Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
ARCHITECTS LIST
ANNUAL MEETING
63d Convention of American
Institute Opens Here Wed
nesday at 10 Am.

The sixty-third convention of the
American Institute of Architects will
open Wednesday morning, at 10 o'clock
in the Mayfiower Hotel, with an address
by President c. Herrick Hammond of
Chicago. Registration for the conven-
ton opens the preceding day, at l
O'Clock, at the hotel.
Modern architecture as the agency
which is co-ordinating the engineering,
building and manufacturing activities of
the Nation in expenditures totaling
several billions of dollars annually will
be discussed by leaders in the profess
sion during the three-day sessions.
Coincident with the convention
period, which extends through the week,
with a post-convention meeting of the
board of directors next Sunday. there
will be conferences of three organiza-
tions aff1liated with the institute. These
are the Producers Council, the Ma
tional Council of Architectural Regis
tration Board and the Association OF
Collegiate Schools of Architecture.
Producers Council Scheduled.
The annual meeting Of the Producers
Council, composed of manufacturers and
associations of manufacturers OF build
ing materials and appliances with q
combined capital of $22, 500 100000, VIII
begin at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning
and conclude on Thursday. The Regis
tration Boards meeting begins Tuesday
at 2 o'clock and the Schools of Archl-
lecture will meet tomorrow and
Tuesday.
Following the address of President
Hammond Wednesday the institute Will
conduct q symposium on contemporary
architecture, at which Louis La Beaume
of st. Louis, director, will preside.
George Howe of Philadelphia and @.
Howard Walker, director OF the School
of Fine Arts of Boston and lecturer at
harvard and the Massachusetts, Insti-
tute of Technology, will also speak at
the morning session.
Speakers Listed for Wednesday.
A symposium on contemporary archi-
lecture will be continued Wednesday
afternoon, beginning at 2:3O O'CLOCK, at
which speakers will be Dean Everett v.
Meeks Of the Yale School of Fine Arts,
Earl H. Reed, jr., of Chicago and Ralph
n walker of New York Louis La
Beaume, a director, ST. Louis, will pre-
side.
Consideration of the annual report
Of the directors, the work OF commit
tees. proposed amendments to the by
laws and a report of the committee on
credentials will occupy Thursday morn
ing. ~ 49,.
theme of Thursday evenings session, at
which the committee on education VIII
make its report. Prof. William Emer-
cor, head of the department Of archi-
lecture at the Massachusetts, Institute
of Technology, will preside, and Leices-
ter 3. Holland, chief of the division OF
fine arts. Library of Congress, Will be
the speaker. Award OF honors by the
institute and announcement OF the cleo
tion of fellows will conclude the session.
Election Set for Friday Morning.
Election of officers and of honorary
and corresponding members Is sched-
MED for Friday morning. The after
noon will be devoted to new and I'M
finished business and report Of the
committee on resolutions. Further
consideration of the annual report will
also be taken uD at both sessions. In
the evening the annual dinner will be
held, with announcement OF elections
and induction into Office of the new
president. There will be- several speak
ers, whose names will be announced
later.
Delegates and guests of the conven-
ton motor on Saturday to Freder1cks-
burg, Va, where arrangements have
been made to open for inspection some
of the famous Colonial homes and
buildings of historic interest. An out
door luncheon will be served at Ken
more House, the home built by Col.
Lewis Fielding for his bride, who was
the sister Of George Washington.
Delegates from 10 chapters of the in
stitute, representing every State In the
Union and all the insular possessions.
will attend