Evening star., 1937-02-20
COLLEGES TO AID
YOUNG ARCHITECTS
Princeton and Minnesota
Devise Plans to Help Re.
cent Graduates.

A new plan OF architectural train.
ing is developing at Princeton Uni
versity and at the University of Min
nesota, Dean William Emerson Of
Massachusetts, Institute of Technology.
chairman of the Education Committee
Of the American Institute Of Archi-
tects, says in a report ON progress in
architectural education during 1896.
quite independently, but more or
less simultaneously, Princeton and
Minnesota are both considering the
establishment Of brief conferences, or
opportunities for the continuation Of
study after graduation, for recent
graduates Of architectural schools ard
younger architects" according to
Dean Emerson.
Princeton hopes to make it possible
for a group to come together at the
university, at the end Of the academic
year, to meet and discuss professional
and technical questions Of the mo-
ment with men of distinguished
achievement in the field of architec-
ture.
Minnesota has recently completed
new building for a continuation
study center, where professional and
other graduates will live together in
pleasant surroundings for periods
varying from few days to a few
weeks for serious study along their
chosen line, whether medicine, law,
engineering or architecture.
Future Of Architects.
"All these movements indicate stir
rings In new directions by archi-
tectural education as distinct from
its more essentially professional job
of training the architect himself.
Among the schools the searching
analysis Of the past lean years has
brought q better realization of essen
tials, a recognition that principles,
materials, use. are the factors that
will determine the architecture OF the
future rather than stylistic man
nerisms or the slavish copying Of
the past. II the base Of our teaching
Is broad enough and the standard
high enough. there will be no lack
Of opportunity for our students in
the future.
While it may truly be said that
architectural education is q constant
variable, there is general agreement
that the best promise for healthy
growth lies in sane use of our past
inheritance, rather than sudden
and radical break with the past on
the assumption that our modern world
calls for a modern architecture that
can safely ignore the inheritance Of
other ages.
New tendencies are based on q
plea for sincerity, an elimination Of
artificial and obsolete decoration, and
a recognition Of the inescapable re-
lation between sound construction and
good design. The barriers that have
too often kept architecture, city PLAN
ming, engineering and landscape de-
sign in separate pigeon-holes are being
broken down. Design, as the cement
that binds these subjects indissolubly
together, Is winning q recognition
that promises cooperation among pro-
fessional men in all these fields. Such
cooperation assures adequate oppor-
tunity for each in his own field,
coupled with q common interest by
all in the success Of their joint efforts.
Better Teaching Urged.
Fewer students, better teaching,
and the understanding cooperation
Of the architects Offices offer a COM
bination that is certain to qualify the
architectural student Of the future,
far better than in the recent past, to
meet the demands that are sure to
descend upon him after graduation
whether or not the promised boom
occurs"