =" NJ
paper. This statement may eyentusl; 81
come accepted by the press M sehe'sH -
until it is let Us have consistency ID -,
porting 90 items and treat al pro'..xn
and All trades alike A. H. H0wLANH
Ridgway, Penn. Feb. %. 1915.