Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-02
MODEL BUILDING
FOR SCHOOL, Is
PLAN OF PLEV
Head of Architects FavOrs
Bulletin Carrying Plan for
Ideal House.

one-roOm school building that Will
up to a required standard,
the Montana Association of Architects
finds an opportunity to render a DIS
tinct public service. the annual owen
ton of the association was told Ell
day afternoon in IN address by the
president, W. r. Plew of Bozeman.
The speaker proposed that the asso-
citation issue a bulletin that would meet
the needs of rural districts and that q
committee already formed for the purr-
pose of rewriting State College Bull
letin No. II complete this work so as
to permit publication of the booklet
before the holidays. The convention
is holding its sessions in the palm
room at Hotel Rainbow.
Advantages that obtain to the as
ISOLATION through organization are not
without certain responsibilities" said
President Plew. THE protection
granted US by the license law carries
with it a duty to society. 1t is our
duty to see that the architectural wei
fare of the state of Montana is pro-
tected and that our individual needs
do not conflict with our professional
duty to the public.
Must Serve Public Good
There are times perhaps when it
may appear that this will be the case,
that the need for business will obscure
the architectural needs of the public,
but in the long run each M of us
must know that this is not true and
that our individual success IN the end
will very largely be measured by our
regard for the public good.
"a wear or more ago there was an
appeal made to us by one of the pub
lie departments. This appeal was for
the architectural betterment OF Mon
tana. Not in a large way, perhaps, but
in a vital way and in a place where
simple dignity could best work TO cul-
tivate an appreciation for architecture
| refer to the request by the depart
ment of health for plans for one-room
school houses. That there is need for
such a bulletin any of us can see by
looking around us. :,
II have seen in Montana school held
in sucn places as q covered wagon or
in a corn crib. In Montana, with our
cold winter, this is no small thing, but
it was necessary because the district
could not afford a better place. There
are spring up all over Montana hun
dreds of little school houses that are
built without any thought of how they
will look. Many of them are a hun
bred miles from a railroad. School
boards are constantly asking for some
sort of a simple plan which they car
follow in erecting school buildings.
Opportunity for Service
Here is an opportunity for this as
| ISOLATION to prove its interest in pub
! lie affairs and to reach as an organ
ization many people in the state who
| will appreciate the service and remem-
her il for years. There is a committee
of this association now in existence fol
the purpose of revising or rewriting
| State College Bulletin No. II so that
it will more properly meet the needs
of rural communities. / would Ike
to make a special plea that this com
! mittee give this matter immediate at
| tention so that this bulletin may go t.
press by Christmas time.
Next spring the demand for plans
will be greater than ever before and
| the bulletin should be ready for dis
tribution then. A bulletin such as
this. carrying the name and prestige
! of the state association. will be q
new step in the service which archi-
tectural associations may render the
public. There are numerous bulletins
in school houses to be had, but none
of them are backed by the authority
and Judgment of a professional asso-
citation. | hope that all the members
will give this matter serious thought
so that we may arrive at some work
able plan at our business meeting
Saturday.
Il cannot at this time refrain from
making some mention of the admira
| BILE cooperation of the architects of
| Montana on the state work now un-
der construction. When Chancellor
f. G. Elliott was developing his plan
! of having all the architects collabo-
/ rate on certain phases of this work,
considerable doubt was expressed as
to its feasibility, but experience has
shown that it has operated to the
good Of all concerned. Whether more
| credit is due to the determination of
the chancellor to conduct the work
according to the best accepted ethics
or to the determination of the archi-
tects to cooperate with each other
and with him, | do not know, but in
either case. the result is fine and
the state Of Montana is the gamer.
Chancellor Sets Standard
"AlI of us are, | believe, convinced
that the chancellor's efforts were
! unbiased apd that by his aid we have
| DractlcallN set Il SldHudTdu LOT SlCH
programs and hat any future work
| should be handled on this same high
plane. DIR. Elliott is no more asso-
riated with us, but he takes up a
rather pretentious building program
in his new field and | suggest that
it would be a fine and fitting thing
for us to send him some expression
of our appreciation Of his effort to
always conduct the work here on such
a basis"
At $50 o'clock in the afternoon
visiting women were rendered a re-
ception at the residence of Mr.. ano
Mrs. George II. Stanley, 916 Thirc
avenue north Delegates to the cor
~yention met in the Palm room at the
same hour for their first session
Following President Plew's address
the delegates heard speeches by N. Il
Lease, Great Falls contractor ant
candidate for the state legislature; II
]. Meyer, president of the Charles l.
P~illsbury company, Minneapolis engi,
neers: Z. B. Norris, dean of the Mon.
tana State college school Of engineer.
ing at Bozeman. George H. STANLEY
gave a report on the meeting at Chicago
last June of the A. I. A.
At 6 o'clock, the delegates and theil
wives met at an informal dinner at The