The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-01-04
WOULD
HOLD
CONTEST
Fargo Association of Arch
tects Appears Before the
School Board
Ask FOR COMPETITION
Recommend That Plan Ap-
proved by Institute of Ar
chitects be Adopted
ASK FOR COMPETITION

Through a committee that appeared
before the Fargo board of education
| last night, the Fargo Association of
| Architects asked the board to adopt
plans of an architect for the proposed
large new high school building through
! the competitive rules recommended by
the American Institute of Architects.
w. f. Kurke and A. d. Ashelman,
composing the architects committee,
presented the board with a communi-
| cation and a brief setting forth the de-
tails of the recommended competitive
selection, which were received, filed
and then placed in the hands of the
special committee which was named
to investigate and recommend an ar
chitect for the planning of the new
school building which will take the
Of December 27
Briefly, the rules of competition rec
commended by the American Institute
of Architects provide for the appoint
ment of three judges who are to pass
on the relative merits Of the plans sub
mitted, the competition being open to
all architects regardless of whether
| they are of this or other states.
Four prizes are awarded by these
three judges, the plans taking first
place being the ones adopted for the
| building, the winner of second prize
being awarded $500. third prize $500
and fourth prize 5000. .str =. ...
| Architects contend that this gives
thorough competition, brings out the
best plans from the best architects and
generally gives the work to practi-
TONERS within the state where the
building is to be erected. at least
giving them a chance on the work
among any other architects of the
country.
The communication to the board is
as follows:
| Ladies and Gentlemen of the Board:
eat a meeting of the Fargo Associa-
ton of Architects held Jan. 2. it was
the unanimous opinion of the members
present that there is some misconcep-
| ton Of the qualifications and duties of
an architect, and the proper method of
selecting, one to handle the new high
school building. "
1T is respectfully submitted that the
shrewdest business men in the state
have spent and are spending millions
of dollars annually through Fargo and
North Dakota architects with satisfac-
ton to themselves, and il is also re-
spectfully submitted that all the trou-
BILE that building owners, both public
and private have had. has been the re-
suit Of employing men who were not
architects at all.
1HST0lOTSb IL Is HCTeDy ISCOItLIIl0Hu~
ed by the Fargo architects that should
the school board be unable to select an
architect within the state, that a COM
petition be held to select an architect
and that such competition be held ac-
cording to the rules recommended by
the American Institute Of Architects, a
copy of which is herewith enclosed.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) f
GEO. HANCOCK,
ar. J. HAXBY.
"W. F.. KURKE,
"W. B. HANCOCK,
"W. J. GAGE,
"a. d. ASHELMAN,
"a. J. C'SHEA."
Out Of the Mouths OF Kids.
Teacher-"Now, Johnnie, you may tell
me the meaning of exercise"
Johnnie-"Exercise is work fellow
likes to do because it isn't work"