Evening star., 1920-05-30
CALLS WASHINGTON
CITY STANDARD OF
AMERICAS IDEALS
Sir Auckland Geddes Ad-
dresses Archaeological
Institute Chapter.

''You are building something more
than the fabric of a city; you arc
setting a standard for the ideals OF
a continent" Sir Auckland Geddes.
British ambassador. told the members
and guests CT the Washington Chap
ter of the Archaeological Institute OF
America at its meeting yesterday aft
ternoon on the grounds Of Airiie. resi-
dence' of Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Kaur.~
mann.
Sir Auckland was the guest of
honor and final speaker to deal with
the general topic OF Consistent De-
velopment Of the City of Washing
tom
Environment colors thought" he
said. "and ii will be a great thing
for the nations if future Legislators
work in an environment naturally
lovely and made still more SO by
work Of architecture and art. ] envy
the work you have already done and
l envy you your OPPORTUNITY"
Dealt With Past and Future.
The other two speakers were Fl. z.
F. Macfar,and. who was one of the
District Commissions when the plans
OF the fine arts commission We're
first promulgated. and Charles Moore.
chairman Of that commission. The
| former gave a resume of all past
| activities tending to beautify the
| capital. while the latter dealt with
| future aspects of this problem.
What is needed, Mr.. Moore empha-
sized. is en- interesting and public
| spirited understanding Of ''The plans
| of 1901" which, although never for
| mally adopted. have scarcely been
| deviated from in twenty years. The
| new generation, since these plans
| were drawn up and first given pub
| licity. and each successive genera
| tion must be taught to understand.
| to appreciate and to adhere to them.
| These plans. he pointed out. destroyed
nothing already in existence; they
| simply pointed the way to the best
method of perpetuating and amplify-
1 ing the original inspiration for the
city.
City Disfgured During War.
| '1t seems to have been the theory"
he told the society. that to win the
/ war Washington had to be made ugly.
Both purposes have been accom-
plished. London. however. was never
SO disfigured in like crisis as has
| been our capital"
| Mr.. Moore expressed the hope that
Washington will become an artistic.
| literary and educational center. as
| well as purely official capital.
approach to Memorial day should be
a timely reminder of the valuable
service performed for the capital by
two distinguished solders--W ashing-
| ton, who became, in time, the father
of Washington as well as the father
of his country, and Grant whose
great offices, operating through such
men az Gov. Shepherd. ended period
| of neglect which had lasted nearly
| three-auarters of a century.
Citizens Have Done Duty.
Since the days when they numbered
only about $500. Washingtonians
have always done their full civic duty
as residents of the District and as
citizens of the United States. going
bankrupt twice in maintaining this
record, Mr. Macfarland took occasion
to say. He urged all members OF. the
institute to keep friends in other
parts of the country fully informed
as to developments I'm the. plans for
the Identification of the Capital city.
of which every person in the United
States is a part owner. This is in
order that such persons may align
themselves with the highest ideals
for it's development. There seems
to be general good will in the mat
ter, but profound ignorance" he
added.
Robert Lansing. president of the
chapter, presided over the symposium
and introduced the speakers. About
250 members and guests were present.
Prof. Mitchell Carroll. secretary. an
nounced the election of the follow
| ing new members: Miss Emma F.
Hopes, Mrs. E. St. John Greble and
Mrs. r. Augustus Heaton.