Evening star., 1939-09-23
Architects
Gather Here
Tomorrow
I 71st Convention
F Of American
Institute Storts

Delegates from chapters through
out the Nation will gather here to-
morrow for the list convention of
the American Institute of Archi-
tects, which will continue through
Thursday. Participating will be
many foreign architects who came
to the United States to attend the
18th International Congress of Ar
chitects, postponed because of war
in Europe.
Federal public works, housing, de-
velopment of rural districts, city
planning, contemporary architec-
ture, architectural education, ar
chitectural competitions and unfit
cation of the architectural profess
sion will be the chief themes of the
convention sessions, which begin
Monday morning at 10 o'clock with
an address by Charles D. Maginnis
OF Boston, president of the insti-
tute. Registration opens tomorrow
at l o'clock in the Mayhower Hotel,
convention headquarters.
The Producers Council, national
organization of manufacturers of
building materials and equipment,
has scheduled its 10th semiannual
meeting in conjunction with the
convention. Annual meetings of
other organizations related to archi-
lecture will be held during the week,
including the State Association of
Architects, on Tuesday; the Asso-
citation of Collegiate Schools of Ar
chitecture, on Friday and Saturday,
and the National Council of Ar
chitectural Registration Boards, on
Saturday.
Banquet Wednesday Evening.
The annual banquet of the insti-
tute will take place Wednesday eve
ming at the Mayflower. A dinner of
the Producers Council has been
arranged for Tuesday evening at the
Washington Hotel. The institute
and the council will hold a joint
luncheon Wednesday noon.
Besides President Maginnis, speak
ers at the opening session of the
convention will be Edwin Bergstrom
of Los Angeles, treasurer of the in
stitute and its nominee for president,
and Charles T. Ingham of Pitts
burgh, secretary of the institute,
who will present the report of the
Institutes board of directors, which
met here during the past week.
Frederick H. Meyer of San Fran
cisco, vice president of the institute,
will preside Monday afternoon while
the architects take action upon the
directors report. President Ma
ginnis will give a reception to dele
gates at pm. An official Govern
ment reception of the convention,
with music by the United States
Navy Band, will be held at the Pam
American Union Building on Mon
day evening.
DR.. Mccormack to Speak.
DR.. Walter r. Mccormack of Cleve-
land, dean of architecture at the
Massachusetts, Institute of Tech
nology and chairman of the insti-
tute's Committee on Housing, will
address the institute Tuesday after
noon. Charles Butler of New York
will present the report of the insti-
tute's Committee on Federal Public
Works, of which he is chairman.
On Tuesday morning city and rural
planning will be discussed.
Nominations of officers and direc-
tors of the institute will be received
Tuesday afternoon after a report
Of the Credentials Committee. Nom
nations by petition have been made
by the chapters as follows: MIR. Berg
strom. president; Dean Mccormack,
vice president; Mr.. Ingham, secre-
tary; Rudolph Weaver of Gaines
vile, Fla, regional director for the
South Atlantic district; Benedict
Farrar Of st. Louis, regional director
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