thiy bulletin, michigan society of architects • vol. 27, no. 10, October 1953 • 30c

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It's the "built-in" look in kitchens!

HEW Diona-AtqlC' YOUNGSTOWN KITCHENS!

You no longer

c h o o s e a sink—

Y O U P L A N IT

Storage Space Galore There's storage space and counter surfaces a plenty, right where they save steps and time. Here's the equiv­alent of built-on-the-job sink features from prefabricated steel kitchen units.

2 4 - I n c h

E n s e m b l e S i n k

Allows the utilization of more features for any given space. Graceful lines flow un­broken through adjoining base cabinets in stainless steel back-splash and trim.

Streamlined Beauty Plus Planning Flexibility Never Before Possible

New Diana-style Youngstown Kitchens are designed to provide the beauty of built-in kitchens in all-steel die-made construction for durability. Regardless of floor space the kitchens that you de­

sign can have that modern built-in look and always within your building budget. These new kitchens are graceful, yes, gorgeous beyond compare.

MAIL THIS C O U P O N . T O D A Y 1

D i s t r i b u t e d b y

B U H L S O N S C O M P A N Y

F o o t o f A d a i r S t r e e t

S H O W R O O M A L W A Y S O P E N T O

A R C H I T E C T S A N D B U I L D E R S

1 BUHL SONS COMPANY Foot of Adair Street

Detroit 7, Michigan Telephone: L O . 7-4000

Send me complete specification sheets on the new Diana-style Youngstown Kitchens.

Address

Ci iy Zone

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LISTED IN THIS ISSUE ARE THE ARCHITECTS W H O W I L L M A K E THE SKYLINE OF T O M O R R O W IT CAN 'T HAPPEN TO A MORE DESERVING G R O U P

Monthly Bulletin, Michigan Society ol ArchiteclB is published monthly crt 120 Madison Ave. , Detroit 26, Mich. Entered a s second-class matter January 15 1946 at the Post Office at Detroit, Mich, under Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription price $3.00 per year (members $1.50). 30c per copy (Rosters $1). For further information see page 19.

S T R U C T U R A L S T E E L M I S C E L L A N E O U S I R O N

• LONGER SPANS • E C O N O M I C A L DESIGN • SPEEDY CONSTRUCTION

al l o b t a i n e d using . . .

S T E E L The roof construction for this large super­market has many advantages. T-Chord Longspan Joists span 80'-0" feet.

T-CHORD LONG SPAN JOISTS O R N A M E N T A L I R O N

H A V E N B U S C H C O M P A N Y

501 FRONT AVENUE N. W. PHONE 9-4173 GRAND RAPIDS 4, MlCfflGAN

M I C H I G A N B E L L ' S F a i i i o u s S c r v i c e

M A I N T A I N E D I N

C O M P A N Y C A F E T E R I A S

1 he public expects, am! yets, out­standing service from t'le Michi­gan Hell Telephone C^ompany. line service is traditional. AntI Michigan Hell employees enjoy similar fine service in efficient (;«)mpany-operated cafeterias.

Dependable, efficient gas-fired cooking et|uipment is used in M ii higan Bell's Detroit cafeterias. Two kitchens at Headquarters building, 1365 Cass Avenue, pre­pare food to serve 5 500 meals daily. Gas equipment in these kitchens include eight gas hotel ranges, one griddle, two deep fat fryers, three salamander broilers and two roasting ovens.

M I C H I G A N C O N S O L I D A T E D GAS COMPANY

Serving 750,000 customers hi Michigan

October 53 monthly built

F o r B u i l d i n g s o f D i s t i n c t i o n C h o o s e

r c h i t e c t u r a l C o n c r e t e

T h e ('.liiulcstoii A | )Mrl in(Mi lvS in Sai l Lake C i t y are a typical example of the way arehilectural concrete lends dignity and individuality to modern apartment buildings.

But N v l i e l h e r you are designing an apartment oras(!hool, hospital, hotel, church, business bl(M k or industrial building, concrete is the ideal archilecl inal and structural medium. It is adijptiible to buildings of any size, style or function, and it offers owm'rs o r investors unexcelled durabi l i ty , f ire-salcty, I x N U i t y and lou- aiimuil c o s t .

For more infornnition on architectural concrete write for free literature, distributed only in the U . S. and Canada .

P O R T L A N D C E M E N T A S S O C I A T I O N O l d s T o w e r B I d g . , L a n s i n g 8, Mich.

A national organization to improve and extend the uses of portlond cement a n d concrete through scientific research and engineering field work

A b o v e : G e n e r a l view of the 1 2 - s to ry -and -basement C h a r l e s t o n Apartments in Salt l a k e City. Below: closeop view showing the corner windows and the decorative treatment on the spandrels a n d side walls. Slack W . Winnburn was the architect, John M. Blonford the engineer and Vinson-Peterson the contractor; all of Salt L a k e City.

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ROOF TRUSSES b y

CARTWRIGHT & MORRISON. INC. Holcomb. New York

Phone 48

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N o t e A - f r a m e co lumns

t o w i t h s t a n d l a t e r a l w i n d l o a d s .

M i c h i g a n R e p r e s e n t a t i v e NOBLE F. CARR, MANUFACTURERS' AGENT, 616 FARWELL BLDG., DETROIT, MICHIGAN

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the new flexicore Technical Data Handbook Pr<»pai'<Ml for arrliilerts, jMi^iiieers and coiilractors, this liaii<lbo<ik of over 100 pa^es if* a classified rolled ion of ideas and farts ahont the history, the theory and design, and the arehitertiiral. strnetiiral and nieehanieal details of flexicore. Distrihntioii is in progress ami >\e sineerely Irnst tliat the data in this hainlhook will he of great valne to all of yon.

A parlitil list of architects who have recently specified FLEXICORE:

Mhert Kahn Assoe. .\rehite<'ts & Engineers. Detroit

.\Ifred C. Ennnerliiig. Detroit

.'\rtlinr Grieg and Associates. River Koiige riieodor*' Kogvoy. D<'troit Nathaniel Gould & Thomas Moss, Iiie.,

PIynn>nth

Price Brothers Company M I C H I G A N flexicore D I V I S I O N

12651 N e w b u r g R o a d L i v o n i a . M i c h i g a n w o o d w a r d 5 - 6 3 7 6 P l y m o u t h 2 0 7 5

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C a p t u r e w i n d o w b e a u t y f o r y o u r h o m e w i t h

windows that open to nature's beauty or breezesl — ANDERSEN G L I D I N G W I N D O W S

From panoramic picture-window openings to ribbon-type installations . . . from living rooms to kitchens, bedrooms to breezeways . . . you'll find Andersen Gliding Window Units adaptable to client desires.

They're wood units, precision-built of only superb materials by Andersen Corporation, Bayport, Minn. —wood for warmth of beauty, warmth in winter, coolness in summer.

Combine the units as you will, in endless variety. Give your clients the advantages of Andersen WINDOWALLS, serving both as windows and as walls. They're snug walls, too. A double-glazing

•Trademark of Andersen Corporat ion. Window Specialists for 50 Years

panel (optional) rides on outside of gliding sash, can be left on all year, yet is easily removed for cleaning. By adding an extra set of removable double glazing to the screen you can have the additional weather-proofing of triple glazing at nominal expense.

For more details, consult Sweet's Catalog or write Andersen. Sold by lumber or millwork dealers.

A N D E R S E N

G I V E Y O U W I N D O W B E A U T Y

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Wholesale Sash and Doors

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W h o l e s a l e Distr ibutors

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K A L A M A Z O O . M I C H I G A N T E L . 4-6149

T R A V E R S E C I T Y . M I C H I G A N T E L . 2022

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,i,es to i';^ ^i^^aard unit con-openings. The s

sistsol ° " : X ' ° " een panel ond one lixed ligh Also ^ ^ ^ ^ con,pos,te unU - ,e.t window ° " ' * . ^ ' "^ f ;v , e r s illustrated hand ventilating llanVers.

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Detroit 14. Michigan

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Receiv ing Hopper Easy Dumping G r a t e s

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Fire & Ash Door«

D O N L E Y I N C I N E R A T O R S Solve a Pressing Problem

• D o n l e y design data, covering eight sizes of Ineuierators , p lus

s turdy adaptable Donley metal equipment are helping architects

and engineers to grapple with the disposal problems of over b u r d ­

ened municipal it ies . . . . Bu i l t - in incineration for n e w l y constructed

buildings, free standing or other door-fed inc inerators for older

properties a r e demanded by the current trend a w a y f rom publ ic

collection a n d disposal. A n y competent mason, w i t h D o n l e y plans

can bui ld an excel lent incinerator.

R a p i d increase in the use of gas for heating has depr ived homes

of the former means of disposing of a l l burnable wastes. . . . T h e

a n s w e r is pr ivate incineration, best for the o w n e r and promis ing

to be mandatory in many localities.

Donley facil it ies include two types of rece iv ing hoppers, q u i c k

dimiping and easily replaceable grates, a variety of f ire doors and

cleanoiit doors, pilot burners and flame spreaders for eff ic ient gas

f ir ing, safety controls for automatically intermittent burning .

Gas Fir ill luvremes Cajnuitx

T h e eff icient Donley Pilot B u r n e r , operating with a dist inctive

f l a m e spreader and intermittent burning by automatic control means

rapid b u r n i n g and increase in net capacity as compared w i t h sys­

tems that c a l l for dry ing periods before burning .

Wide \ iirivty of Installations

Houses , apartments , hotels, schools and institutions are being

rendered independent of public collection by D o n l e y aids. I n d u s ­

tr ia l concerns are increasingly instal l ing large inc inerator imits .

Inc inerators are mandatory in trailer camps. T h e r e is a D o n l e y

design to f i t each case.

THE DONLEY BROTHERS CO. 13951 Miles Ave.. Cleveland 5, Ohio

Receiving Hopper

in Fire Door

Saves Effort

In door-fed insfal laf ions, if is not

necessary that a heavy fire door

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c i fy the Donley H o p p e r Door, with

its well ba lanced hopper that

opens easily at a housewife 's

touch and closes au tomat ica l ly .

Catalog Mailed

on Application

higan society of architects

Showing Simplicity of Installation of Truscon Pre-Cast Cement Roof Tile

Fire-Safe — Yet Economical

M A N U F A C T U R E D B Y

T R U S C O N L A B O R A T O R I E S DETROIT 11, MICHIGAN DIVISION OF DEVOE & RAYNOLDS CO.. INC.

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For Your Dollar Invested He it C o m m e r c i a I or Industrial

Electrical Construction

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T R I A l ^ G L E E L E C T R I C C O . 4 2 2 2 E a s t M c N i C h o i s • D e t r o i t 1 2 , M i c h i g a n • T W i n b r « o k 3 - 4 0 1 3

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N O W . . . For the First Time C O M P L E T E L Y D I F F E R E N T - C O M P L E T E L Y N E W

C Now, you have a perfect chaiige-of-pace building prod­uct for both residential and commercial buildInK . . . KRAGSTONE. Its wide array of colors sets it completely apart from conventional stone and brick and its distinctive elongated dimensions will add an elegance heretofore unob­tainable in the building in­dustry.

Avai lable i n a r a i n b o w range of eolnre, K K \ ( ; S T < ) N K 'iH n n l i k e a n y t h i n g on the n i a r k c l tiHlay. It c o n i i i i n e 8 beanty with stnrdines.<t. Ref l ec t s qua l i ty b n l is excep­tionally easy to h a n d l e because of its elongated d i m e n s i o n s .

Y e s , K R A G S T O N E i s the one new prod-u c l wl i ir l i wi l l introdin-e a new prospec­tive to the Detroi t Scene .

PLACE YOUR ORDER

TODAY FOR KRAGSTONE

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K R A t v S T O N F ] is m a n u f a c t u r e d a i u l so ld in IMichigan solely by the Det-'Ierk I n d u s t r i e s . It is m a d e f r o m I d o l i l e — a c e l l u l a r glassy l a v a m a t e r i a l k n o w n f o r its l ightness a n d acoustical insu lat ion propert i e s .

Kragstone For Distinctive Homes

D e C L E R K i n d u s t r i e s , INC 6497 E . lO-Wli lE RD. « S t o i u m 7 -3808 • CEHTER LINE, MICH.

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HORN FUEL & SUPPLY CO. An Established Dealer Carrying a Complete Line of All Masonry and Plastering Materials

Distributors of Concrete Masonry Reinforcing

9133 H U B B E L L A V E . . D E T R O I T 28

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VErmont 8-2200

VAl ley 2-4450

Manufacturers of Cinder Concrete Masonry Units Since 1923

C O N T R O L L E D Q U A L I T Y

S T E A M C U R E D M O D U L A R U N I T S

There is M A T E R I A L Difference

9143 HUBBELL A V E . DETROIT 28 VErmont 8-3200

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NEW (3iaiir|xn*cl Mo^-Gsie P R O C E S S

seals all surfaces {including those not

usually painted) against moisture, fungus, molds, dry-rot, insects, etc.

C r a w f o r d Door Sales C o . , 4651 Beaufai t , Detroit 7, M i c h . Phone: W A h u i t 4-9300

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COMPARISON OF ^^erttu>tun£ AND SINGLE GIASS

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MANUAL . . . COMPLETE I N F O R M A T I O N IN O N E B O O K

Here's a handy, convenient guide for you—20 illustrated

pages that give complete glazing instructions and dia­

grams of typical sash details for Thermopane insulating

glass.

Up-to-date lists of standard sizes, types of sash which

take Thermopane, and names of sash manufacturers will

help you. Also wind resistances, weights of glass, compari­

sons of Thermopane with single glass and other technical

data.

G e t your free copy by writing to Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company, I028M Nicholas Building, Toledo 3, Ohio.

G L A S S

LZBBEY* OWENS • FORD O'^Aed^/Va^/^ GLASS

T h i s !s t h e y e a r - r o u n d a i r - c o n d i t ! o n e r t h e y a s k e d f o r I . is l fal l merchant bui lders told C a r r i e r they could se l l 30U,(I0U additional houses if they had the right k i n d of a i r conditioner.

W e l l , the new C a r r i e r Weathern iaker meets or beats every one of their specifications.

Does it fit in 12 sq. ft. of f loor space? I T F I T S I N L E S S T H A N 10!

Does it tap the home m a r k e t ? B U Y E R S C A N O W N I T F O R $4 A M O N T H E X T R A O N T H E I R 20 Y E A R M O R T G A G E ! And yes, it's completely packaged, completely serviceable from the front—available in Oil and Gas models.

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H « M . C was used in the construction of the

i' Home, Pine Rest Christian Society, Cutlerville, Michigan

> u t s t a n d i n g P r o j e c t Bui l t W i t h

N M A S O N R Y C E M E Beckering Construction Company

Grand Rapids, Michigan Genera/ Confractor

J . & G . Davermen Company Grand Rapids, Michigan

Architect i Acres Block & Builders Supply Company

Grand Rapids, Michigan Dealer

O N P O R T L A N D CEMENT CO. M I C H I G A N

troit • Alpena • Muskegon • Saginaw • Wyandotte i Offices: Detroit • Grand Rapids • Saginaw

D U R A K O P A I N T was used on the

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Asphal t S u r f a c e d Parking A r e a

,LT P A V I N G is the modern type of pavement d for parking areas, access roads and drive-s economy and durability make it the pre-•ype of paved surface. Architects and en-now specify A S P H A L T P A V I N G for modern needs.

Qual i ty Work Use Only the C o n t r a c t Method igh Exper ienced, Pre -Qual i f ied Contractors

•nation a n d S p e c i t i c a l i o n Recommendat ions W r i t e :

gan Asphalt Paving Association Incorporated

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1000 W . G R A N D BLVD. D E T R O I T 8, M I C H I G A N

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•k Full, improved type, weatherslripping

Silent, stainless steel rollers assure effortless operation.

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* Positive locking, closed or open, in selective positions.

•k No extras-factory built-in, storm sash and screens.

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* Flush construction inside and o u t - n o trouble­some projections.

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from the roiarian You are an architect known for scrupulous work and integrity. You have designed a large public school building. The contracts for its construction have been awarded Work has already begun.

At this point the major contractor comes to you with a problem Known, like you, for the excellent work and good business reputation, he tells you that he made a $20,000 error in his bid. He w i l l lose that much if he completes his $200,000 contract according to specifications.

"What can 1 do," he asks you. " I can't afford a lose like that, but neither can I afford to default. My reputation would be ruined. Is there any way you and I can work it out?"

You are that architect Do you see any way to work it out? Would you work with the contractor on money - saving methods? What would you counsel him? Or would you refuse to discuss the matter? What would you do?

Says George L. W. Schuli, A . I . A . I am submitting, herewith a few comments regarding the article from the Rotarian of September, 1952 I trust that my answer wi l l convey to you exactly what we believe is the proper procedure to be followed and which we ourselves follow i n connection with our building contracts.

Bidding for the contract for the construction of a large public school project carries with it responsibilities on the part of the principal contractors. This responsibility obligates him to take adequate precautions to see that his estimates are properly prepared. Bidding methods being as they are, it is sometimes difficult to check each individual item and sub-contract before bids are due A contractor, therefore, is obligated to review his estimate sheets carefully before receiving a contract and proceeding with the construction of same. If an error is discovered before receiving a contract fu l l facts should be made known to the owner which should be

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given proper consideration after which the contractor should be given the option of either accepting the contract despite the error or be allowed to withdraw his b id entirely. This would hurt nobody's reputation as to make a mistake is human and to be honest is to the best interests of not only himself but the owner as well

A poor contract is a bad contract to ex­ecute; however, once a job has been started the picture changes. It is then a more difficult task to prove errors and claims of this type are almost impossible to rectify due to the great possibility of fraud being connected with any adjust­ment on public work. The contract has been made and commitments have been made to obtain a structure of a stated method of construction and quality of materials. A n architect cannot afford to deviate from the specifications. Unless the contractor can engineer the job to follow the specifications and still introduce money-saving methods, it is not the archi­tect's prerogative to "trade" with him which in the final analysis is at the ex­pense of the owner.

As an architect, I would assist in every way possible to cooperate with the builder to make the job go: however, I also as an architect, would counsel him to go through with the job because, as a general rule even though there is an error on the job, unless the error happens to be far out of line with the cost of the building and which would be noticeable when bids are opened, the contractor would not lose the full amount to the so-called error but would lose probably the profit which he had anticipated. The actual cash loss would not be the total of the error dis­covered which in this particular case has been indicated as $20,000 00.

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Charles E. Firestone F.A.I.A.. President. Canton, Ohio Fred L. Morkham. Ist V-Pres., Provo, Utah Bartlett Cocke, 2nd V-Pres., San Antonio, Texas Edgar H . Bemers, 3rd V-Pres., Green Bay, Wis. William L. Perkins, Sec.-Treaa., 736 Lucas Ave., Chariton, Iowa

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A recent court case in New Jersey had to do with such tax-free organizations as the American Architectural Foundation, Inc., donations to which may be deducted for purposes of income or death taxes.

Donations to the Institute itself may not be so deducted.

The Foundation has access to an unusual recruiting ground for repetitive donors in the form of corporations engaged in the building supply and materials business as well as from architects. The interests of the prospective donor corporations and the Foundation can be well served if these corporations would set aside such 5'v deductions as they plan to make use of, year by year (not just once), for dona­tions to the Foundation; in other words, to build up a clientele of regular b% don­ors (or so much of the 5% as may be al­lotted to the Foundation) so that each cor-F>oration interested can see its donations employed in a continuing scheme of re­search.

A "friendly" suit in New Jersey was brought by the A. P. Smith Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of valves for water works. In 1952 the Company had donated $1,500 to Princeton University. Four stockholders had objected on the grounds that such a donation was an i l ­legal diversion from the stockholders of a portion of the net earnings of the Com­pany, and that enabling legislation could not alter the charter purposes for which the Smith Company had been formed, so as to permit such a deductible gift.

The Supreme Court affirmed the lower court and upheld the Smith Board of Di­rectors on the ground that the making of the gift was within discretion, and that the enabling act automatically became a part of all existing corporate charters.

The interesting thing about this case is its reflection of a change in economic thinking in the last century about the relation of a business corporation to the total life of society. Expert testimony was taken from two principal witnesses, Mr. Frank W. Abrams, Chairman of the Board of Standard Oi l Company (New Jersey), and Mr Irving S. Olds, former Chairman of the Board of United States Steel Cor­poration The President of A P. Smith

Manufacturing Company is Mr. Hubert O'Brien, formerly prominent in the Na­tional Association of Manufacturers.

A portion o! Mr. Olds' testimony;

'Every well managed corporation, of course, must preserve, improve and de­velop the major resources of its raw ma­terials. But if it is necessary for us to spend millions of dollars to process the ore which goes into our blast furnaces and to process the coal which goes into our coke ovens, then why is it not equally our business to develop and improve the quality of the greatest natural resource of all, the human mind?"

One of the briefs quotes Mr. Olds as say­ing that "it is very much to the self-interest and benefit of corporations of this and other states that our statesmen, our leg­islators, our office holders, our men of prominence and even our stockholders and customers and members of the gen­eral public should continue to have avail­able to them the opportunity for higher education.

I believe that corporations in the conduct of their normal business activities have a direct interest and concern in the contin­uance of our present American system of higher education, in which the privately supported colleges and universities play such a vital part."

The testimony of Mr. Abrams was even wider in scope. He expressed the view that corporations should have the power to make contributions normally associated with good citizenship and reasonably ex­pected of them by their customers, by their stockholders and by the public gen­erally. He further stated that he had ob­served a slow but sure transition in the

attitude of corporate management from one of more or less exclusive preoccupa­tion with self-interest to one of self inter­est tempered with a broadening sense of social consciousness.

Mr. Abrams said that, because of chang­ing conditions, individuals were less able to make contributions and that this put the burden upon corporations, and he added:

'Americans have come to expect them to assume an altitude of social responsi­bility, including support of worthy chari­ties not identified with single communi­ties It is not good business for corpora­tions to disappoint this reasonable and justified public expectation, shared by their customers and other friends, present and potential; that it is not good business for corporations to take substantial bene­fits from their membership in the econ­omic community while avoiding the nor­mally accepted obligation of citizenship in the social community."

The American Architectural Foundation was begun by a donation of $10,000 from the late Albert Kahn, F.A.I.A , of Detroit. Charles F. Cellarius, F.A.I A , of Cincin­nati, is Secretary-Treasurer

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Please compare the readability of the type used lor your Advertisers' Index with the weakness of that used generally Newspapers have long since abandoned the use of light-face type.

M A X W E L L H. WHITE, Cleveland, Ohio

Thank you for your Ihoughilulness in redirecting the Bulletin. I have it sent from the office, but someone must have slipped up on the amount of postage I h a v e been trying to keep mv "loot in the door" of the construction industry, but being so far a w a y from home it is quite difficult. This is largely overcome by the reading of your mag­azine. To me it has a lways been a most complete journal of architecture. Even after being in the Army lor almost two years, I find many interesting articles on projects tnal w e were working on, or had completed. It is almost like being back at the office at work with the problems o7 the day.

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1 would prefer that you use more instead of fewer capital letters. Also, captions on illustrations are perhaps too few and too brief.

C H A R L E S C R E S S E Y , San Francisco, Ca l i l .

I was looking at magazines in the waiting room of Blodgett Hospital in G r a n d Rapids ond I came upon your Monthly Bulletin. It was the first I had seen, a n d I found it very interesting. I a m study­ing architecture through a correspondence course offered by Chicago Technical College, and when I have finished it, I hope to go there and take the architectural course. I think your magazine would help me in my studies, and I should like to subscribe for if.

JERRY D . A R Y , G r a n d Rapids, Mich

Another good Bulletin. The Talogram was good fun, a n d 1 liked your displaying HoUister Baker s letter so prominently. I still like the small adver­tisements—in reason. But perhaps the letter will make the advertisers sell-conscious and drive inem olf altogether (or cure them.) The white space ba lanc ing cuts on facing pages is sinking. Color stock livens the pages of ads in the back of the magazine, but I hated to see on the inside back cover '"the above photo, " when "the photo above" would have served as well. Did anyone ever hear of the below photo?"

C A R L G I L B E R T GAUM, Prof. Emeritus (Rutgers), Cleveland, Ohio

Some day I plan to write you without asking lor anytJiing. lohn Thorntons paper, "Relation between Bond and the Surface Physics of Ma­sonry Units" is excellent. The Board is to be commended lor sending reprints to all MSA mem­bers, and our thanks to John lor lurnishing them. It would be very helplul to us il we had two more copies.

HARRY B. T O U R . Knoxville, Tenn.

1 want to take this opportunity ol thanking ana congratulating you, the Detroit Chapter , A.I .A , th« Michigan Society ol Architects, and your Michigan Committee on the line arrangements lor the recent Great Lakes Regional Conference. 1 think you have a vote ol thanks coming for ttit line printing done on the advance registration cards, programs and place cards. They certainly carried the stamp of perfection that is always evident in such work you turn out.

P lease extend my thanks to a l l who assisted you, and assure them that I appreciate greatly their work in behalf of the Conference.

Again, with great appreciation and my sincere thanks for your efforts, 1 am

RAYMOND S K A S T E N D I E C K Great Lakes Regional Director, A.l A.

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arizona BERNARD J. FRIEDMAN, A.I.A., has re­cently returned to his home in Tucson, after active duty with the Navy's Civil Engineer Corps, where he was a lieuten­ant commander in charge of coordination at the Bureau of Yards and D o c k s , in Washington, D.C. He has reopened his office in Tucson.

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LITTLE ROCK PLASTERERS have turned down a proposed wage increase of 37 Vic an hour because, "we felt we had little to gain by it. It would encourage more use of plaster substitutes, and we decided to go along with the contractors in an attempt to keep building costs from go­ing higher. It is an experiment and the outcome wil l be determined by the amount of work we get."

califftrnia PAUL R WILLIAMS, A.I.A., internationally famous architect, of Los Angeles, has been appointed by Mayor Norris Poulson as a member of the City's Art Commission.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER, A.I.A and the Los Angeles Chamber of Com­merce are planning a church design ex­position for October 29 opening. One of the first in the West, a feature w i l l be an exhibit sent from New York by the National Council of Churches.

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER, A.I.A. is planning an exhibition of plans, pho­tographs and models of civic centers and other areas of like nature in c i t i e s throughout the U S The Chapter has proposed a scheme for San Francisco's Civic Center, and it is felt that its think­ing, as well as that of City and County officials wil l be benefited by such an ex­hibition The exhibition w i l l be held in San Francisco's City Hall or de Young Museum in October, says Don Emmons Chapter President.

coli^rado JEROME K. NAGEL, who obtained his Col­orado registration this year, has opened

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his architectural office at 933 Sherman St , Denver. He obtained his architectural degree from Yale in 1949 returned to Denver and worked for three years with Smith & Hegner. For the last year he has been with Victor Hornbein, A.I.A., of Den­ver.

ARCHITECTS EDWARD L. BUNTS AND JAN RUTHENBERG OF C O L O R A D O SPRINGS, AND EDWIN FRANCIS OF DEN­VER, have been named to the Large Es­tates Committee of the Broadmoor Improve­ment Society, which w i l l recommend what might be done with places that are va­cant. One consideration is the rezoning of the Broadmoor area to permit multi-family usage of the large places

COLORADO CHAPTER A.I.A., the Denver Association of Home Builders, and the Department of Architecture and Architec­tural Engineering at the University of Colorado are sponsoring research aimed at developing "Homes of the Future for Coloradoans." Denver architect, Joseph P. Marlow represents the Chapter; Thomas L. Hansen and Clarence Briggs, the Uni­versity, and Ralph Craner the home build­ers. Purpose: more and better homes at lower cost, better adapted to Colorado's climate and topography.

d. c. THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC DISTRICT OF THE A I A. wi l l hold its Regional Conference at Washington's Hotel Statler, Oct. 21-23. The Conference wil l discuss urban design and redevelopment.

THE WINNING DESIGNS OF THE A.I.A. NATIONAL HONOR AWARDS, as selected at the Seattle Convention, were displayed at the Octagon in Washington during September. Two well-known Washington architectural firms Charles M. Goodman Associates, and Keyes, Smith, Satterlee and Lethbridge, were represented by their entries of development housing—HoUin Hills and Lauria Brothers Pine Spring De­velopment, respectively.

HOWARD C. SULLIVAN, head architect of the Navy's Bureau of Yards and Docks, has retired after more than 40 years ser­vice in the bureau A fine example of his work is his winning design for the Naval Medical Center at Bethesda, Md. The plans for this Center were later developed in collaboration with the late Paul P, Cret, of Philadelphia.

GEORGIA CHAPTER A I A w i l l hold its Fourth Annual Exhibit of the works of its members at the High Museum in Atlanta, Nov, 1-22, 1953. "Because of the high stan­dard set in previous shows, our friends at the Museum feel that they can count on the A.I.A. to provide both excellent work and eye-catching presentation, " says a statement by Will iam E. Willner, Chair­man of the Exhibit Committee, and he adds, "Like ourselves, they are interested in reaching the general public, and they have found that these architectural exhi­bitions attract larger crowds each year, and bring new people to the Museum."

idaho C.V. WAYLAND has been elected Presi­dent of the Idaho Chapter A.I.A.; Cecil Jones, Vice-President; Thomas M. I . Leake. Secretary-Treasurer, and Anton Dropping, Director.

Illinois THE ILLINOIS SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS has urged that Richard Symkal. Wheaton builder, withdraw from his new post as Deputy Building Commissioner of Chica­go. Symkal, appointed by Mayor Kenner-ly, served as acting head of the State Di­vision of Engineering and Architecture in 1952, Symkal. appointed by Mayor Ken-nelly, served as acting head of the State Division of Engineering and Architecture in 1952. Chicago's Building Code requires that this office be held by a registered architect, the Society points out.

GEORGE V. MURPHY, A I A., partner in the firm of Naess & Murphy, Architects and Engineers, has been appointed Gen­eral Chairman of the 1954 Chicago Chap­ter American Red Cross Fund Campaign Murphy is President of the Insurance Ex­change Building Corporation, a director of the Chicago Athletic Association and of the Builders Building, a trustee of the American School of Fine Arts. His f i rm is now engaged in designing the Prudential Building for Chicago.

itiwa IOWA CHAPTER w i l l be host to the Eighth Annual Conference of the Central States District of the A.I.A., in Des Moines, Oct. 15-17. Speakers so far engaged: Turpin C. Bannister, Philip C. Johnson, A n s o n Campbell. Clair W. Ditchy, F.A.I.A., Pres­ident of the A.I A., w i l l be guest of honor at the banquet, Saturday evening, Oct 17,

THORSON, THORSON & MADSON, ARCHI­TECTS, have moved into their own new of­fice building in Forest City, Iowa

kentuck^ ABNER E FOSTER, A. I .A, of Covington, has been appointed by Governor Law­rence Wetherby to a four-year term on the

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ANSON B. CAMPELL AND WALTER M. MEGRONIGLE, of Ketchum, Inc.. A I.A. Public Relations Counsel, were speakers at a joint meeting of the East Kentucky and West Kentucky Chapters, A.I.A., in Lexington Sept. 12. William A. Gray, Pres­ident of East Kentucky Chapter, presided

massaehasettfit WILLIAM ROGER GREELEY, F.A.LA.. of Boston, has been named a Moderator of the American Unitarian Association, the highest lay position in the denomination. Long prominent in Unitarian affairs, Mr. Greeley, whose son. Dr. Dana McLean Greeley, is minister of Arlington Street Church in Boston, has been President of the Unitarian Layman's League, and mem­ber of other Unitarian organizations. He has designed many distinguished build­ings in Massachusetts as a member of the firm of Kilham, Hopkins. Greeley and Brodie.

THE RESTORATION OF THE ISAAC DA­MON HOUSE IN NORTHAMPTON, MASS.. has brought praise from a distinguished New York Architect, Aymar Embury. II, F.A.LA Recognition of Damon as an im­portant figure in the development of Amer­ican architecture had been given by Mr. Embury in his well-known book, "Early American Churches." When Mr. Embury heard that the local Historical Society was making every effort to preserve the Isaac Damon house, he wrote Mrs. Thomas M. Shepherd, Vice-President of the Society, "It is, so far as I know, the only house built by an early American architect, for his own occupancy which still exists, and I think it would be of benefit to the whole tradition of early American art if the building could be preserved,"

lOHN I . MANNING, Vice Admiral, U.S.N., (retired) former Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, U.S. Navy, has joined the f irm of Kelly & Gruzen, Architects and Engineers, of Boston. Mr. Manning is a member of The American Institute of Archi­tects.

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OSCAR T. LANG A.I.A., of Minneapolis, a member of the firm of Lang & Raugland, has been a collector of one thing or ano­ther since childhood For the last 25 years he has specialized in watches, of which he has more than 500, and for the past five years, clocks—115. An exhibit of 50 of his prize items was held at the conven­tion of the United Horlogical Association, and Minnesota Watchmakers' Association, held recently in his City

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THE FOURTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE GULF STATES REGION. A.I.A.. held in Biloxi, Miss., Sept. 17-19 had for its theme "Serving the People of the New South through Architectural Progress."

Speakers: Hodding Carter, editor and publisher of the Greenville Delta-Democrat

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Times; Buford L. Pickens, A.I.A., Dean of the School of Architecture, Washington University, St Louis Mo; Walter Creese, professor of art and history. University of Louisville; Richard Neutra, F.A.I.A,, of Los Angeles; Chris Tunnard, associate profes­sor of city planning, Yale University, and Paul Rudolph, A.I,A,, of Sarasota, Fla.

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HARRY L, BRUMOND, A.I.A., has an­nounced plans to run as a candidate for president of Manhattan Borough. He is secretary of the executive committee of the board of governors of the National Democratic Club. JOHN A WARD, Manhattan broker, fears that the old Greenwich Village atmos­phere wil l be lost if the City, State and New York University are permitted to go ahead with their present plans for the blocks adjoining Washington Square and the area lying just to the south. "These various plans would strike a ."jtunning blow at the quiet historic charm that has distinguished this section of the City," Ward said,

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S plans for the proposed new Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York have not yet been approved but the City is to have a build­ing designed by Mr. Wright—the tempo­rary pavilion adjoining the present Gug­genheim Museum building at 1071 Fifth Ave. Built under the auspices of the Mu­seum, it houses an exhibition of Mr. Wright's work, including a full-scale, fully furnished, two-bedroom house as a part of the exhibit.

VITO P BATTISTA, A.I.A., head of Brook­lyn's Institute of Design and Construction, announces an expanded "Work and

Study ' plan in architectural drafting for high school graduates. The accelerated training by leading practicing architects and engineers, wil l afford the students alternating periods of schooling and ex­perience, leading to engagements in of­fices upon completion of the courses.

and many other prominent people took part in the celebration.

norlli rar<»liiia MISS GEORGIA POPE YEATMAN. A.I A of Beaufort, N. C , who formerly practiced in Philadelphia, is directing the clearing of 43,000 acres of coastal land, to be North Carolina's largest farm. In a State in which the average size farm is sixty-seven acres, Miss Yeatman employs the most modern of farm machinery, including an airplane to .seed her land

TOM CRAIG LEWIS, A I.A., has opened his architectural office at 138 S. Marietta St., Gastonia, N, C. Formerly with J. L, Bean, Jr , Architect, of Cherryville, N, C, and J A Malcolm of Charlotte, Lewis was a captain in the Engineer Corps on overseas duty in Europe during World War I I .

ROBERT EMORY HOLROYD, IR„ A.I.A., has opened offices at 831 E. Morehead St , Charlotte, N, C. He is a graduate of Clem-son College, where he won the South Carolina Chapter award. He later did graduate work at Columbia University.

Oregon ARCHITECT WILLIAM HOLFORD was hon­ored on his 75th birthday, Sept. 8, by the Oregon Building Congress, of which he is President. Mayor Fred L Peterson present­ed Mr, Hoiford with the keys to the City,

Pennsylvania GEORGE C PIERCE, Architect, has opened offices at 219 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Greensburg, Pa. After receiving his ar­chitectural education at Carnegie Institute of Technology. Mr. Pierce was employed by architects in Greensburg and Pitts­burgh. He is remodeling a building on his own property for his offices. First com­mission: an $800,000, junior high school building. He is registered in Pa. and by NCARB.

iexas IRVING D. PORTER has become the first member emeritus of the Dallas Chapter, A. I . A. Mr. Porter retired last year as chief architect for the Southwestern Division, Public Buildings Administration, after 50 years of service.

wawliingion WASHINGTON STATE CHAPTER, A L A , has opened headquarters at 409 Central Bldg., Seattle. In charge is Miss Davis Holcomb, executive secretary. John S. Det-lie is Chapter President.

nesi Virginia WEST VIRGINIA CHAPTER, A.l.A,, held a two-day meeting and exhibit in Charles­ton Sept, 10-11. Marcellus Wright, Jr., Richmond, Va., Middle Atlantic, A.l .A. Di­rector, was principxal speaker.

died FREDERICK A BURDETT, ALA. , 80, in New York, Aug. 12. Member emeritus, New York Chapter, A.I A. Before retire­ment was president of F. A. Burdett & Co.

EDWARD W. DONN, JR., FA.I.A., 85, in Washington, D. C , Aug. 9. Prior to re­tirement 20 years ago, was president Board of Examiners and Registrars of Architects of the District, He had specialized in the restoration of historic buildings

H RICHARD ELLISTON, ALA. , 51, of Cin­cinnati in Booth Memorial Hospital, Cov­ington, Ky., Aug. 15. Graduated from Yale and studied at the French School of Fine Arts, Fontainbleau, France.

WHITNEY LAY EWING, A.I.A., 64, at his home in Augusta, Ga., August 11. A na­tive of Gadsden, Ala. he graduated from Alabama Polytechnic Institute in 1910 Formed a partnership, which lasted until his death, with Phil P. Scroggs, A.I.A., in Augusta. The firm designed some of the finest buildings in the South. Mr. Ewing was a brilliant architect, a talented pian­ist.

WALTER F GRIFFIN, A.l.A,, 63, in Booth Memorial Hospital, Covington. Ky., Sept, 3, An associate of Charles F. Cellarius, F.A I.A,, of Cincinnati for 23 years, he was a most distinguished designer.

STEPHEN P. jURENES, A LA,, 45. in Grand Rapids, Minn,, Aug 9. Was partner in the firm of Jyring and Jurenes of Hibbing, Minn.

ROY RAMIER MARQUARDT, A.I.A., 70, in Evanston (111,) Hospital, Aug 20. He was retired vice-president of the First National Bank of Chicago,

ERIC MENDELSOHN, A.I.A., 66, in Los Angeles, Sept. 15. In accordance with Mr. Mendelsohn's request, William Wilson Wurster, Dean ol the School of Architec­ture, University of California, delivered the eulogy at the funeral.

WILLIAM MILLS, A.I.A., 71. at his home in Nelsonville, Ohio, August 28. Self edu­cated, he achieved wide prominence as an architect. He was a native of England.

DeWITT CLINTON POND, 69, in New Ro-chelle, N, Y. Sept. 7. He was associated with Alfred Hopkins & Associates. Gradu­ate of Trinity College and Columbia Uni­versity, taught at Columbia and New York University.

RUDOLPH M, SCHINDLER, at his home in Los Angeles, Aug. 22. Born, educated and experienced in Vienna, he came to the U. S, in 1917 to work with Frank Lloyd Wright, Sent to Los Angeles to supervise construction, he remained there to design 500 Southland homes.

FREDERIC W 1 L L A R D SOUTHWORTH, A LA , 78, while visiting in Needham, Mass., Sept, 1. Mr. Southworth was civil ian archi­tect for the Navy's Bureau of Yards and Docks for 40 years. Among his projects is the Bethesda Naval Hospital.

ROBERT C. SPENCER, F A I.A., 89, in Tuc­son, Arizona, Sept. 9. He was former Prof of Architecture at Oklahoma A. & M , and at the Univ. of Fla. Rotch Scholar, M. I . T.; charter member. Alpha Lambda Chapter, Sigma Chi. Went to Chicago to supervise Public Library for Shepley, Routan & Cool-idge. Practiced there as Spencer & Powers.

THOMAS STEPHEN, A.I.A., 90, in Mer-chantville, N. ] . . Sept. H . He was an Hon­orary Member of The A.I A

HARLAN THOMAS, F A I . A . , 83. at his home in Seattle, Washington, Sept. 4. Di­rector emeritus of the Univ. of Washington School of Architecture and former promi­nent Seattle architect, he was a member emeritus of the Institute, had served as its director.

GENE VERGE, A I A., 60, at his home in Los Angeles, Aug, 28. A native of Canada, he went to Los Angeles 58 years ago.

VICTOR WOGAN. A,I A., 83, at Hotel Dieu in New Orleans, La., Aug, 4. Member of firm of Wogan & Bernard, which designed many of New Orleans' most important buildings.

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The use of insulated, precast concrete wal l panels produced and erected by The Marietta Concrete Corporation, Marietta, Ohio, permitted the walls of the new Ohio State Fairgrounds Merchants and Manu­facturers exhibition building to be erected at the rale of 4,200 sq. ft. a day.

Some 204 of these panels were used to close in the walls of this 50 x150' building in less than 5 days. Panels are in two basic sizes—8'xl0x5", and 8 x8 x5 ". plus special sizes They consist of two layers of high strength concrete separated by 2 inches of rigid Owens-Corning Fiberglas insulation

The panels were shipped to the Fair­grounds site by truck from The Marietta Concrete Corporation plant in Marietta, Ohio, A motorized crane was used to lift the panels off the truck and swing them into position against the bui lding frame­work. When in position, the panels were bolted directly to the building framework. A crew of approximately eight men. in­cluding the crane operator, set the first Marietta panel in place at 9:00 a.m., Mon­day, July 20. At the end of the day Tues­day, July 21, some 8,400 sq. ft of wall pan­els had been put in place, closing in one entire side and part of another. Both 500

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foot walls were erected in less than 5 days. These panels provide a finished wall . No additional work is required to insulate or decorate them. Aluminum windows w i l l be fitted into the steel window frames cast into the panels.

The use of this unique type of construction which utilizes revolutionary erection tech­niques, enabled the contractor, George Sheaf 6r Co., Columbus, Ohio, to meet re­quirements of the contract which allowed 10 weeks for erection of the building from date contract was awarded to opening of State Fair Week. August 24. The Butler steel framework consists of standard fram­ing fabricated at the factory and shipped to the building site ready to erect. Mariet­ta precast concrete panels, designed for use with this framing, were cast in Mariet­ta, Ohio, trucked to Columbus, and bolted to the building framework. The roof is built up of blankets of special Owens-Corning Fiberglas Aerocor insulation drap­ed over the purlins and covered by alumi­num roofing planks. The huge building is completely encircled with Fiberglas insula­tion Some 75,000 sq. ft. of Aerocor insula­tion is installed in the roof, and each of the 204 Marietta concrete wal l panels is cast with a 2" layer of rigid Fiberglas.

Architects for the Ohio State Fairgrounds Merchants and Manufacturers e x / i i b i t i o r i

building were Scott & Eesley. of Marietta. Ohio.

Marietta Panels were of two basic sizes— 8'xlO'x5". and 8'X8'.T5". plus special sizes.

Witidott' frames mere cast i»i(o panels.

In less than five working days, the side walls of this 500' building were closed in with Marietta precast insulated wall panels.

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L I V I N G Sea ion T H K l I U i H R . \ C K i>ORCH of Mr. and Mrs. John N. Rirhards' Maumee. O., housr helps lo seal the audience of 150 (right) that attends the one-act |>lays presented in the Rirhards barltyard each summer. . \ paved terra** comprises tlie state (l>elou ) with a backdrop of shrul>-bery. The event is a social highlight.

Summer Theater In Their Own Backyard

T H K T . A L K N T E D Norma Rich­ards organizes t h e Backyard Theater prodoctions, telephones the invitations and plays one of the roles in the one-act dramas.

The modern fondness for outdoor liv­ing has inspired many new ideas for enjoying the backyard. And in Maumee, Ohio, Mr. and Mrs. John N. Richards have created a summer theater just out-aide their kitchen door.

The couple are considered almost-De-troitera by many of their friends. Rich­ards was formerly regional director of the Great Lakes District of the Ameri­can Institute of Architects, and his wife Norma is known here for her work in theater and radio.

With her background in this field— and a dynamic personality—and a pen­chant for organizing things. Mrs. Rich­ards courted the idea of launching a summer theater in an old bam. The coat of remodeling, said her architect husband, would be prohibitive. That was when the resourceful Norma Richards had a close look at her own backyard.

The Richards' southern - style bouse has a wide l>ack porch with 10 steps leading down to the garden—ideal for balcony and orchestra seats. The audi-dence looks down on a paved terrace which makes a natural stage.

BY I J U A N J A C K S O N B R A U N U t U i Rrr lUia E4l(»c

The actors, who have dressed in the basement of the house, enter the stage through an arbor. Props are concealed in the bushes.

This summer Backyard Theater has played its fourth season. No opening night on Broadway achieves the par­ticular kind of glamor that surrounds a performance among the rose bushes in Maumee.

There are no tickets. Admission is by invitation, and 150 are seated for each performance—from Detroit as well as the Toledo area. The drama criUcs at­tend, too.

John Richards is the official greeter. As the audience is gathering, the gar­den is lighted by hurricane lamps, and a rither or guitar provides t»ckground music. A buffet stands ready, because Mrs. Richards serves refreshments after the final curtain.

"There's no real curtain." she points out. "It's all done with lights. The To­ledo Edison Company worked out spot­lights and footlights for the stage—as well as fioodlights for the house, turned on during the social hour.

"No mikes are used. The actors pro­ject their voices."

Two one-act plays constitute the pro­gram, titles like "The Flattering Word.' " S u p p r e s s e d Desires" and "Happy Journey." The s h o w - r u n s for four nights, with a fifth held open in case one evening is rained out.

"After the performance, guests sign the guestbook and make a contribution —to cover royalty pa>Tnenta, musician's fee and refreshments." Mrs. Richards mentions. "So far the theater is pay­ing its way.

"We don't attempt sets, and we keep the furniture simple—-in line with the trend to leave something lo the imagi­nation of the audience."

The actors, who have rehearsed two or three weeks and devised their own costumes, participate for the fun of it.-

'There's a wonderful s p i r i t . They even thank me for letting them act in my backyard!" And then the talented hostess adds, "Of course. I always pick a good role for myself."

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great lakes regional c onferenee

The Great Lakes Conference and Seminar was a great event—about three times as many registered as our advance estimate, 155 as against 50.

All twelve chapters and two state socie­ties of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Ken­tucky were well represented.

This event, in case you didn't know, took place at Detroit's Hotel Statler, Friday and Saturday, September 18 and 19. Earl G. Meyer was chairman of the local commit­tee in charge of planning the conference. He and his committee members, named in the October Bulletin, deserve a great deal of credit for the meeting's success.

Raymond S Kastendieck, of Gary, Ind Great Lakes Regional Director, was top man, and he presided at the two business sessions on Friday. John N. Richards, who served so well as our Regional Director for three years, until succeeded at the In­stitute's Seattle Convention, was much in evidence at this conference, as was his charming wife Norma. This is but another proof of their genuine interest.

The two open meetings of delegates on Friday were well attended and brought out many interesting matters, from repre­sentatives of every chapter and slate soci­ety—Charles I Marr, of New Philadelphia, Ohio, did well as Secretary.

One of the problems which seemed com­mon to all chapters is that of dues and what one gets for them. Detroit Chapter, and no doubt many others, has a large proportion of A.I.A. members who are em­ployees. The $5,000 a year income appears to be too low to afford relief. At present, one is entitled to pay the lower dues of $25 a year only in case his net earnings are less than $5,000 annually. The pro­posed corporate associate membership dees not seem to be the answer. Many oth­er problems were discussed, at both busi­ness sessions, and proposals made lor presentation to the national body

At the luncheon Friday. Amedeo Leone, Detroit Chapter President, presided. After recognizing the brass at the speakers' ta­ble, he introduced the speaker, Mr. Har­vey Campbell, Executive Vice-President of the Detroit Board of Commerce Harvey was in fine form as he welcomed those from our neighboring states, saying we in Detroit are of several categories—urban suburban and Bourbon He quoted a fel­low C. of C. executive in another city as saying there was nothing wrong with his

city that getting rid of a couple of million people wouldn't cure.

He said that after a recent visit to Paris he told a friend he should have been there 20 years ago. The friend said, "Oh, when Paris was Paris'^' The answer: "Hell no, when Campbell was Campbell."

With all his humor, Harvey Campbell gave his audience some sound thoughts that they could take away with them. For in­stance, he said Russia should recognize the advantages citizens of the U. S. have and try to emulate it and not destroy it.

The cocktail party and dinner Friday eve­ning was attended by those registered plus many other Detroit Chapter members. Clair W. Ditchy, F.A.I A., President of the American Institute of Architects, was the guest of honor and speaker.

Before his talk on "Inside A.I.A.," he pre­sented the Institute's certificates to the first-place winners in the National Honor Awards Competition at Seattle, to Saarin-en, Saarinen and Associates, Architects and Smith, Hinchman & Grylls, Architects and Engineers, for their General Motors Technical Center, Accepting were Eero Saarinen, Wallace S. MacKenzie, President of S. H. 6. G , and Mr. John J Cronin, Vice-President of G. M. Ditchy also presented the Detroit Chapter s Medals to the two architects.

Clair's talk did much to answer some of the questions as to what the Institute is and what it is doing. We hope to have more on it to publish.

Carl Marr, chairman of the committee on arrangements for visit to G.M Tech Cen­ter, had to engage two buses instead of one, as first planned. This seems to have become Detroit's No. 1 attraction.

Saturday's luncheon, at which Linn Smith, President of the Michigan Society of Archi­tects, presided, and Roger Allen was speak­er, was truly a highlight

Roger explained that he didn't write his own material. Said it was by honest Car, the used John dealer. He remarked on how much better looking architect's wives are than the architects.

The Kinsey report, he said, only proved that no subject can't be made dull by sta­tistics.

Rogers' real subject was "A Critical Analysis of the International Style," but, while he kept repeating it, he never seem­ed to get around to discussing it,

"Anyway, " he said, " I had intended to ask, what has Elizabeth Gordon got that I haven't got? But on second thought, I withdraw the quest ion"

On the matter of speeches having mes­sages, he said one shouldn't be alarmed, because he had an agreement wi th West­ern Union that they wouldn't design any buildings and he wouldn't carry any mes­sages.

Saturday afternoon Anson P. Campbell, A I A. Account Executive wi th Ketchum, Inc., presented a Public Relations Work­shop, that further answered many ques­tions discussed at the business sessions. Maybe these programs should have been reversed. He took his audience through the program from national to state and local levels, and then down to the indi­vidual architect.

Mr. Campbell proved his case very well , that everything from milkshakes to cigars —and even architecture—has to be sold

Highlights & Sidelights: The ladies lunch­eon and Style Show at the Statler, planned by Edna Morison and her Committee. In fact, we agree with R. A. that the ladies are a most important part of these conven­tions. Edith Schroettley was a wonder at the registration desk. And let us record here the splendid cooperation of Detroit's Convention and Tourists Bureau, wi th an award of merit to our good friend, Mary (Mr:-.. Lee) Builta of that organization.

The pleasure of meeting wi th the young delegates; recalls the words of Henry Hornbostel, who said. " I keep young by associating with the men in the draft ing room, learning their slang and weaknesses —and mimicking them once in a while."

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Music Systems, Incorporated, is perform­ing a special service for architects in this area by providing facilities for built-in background music in all types of struc­tures. They work closely with architects designing stores factories, clubs, funeral homes, fine residences and even boats, so that high fidelity background music can be provided as an integral part of the structure.

Their music system is the new Seeburg Select-o-matic "200," and this comes in a Custom Unit mounted behind a beauti­ful natural Korina wood panel on sliding metal track. The wood has been treated to permit refinishing to match any other wood finishes in the room. This unit may be built into the wall or corner of any room, and speakers may be located re­motely from the mechanism to play the music with high fidelity and amazingly wide selectivity anywhere in the building,

A program timer automatically controls record or radio programs. Calibrated in 15-minute intervals, programs may be se­lected in advance to start playing when you wish—to stop playing when you wish. The control panel of the Seeburg provides every necessary control for op­eration of the Seeburg as a single unit or as the basic unit lor a complete music system. When the "scan and reject switch "

is in the "up" position, it wil l permit the playing of any record in the entire library without interrupting previously selected programs. When moved to the "down" po­sition, it wi l l reject any selection being played.

Music Systems, Incorporated, is located at 10217 Linwood Avenue, Detroit, and also has an office in Lansing at 1224 Tur­ner.

Above is shoton White Chapel Mausoleum. Detroit, one of the finest in the country.

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Char les Burcha rd was t r a i n e d in a r c h i ­tecture a t M.I .T. a n d H a r v a r d a n d was a w a r d e d Harva rd ' s Nelson Rob inson Trav ­e l i n g Fe l lowsh ip . He has w o r k e d for a n u m b e r of f i rms i n the East i n c l u d i n g that of Grop ins a n d Breuer a n d he t augh t i n the H a r v a r d Gradua t e School of Des ign for six years In 1950-51 he w a s i n Lon­d o n as a Senior Fu lb r igh t Fe l l ow a n d he t augh t p r i m a r i l y at the A r c h i t e c t u r a l As­soc ia t ion . C u r r e n t l y he is Director of A r c h i ­tecture for A M K i n n e y . Inc., i n C i n c i n ­na t i .

I I l g ^ | . j | * ^ | 0 g 2 o i 1 masters, bu t soon r e j ec t ed pure estheti-cism in favor of s to ry - t e l l ing a n d soc ia l

The e v e r - w i d e n i n g scope of k n o w l e d g e commentary . As a n emp loyee of va r ious a n d exper ience i n ou r t ime has not o n l y gove rnmen ta l agencies, he has done n u -m u l t i p l i e d the problems of the ar t is t but merous murals for p u b l i c b u i l d i n g s . I n has also served to es tab l i sh a bas ic iden - 1947 a retrospective e x h i b i t i o n of his t i t y a m o n g a l l the phases of c r ea t ive en- w o r k was h e l d at the M u s e u m of M o d e r n deavor. The greatest con t r ibu to r s to the Art in New York,, i n c l u d i n g his pa in t i ngs , ar t of today are the i n d i v i d u a l s w h o are d rawings , posters, i l lus t ra t ions , a n d photo- I l l O V l C S a b l e to unde r s t and the p h e n o m e n a of con- graphs Cur ren t ly he is t each ing at the . . r> t emporary c iv i l i za t ion a n d to in terpre t them Brooklyn Museum. J.^^ Mov ies , Pa in t i ng , a n d Pub l i c Taste ' w i t h the greatest sens i t iv i ty a n d s k i l l i n ^7, " G o w a n s terms of the i r closen f i e ld s of expression. Wednesday . F e b r u a r y 17, 1954 This year the Me t ropo l i t an Art Assoc ia t ion p m.

has selected f ive such i n d i v i d u a l s , each A g r a d u a t e of the Un ive r s i t y of Toron to represen t ing a d i f f e r en t aspec t of des ign a n d Princeton, A l a n G o w a n s has t a u g h t to i l lus t ra te in f i v e lectures the in te r re lo- at Rutgers Unive r s i ty a n d he has g i v e n t i o n of the arts a n d thei r status i n the courses at the Univers i t ies of M i n n e s o t a modern w o r l d a n d Mis sou r i a n d Princeton. He has w r i t -

S € * D l p i O I * C ten severa l a r t ic les o n the p r i m i t i v e m i n d . • • i n art a n d he dea l t w i t h the m o d e r n phase

a n I I I i n c n i o a e r n Scuipt ure i n the W o r l d of Today Q} \\^ig sub jec t i n a Popular Ar t s course ^ % ' 4 » r l d N a u m Gabo at M i c h i g a n last summer. A t present he

Wednesday , December 9, 1953 is t e a c h i n g at M i d d l e b u r y C o l l e g e i n Ver-5 e v e n i n g i l lus t ra ted lectures presented °^ ^ ' ^^ P ' " - mont b y the Associa t ion i n the a u d i t o r i u m of Emerg ing f rom the Russian Const ruc t iv is t the Detroit Inst i tute of Arts Movement f o l l o w i n g the f irs t W o r l d War , « k c l n « * » i S « f e n 1300 4 season N a u m G a b o is not concerned w i t h l i v i n g

or organic phenomena b u t w i t h the mys- "Why In tegra te the Ar ts?" t i ca l a n d ma themat i ca l e lements of space A l e x a n d e r Dorner w h i c h he def ines w i t h glass or plas t ic W e d n e s d a y , M a r c h 10, 1954 combined w i t h harp- l ike gu t s t r i ng ing . '3* 8:30 p .m. F o l l o w i n g a sc ient i f ic e d u c a t i o n at the • . , . ,t • i ,^ - i

. .. « »/ • L u u 1. J • h-ducated at trie Un ive r s i ty ot K o e n i g s b u r g Univers i ty ot M u n i c h , he has w o r k e d i n . n i - «i • •. • i • . »T D ^ r- J a n d be r l i n Unive r s i ty i n Ins n a t i v e Cjer-Norwoy , nussia, Ge rmany , r ranee a n d , , , rv , c I J I I 1- /-. J many , A l e x a n d e r Uorner has w r i t t e n n u -b n g l a n d He now l ives i n Connec t i cu t a n d , , _ _ , • j» , , . . u J I I • n merous books on Cjerman art . Perhaps D H i n i i n t f 's t eaching at H a r v a r d Unive r s i ty . A n ex- , . , . , u i • u- x . T U p « l » E I I I ^ ^.^.^ ^.^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^^^ ^ .^ ^^^^^^^ h best k n o w n book is his recent The

•The F u n c t i o n of P a i n t i n g " lo ine Pevsner, was h e l d at the M u s e u m of Beyond Ar t F requen t ly he has con-Ben Shahn M o d e r n Art i n 1948. t n b u t e d a r t i c les to pe r iod ica l s on ar t h is -Wednesday , November 4 1953 aesthet ics , educa t ion^ a n d m u s e u m at 8 30 m ph i losophy , r r o m 1938 to 1941 he w a s the

« i p ^ | l 2 g ^ ^ g l l l * ^ Director of the M u s e u m of Ar t of the Rhode Born i n Russia, Ben Shahn s t u d i e d at New I s l and School of Design. F rom 1942 to York Univers i ty , the C i t y C o l l e g e of New "Archi tec ture a n d Env i ronmen t " 1948 he l ec tu red at B rown U n i v e r s i t y a n d York a n d the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y of De- Charles Burchard since then he has been Professor of the s ign . A f t e r a stay i n Europe, he w a s at Wednesday, January 13, 1954 History of Ar t a n d Aesthet ics at B e n n i n g -first i n f luenced b y the School of Paris at 8:30 p in ton Co l l ege .

Board of Directors, Metropolitan Art Association , . _ . ^ M A I L I N T H I S R E Q U E S T T O D A Y S O T H A T Y O U W I L L N O T tor the 1 9 5 3 - 5 4 season ^^ ISS Q N E O F T H E S E I N T E R E S T I N G 5 E V E N I N G

H a w k i n s Ferry C h a i r m a n I L L U S T R A T E D L E C T U R E S . r U i r P RPPVP Sec re t a ry -Treasu re r The Metropolitan Arf Association v^iaire K e e v e - J ^ y ^/o j^e Detroit Institute of Arts W i l l i a m A . Bos+ick V i c e - C h a i r m a n Detroit 2. Michigan

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Robert M . Olp , Vice-president of Marsh & M c L e n n a n , insurance counselors, present­ed to the members o i the Western M i c h i ­g a n chapter and Sag inaw Va l l ey Chap te r a report of combined A I A - A G C meet ings . He addressed the Wes te rn M i c h i g a n chap­ter on M o n d a y evening , September 21, i n K a l a m a z o o and the Sag inaw V a l l e y chap­ter, the f o l l o w i n g even ing at Bay Ci ty . For the past e ighteen months the A I A - A G C commit tees have had numerous meet ings w i t h the insurance counselor to provide grea te r protect ion to architects a n d con­tractors th rough their s tandard documents .

In his reports, O l p emphasized to the a rch i ­tects the necessity of these insurance-c lause changes a n d increased l i a b i l i t y coverages . He c i t ed decisions of var ious courts aga ins t architects a n d contractors that a m o u n t e d to hundreds of thousands of do l l a r s i n damage sett lements. I n m a n y instances these decisions caused the de­fendan t s to go out of business or s t rugg le for years i n repayment .

Ti ie proposed changes in s tandard A I A documents w i l l b r i n g about a lessening of r espons ib i l i ty a n d redress l i a b i l i t y to A I A - A G C members and provide a great­er coverage of risk.

The talks were received w i t h much inter­est b y the two chapters a n d i n each case there w a s a quest ion-and-answer pe r iod , w h i c h i n d i c a t e d the architects app roved of the endeavors of the committees.

The Wes te rn M i c h i g a n Chapter met a t C h i c k e n Charl ies ' , e n j o y e d the spec ia l ty of the house for d inner , and were enter­t a ined b y recordings of a rchi tec tura l songs. These f o l k tunes w e r e p rov ided b y E. l o h n K n o p p , f rom his pr iva te col lec t ion

The M i c h i g a n Chapter of The Associated G e n e r a l Contractors of A m e r i c a has re­leased the results of a recent survey of the e d u c a t i o n a l act iv i t ies of the associa­t ion's 122 chapters a n d branches i n every state of the Union a n d Alaska .

The su rvey reveals that l oca l contractors are h e l p i n g to es tabl ish a f i r m educa t iona l bas is upon w h i c h they m a y d e p e n d for the i r t r a ined manpower .

George W. Combs, Secre ta ry-Manager of the A . G . C . Chapter sa id that na t iona l ly , the su rvey shows that a n inc reas ing num­ber of A.C.G. chapters are w o r k i n g very c lose ly w i t h colleges a n d univers i t ies i n se t t i ng u p specia l const ruct ion cur r icu la , i n d o n a t i n g funds to f inance the expan­s ion of c i v i l eng inee r ing depar tments , en­c o u r a g i n g student enrol lment , sponsoring scholarships for w o r t h y students a n d in f u r n i s h i n g instructors f rom indus t ry .

" A s a result of this ac t iv i ty , "construction' or ' con t rac t ing eng inee r ing ' is b e i n g rec­ogn i zed i n educa t iona l circles as a dis­t inc t f i e l d for specia l ized t r a i n i n g as an o p t i o n w i t h i n the c i v i l e n g i n e e r i n g de­par tment , " Combs sa id

A.G.C. is the one no t iona l trade associa­t i o n of g e n e r a l contractors of a l l types a n d its more than 6 300 member- f i rms exe­cu te more t han 80 percent of the contract cons t ruc t ion work in this count ry each yea r as w e l l as a large vo lume of work overseas.

D o n a l d ] . McGra th , architect, w i t h of f ices nt 615 Broad St., St. Joseph, M i c h i g a n , has been admi t t ed to membersh ip in The Amer ­i c a n Ins t i tu te of Archi tects a n d ass igned to the Western M i c h i g a n Chapter, it is a n ­n o u n c e d b y Richard G. Snyder, Chap te r pres ident .

M c G r a t h a t tended the Univers i ty of De­troit for one and one-half years a n d he la te r s tud ied archi tecture at the Unive r s i ty of Notre Dame, where he g r a d u a t e d w i t h the degree of bachelor of science in a r ch i ­tecture. F o l l o w i n g service i n the a r m e d forces, he t raveled and s tudied i n Europe. His e a r l y exper ience was g a i n e d i n the off ices of W i l l i a m N. Setterberg a n d the late Robert V. Knox both of St. Joseph.

This year, w h e n he became regis tered to prac t i ce archi tec ture i n M i c h i g a n , he en­tered his o w n pract ice.

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S a g i n a w V a l l e y Chapter met at Bertrand's Res taurant for d inner Both business meet­ings were brief to permit Mr. O lp ' s fu l l repor t . President V a n d e r L o a n a t the Ka la ­mazoo mee t ing in t roduced Raymond S. Kas tend ieck , new Great Lakes Regional Director , w h o spoke on the c o m i n g year's A I A a ims .

The Producers Counc i l , Inc., M i c h i g a n Chap te r , w i l l conduct a jo in t mee t ing wi th the S a g i n a w V a l l e y Chapter of the Amer­i c a n Ins t i tu te of Archi tects at the Ban­croft Hote l , Saginaw, Thursday, October 22nd. Cock ta i l s at 6 p.m w i l l be fo l lowed by d inner .

A tab le - top d i sp l ay of n e w l y developied b u i l d i n g mater ia ls w i l l be a feature . The Arch i tec t s ' mee t ing w i l l be pres ided over b y Paul A Brysselbout, President of the A I A , a n d the Producers' C o u n c i l program w i l l be conducted by G Frederick Muller , President of the M i c h i g a n Chap te r of Pro­ducers Counc i l , Inc.

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The t rend toward more use of color i n b u i l d i n g products rece ived a d d e d impe tus this month w i t h the i n t r o d u c t i o n of a n e w masonry stone by the DeCle rk Indust r ies i n Center Line, M i c h .

C a r r y i n g the coined n a m e of Krags tone and a v a i l a b l e i n a r a i n b o w range of co l ­ors, this new product is s t r u c t u r a l l y u n ­l ike a n y t h i n g on the market today . W i t h d imensions of ISVg inches in l eng th , 4 inches in w i d t h a.nd 2'/4 inches in thick­ness, Kragstone combines the g o o d q u a l i ­ties of Roman br ick a n d stone. Its use is p r imar i l y that of an o r n a m e n t a l masonry stone a n d its app l i c a t i on is s u i t e d to b o t h res ident ia l a n d commerc ia l s t ructures .

M a n u f a c t u r e d out of Por t l and cement a n d Idol i te . Kragstone colors a re pe rmanen t and fade proof.

Idolite, a volcanic glass f o a m , is l i gh t ­weigh t . Its insula t ion proper t ies , a n d acous­tic qua l i t i e s make it a p o p u l a r a d d i t i o n to block, concrete, plaster, mor ta r a n d stucco aggregate .

A l t h o u g h DeClerk is the f i rs t to m a n u f a c ­ture Kragstone in M i c h i g a n , the new ma­sonry product has been m a d e a n d so ld successful ly in the wes t e rn par t of the country. O n l y recent ly have v o l u m e pro­duct ion of Idoli te a n d f a v o r a b l e l o a d i n g condi t ions overcome excessive f r e i g h t costs

Kragstone is m a n u f a c t u r e d i n i t i a l l y i n a n 8 inch by ISVa inch s lab . Af te r c u r i n g , each unit is split l eng thwise i n a h y d r a u ­l i c -powered gui l lo t ine to p roduce t w o uni ts A c r a c k i n g a n d sp l i t t i na process d i v i d e s the two units into the f i n i s h e d b r i c k - l i k e stone complete w i t h r o u g h tex ture

The c rack ing sp l i t t ing m e t h o d impor t s the rough texture to the exposed side of each unit so that the b r ick-shaped p roduc t m a y be l a i d w i t h either the smooth or b r o k e n -stone effect exposed.

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The Detroit A r c h i t e c t u r a l G o l f L e a g u e marked the end of its successfu l 1953 sea­son w i t h a g a l a b a n q u e t a t C a r l ' s C h o p House, Sept. 17, w h e n L i n n Smi th Presi­dent of the M i c h i g a n Soc ie ty of Archi tec ts , presented the League's A n n u a l Arch i tec t s ' Trophy to Bob Alpe rn , of T e d Rogvoy ' s a rchi tec tura l of f ice , for the best score i n the f i n a l tournament of the past season, he ld at War r en Val ley Golf C l u b . Sept. 16 O n beha l f of the League ' s m e m b e r s h i p . President George Sommers i ssued a spec­i a l i n v i t a t i o n to a r ch i t ec tu ra l a n d e n g i ­neer ing personnel to j o i n the L e a g u e for good f e l l o w s h i p a n d f r i e n d l y rounds of golf next season This c a n be done b y ae t t ing i n touch w i t h G e o r g e a t 153 E El izabeth St., Detroit 1, t e lephone W O . 5-8180, or Sam Ross, 2214 Penobscot B l d g , W O 1-0545.

Marsha l l V . Noecker, p res iden t of the K a u f m o n n Corpora t ion , announces that the Corpora t ion has a d d e d 8,000 squa re feet of space to its plant at 17210 G a b l e A v e ­nue in Detroit.

The Corpora t ion manufac tu re s a l u m i n u m doors, w i n d o w s , ja lousies a n d K a u f m a n n shade screens.

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A b o u t 200 archi tec ts a n d others a t t e n d e d the f irs t f a l l d i n n e r a n d c o c k t a i l p a r t y h e l d b y the Producers ' at the H o t e l F o r t She lby , Detroit , o n Sep tember 23. T h e m e e t i n g was sponsored b y the F. W . W a k e f i e l d Brass Co. of V e r m i l i o n , O h i o .

F. I . W i l s o n , sales m a n a g e r of W a k e f i e l d , g a v e a n i l l u s t r a t e d talk w i t h s c a l e m o d e l s s h o w i n g the e v o l u t i o n i n l i g h t i n g a n d i n ­terior de s ign f r o m enc los ing g l o b e s a n d d a r k f u r n i t u r e to the newes t f u n c t i o n a l ce i l i ngs . Others at the speakers ' t a b l e w e r e B i l l Snure; A r t Henson , Vice-Pres . , T e d W a k e f i e l d , Fred M u l l e r , C l y d e O a k l e y , Tom C a r r o l l a n d Jack Parks.

A m o n g architects , w e noted A s k e w , F r e d Bennett , Blai r , B u d z y n s k i , C l a r k . G a b l e r ,

• ' eenan, Jehle, Kav ie f f , Leone, M e y e r , M o r -ison, P i l a f i a n , Rad fo rd , Redstone , R o g v o y , Schley, Schmidt , Schoerger, S h e i l l , S t a c h o -w i a k . W a r d , W o o d h o u s e , F r a n k W r i g h t .

lust a f e w of the Producers: A r m s t r o n g , Brough ton , B u r t m a n , Commons , C o r y , F o x , H a n n . H in ton , Don Johnson, K u i p e r , M a r ­sha l l , O g d e n ; O l l e she imer , Jr. 5. Sr.; R i c h ­ardson, Jr. & Sr.; Sandrock, S c h w e r , R o y Smi th , Zcbner .

Bow tie of the e v e n i n g was a w a r d e d t o B i l l M a c k i n e n . of G & V.; W i n d s o r k n o t to B i l l O g d e n , the n e w g r a n d p a p p y , w h o w o r e a n exot ic ton number .

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The C i r c u l - A i r C o r p o r a t i o n , D e t r o i t , a n ­nounces V o l u m e 4 of its b i e n n i a l p u b l i c a ­t ion—Fire Sta t ion Des ign—is n o w r e a d y for d i s t r i b u t i o n . This f o u r th e d i t i o n is t h e la rges t a n d f ines t i n their s e r i e s o f r e f ­erence books for ch iefs , c i ty o f f i c i a l s , a r c h i ­tects, a r ch i t ec tu ra l s tudents a n d o t h e r s in te res ted i n h o u s i n g f ac i l i t i e s f o r the f i r e service .

The n e w book is a 60-page b r o c h u r e d e ­p i c t i n g p lans a n d perspec t ive d r a w i n g s o f abou t 70 of the new es t a n d b e s t s t a t i o n s i n the U n i t e d States a n d C a n a d a , w i t h ed i to r ia l s b y h i g h r a n k i n g t e c h n i c i a n s , a rchi tec ts a n d the N o t i o n a l B o a r d o f F i r e U n d e r w r i t e r s

The book w i l l b e sent g ra t i s t o a l l w h o request i t , as have b e e n some 11,000 c o p ­ies of the ea r l i e r ed i t i ons P lans s h o w n i n the n e w issue i n c l u d e s ta t ions f r o m s u c h cit ies as C l e y e l a n d , Toledo , Los A n g e l e s , Detroi t , M e m p h i s , Seat t le , M i l w a u k e e , B o s ­ton, Rale igh , Char les ton , K a l a m a z o o , M o n ­roe (La ), A t l a n t a , W i c h i t a , T o p e k a , A u s ­t i n (Texas) , a n d scores of s m a l l e r c i t i e s a n d s u b u r b a n c o m m u n i t i e s o n L o n g I s ­l and , in C a l i f o r n i a , F lor ida , I l l i n o i s a n d others in most m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s .

Y o u m a y o b t a i n a f ree c o p y of F i r e S t a ­t ion Des ign , postpxaid, b y s e n d i n g y o u r request to the pub l i she r s . The C i r c u l - A i r C o r p o r a t i o n , 575 East M i l w a u k e e A v e n u e , Detroi t 2. M i c h i g a n

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1939—Invited to the I n t e r n a t i o n a l Confer­ence o i Archi tects at M o s c o w (modern archi tecture then on t r i a l ) , I r a n in to a t a l l opus—wal ls we re t w o thicknesses— each mostly glass—a space b e t w e e n them in to w h i c h heat was i n j e c t e d (50% for Russia. 50% for the i n h a b i t a n t s of the b u i l d i n g ) w h i c h I r ecogn ized as European f o r m u l a for a "modern " f acade . "Futur i s t i c" this d e r i v a t i o n of m y o w n w o r k was then ca l l ed . There stood a ba re - f aced b u i l d i n g , i r re levant , insolent, no f e e l i n g wha teve r— for Russia or the Russians. Be ing Russians themselves of course they h a t e d i t . A f t e r t a k i n g one good look, they sa id , " I f this is it (Modern Arch i t ec tu re )—i t is not for Rus­sia. " "No heart." "Take it a w a y "

In spite of a l l we (moderns) of the Con­gress of 1939 cou ld do, Russia t u rned reac­t ionary Her "modern" a rch i tec ture is their o l d "Classic" n o w — a h a n g o v e r of the M o n a r c h y they r ebe l l ed aga ins t .

More recent ly (1953), i n v i t e d to a s imi la r Congress of Pan A m e r i c a n archi tec ts i n M e x i c o C i ty this t ime I w a s a g a i n shocked —not to say enraged— to see the same dis regard for nat ive cu l tu re in the new Un ive r s i t y -bu i ld ings just b e i n g f in i shed . This Univers i ty is p r o b a b l y one of the most remarkable c u l t u r a l endeavors of a n y na t i on i n modern t imes. But there stood the same type f acade — regardless as ever. Except for six or seven w o r t h y structures by nat ives (severa l of them t ru ly noble.) the p lace l ooked more app ro ­pr ia te to Waco, Texas t han to anc ien t A m e r i c a in modern Mex ico , or v ice versa.

There is something i n e v i t a b l y crass a n d commerc ia l in this type of f a c a d e — m a k i n g for cu l tu re -wreck ing . The same whe the r in Russia, Marsei l les , Johannesburg, Mex­ico or Ind ia , the t y p e — t r u l y c o m m e r c i a l — rea l ly has no soul; is o n l y f a c i a l — H y p o ­cr i t i ca l A g a i n — v i s i t i n g A c a p u l c o . p r ide of Mexico , a M e x i c a n resort on the ocean, there I found the place comple t e ly l i t te red , l i t e r a l l y , w i t h the same t y p e w r i t e r sort of t h i n g i n b u i l d i n g — u t t e r l y i n a p p r o p r i ­ate. Inappropr ia te to people , c l ima t e a n d

site—regardless as ever. M o r e so t han ever.

A g a i n , ar rogant insult to na t ive cul ture or cul ture as nat ive g r o w t h f rom w i t h i n . Here a g a i n was a more c l iche as i n - v a l i d there as a bad poster for a circus.

Into the present-day l i fe of a great c u l ­tu ra l Past had come these out rages u p o n environment , ar rogant insul ts to cu l tu re . We l l—asked b y the sensit ive (over-sensi­t ive) M e x i c a n architects for a n honest opin ion—(pressed hard for one) I gave i t . I am not yet fo rg iven .

In spite of this f iasco O l d Mex ico in the name of M o d e r n Archi tec ture—c o p i e d pa r t ly f rom Brazil , a n d no longer n o v e l — there was e n o u g h t ru ly nob le b u i l d i n g to make me wonder w h y M e x i c a n a rch i ­tects th rew a w a y one of the most b e a u t i ­f u l sites i n the w o r l d (four h u n d r e d splen­d i d acres) to do something they cou ld not (nor cou ld anyone) poss ib ly unde r s t and as a n y t h i n g above a mere pass ing fash­i o n — n o w a s h a l l o w c o m m e r c i a l c l i che— pursued on ly to be soon surpassed a n d even tua l ly regretted.

A g a i n , in the "Rev iew" of London—las t June—I saw wha t h a d h a p p e n e d to Johannesburg, Af r ica . Johannesburg, it is true, had n o t h i n g to lose except w h a t na t ive cul ture the Johannesburgers migh t have brought w i t h them ( l ike ourselves) . So we m a y leave Johannesburg at that . The Engl ish, b e i n g o l d Colonia l i s t s , de­stroyers of cultures b y necessity if not b y nature, can be expected to colonize a style as they have done i n Johannesburg.

But a g a i n — n o w i n I n d i a — w e have a more than ever t rag ic instance of the curse of cu l tu ra l assassination. The Swiss brothers are " b u i l d i n g " a modern c i ty there—also regardless—more haphaza rd t han ever.

I confess to a f ee l ing tha t the g rea t mother-art of Archi tec ture I have l o v e d l i f e - l o n g has f a l l en b y w a y of its helpless, m u n ­dane, w a n d e r i n g adolescents under a n ev i l aegis. By ignorance of p r inc ip l e

where the dep ths of a rch i tec ture as the great mo the r -a r i a re concerned , neophy te s are n o w at the mercy of a l i t t l e c l i q u e of pub l i c i s t s e x p l o i t i n g , a l a journa lese , the i r o w n a r rogance . Do " they" r e g a r d a na ­t ive cu l tu re as some th ing to be t u r n e d i n ­to a r u b b i s h heap , regardless , as a t M a r ­sei l les on the wa te r - f ron t? This w a n t o n act a d m i r e d , a l so regard less , for p u b l i c c o n s u m p t i o n — a l l i n the name of the " m o d ­e r n ! " W e l l , is it then no t ime to look be­h i n d this p u s h i n g of conscienceless f acade -w r e c k i n g for w h a t this e m p t y n o v e l t y — a l r e a d y s ta le—rea l ly is?

O u r E n g l i s h forbears m a y be expec t ed to look w i t h calmness , even favor , u p o n the murde r of a n y na t ive cul ture . But, c a n w e Amer i cans? C e r t a i n l y I n d i a cannot , w i t h her p r o f o u n d s u p e r b t r a d i t i o n s ! Nor France. Nor Russia. Nor M e x i c o

Perhaps, so far as we a re conce rned , th is l ack of f e e l i n g i n favor of a s h a l l o w fash ­ionab le pa t t e rn for b u i l d i n g m a y a l so i t ­self be the most r eac t ionary of r eac t ions b y a g e n e r a t i o n b o r n b a s t a r d to gene ra t e bas ta rds .

Perhaps this loss of a sense of the a d v a n ­tages a n d v i r tues of n a t i v i t y — t h i s b a r g i n g i n upon the soul of a people , r egard less , is the i n e v i t a b l e par t of the loss of a l l t rue s p i r i t u a l va lues i n this present chaos of m a t e r i a l i t y n o w m a s q u e r a d i n g as " m o d ­e r n " w h e n i t r e a l l y is o l d as N i n e v e h . Brakes n o w u p o n this c r aven r e t u r n to a s tyle b y those to w h o m no true sense of style exis ts?—Murder , rape a n d a r s o n — " c r i m e w i t h o u t pass ion" i n the n a m e of A r t — w h e r e na t i ve cu l tu re is concerned? This is o l d . Too o l d to be su f f e r ed a g a i n ! O h — L o r d of hosts—any proof of v a l i d i t y , soundness or i n n a t e f l avo r i n this pa r t i c ­u l a r p u d d i n g l ies, o n l y i n "a c h e w i n g of the s t r i n g . " Nove l ty is not o r i g i n a l i t y . M o d ­ern resources s h o u l d d e v e l o p a n d e n r i c h the i n d i v i d u a l i t i e s of h u m a n l i f e — n o t o b l i ­terate or i m p o v e r i s h them.

O n l y for e m p t y souls c o u l d ' O n e - W o r l d " m e a n one l eve l .

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Annual 3l€ etiii|i$. Eli^elioii Rackham Building, Wednesday, October 14.

Social hour, 6:00; Dinner, 7:00, program, 8:00 P. M.

Annual reports of commltee chairmen are published herewith, in order that members may come to the meet­ing prepared to discuss them.

Members of the Board of Directors of the F^Iichigan So­ciety of Architects will join Chapter members for dinner.

Treasurer

Leo L Perry

The a u d i t e d report for the f i sca l year w i l l be f i l e d w i t h the Board on October 14 1953. I n the m e a n t i m e the f o l l o w i n g gen­e r a l resume is p resen ted for your i n f o r m a ­t i o n .

A t the b e g i n n i n g of the year a budge t of $4,000.00 was set u p a n d d i v i d e d in to v a r i ­ous ca tegor ies to cover a n t i c i p a t e d expen­ses c o r r e s p o n d i n g to those of the previous years . As of Sep tember 17, 1953, i t is ap ­parent w e are not g o i n g to keep w i t h i n that budge t . This o v e r r u n is p a r t i a l l y due to the ext ra expense i n c u r r e d i n se t t ing u p n e w s ta t ionery a n d the more e labora te t y p e of notices b e i n g m a i l e d to members . Fo r tuna te ly the p r o g r a m commi t tee kept w e l l unde r their a l l o c a t i o n w h i c h he lped to offset this ex t ra expense .

The b u d g e t of $4,000.00 is a n es t imated sum A t the present t ime it appears the a c t u a l revenue co l l ec ted w i l l be a greater a m o u n t t han the es t ima ted budge t , a n d it is hoped it w i l l be su f f i c i en t to b a l a n c e the b u d g e t de f i c i t . As of this da te the excess of r evenue over expenses is $332 21

D u r i n g the year w h e n the Har ry T Kauf-m a n n M e m o r i a l F u n d of $1555.00 was dis­b u r s e d i n three e q u a l sums to the Student Branch Chap te r of Un ive r s i t y of M i c h i g a n U n i v e r s i t y of Detroi t a n d L a w r e n c e Ins t i ­tu te of T e c h n o l o g y i n accordance w i t h the r ecommenda t ions of the Educa t ion Com­mit tee .

Producers' Council M a u r i c e E. H a m m o n d . L ia i son

Your commi t tee has h a d the p leasure of r ep re sen t i ng the Chap te r at the var ious exh ib i t s a n d f u n c t i o n s spxjnsored b y the Producers ' C o u n c i l loe Burns a n d your C h a i r m a n h a v e a t t e n d e d the f o l l o w i n g events d u r i n g the past year: December 8 th—Chris tmas Party, Fort Shel­b y Hote l .

January 12th—Table Top E x h i b i t Veterans M e m o r i a l . F e b r u a r y 9 t h — M e c h a n i c a l Trades Exhib i t , Fort She lby . A p r i l I 3 t h — K a w n e e r Co. Exh ib i t , Fort Shel­b y Ho te l .

M a y 11th—Tile Manufac tu re r s ' As.sociation Exhib i t , Fort Shelby Hotel

Numerous members of the Producers ' C o u n c i l have ind ica ted interest concern­i n g the f o l l o w i n g subjects:

C o m m o d i t y Standardiza t ion ( M o d u l a r sizes). Spec i f i ca t ion Standards, A i d to A r ­chitects d u r i n g the p r e l i m i n a r y phases of projects . Publ ic i ty presentation, s e l l i ng the p u b l i c on the va lue of an Archi tect for responsible projects. E n a b l i n g Archi tec t ­u ra l a n d Eng inee r ing students to become more f ami l i a r w i t h b u i l d i n g products a n d methods b y p r o v i d i n g speakers a n d m a n u ­facturers ' l i terature.

W e feel that fu tu re l i a i son groups h a v e a n o p p o r t u n i t y to ob t a in benef i t s for the pro­fession a n d the trades b y h a v i n g per iodic d iscuss ion meet ings a m o n g interes ted members of the archi tec tura l profess ion a n d the Producers' Counc i l , whe reby ideas migh t be presented for the benef i t of a l l concerned.

Education and Registration Loui s Rosseiti, C h a i r m a n

Your Commit tee on Educat ion a n d Regis­t ra t ion had a very active year.

Its p r i n c i p a l u n d e r t a k i n g as profess iona l adv ise r for the house comjset i t ion spon­sored by the Builders Associa t ion of Met ­ropo l i t an Detroit The announcements of the a w a r d s were made at the a n n u a l s tu­dent mee t ing last M a y . There were 38 de ­signs in the compet i t ion Pictures of the w i n n i n g design, a n d Committee, a p p e a r e d in the Sunday Times.

O n another occasion, your Commit tee met w i t h a n d adv i sed a loca l manufac tu re r that w i shed to establ ish a compet i t ion o n a n a t i o n w i d e basis

The Bui lders ' Assoc ia t ion gave to the De­troit Chapter a space at the Builders ' Show, free of charge. Our Commit tee had to see that the booth was decorated w i t h o u t s p e n d i n g any money. A s imple d i s p l a y e x e m p l i f y i n g "The A m e r i c a n Inst i tute of Archi tec t s" was done wi thou t cost to the Chapter .

D u r i n g the year on idea to produce a f i l m s t r ip on "Educa t ion of the Archi tec t" was conce ived . This was not ca r r i ed to com­

p l e t i o n but much has been inves t igated a n d l ea rned . This f i l m should be produced i n the c o m i n g year w i t h the co-operation of the student chapters, w h o made valu­a b l e con t r ibu t ions and suggestions. I t was l e a r n e d that the M S A was m a k i n g plans to p roduce a f i l m . Our k n o w l e d g e , intents a n d inves t iga t ions were passed on the M r . P h i l l i p Haughey , C h a i r m a n of the M S A Pub l i c i t y Commit tee .

I n M a r c h The Eng inee r ing Society of De­troit sponsored a voca t iona l g u i d a n c e pro­g r a m Your Commit tee took part i n the p r o g r a m . The names of more t han 50 i n ­terested students were registered. The Execut ive Secretary sent to each student reg is te red a personal letter a n d a copy of the M o n t h l y Bul le t in .

Your Commit tee recommends that a vo­c a t i o n a l g u i d a n c e p r o g r a m b e established; that the f i l m p roduc ing p rog ram be carried to comple t ion , a n d that the Chapter es­t a b l i s h several exhibi t s a i m e d at mak ing the p u b l i c archi tect conscious.

Civil Defense Theodore Rogvoy, C h a i r m a n

A mee t ing of the C i v i l Defense Committee cons i s t ing of Otto H . Kavie f f , Donald F. W h i t e L y a l i H Askew a n d Hurless E Bankes was held in the conference room of the Detroi t off ice of C i v i l Defense wi th G e n e r a l C D. Dougher ty Director presid­i n g .

Af te r considerable discussions on the d a n g e r of a tomic blasts a n d radiat ion G e n e r a l Dougher ty stressed that the Ar­chi tect c o u l d p lay an impor tan t role in the select ion, construction, a n d contr ibut ions to the des ign of shelters for the house­holder a n d the pub l i c . A l t h o u g h it is im­prac t i ca l to b u i l d a shelter that is bomb­proof yet inves t iga t ions ind ica te that an inexpens ive basement w o o d e n lean-to shelter cos t ing a p p r o x i m a t e l y $40 for ma­ter ia ls , or $60 for concrete, w o u l d protect f r o m the blas t effects of a n atomic explo­s ion w h i c h occured abou t three-quarters of a mi le distant. This shelter could also serve as protect ion agains t tornado dam­age.

Techn ica l manuels p u b l i s h e d b y the Fed­e ra l C i v i l Defense A d m i n i s t r a t i o n that de­scribes the effect of a tomic explos ion, types

36 October '53 monthly bu

lorne shelters, a n d const ruct ion, pub l i c Iters, etc a re a v a i l a b l e to the archi -. Genera l Dougher ty be l i eves that it )nly a matter of t ime before w o r k m e n rri t ical areas v / i l l insist that shelter be / i d e d for their p ro tec t ion aga ins t blast • rds The archi tec t must solve the prob-

of p rov id ing shelter best su i t ed agains t nic attack a n d shou ld encourage the seholder i n the use of a lean- to shelter

chief danger is blast not a tomic r ad i -n The w a l l of a w e l l - b u i l t b r i ck house

g ive adequa te pro tec t ion at a n ap-:imate dis tance of one m i l e Mr. As-, member of the commit tee , i n j e c t e d a n resting observa t ion that w h i s k y i n re-

exper iments w i t h mice has b e e n ra th-successful a g a i n s t a t o m i c rad ia t ion .

Commit tee a d j o u r n e d a n d resumed mee t ing at the S tockholm for fur ther s t iga t ion o n this n e w d e v e l o p m e n t It resolved that a n e w s logan be adopt-

n the event of a tomic a t t ack "DIVE le nearest Shelter " or " f i n d Shelter i n nearest D I V E "

iervalion of Historic Buildings Lorch. C h a i r m a n

Amer i can Inst i tute of Arch i tec t s a n d Na t iona l Trust for the Preserva t ion of iric Sites a n d Bu i ld ings , i n consul ta-w i t h others, have p repa red a n Index

for r e co rd ing d a t a w i t h respect to tectural ly a n d h i s to r i ca l ly s ign i f i can t

bu i ld ings i n our coun t ry . A b o u t f i f t y t rvat ion off icers have b e e n a p p o i n t e d lapters who w i l l receive Index Cards, n b l e the d a t a a n d s m a l l p ic tures of ted bu i ld ings .

ess i n this endeavor is b e i n g made c h i g a n not on ly th rough the Chapter ni t tee but t h r o u g h the H i s t o r i c a l So-of M i c h i g a n , O u r effor t is to coord in-

i l l a v a i l a b l e i n f o r m a t i o n for a f i n a l 3s nearly comple te , a record as pos-

Copies of the Index Ca rds w i l l be w i t h the Ins t i tu te , the N a t i o n a l Trust ib ra ry of Congress , the Hi s to r i ca l So-

of M i c h i g a n a n d the chapters par­t ing .

H. Reed of C h i c a g o is C h a i r m a n of a t iona l A L A . Commi t t e e a n d is d o i n g gn i f i cen t job. The rest of us w i l l do est to help h i m .

ecord ing w h a t is most w o r t h y of rva t ion of A m e r i c a n a rch i tec ture , the ite a n d the N a t i o n a l Trust for Histor-Restoration, w i t h h e l p f r o m others, developed a n Index C a r d . Reference d e to it a n d its d i s t r i b u t i o n i n m y t just made to the Chapter .

Preservation M o v e m e n t ' is discussed A I A Journal, June lost, b y L i b r a r i a n Institute, George E. Pe t tengi l l , and

nee been men t ioned i n The Journal

oped b y a l l concerned that adequa te on w i l l be g i v e n this movemen t , i n -g much e x a c t i n g work , b y a l l pub-ns for architects a n d b y the g e n e r a l

for a l l a rchi tec ts a n d the pub l i c

should be in fo rmed of the desire of our profession to preserve our c u l t u r a l her i t age in the form of c a r e fu l l y selected b u i l d i n g s

The preservat ion movement w i l l , i t is p l a n ­ned, round out w h a t was a c c o m p l i s h e d by the Historic A m e r i c a n B u i l d i n g s Survey twen ty years ago a n d c o n t i n u e d i n par t by i nd iv idua l s in M i c h i g a n a n d e lsewhere . At that t ime the w o r k i n g staff members , b e i n g unemployed , were pxaid b y the Gov­ernment In Ihe present ins tance the work ­ers are volunteers a n d perhaps c l e r i ca l a n d necessary expenses c a n be met on the local p lane. The cost migh t be shared w i t h the His tor ical Society of M i c h i g a n w h i c h has for some t ime been in teres ted i n m a k i n g a n inven to ry of ea r ly M i c h i g a n bu i ld ings—a more ex tended list than is des i rable for the n a t i o n a l record, w i t h data, photographs, etc.. a l l i n ve ry spe­c i f i c form

From a p u b l i c s t andpo in t the most i m ­portant ac t ion b y the M a c k i n a c M e e t i n g was the Resolut ion passed b y the Socie ty pe r t a in ing to the res tora t ion of a M a c k i n a c house, one of the most f amous of nor th­western houses o n the u n i v e r s a l l y k n o w n M a c k i n a c Island. I hope w a y s w i l l be f o u n d to b r i n g the Resolu t ion to the at­tent ion of architects b u i l d e r s m a t e r i a l groups and the p u b l i c

Affiliate Council of E . S. D.

L. Robert Blakeslee. Representa t ive

D u r i n g the past year, the A f f i l i a t e C o u n c i l of the Eng inee r ing Society of Detroit has held three meetings at the Rackham M e m ­o r i a l Bu i ld ing , and the h igh l i gh t s of these meet ings are as f o l l o w s :

At a meet ing October 20, 1952 the C o m ­mittee O n Refresher Course repor ted that, i n rep ly to a ques t ionna i re w h i c h to those w h o h a d comple ted the Refresher Course , the g roup had d e r i v e d a grea t dea l of benef i t , and that the ef fec t iveness of the cour.se in p repara t ion for e x a m i n a t i o n was qui te adequate .

Another report shows that the A f f i l i a t e Counc i l is coopera t ing w i t h the C i v i c A f ­fairs Commit tee on such matters as codes, regula t ions a n d l eg i s l a t ive problems; ur­b a n t ranspor ta t ion; a i rpor t f ac i l i t i e s ; san i ­ta t ion; a i r con tamina t ion , a n d r eg iona l p l a n n i n g .

It was announced that a supp lemen t to the roster of regis tered p ro fess iona l En ­gineers, Archi tects a n d L a n d Surveyors w o u l d be a v a i l a b l e i n the near fu tu re .

It was also announced that a p roposa l had been made to correct State Regis t ra t ion Board examina t ion papers b y the so-cal led I B M . Method, w h i c h , it was fel t , w o u l d speed u p results t r emendous ly over the t ime r equ i red b y present methods to cor­rect the papers.

At its meet ing M a r c h 10, 1953 it was point ­ed out that the E.S.D. Commi t t ee w h i c h is r e v i e w i n g the Basic B u i l d i n g Code as put out b y the B u i l d i n g O f f i c i a l s Conference of Amer ica , Inc., has r e v i e w e d a n d a g r e e d upon the Code up to Ar t i c l e 5. There are thir teen Art ic les r e m a i n i n g to be d is -

A long discuss ion was h e l d c o n c e r n i n g a new headquar te rs b u i l d i n g for n a t i o n a l e n g i n e e r i n g societies I t seems that the present quar te rs i n New York C i t y are no longer adequa te , a n d the U n i t e d Engineer­i n g Trustees, Inc., are i n v e s t i g a t i n g N e w York C i t y . C h i c a g o a n d Detroi t as poss ib le sites for a n e w headquar t e r s b u i l d i n g

Af te r m u c h discuss ion, a mot ion w a s passed that the A f f i l i a t e C o u n c i l endorse the idea of i n v i t i n g the U n i t e d Engineer ­i n g Trustees to es tab l i sh the proposed n e w headquar te rs b u i l d i n g for the N a t i o n a l E n g i n e e r i n g Societies i n Detroit , a n d to a p p o i n t a commi t tee to s tudy the p r o b l e m .

June 15 1953 was the do te of the A n n u a ! M e e t i n g of the A f f i l i a t e C o u n c i l , at w h i c h it was repor ted that the e n r o l l m e n t for the refresher course p rog ram h a d inc reased s t ead i ly f r o m 177 i n 1950 to 358 i n 1953 O f this number , because of a l i m i t e d n u m b e r of ins t ructors a n d res t r ic ted space, o n l y 315 app l i can t s we re accep ted

It was repor ted that the Direc tors of E.S.D. vo ted their a p p r o v a l of the N a t i o n a l E n ­g i n e e r i n g Societies Headquar t e r s , as d i s ­cussed a t the M a r c h 10. 1953 m e e t i n g , w i t h the s t i p u l a t i o n that E S.D a n d C o u n c i l representa t ives be in close touch w i t h deve lopmen t s to s a f egua rd E S.D. in teres ts .

The f o l l o w i n g off icers we re e lec ted for the 1953-54 term: C h a i r m a n , D o n a l d H . C o r e y A m e r i c a n W e l d i n g Society; V i c e - C h a i r -man , R a y m o n d F Hanson, A m e r i c a n So­c ie ty of Engineers Frank G Hor ton w a s r e -appo in ted Secretary for the e n s u i n g

Membership

Leo I . Perry, C h a i r m a n

The f irs t m e e t i n g of the M e m b e r s h i p C o m ­mit tee was h e l d ea r ly i n N o v e m b e r 1952 at w h i c h t ime the m e m b e r s h i p s ta tus w a s r e v i e w e d . O n f i l e at that t i m e w e r e the names of members w h o h a d b e e n g i v e n not ices of suspension b y W a s h i n g t o n . These names w e r e d i v i d e d a m o n g c o m ­mittee members a n d a n e f fo r t m a d e to reach each one in the hope of p r e v e n t i n g the t e rmina t i on . The effort w a s p a r t i a l l y successful , b u t e v e n so, s even w e r e t e r m i ­na ted at the e n d of the year b y W a s h i n g ­ton for non -paymen t of dues.

This list of Associates a n d Junior Asso­c ia te members w a s c a r e f u l l y c h e c k e d b y your C h a i r m a n It was f o u n d that i n the g r o u p were names of members t w o y e a r s d e l i n q u e n t in their dues. This g r o u p w a s n o t i f i e d b y letter that their m e m b e r s h i p s w o u l d be t e r m i n a t e d i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h the b y - l a w s unless p a y m e n t w a s m a d e .

Some p a i d their dues p r o m p t l y a n d the r ema inde r were t e rmina ted .

The State Board of Regis t ra t ion l ists w e r e checked for the latest r eg i s t r a t i ons a n d i t w a s f o u n d that several associa te m e m b e r s h a d become regis tered a n d w e r e t h e r e f o r e e l i g i b l e fqr corpora te m e m b e r s h i p . T h e y were i n v i d e d b y M r Hughes to f i l e a p p l i ­cat ions . Their names were d r o p p e d f r o m the records, i na smuch as they c o u l d not

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newspaper publicity

Part 4. Page 4—Sept. 13, 1953 Detroit Sunday Times

Along Redty Row:

Architects Honor Chief W i t h P a t D e n n i s D<irolt TImn Brallr-BalldUir Cdllsr

Clair W. Ditchy of Detroit, a fellow of the American Institute of Architects &ni its national president, will be honored at a .social hour and reception in the I'ark Shellon Hotel Friday night.

The eM'nl . . . to be sponsored jointly by the .lichig<m Society of -Architects and the Detroit chap­ter, AIA, will bt in recognition of his recent election to the highest AIA office.

As a part of the regional con­ference of the Institute's Great Lakes district . . . Michigan. Ohio. Indiana and Kentucky . . . in De­troit at the limp, the Park .Shellon

festivities will be followed by a dinner in the Rackham Me­mo r i a I Bldg., after w h i c h Ditchy will be the speaker in the auditorium of the s a m e building.

'At this meet­ing, Ditchy will •present the De­troit chapters

R E A L E S T A T E

Part 4 Sunday, Sept. 13 .1953 Pag<

Home Modernizat ion Yon F Ix i t — noose Plan

T H E S E TWELVE I T E M S AND A R T I C L E S , A P P E A R I N G I N T H E D E T R O I T T I M E S OF SEPTEMBER 1 3 , 1 9 5 3 , ARE T Y P I C A L OF THE A R C H I T E C T U R A L COVERAGE I N T H A T NEWSPAPER'S SUNDAY REAL E S T A T E S E C T I O N , OF WHICH P A T D E N N I S I S E D I T O R .

Building Boom To Continue

No Sign of Decline

Experts Report

jList Architects By Reciprocity

w. Diiruv Associates,

Wages of building labor still are edging up a little and building materials also are trying to climb

"""or Award jn spots, but builders' compe tition S a ' a r > ^ - as a whole, con-

inan. S a a r i n e n . s t r o n g , according to the Architect!:, a n iff "'""'^'y building cost report Ls-

Srnith, Hinchman & Grji ls , Inc . oy Smith, Hinchman & Grylls Architects and Engineers, in rec- f"'"- architects and engineers of ogiiition of their having won first ' ^ ' ' • " • " ' i i t plate in the institute's national Molville D. Eames. ttalislician lienor awaids competition at tlie *be Si l&G firm, says in the recent AIA convention in Seattle, ''*'P2L' • Wash. jf ~n9 (eaerml Tolnim of bnlld-G M TechnirnI Cantor '"" "P "how* no bltn ol vm lecnnicai i.enrer .-Imfnlshlng. The change In th*

The a-.vaid is for the design cf Korean kituatinn ha.« Hot af-Genoial Motors Technical Center '"^*'<' priiate Induatrial building in Warren Tow nship. on which the' volume*," two firms collaborated. Saturda\ M A A A rw^t morning, delesates and guests at ' * " " ° ' ® * MAIW (.tliet the conference will be taken byi Eames quotes Charles R Sligh bus to visit the completed s t r u c - l j r . of Grand Rapids, president of, tures in the center, under the the National Association of Man-' guidance of representatives of the, ufacturers, as saying at a recent architects offices. | news conference: |

The conference will begin on "At no time wa« our rcononiv

The Michigan State Board of Registration for Architects, Pro­fessional Engineers and Land Surveyors announces 19 more architects have been registered by reciprocity, by reason of having been registered in other states. The 19 just registered, and their addresses, are:

Louis C Cordogan, 244 Wash­ington Blvd., Oak Park, 111.; John K. Cross, 7th floor, 153 E . Eliza­beth St., Detroit; Sidney S. Daniell. 284 Techwood Drive, N. W., AtlanU. Ga.; Francis S. Dittrkh, 8 S . Michigan Ave., Chicago; Edward H. Fairbank. J . Howard Raftery and Walter S. Frazier, all of 315 James St., Geneva, 111.; Bayard K . Bigson, 8 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago; Paul T. Haagen, 360 N . Michi­gan Ave., Qiicago.

Harold A. Hansen. 2C6 Tele­gram Bldg., Superior, Wis.;

October Bulk Lists Architec

The Monthly Bulletin Michigan Society of Ar will devote its October iss rosit-r of the society, a

; geographically. Listed will jinorp than 600 members isociety, including 113 non; members.

Membership in the so( made up of members of th chapters of the Americai tute of Architects in Mic Detroit. Western Michigi Saeinaw Valley.

The October issue i Bulletin will also contain

'of committees of the ' Chapter. AIA.

office in charge of Willard Ober- (• ^ c k . 1503 Ottawa St., Ann Arbor.; S c h o o l B o a r d P o r l e

E d i t o r i a l E x c h a n g e , Lawrence E . Vredevoe

Linn C. Smith. AIA, of Detroit, t tor of the Bureau of Scho

D e s t i n a t i o n : E u r o p e

Professor Ralph W. Hammett, AIA, of the University of Michi­gan, College of Architecture and Design, who resigned recently as

•secretary of the Michigan Society of .^chitccts, sailed from New Yoil; Sept 3; destination: Europe-

Mrs. Hammett accompanied him and they e.xpect to be abroad for about a year while Prof. Ham­mett is on Sabbatical leave from the university. The Hammetts can be reached c/o American Exyl press, Sfadrid, Spain, from Oct. 10 to 17; in Paris, France, from November 10 to 18, and c/o Amer­ican Academy in Rome, via Ma-sina. No. 5, Roma, Italia, froii: December 10 to May '-'>, 1M4.

Prof. Hammett, who also prac­tices architecture, has left hi.-

Friday, with husiness sessions, morning and afternoon, and a luncheon at which Harvey Camp­bell, e.xecutive vi-3 president of the Detroit Board of Commerce, will bo the speaker.

Also Friday thero will be a la-dlc.V luncheon and style show in Hotel Statler's Terrace Room, ac­cording to Mi-s. James B. Morlson, wife of the secretary of the so­c i e t y . Saturday afternoon the ladies 'ivill attend a movie, Mrs. Morison s

R o g e r A l l e n t o T a l k E a r l G. Meyer, local chairman

of the committee on arrangements for the conference, states that at the Saturday luncheon Roger Allen. AIA, of Grand Rapids, will speak, while Salt day afternoon there will Ix- a seminar on public relations, at w h i c h Anson B. Campbell, of Ketchum, Inc., the Institute's public relations coun­sel, will speak.

Raymond S. Kastendieck, the new regional director, will preside at the bu.siness sessions, Meyer said. He added that A m e d e o Leone, AIA, president of the De­troit chapter, will preside at the Friday noon luncheon. Linn C.

.Smith, AIA. preslJent of the so--cictv, will conduct the Satur;T-»y noon event

president of the Michigan Society ' of Architects, reports that, follow-, ing the lead of the Journal of the Michigan Medical Society, the MSA Monthly Bulletin will ex­change guest editorials with the

Benjamin J . Kr.owles, 504 Com- I medical and legal professions. merce Bldg., S t Paul, Minn.; A. Gordon Lorimer. 254 W. 54th St., New York City; Edward Victor Olencki, S09 E . Kingsley St., Ann Arbor, Mich.; Mont­gomery M. brr, 315 James S t , Geneva, 111.; Leland G. Proest 4021 Oak Court, Midland, Mich.

Robert J . Reiley Jr., Para­mount Bldg., Toledo, O j DaVid

Smith says the matter was i _ ^ brought to the society's attention ;H , „n?n^^i , r , "1 f ' l l at its midsummer conference on JPlan""^ welcome Mackinac Island-recently, whsn it was pointed out that the medicalipiftll Golf Out in^ and legal professions are con­ducting such a program, end he adds:

"There are areas of common Interest among the professions,

ice. University of M announces, a schoc! boari be.-Ti' conference will be the Rackham Buildiag Arbor on Sept 24.

As in a similar conferei last year, architects, ei

" in

B. Spalding, 27660' Iliiggerty , wherein, for Instance, the law-Road, Farmington, Mich.; E d ­ward D. Stone, 50 E . 64th St., New York City; Lapdsay W. Suter, 39 S. LaSalle S t , Chi­cago.

5ers could point out some pit­fall* with regard to specifica­tions and contracts, the doctors could discuss the requirements

on a wartime basin. We have brni prosperous despite the building of non-productive de­fense items. Now that this defense production seems likelv to be cut, ne will be able to produce more consumer (oods and raise our prosperity and standard of liting to even highfr levels.''

U n i f o r m l y C o r r e c t Eames points out siigh has ( J o i n t C o n f e r e n c e

apoken along the.se lines several' , , , , „ . ^ . times in the last eight months and William Stanley Parker, F A I A . that he has been uniformly cor-!?' "os'on. chairman of the Amer-rect. and he rontinues: Institute of Architects' com-

"Trade reports remain gen- j " ' " ^ contract docmjients, Willi •rally f a v o r a b l e . Although t ^ ' " Detroit Monday to meet , William E . Martin has been

the joint committee of De-|*i"^ted an as.sociate member of

Gerald G. Diehl, secrel the Detroit Chapter, Ameri stitute of Architects and man of its golf c o m m reports the fifth Arohitect! ers & Traders golf outing held at Dearborn Countr Tuesday.

Teeing off will begin a

A s s o c i a t e o f A I A

option .the [committee on relations with the| ^ j, fch^V"'-Russian boast is true. I^A.,.,^- on„«..«ro. I Utarboin Hign &cnooi reed on tke

"Despite s o m e pessimlstir undertones, any serious setback is not In near-time prospect.

"Some economists believe the upswing phase of a long-term building cycle •till has some years to run."

The report concludes: "lUdldlng cost figures will

1949

construction industry, announces.''-jj^'^'l'''' i^^rence'Institute of

a t ' T h ^ ^ I ^ e L T ^ h l e V ' c i . i b t T^^^ at the Detroit Athletic CUiD toi., . . . . i.„ ,.„_:„.,_ ;„ di-scuss insurance Clauses in archH « ^ ch^^^ m d ^ a d K K r r V c [ ^ l c t l ^ ^ x ^ - l I h e , y „ ^ ^ -^ igan ex-ecled to attend the meeting are medeo Leone, president, Detroit

apter, AIA; Peter Vander Laan f Kalamazoo, president. Western'

fluctuate as usual. Such occur- iMichigan Chapter, and Paul A. ences are common and do not Bryssclbout of Bay City, president mark a change In the overall of the Saginaw VaUey Chapter, trend. • • •

for designing clinics) and, no j'a.m. and 3:30 pm.. he ad doubt, we as architects could be reservations should be teli of service to the other groups In 1 '» the Builders' & Tradt giving our views on some sub- change. Woodward 2-5500.

Z o o P r o j e c t L i k e d Malcolm R. Stirton, /

membtr of tk« civic dttig tnittee, Detroit Ckapl American Inelilute of Arcl ttrving as architectural a to the Detroit City Plan mission, announces if h viewed the plane for the panzee Amphitheater pr to be erected in the Detro logical Park.

R e l e a s e d F r o m H o s | Eugene D. Straight J

Bennett & Straight, Archil Dearborn, suffered two arms in a recent automobi dent He was confined to troit Ostepathic Hospita released to his home.

Icnsion service. Following employment by W.

Jlasson Coombs, AIA, of Dear-bom, he became a structural en-[ineer for the City of Dearborn here he now is employed. He is

member of The Engineering Bri»ty of Detroit.

38 October '53 i

cont inue as associate members a f te r reg­is t ra t ion .

The Member sh ip Commi t t ee recommends that some means be w o r k e d out w h e r e b y associate a n d j u n i o r associate members receive the Mon th ly Bu l l e t in u p o n payment of their dues A l t h o u g h i t is the i r p r iv i l ege to subscribe, m a n y of thf m do not and , i n v i e w of present interest i n the p u b l i c a t i o n it is thought this m igh t have a tendency to m a k e the associate g roups more inter­ested a n d cont inue their member sh ip

It is a lso r ecommended that a n associate upon becoming reg is te red a n d a p p l y i n g for corporate membersh ip , if i n d e b t e d to the chapter for his associate dues, be re­q u i r e d to clear that indebtedness before his corporate a p p l i c a t i o n is a p p r o v e d , pro­v i d i n g he has been p rope r ly i n f o r m e d of his s t and ing prior to that t ime.

Inasmuch as this report is i ssued for pur­poses of p u b l i c a t i o n p r io r to the e n d of the f iscal year, the comple te m e m b e r s h i p sta­tus w i l l be f i l e d w i t h the a u d i t e d Treas-urer"s Report on Oc tober 14, 1953. The present status is a s f o l l o w s : —

MEMBERSHIP STATUS Start o i F isca l September Year 1952-1953 15.1953

Fel lows 9 12 Fel lows a n d Honora ry

M S A 0 0 Fe l lows and Emeri tus 0 2 Emeri tus 5 3 Corpora te 364 357 Corpora te Unass igned I

Total Associates Junior Associates Student Branch

379 119 27

164

375 132 32

161

Total 310

G r a n d Total 689

325

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Executive Secretary T a l m o g e C. Hughes

U n d o u b t e d l y the most s i g n i f i c a n t event for our Chapter this yea r w a s the e lec t ion of our Fe l low C l a i r W. Di t chy as n a t i o n a l President of The Ins t i tu te "First i n the hearts of his c o u n t r y m e n , " he is t r u l y a n a rch i tec tura l s tatesman.

M i c h i g a n came off rather w e l l at the Seat­tle Conven t ion b y this e lec t ion , b y the e l eva t ion of A d r i a n N . Lang ius , C. W i l ­l i a m Palmer and Kenne th C. W e l c h to Fe l lowsh ip a n d the w i n n i n g of f irs t place i n the na t iona l Honor A w a r d s b y Saar in-en , Saa r inen & Associates , a n d Smith , H i n c h m a n & Gryl ls , Inc., for their Gene ra l Motors Technical Center .

Response to our request for commi t t ee reports has been n e a r l y 100%, i n d i c a t i n g a n a c t i v e and p r o d u c t i v e year .

President Leone has b rough t to the C h a p ­ter Board a new a n d v i t a l i n f l uence that has insp i red construct ive p a r t i c i p a t i o n on the part of a la rger number t han ever before

W i l l o Von Moltke was c h a i r m a n of the Chapter 's Program Commi t t e e u n t i l he moved to Ph i lade lph ia recent ly , a n d L y a l l A s k e w was a p p o i n t e d as h is successor. The first f a l l mee t ing was a grea t occa­sion, w i t h a c o c k t a i l p a r t y sponsored jo in t ly by the M i c h i g a n Society of A r c h i ­tects, i n connect ion w i t h the Great Lakes Regiona l Counci l . C l a i r Di tchy , Inst i tute President was the speaker. The October M e e t i n g w i l l be the a n n u a l m e e t i n g a n d elect ion, at which t ime M S A. Directors w i l l j o in w i t h Chapter members for d inner . November 13 w i l l be "Telephone Hour ," at w h i c h the speaker w i l l be Mr . Char les B Forbes, b u i l d i n g eng inee r of the M i c h i ­g a n Bell Telephone C o m p a n y i n co l l abo ­ra t ion w i t h our President A l Leone, whose f i rm, Smith, H i n c h m a n & G r y l l s , a re the Company ' s architects. December 3 w e w i l l hear W i l l i a m M Dudok, eminen t Dutch architect . Speakers for the year 1954 w i l l be selected after the n e w Board takes off ice . It is expected that the January mee t ing w i l l be h e l d together w i t h the Met ropo l i t an Art Assoc ia t ion , w h o w i l l have a speaker on archi tec ture , on Janu­a r y 13

At meet ings last season w e h e a r d such speakers as H u g h Ferriss Edgar Kauf­man, Louis Kahn M i n o r u Y a m a s a k i , Fred­erick Gutheim, Char les A Bless ing a n d G y o r g y Kep>es.

Your execut ive secretary has r ece ived such sp lend id support f r o m Chap te r o f f i ­cers, committees a n d the m e m b e r s h i p that his w o r k was made easy a n d a pleasure . Employment seems to be at a peak, as w h e n there is a d r a f t s m a n a v a i l a b l e he is r eemployed i m m e d i a t e l y P u b l i c i t y was never better, thanks to the f i ne coopera­t ion of the newspapers . A sample pas teup of just one paper's o u t p u t for one issue is i n c l u d e d herewi th .

Archi tects ' l i s t ing in the Y e l l o w Pages of Detroit"s Telephone Direc tory is far f rom satisfactory. This is because of change i n personnel d u r i n g our negot ia t ions , result­ing i n our not b e i n g shown a proof. W e can assure you that the defects w i l l be corrected i n the next issue.

This year the Chap te r Boa rd has r ece ived several complaints h a v i n g to do w i t h the o f f e r i n g of free sketches a n d c o m p e t i n g on the basis of fees. These h a v e been i n ­ves t iga ted , hear ings have been held , a n d progress made t o w a r d co r rec t ing these pract ices. Richard V a n Praag of the State Regis t ra t ion Board has w o r k e d w i t h y o u r execut ive secretary t o w a r d prosecut ing v io la t ions of the Regis t ra t ion Act As c h a i r m a n of the Regis t ra t ion Board this year, your execut ive secretary has met w i t h the State's b u d g e t director, Henry G r o e h n of the Board of f ice , a n d represen­tat ives of the e n g i n e e r i n g professions, w i t h the result that a l a rge r percen tage of the Board's receipts a re a l loca ted for the Board's use.

The Architects , Professional Engineers a n d L a n d Surveyors C o u n c i l on Regis t ra t ion (APELSCOR) has c o n t i n u e d to render v a l ­uab le service lo the State Regis t ra t ion

Board Professor E m i l Lorch, F A I A., a n d M a u r i c e E. H a m m o n d are your represen­tatives, A lbe r t E Schoerger a n d Eber le M Smi th a l ternates . Your e x e c u t i v e sec­re tary has a t t ended a l l m e e t i n g s as a n interes ted observer.

This year the M o n t h l y B u l l e t i n has a p ­p e a r e d under a n e w des ign b y A l e x a n d e r G i r a r d , c h a i r m a n of your c o m m i t t e e on a l l i e d arts . It has b e e n w e l l r ece ived , a n d it is now m a i l e d n a t i o n a l l y to a rchi tec ts in every state. Under the d i r e c t i o n of Ju l ian R. C o w i n , your r ep resen ta t ive on the In te rp rofess iona l C o u n c i l , there is i n prospect the exchange of gues t ed i to r i a l s w i t h the m e d i c a l a n d l e g a l profess ions .

W e feel that the reports of commit tees p u b l i s h e d h e r e w i t h speak for themse lves a n d w e c o m m e n d them for y o u r a t t e n t i o n

Preservation Officer S. H o w e l l Tay lo r

Since the a p p o i n t m e n t of the C o m m i t t e e o n Preservat ion of H i s t o r i c a l B u i l d i n g s i n late November of last year, e f f o r t has b e e n made to con t i nue the g e n e r a l s u r v e y of impor t an t o l d b u i l d i n g s in M i c h i g a n w h i c h w a s so a b l y c a r r i e d on b y the F e d e r a l g o v ­ernment d u r i n g the d e p r e s s i o n y e a r s Numerous excurs ions to v a r i o u s par t s of the State have r e su l t ed i n l o c a t i n g a n d re­c o r d i n g a n u m b e r of b u i l d i n g s no t b e f o r e i n c l u d e d It becomes i n c r e a s i n g l y o b v i o u s , however , that more p u b l i c s e n t i m e n t for p rese rva t ion of impor t an t o l d s t ruc tu res must be a roused a n d b u i l t up , if w e a r e to r e t a i n the best examples of the state 's a rch i tec ture of fo rmer years.

A speci f ic accompl i shmen t of the C o m m i t ­tee has been the r eco rd ing of the Be l le Isle Greenhouse w h i c h h a d been s l a t e d for de ­s t ruct ion. K n o w n to have b e e n d e s i g n e d b y A l b e r t K a h n a b o u t 50 years a g o . it w a s f o u n d that the o r i g i n a l d r a w i n g s w e r e s t i l l i n the f i les of A l b e r t K a h n Assoc i a t e s , a n d these g e n t l e m e n g rac ious ly a g r e e d to de ­pos i t ing them p e r m a n e n t l y i n the v a u l t s p r o v i d e d some yea r s a g o i n the D e t r o i t I n ­s t i tute of Arts b y a r r a n g e m e n t w i t h the Detroi t H i s to r i ca l Society. W h e n it w a s de ­t e r m i n e d that the b u i l d i n g c o u l d d e f i n i t e l y not be preserved, a c a r e f u l r eco rd w a s c o n ­s ide red the next exped ien t

C o n s i d e r a b l e co r re spondence p a s s e d a m o n g your c h a i r m a n , A l b e r t K a h n Asso­ciates, G e o r g e D. M a s o n a n d C o m p a n y Henry Brown , d i rec tor of the D e t r o i t H i s ­to r i ca l Society, a n d W i l l i a m A . Bost ick, secretary of the A r t Ins t i tu te , w i t h the re­sult that under da t e of M a y 11. 1953, M r . Bostick stated the d r a w i n g s w e r e d e p o s i t e d i n the vau l t s of the Ins t i tu te . M r Bost ick a lso had their pho tographer m a k e a n e g a ­t ive ( 8 " x l 0 " ) of the f ront e l e v a t i o n of the b u i l d i n g w h i c h ind ica te s the d e t a i l a t a d e ­q u a t e scale. Moreover , your c h a i r m a n a l s o

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m a d e t w e n t y exposures f rom va r ious an- | | | . « | . g les . b o t h exter ior a n d in ter ior , w h i c h i n ­crease the v o l u m e of record As fur ther record . Dr. B r o w n o b t a i n e d a por t ion of one en t rance b a y a n d in tends se t t ing u p a p o r t of it i n the Detroi t His to r i ca l M u s e u m .

The C o u n t y B u i l d i n g i n Detroi t has a lso h a d some a t t en t ion f rom your Commit tee , as has the Mar ine r s ' Episcopxal Chu rch on W o o d w a r d A v e n u e , w h i c h in spite of the site d e t e r m i n e d for it i n Detroi t ' s n e w C i v i c Cen t e r was, as recen t ly as July 4, '53, a g a i n p u b l i s h e d w i t h the query , " C a n it be moved? Shou ld it be moved? ' M a y I sug­gest that the Detroi t Chap te r qo on record as a g a i n s t the des t ruc t ion of the Coun ty B u i l d i n g a n d a p p r o v i n g the m o v i n g of M a r i n e r s ' Church .

This report w o u l d not be comple te withovit m e n t i o n of Professor Emi l Lorch's f i ne r e s to ra t ion on M a c k i n a c I s l and of the Dr W i l l i a m Beaumont house as archi tect for the M i c h i g a n M e d i c a l Society w h i c h r a i s e d abou t $40,000 for the purpose. The re s to ra t ion has me t i cu lous ly restored to i ts p ioneer b e a u t y a c h a r m i n g s m a l l d w e l l i n g i n use 131 years ago w h e n Dr. B e a u m o n t p e r f o r m e d his f amous exper i ­ments i n the " o p e n w i n d o w " s tomach of A l e x St. M a r t i n Professor Lorch deserves the most f a v o r a b l e c o m m e n d a t i o n i n car ry-i n o to so success fu l a resul t a pro jec t w h i c h had m a n y serious obstacles War­ren Rindge , a rchi tec t of G r a n d Rapids a n d l o n g a student of M a c k i n a c I s l and a rch i ­tecture, ass is ted i n l e t t i ng contracts a n d s u p e r i n t e n d i n g the w o r k

I n contrast to this f ine accompl i shmen t a n i n c i d e n t has just occur red i n A d r i a n w h i c h has des t royed p r o b a b l y the oldest house i n that c o m m u n i t y — a t y p i c a l new E n g l a n d sa l t -box de s ign of excel lent proport ions b u i l t about 125 years aao b y A b e l W h i t ­n e y — a n ac t ive pioneer . The house, located i n a d o w n t o w n business area, was sold to p rov ide space for a n e w modern b u i l d ­i n g The L e n a w e e C o u n t y Hi s to r i ca l Soci­e t y e n d e a v o r e d to interest e n o u g h people to set u p a smal l h i s tor ica l museum, mov­i n g the house to a new loca t ion . Your c h a i r m a n sugges ted the i d e a to them sev­e r a l months a g o b u t there w a s too l i t t l e in terest b y loca l people a n d the b u i l d i n g is b e i n g torn d o w n at this t ime It is hoped that a b e a u t i f u l c i r cu la r s ta i r in the front h a l l , of b l ack cher ry , can be preserved, as w e l l as a piece of a n excel lent cornice.

O b v i o u s l y , the story of p rese rv ing our good o l d a rch i tec ture needs more adequa te tel­l i n g . We have a f i ne her i tage here in the M i d d l e West w h e r e some of the ref ine­men t s of the C o l o n i a l pe r iod on the A t ­l a n t i c coast d i d not penetrate . Perhaps it i s to the grea te r g lo ry of our ea r ly car­pen te rs a n d des igners w h o d i d so good a job , u s u a l l y w i thou t bene f i t of architect .

I n the ef for t to make the p u b l i c more con­scious of these o l d b u i l d i n g s your chai r ­m a n p u b l i s h e d a n ar t ic le t i t l ed " M i c h i g a n ' s Pioneer Arch i t ec tu re , " in the M a r c h , 1953, issue of M i c h i g a n His to ry w h i c h has re­c e i v e d m u c h f a v o r a b l e comment .

M a y I a g a i n r ecommend that the Detroit C h a p t e r become a member of the N a t i o n a l Trus t on His tor ic Preservat ion a l o n g w i t h 121 other s im i l a r o rgan iza t ions in teres ted i n historic preservat ion?

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Representat ive on M S A Board

L. Robert Blakeslee, Chairman

As a m e m b e r of the Board of the M i c h i g a n Society of Archi tects , represent ing the De­troit Chapter , A.I .A. , I w i l l have a t tended n i n e mee t ings of the M i c h i g a n Society of Archi tects , as fo l lows:

O n December 16, 1952 at Dearborn Inn a m e e t i n g of the r e t i r i ng and new Board members hea rd f i n a l reports f rom r e t i r i ng of f icers , a n d cha i rmen of the committees. Elect ion of off icers for the ensu ing year w a s held , a n d the f o l l o w i n g were elected: L i n n Smi th , President; Char les B. M c G r e w , First Vice-President; A d r i a n N Langius , Second Vice-President; Paul A. Bryssel­bou t , T h i r d Vice-President; Ra lph W. H a m -mett, Secretary, and Elmer J. Manson, Treasurer. This ma in ta ins proper ba l ance a m o n g the chapters, as each has one-half i\R representat ives as officers.

At the Detroi t A th l e t i c C l u b on Jan. 22, 1953, h igh l i gh t s were o rgan i z ing of the new Board, a n d a s tudy of the proposed re­vis ions to the by - l aws . Also s tudied were reports on the M S A insurance plan, a n d the new b u i l d i n g code There was a re­port f rom the special representat ive, Mr. Ber t ram, a n d progress repxjrts were g i v e n on the 1953 Conven t ion , the A l l e n H a r l a n Scho la r sh ip and Ki r l i n Compet i t ion , a n d the p l a n n i n g of school b u i l d i n g s

Feb rua ry 17, 1953, a g a i n at the D.A.C. , d iscuss ion was he ld on the M.S.A insur­ance p rog ram, temporary cer t i f ica te regis­t ra t ion , a n d A I A Document No. 177. Pro­gress reports were g iven on the H a r l a n Scho la r sh ip and K i r l i n Compet i t ion , a n d the State Elevator Code Mr Morison, C o n ­ven t ion Cha i rman , ou t l ined the f i n a l pro­g r a m for the convent ion to be he ld i n M a r c h .

t i o n a l A I A . u n i f o r m s ign Mr. Morison, C h a i r m a n , gave a complete report on the results of the conven t ion . After the bus i ­ness meet ing , the Board jo ined the West­e rn M i c h i g a n Chap te r at its mee t ing in the M o r t o n Hote l .

L a n s i n g C i t y C l u b was the scene of the M a y 20 mee t ing . Mr Kent Cooper, rec ip i ­ent of the H a r l a n Research Scholarship was presented to the g roup by Mr Ham-mett. C h a i r m a n of the Commit tee on Edu­ca t ion a n d Research Mr. Cooper gave an e x p l a n a t i o n of f i is work to date, a n d i l lus ­t r a ted his ta lk w i t h charts .

There w a s a discussion on t'^e cost and method of f i n a n c i n g the architects ' movie a n d the status of the M S.A insurance p r o g r a m . Mr. Rosa, C h a i r m a n , ou t l ined the ten ta t ive p r o g r a m for the 1953 Mid-Sum­mer Confe rence at M a c k i n a c Is land . Mr. Hughes repor ted that the 'Ditchy For Presi­dent" c a m p a i g n w a s progress ing satis­f ac to r i l y a n d a landsl ide elect ion was pre­d i c t ed

At the A th l e s t an Club, Battle Creek, July 15, President Smith a n n o u n c e d that Mr. Hammet t w a s res ign ing as secretary, to spend the w i n t e r t r ave l i ng and s tudy ing i n Europe. M r McGrew, C h a i r m a n of the C o m m i t t e e on Publ ic a n d Professional Re­la t ions r epor ted on in te rna t iona l recipro­c i t y for a rchi tec ts (pa r t i cu la r ly w i t h Cana­d a ) , a n d a lso on the Hi l l -Bur ton Act that w a s u p be fo re Congress in Wash ing ton , to do a w a y w i t h the Hospi ta l Admin i s t r a t ion . Mr . Hughes stated plans a re w e l l under w a y for the Regional Conference to be he ld in Detroi t September 18 and 19.

Augus t 7, 1953 at the G r a n d Hotel, Mack­i n a c I s l and , the Board h e l d a mee t ing in connec t ion w i t h the Mid-Summer Confer­ence. Mr M c G r e w gave a progress report o n the M S A . insurance program. Mr. H a u g h e y C h a i r m a n of the Commit tee on Pub l i c i ty , proposed that our Society work w i t h the M i c h i g a n State M e d i c a l Society to produce a medical number of The M o n t h l y B u l l e t i n on the subject of health a n d safe ty i n the b u i l d i n g indus t ry This was ex t ended to inc lude a l ega l number b y w o r k i n g w i t h the Bar Associa t ion.

The Pub l i c i t y Commit tee was authorized b y the Board to take necessary steps to get the architects ' movie under way . and report to the Board on progress, a n d for fu r the r au thor i za t ion

M r R a y m o n d S. Kastendieck. new Region­a l Director of the Great Lakes District, v/as i n t roduced to the conven t ion

The M a r c h 12. 1953 meet ing at Hotel Stat-ler Detroi t was held in connect ion w i t h the A n n u a l Convent ion of the Society Brief reports were g i v e n b y the c h a i r m a n of the commit tees on Public and Profes­s iona l Relations, Educat ion and Research, P u b l i c i t y P l a n n i n g School Bui ld ings , a n d the 1953 Convent ion . There were also re­ports f rom the Secretary Treasurer, a n d Execu t ive Secretary Comple te reports we re pub l i shed in The M o n t h l y Bul le t in .

O n A p r i l 20, 1953 the Board met at the Pen insu la r C lub . G r a n d Rapids At this mee t ing w a s a discussion of the proposed Basic B u i l d i n g Code, M S A insurance p rog ram, the proposal of a movie to foster a better unde r s t and ing of the architect a n d his services, and the a p p r o v a l of the na-

The m e e t i n g was then turned over to Mr. Paul A . Brysselbout, w h o in t roduced W. Kent Cooper . M r Cooper presented a f i n a l report o n his research in connect ion w i t h the H a r l a n Scholarship.

September 18, 1953 at Hotel Statler, Detroit, a m e e t i n g w a s held in connect ion w i t h the Great Lakes Regional Conference. Matters d i scussed w e r e nomina t ions for the rec ip i ­ent of the M.S A. Meda l , and Honorary M e m b e r s h i p ; the M S A insurance pro­g r a m , progress of the archi tects ' movie; report on the 1953 Mid-Summer Confer­ence, a n d other matters

A t the O c t o b e r meet ing, a l so scheduled i n Detroit the Board w i l l j o i n w i t h the De­troit Chap te r for dinner.

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Civic Design

Suren Pilafian, C h a i r m a n

The C iv i c Des ign Commi t t e e of the Detroi t Chapter of the A m e r i c a n Ins t i tu te of A r c h i ­tects consisted this yea r of the f o l l o w i n g members:

James H. Barr, C l a i r W . Di tchy , A m e d e o Leone, Lawrence G . L i n n a r d , Louis Ros-setti , Henry F. Stanton, M a l c o l m R St i r ton. M i n o r u Yamasak i , Suren P i l a f i an .

The dut ies of this commi t tee are stated in the b y - l a w s as f o l l o w s

"I t sha l l be the d u t y of the commit tee to foster a n d encourage bet ter c i ty a n d r eg iona l p l a n n i n g , site p l a n n i n g a n d low pr iced hous ing , to fo rmula te plans for b e a u t i f y i n g the communi t i e s a n d roadsides w i t h i n the te r r i to ry of this Chapter , a n d to co-operate w i t h p u b l i c and other agenc ies h a v i n g such mat­ters i n charge."

At the b e g i n n i n g of the year , the members of our commit tee a g r e e d that w e shou ld do more than mere ly r e v i e w projects sub­mi t ted to us—that w e s h o u l d in i t i a t e ex­pressions on beha l f of the a rch i t ec tu ra l profession even on issues not submi t t ed to us for rev iew. W i t h this i n m i n d , w e pre­pa red a list of subjects of current interest re la ted to c iv ic des ign i n Detroi t on w h i c h w e c o u l d under take some research a n d p u b l i c l y make r ecommenda t ions for the gu idance of the peop le a n d o f f i c i a l s of Detroit t o w a r d the be t t e rment of our c i ty .

W e made no h e a d w a y on this p rogram, however , because of the l a r g e n u m b e r of projects that the C i t y P lan Commiss ion has asked us to r ev iew.

Our commit tee he ld 12 mee t ings u p to the date of this report, at w h i c h w e r e v i e w e d the f o l l o w i n g projects s u b m i t t e d to us:

1. NEW BUS L O A D I N G SHELTERS FOR C A P I T A L PARK The de s ign for this p ro jec t p roposed b y the D.S.R seemed to us to be meager a n d shortsighted. W e r e c o m m e n d a res tudy of the entire park so that it c o u l d be p l a n n e d as a n a t t rac t ive ly l a n d s c a p e d h a v e n as w e l l as a n i m p r o v e d t e r m i n a l .

2. STUDIES FOR THE D E V E L O P M E N T O F

THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT W e sugges ted that the p o s s i b i l i t y of i n ­co rpora t ing esthetic amen i t i e s i n the re­development plans be e x a m i n e d so that the d o w n t o w n area c o u l d be made more a t t ract ive for its occupan t s a n d visi tors . W e suggested e x p l o r i n g the poss ib i l i t y of r e d u c i n g the number of streets devo ted to vehicles a n d of m a k i n g more e f f i c i en t use of them.

3. THE GRATIOT REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT The plans proposed for a po r t ion of this a r e a seemed to us to over look the possi­

b i l i t y of a ch i ev ing a n excep t i ona l l y de­s i rable l ayou t by u t i l i z i n g the advan t ages of p l a n n i n g the ent i re a r e a as a n in te ­g ra ted solut ion to the ma jo r p rob lems i n ­v o l v e d i n a large res iden t ia l c o m m u n i t y . In our recommendat ions for this pro jec t w e stressed i n par t icu lar the need for satis­f y i n g the p a r k i n g requi rements for such a g roup wi thou t spo i l ing its p l easu rab le po­tent ia l i t ies

4. C O N V E N T I O N EXHIBITS B U I L D I N G I N THE C I V I C CENTER

W e r e v i e w e d the p r o g r a m for th is b u i l d i n g and the Architect 's p r e l i m i n a r y studies, as w e l l as a spurious sketch for the pro jec t w h i c h had received more serious consider­a t ion t han i t should have . O u r comment s on the work that h a d been done on this project were concent ra ted on a c r i t i c i sm of the site as b e i n g i nadequa t e for a l l that w a s p l a n n e d to be p l a c e d on i t . W e sug ­gested that the site be e n l a r g e d a n d the b u i l d i n g size be made smal ler . W e a l so suggested that a d d i t i o n a l l a n d nor th of Jefferson Avenue be a l l o t e d to the p ro jec t so that it c o u l d have a closer r e l a t i onsh ip w i t h other faci l i t ies in the cen t ra l bus iness dis t r ic t

5. CHIMPANZEE AMPHITHEATER FOR THE Z O O L O G I C A L PARK

W e commented f a v o r a b l y o n the charac te r of the des ign proposed for this project .

6. THE DESIGN O F O N E STORY M U L T I ­PLE DWELLINGS, C A L L E D " M O T E L S " Recently several projects of this type hove been bu i l t i n var ious par ty of the c i ty . The appearance of some of these has been ob­jec t ionable enough to a rouse some con­cern as to whether or not n e w controls should be establ ished for this type of b u i l d i n g to prevent it f r o m b r e e d i n g a c rop of eye-sores i n the c i ty . W e e x a m i n e d many of these projects a n d po in t ed out the f u n d a m e n t a l p l a n n i n g fau l t s of most of those that had a l r e a d y been b u i l t , so that steps c o u l d be t aken to prevent their reccurrence.

Our comments on these projects have been rece ived w i t h interest a n d a p p r e c i a t i o n b y the C i ty Plan Commiss ion a n d by other pub l i c o f f i c i a l s and newspapers . W e think that this interest has i n d i c a t e d that the C i v i c Des ign Commit tee of the C h a p t e r i s a v a l u a b l e ins t rument b y w h i c h the a r c h i ­tectural profession c o u l d have the oppor­tuni ty to be of real service to the c i t y as w e l l as to cu l t i va t e g o o d p u b l i c re la t ions .

The members of your commit tee have en­joyed their pa r t i c ipa t ion i n its w o r k a n d have cons idered it a p r i v i l e g e to b e a b l e to cont r ibute thereby to the be t te rment of Detroit , It is for tunate the commi t tee has been large because it was poss ib le there­b y to c a l l meet ings o n short notice, w h e n necessary, a n d sti l l have a n a p p r e c i a b l e a t tendance. The size of the commit tee a lso enab led us to comment on impor t an t c i v i c projects w i t h the assurance that the o p i n ­ions we expressed were those of a b roade r representat ion of the Chap te r t han w o u l d have been possible o therwise

As your c h a i r m a n this year , I w a n t to p a y g r a t e f u l t r ibute to a l l other members for the f requen t a n d generous c o n t r i b u ­t ions they m a d e of the i r t ime, interest a n d ideas t o w a r d the f u l f i l l m e n t of the c o m ­mittee's ob l iga t ions

prartice

Practice of Architecture

loseph W. Leinweber . C h a i r m a n

Sect ion 4 of the Chap te r b y - l a w s de f ines the du t ies of this Commi t t ee , as f o l l o w s .

"There sha l l be a s t a n d i n g C o m m i t t e e on the Pract ice of Arch i t ec tu re , consist­i n g of four members , t w o associates a n d one jun io r associate. It sha l l be the d u t y of this commit tee to cons ider mat ­ters w i t h i n the p rofess ion p a r t i c u l a r l y the re la t ions of p r inc ipa l s a n d d ra f t s ­m e n a n d the encouragement of ever be t ter s tandards for d r a w i n g s , spec i f i ­ca t ions a n d documents , the p r o m o t i o n of more e f fec t ive b u i l d i n g a n d sa fe ty codes, a n d the s t anda rd i za t i on of meth­ods of cost a c c o u n t i n g . "

From this d e f i n i t i o n , it a p p e a r e d to the Commi t t e e at its first m e e t i n g that our j o b was somewha t innocuous a n d w o u l d re­q u i r e v e r y l i t t l e t ime . For tha t reason, w e fel t that w e w o u l d a t t empt to d e v e l o p some p r o g r a m w h i c h migh t con t r ibu te to the Chapter ' s ac t iv i t i e s a n d w e so r epo r t ed to your Execut ive Board. However , shor t ly a f t e r th is f i rs t mee t ing , w e were i n f o r m e d of the p l a n of Commiss ioner W o l f f of the Detroi t Depar tment of B u i l d i n g s a n d Sa fe ty E n g i n e e r i n g to under t ake a r e v i e w of the proposed N a t i o n a l B u i l d i n g Code a d o p t e d b y the B u i l d i n g O f f i c i a l s Confe rence of A m e r i c a , Inc.; k n o w n as the B.O.C.A. Basic B u i l d i n g Code. The purpose of this r e v i e w w a s to secure the a d o p t i o n of this N a t i o n a l Code b y the C i t y of Detroit . Your C o m ­mit tee w a s reques ted to have representa­t ion at these conferences. As it soon de­ve loped , it became a p p a r e n t that the amoun t of t ime r e q u i r e d for this pro jec t p r e c l u d e d the poss ib i l i t y of a n y other ac­t i v i t y b y the Commi t t ee at this t ime a n d so our p l a n n e d p rograms w e r e set a s ide

The i n i t i a l m e e t i n g c a l l e d by C o m m i s s i o n e r W o l f f w a s on December 8th, a n d s ince then these mee t ings c o n t i n u e d at t w o - w e e k i n ­tervals u n t i l June 22nd of this y e a r a n d w i l l con t inue a g a i n s t a r t i ng Sep tember 21st. B e g i n n i n g w i t h the f irs t m e e t i n g , there w e r e some f i f t y representa t ives of Detroi t manufac tu re r s , l abor un ions , pro­fess iona l societies. B u i l d i n g M a n a g e r s Assoc ia t ion , s u b u r b a n commun i t i e s , house bu i lde r s a n d gene ra l contractors . It be ­came ev iden t at the very f irs t m e e t i n g that the archi tects w o u l d be c a l l e d u p o n for o p i n i o n s to a v e r y c o n s i d e r a b l e ex ten t as the discuss ions progressed The reason for this b e i n g our interests, w h i c h cover p r a c t i c a l l y a l l aspects of the code, w h e r e a s interests of other g roups a t t e n d i n g w e r e p re t ty m u c h l i m i t e d to spec i f i c ma t te r s It b e c a m e ev iden t , a lso at this f i rs t meet­i n g that some of our p ro fess iona l socie t ies h a d a l r e a d y spent cons ide rab le t ime i n a n a l y z i n g the provis ions of the n e w code. W e fel t w e w e r e s o m e w h a t h a n d i c a p p e d i n not h a v i n g h a d this o p p o r t u n i t y Your C h a i r m a n then reques ted l a r g e r repre ­sen ta t ion o n our Commi t t ee p a r t i c u l a r l y

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m e n w h o h a d exper ience i n the use of the code. W e then under took b y Commi t t e e mee t ings the j o b of r e v i e w i n g var ious chapters of the code Thi.s ven tu re w a s not v e r y successfu l because of the i n a b i l i t y of Commi t t e e members lo b e r e g u l a r i n at­tendance or to r e m a i n l o n g e n o u g h at each mee t ing .

For tuna te ly , however . Commiss ioner W o l f f b y ag reemen t w i t h the Rev iew Board per­m i t t e d the r e o p e n i n g of matters w h i c h h a d t e n t a t i v e l y b e e n a p p r o v e d a t p r ev ious meet ings . This pe rmi t t ed us to f o r m u l a t e decis ions a f t e r g e n e r a l d i scuss ion a n d to secure de fe rmen t on ce r t a in parts u n t i l we c o u l d consul t w i t h our Boa rd or to secure fu r the r i n f o r m a t i o n a n d op in ions f r o m fe l ­l o w archi tec ts w h o migh t be pxarticularly versed i n speci f ic subjects . Your C o m ­mit tee cons ide red it de s i r ab l e to request a number of a r ch i t ec tu ra l f i rms to assume a t y p i c a l pro jec t a n d a t t empt to a p p l y the n e w code to the project for the purpose of d i s c o v e r i n g possible i r r egu la r i t i e s i n the new code. W e have had some success i n this respect For ins tance, w e have a v e r y f i n e report on the n e w code as i t re lates to theaters. However , w e have h a d no success w i t h respect to i n q u i r i e s sent to other o f f ices o n other types of b u i l d i n g s . W e trust some of these off ices w i l l not ob­ject too m u c h if they f i n d the r equ i r emen t s of the n e w code not exac t ly to the i r l i k i n g . The Commi t t ee fe l t this a p p r o a c h to the new Code w a s a more p rac t i ca l me thod than chap te r -by-chap te r e x a m i n a t i o n in Commiss ione r W o l f f ' s r e v i e w conference . W e are most g r a t e f u l to the o f f ices w h o have g i v e n us h e l p on spec i f ic s tudies a n d other occasions w h e n we c a l l e d u p o n them

The new code has n i n e t e e n sections. W e h a v e to da te processed the f irs t f i ve . These Hve, however , are b e l i e v e d to be the most d i f f i c u l t , a n d i t is expec ted the r ema inde r can be processed b y ea r ly sp r ing . By its v e r y na ture , code discuss ions r e q u i r e d c o n t i n u i t y of thought a n d , i n gene ra l , rep>-resenta t ives f rom the va r ious o rgan i za ­t ions at the mee t ings r e m a i n e d the same. The Commit tee ' s represen ta t ive at the re­v i e w mee t ings a t t ended p r a c t i c a l l y a l l of these sessions. The few times he w a s a b ­sent his p lace was t aken b y Mr . Sol K i n g w h o is a member of this Commi t t ee , a n d w h o g e n e r a l l y i s present as a representa­t ive of the M i c h i g a n Society of Archi tec ts , so that some represen ta t ion w a s present at a l l meet ings .

In a d d i t i o n to the g e n e r a l Rev iew meet­ings , subcommit tees we re fo rmed to re­solve spec ia l p rob lems w h i c h w e r e not r e a d i l y reso lved in g e n e r a l session Your Commi t t ee representa t ives are a c t i v e on these subcommit tees . O n e such subcom­mit tee has to do w i t h format .

W e do not be l i eve this report w a r r a n t s a d e t a i l e d d iscuss ion of the proposed n e w code. W e be l i eve , howeve r , i t w o u l d b e w o r t h d iscuss ion at some fu tu re C h a p t e r m e e t i n g .

For those not f a m i l i a r w i t h the so-ca l l ed B.O.C.A. Basic Code, let us b r i e f l y e x p l a i n that , b y reason of c r i t i c i sm o c c a s i o n a l l y expressed i n n e w s p a p e r s abou t the ef fec t of B u i l d i n g Codes on the cost of construc­t i on , b u i l d i n g o f f i c i a l s i n va r ious parts of the coun t ry o r g a n i z e d the B u i l d i n g Of-hc ia l s Conference of A m e r i c a . This dates b a c k to 1944 Since then this Commi t t e e

has been w o r k i n g on a code w h i c h cou ld be made as near ly u n i f o r m as possible for a l l mun ic ipa l i t i e s This code is now i n the process of b e i n g adopted by several U. S cit ies. Detroit w o u l d be one of the first l a r g e ci t ies . The purpose of the rev iew in Detroit is to sa t is fy as many of the local interests as possible on the requirements of the code a n d to make the adop t ion of the code c o m p l y w i t h charter requi rements of the C i t y . Af te r the Conferences are over, a n d the work col lated, the new code w i l l go to the C i ty Counc i l for a p p r o v a l

W e have f o u n d the processing of this Code to be educa t iona l a n d interest ing, a n d we have bene f i t ed profess ional ly by it . O n the other hand , w e too feel that we have for ourselves a n d for the Detroit Chapter con­t r i b u t e d to i t .

Relations With the Construction Industry

John K. Cross, C h a i r m a n

Commit tee Members : A. A r n o l d Agree Werner B. Anderson George F. Dieh l Joseph N. French Cornel ius L. T.

Gab le r Herman G. G o l d Paul J. Ketelhut O w e n A.

Lukenbach George L. W. Schulz Leslie M . L o w e r y

1. Ac t iv i t i e s (a) Ten Commit tee meetings, four of

w h i c h were he ld jo in t ly w i t h A.G.C. Commit tee on Relations w i t h A r c h i ­tects.

(b) Ten meetings w i t h A.G.C. insurance counselor Mr . M . Robert O lp , V ice -President, M a r s h & McLennon , at­t ended by Paul J. Ketelhut a n d your cha i rman .

(c) T w o appearances before the Detroit C o m m o n Counc i l .

(d) Commit tee mee t ing on September 14, w i t h Western M i c h i g a n a n d S a g i n a w V a l l e y A . l . A . Chapter Com­mittees; Detroit a n d outstate A .G.C . Chapter Committees, and Mr. W i l ­l i a m Stanley Parker, F A . I . A . of Bos­ton, Cha i rman , A . l . A . Commit tee on Contract Documents.

2 The di rect ive issued to this commit tee b y the Board said in part, "It shal l be the d u t y of this commit tee to fo.ster a co-operat ive re la t ionsh ip be tween ar­chitects a n d the contractors . . . i n order to promote and m a i n t a i n e f f ic ien t a n d economica l b u i l d i n g operat ions ."

3. It soon became apparent that one of the best w a y s we cou ld foster co-opera-l i ve re la t ions be tween architects a n d contractors, w o u l d be to c l a r i f y a n d

b r i n g u p to date the requirements of ce r ta in cont rovers ia l items, a p p e a r i n g i n the G e n e r a l and Spjecial Condi t ions of archi tec ts specif icat ions.

4. This s i t u a t i o n was c a l l e d to our atten­t ion b y letter on Nov. 24, f rom the As­soc ia ted Genera l Contractors, Detroit Chap te r Commit tee on Relations w i t h Archi tects , a sk ing us to make recom­menda t ions to the Board, re la t ive to the f o l l o w i n g :

(a) Clauses desc r ib ing Temporary Heal ­i n g a n d Tempora ry W i r i n g d u r i n g cons t ruc t ion ( M a j o r i tems of great i m p o r t a n c e to a l l contractors)

(b) A v o i d a n c e of separate contracts for m e c h a n i c a l and e lec t r ica l subcon­tractors

(c) A v o i d a n c e of requirements that a cont rac tor list a l l subcontractors in his proposa l

(d) Extent of Unit Prices requested by p roposa l forms

(e) Deve lopment of up-to-date insurance requi rements i n specif icat ions

(f) Prac t ica l aspects of Genera l Con­tractors ' check ing of subcontractors ' shop d r a w i n g s

(g) E l i m i n a t e the i s su ing of addends too close to the a c t u a l b i d d i n g date

(h) Excessive use of a l te rnate b ids

(i) Payments—10% re ta ined for first 50% of job, then reduced Payment for ma te r i a l stored on site

( j ) A r b i t r a t i o n clauses (k) E l i m i n a t i o n of so-called "grand­

fa ther" clauses f rom specif icat ions

5. Subsequen t ly the V i k i n g Spr inkler Co. reques ted that the Commit tee g i v e con­s ide ra t i on to the f o l l o w i n g ,

(a) Place f i r e protect ion such as sprink­lers, s tandpipes , etc., under a sep­ara te section in the spec i f ica t ion

6. P rogram. Seven subjects opposite 4 a, b , c, e, f, i

a n d 5a, we re selected for this year s pro­g r a m a n d i n order to have f ac tua l data to use i n ou r de l ibera t ions , let ters were sent to the of f ices of 14 Detroit architects a s k i n g for da t a a n d comments re la t ive to the six subjects Replies f rom architects we re of cons iderable he lp in committee de l ibe ra t ions .

7 Recommendat ions a l ready made by this commi t t ee to Chap te r Board;

(a) Re fe r r ing to Commit tee Program, i tems 4 (b) a n d (c ) , the committee made a recommenda t ion to the Board i n connect ion w i t h the fol­l o w i n g "Proposed Resolut ion" placed before the C o m m o n Counc i l of the C i t y of Detroit for p u b l i c hea r ing on M a r c h 26, 1953, at the request of the Hea t ing , P ip ing and A i r Condi­t i o n i n g Contractors Detroit Associa­t ion .

PROPOSED RESOLUTION

By C o u n c i l m a n

W H E R E A S , the C o m m o n Counc i l of the C i t y of Detroit desires to prescribe a

October '53 monthly bullet

gene ra l po l i cy a n d procedure i n connec­t ion w i t h ce r ta in cons t ruc t ion contracts under taken b y or i n the name of the Ci ty of Detroit . N O W , THEREFORE. BE IT

RESOLVED, that where the cost of con­s t ruct ion or a l t e r a t i o n of a n y b u i l d i n g for the C i ty of Detroi t is e s t ima ted to ex­ceed $100,000.00, separate proposals shal l be received for:

(a) Arch i t ec tu ra l T r a d e s , i n c l u d i n g structures, f o u n d a t i o n s exter ior a n d inter ior

(b) M e c h a n i c a l ,

(c) Electr ical ,

(d) Elevators, or other SF>ecial equ ip ­ment;

PROVIDED, that, if i n the j u d g m e n t of the C i ty depar tment , b o a r d or commis­sion charged w i t h the r e spons ib i l i t y of h a v i n g such contract documen t s pre­pared, the requi rement for separate b ids is not feasible , p rac t i ca l , or i n the best interest of the C i ty , the proposals shal l be on the basis of one g e n e r a l contrac­tor for the ent i re work

In such case, the lowes t responsible b idder sha l l submi t to the c i ty depar t ­ment, b o a r d or commiss ion , w i t h i n seven (7) ca lendar days f rom the da te of open­i n g b ids , a schedule of the names of the sub-contractors, w h i c h he proposes to use for the mechan ica l , e lec t r ica l , a n d specia l e q u i p m e n t work , for app rova l ; and b e i t fu r the r

RESOLVED that no c h a n g e sha l l be made in the a p p r o v e d sub-contractors w i t h o u t the a p p r o v a l of the C i t y depart­ment board , or commiss ion

(b ) R E C O M M E N D A T I O N

In the case w h e r e b i d s are taken for one general contract, the b idders shal l submi t to the C i t y depar tment , board , or commiss ion , a schedule of the names of the sub-contractors he proposes to use for the M e c h a n i c a l . Electr ical , Elevators , a n d a l l other sub-contractors as s p e c i f i c a l l y l isted i n the inst ruct ions to b idders . The time that the schedule of names is to be submi t t ed s h a l l b e as deter­mined by the C o m m o n C o u n c i l af­ter today 's p u b l i c h e a r i n g .

In the case w h e r e separate propo­sals are received for:

(b) Mechan ica l ,

(c) Electr ical ,

(d) Elevators, or other spec ia l e q u i p ­ment, the B i d Form to be used by the b idder of the "Archi tec tura l Trades" s h a l l s tate that the l u m p ­sum b i d inc ludes the a ssuming of the contracts for the w o r k of M e ­chan ica l , E lec t r i ca l , Elevators , or other spiecial equ ipmen t , as de­scr ibed under the G e n e r a l Provisions of the speci f ica t ions .

The Commit tee is of the o p i n i o n that on C i t y work , the l e t t i n g of the e n t i r e w o r k to one genera l contractor is essent ial to the proper c o o r d i n a t i o n of the w o r k . The amendment w i l l p lace a l l trades

under one Genera l Contractor e v e n though separate b ids are taken for the branches of the w o r k ment ioned .

8. R E C O M M E N D A T I O N S T O C H A P T E R BOARD:

(a) Refe r r ing to C o m m i t t e e p r o g r a m i t em 4 (a) Temporary H e a t i n g ;

SPECinCATION C L A U S E S F O R T E M P O R A R Y HEATING

INTRODUCTION:

Temporary H e a t i n g shou ld not be a standard general c lause b u t should i n each ins tance be w r i t t e n spec i f i ca l ly to meet the cond i t ions of the project or to cover w h a t w i l l be requ i red . Further, o n m a j o r p ro ­jects where in the owners are ac t ive i n the des ign a n d deve lopment , a n d m a y possibly occupy the premises before comple t ion , they shou ld check a n d agree to the r e c o m m e n d e d ar­rangements for t empora ry hea t ing . Where the m e c h a n i c a l t rades are not under the j u r i s d i c t i o n of the Genera l Contractor adequa te p r o v i ­sions must be made acco rd ing ly .

Payment for f u e l a n d a t t endance i n connec t ion w i t h the o p e r a t i o n of permanent h e a t i n g p l an t for tem­porary heating a v o i d s the necessi ty for the contractor h a v i n g to g a m b l e on this cost i n b i d d i n g o n the p ro ­ject. O n cer ta in projects , however , it may be necessary to have these inc luded in the b i d .

Sample C lauses—One G e n e r a l C o n ­tract or Separate Heat ing and V e n ­tilating Contract.

Weather pro tec t ion a n d h e a t i n g b y contractor before enc los ing b u i l d i n g T e m f X ) r a r y h e a t i n g e q u i p m e n t i n ­c luded under h e a t i n g a n d ven t i l a t ­i n g section of spec i f ica t ions ; operat­i n g at tendants , f u e l , wa t e r a n d p o w ­er by con t r ac to r /owner (as the case may be) after e n c l o s i n g b u i l d i n g

R E C O M M E N D A T I O N — P L A C E IN S P E C I A L C O N D I T I O N S :

(a) The Contractor sha l l p rov ide a n d m a i n t a i n weather protection a n d heating as may be r e q u i r e d to prop­er ly protect a l l par ts of the s t ructure f rom damage d u r i n g cons t ruc t ion prior to i n s t a l l a t i on of p e r m a n e n t hea t i ng plant, p i p i n g a n d radia tors . This sha l l i nc lude p ro tec t ive cover­ings a n d enclosures, space heaters w i t h vent pipes to outs ide of b u i l d ­ing , f u e l and the necessary a t t end­ance. Hea l sha l l be m a i n t a i n e d a round the clock (24 hours) if nec­essary to f u l l y meet contrac t re­qui rements .

(b) The C o n t r a c t o r / O w n e r sha l l p rov ide opera t ing at tendants , f u e l , w a t e r a n d power as r e q u i r e d to m a i n t a i n temporary heat a f t e r the b u i l d i n g is enclosed as r e q u i r e d for w o r k of a l l trades.

(c) Under hea t ing sect ion of the speci-Hcations is i n c l u d e d the f i t t i n g u p of the permanent h e a t i n g p lan t p i p ­i n g a n d hea t ing uni t s for temporary heating.

(d) D u r i n g temporary ope ra t i on , the Cont rac tor sha l l be r e spons ib le for the proper ope ra t i on a n d m a i n t e n ­ance of the system A n y e m e r g e n c y w o r k r e q u i r e d to protec t the o w n ­er's interest d u r i n g t e m p o r a r y oper­a t ion , is i n c l u d e d under the h e a t i n g sect ion of the spec i f i ca t ions .

(e) The contractor sha l l protect a l l heat­i n g un i t s f rom d a m a g e or d i r t at a l l t imes d u r i n g the pe r iod of temporary heating a n d d u r i n g the progress of the b u i l d i n g cons t ruc t ion .

Place in Heal ing and Venti lat ing Sect ion of the Spec i f i ca t ion .

Temi>orary Heating:

(a) Fit up the pe rmanen t h e a t i n g p l a n t p i p i n g a n d hea t i ng uni t s for temporary heating a f te r the b u i l d i n g is enc losed .

(b) W h e r e v e r possible , set r a d i a t o r s or h e a t i n g uni ts in their p e r m a n e n t l oca ­tions w i t h their s u p p l y a n d r e t u r n c o n ­nect ions as s h o w n o n the p l a n s .

(c) W h e r e it is imposs ib le to set r a d i a ­tors or hea t i ng uni t s i n the i r p e r m a n e n t locat ions for t empora ry h e a t i n g , set a n d support such radia tors or h e a t i n g un i t s in accordance w i t h i n s t ruc t ions of the contractor w h o w i l l p a y a l l costs f o r same d u r i n g t empora ry oF)eration.

(d) If it becomes necessary to use the v e n t i l a t i n g or a i r c o n d i t i o n i n g duc t sys­tems for d r y i n g purposes d u r i n g the t emporary opera t ion per iods , p r o v i s i o n s sha l l be made for the use of t e m p o r a r y f i l ters to prevent the a c c u m u l a t i o n of dust a n d d i r t i n the duc t sys tems.

(e) A l l hea t i ng s u p p l y a n d r e t u r n p i p ­ing , s t rainers , etc., s h a l l b e t h o r o u g h l y f lushed a n d c l eaned be fo re the s y s t e m is used for t empora ry heat . T h e e n t i r e sys tem s h a l l b e re tes ted if so d i r e c t e d b y the archi tect to e s t a b l i s h tha t i t is free of a l l defects r e s u l t i n g f r o m t e m p o ­ra ry opera t ion .

i . (b) Refer r ing to C o m m i t t e e P r o g r a m i t em 4 (f) p r ac t i ca l aspec ts of g e n ­e ra l contractor c h e c k i n g of s u b c o n ­tractor show d r a w i n g s .

I N T R O D U C T I O N :

M a n y contractors are t r a n s m i t t i n g to archi tec ts for a p p r o v a l , s h o w d r a w ­ings c o n t a i n i n g o b v i o u s d e p a r t u r e s f rom the w o r k i n g d r a w i n g s a n d spe­c i f i ca t ions . This p rac t i ce u n d u l y i n ­creases the archi tec ts ' c h e c k i n g a n d h a n d l i n g expenses a n d d e l a y s w o r k progress. The A I A c u r r e n t G e n e r a l Cond i t ions of the Con t r ac t f o r the Cons t ruc t ion of B u i l d i n g s , A r t i c l e 5, Shop D r a w i n g s , treats the s u b j e c t i n a b r o a d manner w i t h o u t s p e c i f i c provis ions per t inent to h a n d l i n g p r o ­cedure. A c c o r d i n g l y , to i m p r o v e the a f o r e m e n t i o n e d s i t ua t i on , the v a r i ­ous a rch i t ec tu ra l f i rms h a v e b e e n s p e c i f y i n g h a n d l i n g a n d c h e c k i n g procedure . This p rocedure v a r i e s ac­c o r d i n g to i n d i v i d u a l r e q u i r e m e n t s a n d exper iences

The contractors ob jec t to the l i t e r a l enforcement of p rov i s ions to the ef­fect that " a l l shop d r a w i n g s s u b ­mi t t ed must bear the s t a m p of ap-

chigan society of architects

p r o v a l of the contractor as ev idence of the fact that the shop d r a w i n g s h a v e been c hecked b y the contrac­tor. A n y shop d r a w i n g s s u b m i t t e d wi thou t this s t amp of a p p r o v a l w i l l not be cons idered a n d w i l l be re­tu rned for proper re -submiss ion "

Your Commi t t ee be l ieves that con­tractors have a d e f i n i t e interest i n the shop d r a w i n g s s u b m i t t e d b y thei r subcontrac tors a n d shou ld , before t r a n s m i t t i n g shop d r a w i n g s for a p p r o v a l , make at least a per­func to ry inspec t ion lor obv ious non­compl i ance w i t h w o r k i n g d r a w i n g s a n d spec i f ica t ions (but not the de ­ta i l ed check n o r m a l l y pe r fo rmed by the archi tec t ) a n d to ascer ta in that they are t rue deve lopments of the d e s i g n a n d spec i f ica t ions , a n d that the several t rades ( p a r t i c u l a r l y the mechan ica l a n d e lec t r ica l t rades a n d spec ia l in s t a l l a t ions such as e leva­tors) a re p r o p e r l y coo rd ina t ed . Shop d r a w i n g s w h i c h o b v i o u s l y w o u l d not be a p p r o v e d .should be r e tu rned d i r ec t ly b y the contractor to the subcontrac tors concerned for re­w o r k i n g a n d re - submi t t a l R E C O M M E N D A T I O N :

P lace i n Spec ia l Cond i t i ons :

A l l shop d r a w i n g s sha l l be ex­a m i n e d b y the Contrac tor for coor­d i n a t i o n w i t h other trades a n d gen­e ra l confo rmi ty to contrac t docu­ments be fo re submis s ion to the archi tect for his a p p r o v a l . "

(c) Refe r r ing to Commi t t ee P rogram i tem 4 ( i ) p a y m e n t s — \ O V c r e t a ined for f irs t 50% of job . then reduced . Pay­ment for m a t e r i a l s tored o n site.

R E C O M M E N D A T I O N

Payments to the contractor shou ld be made o n the basis of r e t a i n i n g 10% u n t i l subs tan t i a l comple t i on , a n d then r e d u c i n g the re ta ine r to 5%. A r e d u c t i o n of re ta iner b e l o w 10% before subs tan t i a l c o m p l e t i o n m a y be cons idered i n r ecogn i t i on of sa t i s fac tory progress b e i n g made by a respxDnsible contractor .

Payments for m a t e r i a l s tored on the site should be made in accordance

w i t h ar t icle 24 o l the A I A . Stan­d a r d Genera l Condi t ions

9. Commi t t ee Act ion Pending

(a) R e f e r r i n g to Commit tee Program i t e m 4 (e). Development of up-to-da te specifications-

The A . G C . Detroi t a n d Out-State Chap te r s have e n g a g e d Marsh & M c L e n n a n as insurance counselors, represented b y M . Robert O lp , Vice-President, to present to this Com­mit tee the proposed revis ion to I n ­surance Art ic les 27 and 29 A I A S tanda rd Genera l Condi t ions .

L ikewise , y o u r Chapter Commit tee has engaged a n insurance counsel­or. H . Thompson Stock, C.PC.U. , w h o is Educa t iona l Director of the M i c h i g a n Assoc ia t ion of Insurance Agents , and, b y t r a i n i n g a n d exper­ience, one of the bes t - in formed i n ­surance men i n the State of M i c h i ­g a n .

The Western M i c h i g a n a n d S a g i n a w V a l l e y A L A . Chapters have a lso b e e n a sked b y the Lans ing Chap te r of the A . G C , to act upon the pro­posed insurance revisions. These revis ions were considered m a i n l y because recen t ly the contractors have suffered judgments f r o m f i re losses w h i c h were excessive i n re­l a t i on to the prof i t they f i a d in the j o b Also recent h i g h a w a r d s made b y juries in court cases i n v o l v i n g b o d i l y i n j u r y resul t ing f rom acc i ­dents make i t adv i sab le to raise cons iderab ly the l imi t s of l i a b i l i t y for contractors l i a b i l i t y insurance.

Last July, the proposed revisions to the insurance art icles we re sent to Mr . W i l l i a m Stanley Parker, F .A.I .A. of Boston, Mass . C h a i r m a n . A I . A. Commit tee on Contract Documents, for his rev iew a n d comment . Since then M r Parker has cor responded w i t h the Commit tee , a n d has g i v e n it v e r y v a l u a b l e recommendat ions re la t ive to the revis ions a n d h o w best to issue them to the architects of Detroit.

The Western M i c h i g a n a n d S a g i n a w V a l l e y A L A . Chapters have been

i n v i t e d b y the commit tee to j o i n us in the s tudy of these revisions, a n d w h e n they are approved , to adopt them as s tandard procedure and a r r a n g e for the i r d i s t r i bu t ion to chapter members.

M r . Parker s topped over i n Detroit to discuss the proposed revisions, on September I4th , a t a luncheon a n d a f t e rnoon mee t ing h e l d at the D A C. Representat ives of the fo l low­i n g commit tees a t tended the meet­i n g . Wes te rn M i c h i g a n , A . I . A Chapter

Commi t t ee S a g i n a w Va l l ey , A I A . Chap te r

Commit tee Lans ing A . G C . Chapter Committee Detroit A . G C . Chapter Commit tee Detroi t A L A . Chap te r Commi t t ee The A . G C . a n d A I A. Insurance

Counselors

It n o w appears that the amend­ments to Articles 27 a n d 29 w i l l be issues as a d d i t i o n a l genera l condi­tions i n con t inua t ion of the numer ica l sequence of the p r in ted articles, thus b e c o m i n g ar t ic les 45 a n d 46.

A d d i t i o n a l insurance revisions a p p l i ­cab le o n l y in cer ta in types of pro­jects, a n d to b e used at the discre­t ion of the i n d i v i d u a l architect , w i l l be i ssued as a " M i c h i g a n Ci rcu la r of I n fo rma t ion on Insurance Require­ments" to membersh ip of the Chap>-lers.

(b) Re fe r r ing to Commit tee Program i t e m 5 (a ) Fire Protection, such as sp r ink le r system g i v e n a separate sect ion i n specif icat ions.

Recommendat ions w i l l be made be­fore the e n d o f the year .

10. I tems For Next Year 's Program

(a) Extent of Unit Prices requested by b i d form

(b) E l i m i n a t e the i ssu ing of a d d e n d a too close to the b i d d i n g date

(c) Excessive use of a l te rnate bids (d ) A r b i t r a t i o n c lauses (e) E l i m i n a t i o n of so-cal led " G r a n d ­

fa ther" clauses f rom specif icat ions.

E D G A R GIBERSON

E d g a r D. Giberson , A I A , 52. a m e m b e r of the Detroit Chap te r of The A m e r i c a n I n ­s t i tute of Archi tects , d i e d at his home, 5242 G r a y t o n Road, Grosse Pointe, M i c h , on Sep tember 13.

Born i n L ima , Ohio , July 25, 1901, Mr . G i b ­erson a t t ended Cass Techn ica l H i g h School i n Detroit , Detroit Inst i tute of Techno logy a n d Detroi t Ate l ie r , Beaux Arts Ins t i tu te of Des ign . He a lso f u r t h e r e d his a r ch i t ec tu ra l s tudies b y t r ave l in this count ry .

B e g i n n i n g as a b lue pr in t boy i n the of f ice of Smith , H i n c h m a n & Gry l l s . Inc., A r c h i ­tects a n d Engineers , i n Detroi t i n 1917, he a d v a n c e d th rough the var ious steps u n t i l he became chief des igner in 1940, w h i c h p o s i t i o n he h e l d at the t ime of his death .

H e became reg is te red as a n archi tec t i n M i c h i g a n , b y e x a m i n a t i o n , i n 1938, a n d he

w a s e lec ted to membersh ip i n The A m e r i ­can Ins t i tu te of Archi tects , its Detroit Chap­ter a n d the M i c h i g a n Society of Archi tects i n 1941. He was also a member of The En­g i n e e r i n g Society of Detroit. He is s u r v i v e d b y his w i f e , Etta, a n d a son. A l d e n .

I . D A L E HILLIER

] . Dale Hi l l ier , A L A , 40. member of the Det ro i t f i r m of S tan ton & Hi l l i e r , Archi tec ts , 1243 Free Press B u i l d i n g , d i e d at his home, 1251 W a s h i n g t o n Road, Rochester, M i c h i ­g a n on Augus t 21.

Born i n Cedar Rapids I o w a , on M a y 1, 1913, Mr. H i l l i e r was educa ted at W a s h ­i n g t o n H i g h School, Cedar Rapids; Staun­ton M i l i t a r y Academy, a n d the Unive r s i ty of M i c h i g a n , Col lege of Archi tec ture a n d Des ign . ,

He came to Detroit f ive years ago a n d h a d

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b e e n e m p l o y e d in several l e a d i n g archi­tects' o f f ices , i n c l u d i n g that of Henry F. S tan ton , F.A.I .A. , f rom 1942 th rough 1945. He became regis tered to pract ice architec­ture i n M i c h i g a n b y examina t i on , i n 1946 w a s thereaf te r a n associate of Mr . Stanton a n d i n 1948 he was admi t t ed to partner­sh ip . A m o n g b u i l d i n g s o n w h i c h he had a n i m p o r t a n t part are O a k w o o d Hospital , Dea rborn ; G a m m a Phi Beta Sorori ty House i n East L a n s i n g a n d the Research Labora­tory of W y a n d o t t e Chemica l Corporat ion.

Mr . H i l l i e r w a s a member of The Amer ican Ins t i tu te of Architects , its Detroit Chapter, the M i c h i g a n Society of Archi tects and The E n g i n e e r i n g Society of Detroit .

S u r v i v i n g a re his w i f e , Dorothy; two daughters , L y n n a n d Caro l ; his parents, M r . a n d M r s . G u y E Hi l l i e r , of Cedar Rap­ids, a n d a brother, Donald E., of Fanwood, N . I .

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aiM'liiteol iiralities

The B loomf ie ld H i l l s . M i c h i g a n f i r m of Swanson Associates. Archi tects , has been s ing l ed out for the exce l lence of i ts de­s ign of the B i r m i n g h a m , M i c h i g a n H i g h School b y a ten-page fea ture sect ion in the July issue of Progressive Archi tec ture , a n a t i o n a l a r ch i t ec tu ra l p u b l i c a t i o n .

In this issue the edi tors go d i r ec t ly to the cl ient .s—principal , teachers, s tudents, cus­tod ian—for react ions conce rn ing the a rch i ­tec tura l meri t of the school

Ross A Wagner , p r i n c i p a l of the school, app l auds the Saor inen de s ign for its ef­f i c i ency a n d a t t rac t ive env i ronmen t . He describes it as "more conduc ive to pleas­ant school exper iences t han that of most schools, ' a n d adds that it is "a b u i l d i n g that has ach ieved b e a u t y a n d f u n c t i o n wi thou t expendi tu re of unnecessary sums of money ."

The teachers praise the roomy a n d l ight classrooms, w h i c h offer adequa t e a n d a d a p t a b l e work space. The past a n d pres­ent of f icers of the S tudent C o u n c i l par­t i c u l a r l y commend the b u i l d i n g for its s impl i c i ty a n d the des igner ' s use of color. Also s tuden t -acc la imed are sound-proof­ing , l i g h t i n g and f u r n i t u r e . The rooms ore ca l l ed "easy to s tudy i n . "

The cus tod ian states that the school is easy to heat a n d c lean , a n d that the w i r i n g has g i v e n l i t t le t rouble .

J Robert F. Swanson, A I A , head of the d e s i g n i n g f i r m , is c r e d i t e d w i t h h a v i n g ach ieved an excel lent e x a m p l e of modern school b u i l d i n g des ign , a l l o w i n g for eco­nomica l fu tu re expans ion

The l a n d on w h i c h the school s tands w a s purchased in the 1930s a n d is fast be­c o m i n g the center of r a p i d l y g r o w i n g Bi rmingham's s tudent p o p u l a t i o n . This factor created the need for a n e x p a n s i b l e school q r o u p w h i c h the des igner has satis­f ied . The present b u i l d i n g g r o u p has a capac i ty of 1,200 students, a n d it a n t i c i -pxites a s tudent body of 1,800 w h e n p lans are ca r r i ed out

The architects are a lso l a u d e d for their resourceful s t ructural d e s i g n a n d se lec t ion of mater ia ls , w h i c h show the a d v a n t a g e s of g o o d a rch i tec tura l services i n a t t a i n i n g ef f ic ien t a n d economica l school b u i l d i n g s .

C la i r W Ditchy F A I A , pres ident of The A m e r i c a n Insti tute of Archi tects , just re­tu rned f rom a conference w i t h the staff of the Inst i tute at the O c t a g o n House i n W a s h i n g t o n , D. C , reports that the n e w g roup insurance p l a n for Ins t i tu te mem­bers has met w i t h w i d e s p r e a d a p p r o v a l , and he added:

" W h i l e the p lan has on ly been i n effect for a f ew months, 3,064 persons have been insured, i n 467 firms, for a to ta l of more than $16000,000 insurance ."

Trace Christenson, Jr., A I A , fo rmer ly d i ­rector of des ign of The K o w n e e r C o m p a n y , of Niles, Mich. , announces the es tabl i sh­ment of Good Design Associates, w i t h of­fices at 230 W. W a s h i n g t o n St., South Bend, Ind .

Chris tenson, a member of the W e s t e r n M i c h i g a n Chapter, The A m e r i c a n Inst i tute of Architects , and charter member of The Chicago Society of Indus t r i a l Designers, is a former par tner in the f i r m of Trace & Warner , i ndus t r i a l designers , of C h i c a g o . In a d d i t i o n to The K a w n e e r C o m p a n y , he has served such na t iona l o rgan iza t ions as the Parker Pen Company , Engel-Kress Co., the Ai rdor Co., C l u b A l u m i n u m Co., San i ­tary Scale Co., Haskel i te Co., M o n t g o m e r y W a r d 6r Co., Bendix Home A p p l i a n c e s , West Bend A l u m i n u m Co., a n d others.

The new f i rm w i l l serve i n the f i e l d of pro­duct s ty l ing , p a c k a g i n g , in ter iors , color app l i ca t i on , a n d gene ra l des ign consul ta­t ion.

U r b a n U. Woodhouse, A . I . A . has become a member of the f i r m of Boddy, B e n j a m i n & Woodhouse, Archi tects a n d Engineers , fo rmer ly Boddy-Ben jamin Associates, Inc., at 28 W. Adams Ave. , Detroit .

Woodhouse a g radua te of the Un ive r s i t y of Pennsylvania , w i t h the degree of bachelor of architecture, w a s expe r i enced i n the off ices of l e a d i n g archi tects i n Phi l ­ade lph i a before c o m i n g to Detroi t . He be­came regis tered as a n archi tect i n this State i n 1950, a n d he was f o r m e r l y con­nected w i t h H. E. Beyster & Associates, Archi tects a n d Engineers .

W h i l e Boddy, B e n j a m i n <S Woodhouse rend­er a complete service in archi tec ture a n d eng inee r ing , they have recent ly a d d e d the services of James W . Parker, former president of The Detroit Edison C o m p a n y , as senior consultant on e n g i n e e r i n g a n d managemen t problems.

Governor G . M e n n e n W i l l i a m s has reap­po in ted Richard B. Fernbach . A I.A , as a member of the Detroit M e t r o p o l i t a n A r e a Reg iona l P l ann ing Commiss ion .

Fernbach, Director of P l a n n i n g for the C i ty of H i g h l a n d Park, is a d i s t i ngu i shed planner , h a v i n g served as assistant c i ty p l a n n i n g ana lys t w i t h the Detroi t C i t y Plan Commission. He has a lso t r ave led a n d s tud ied i n Europe, a n d he has made v a l u a b l e contr ibut ions in the f i e l d of p l an ­n i n g i n N e w York, Ph i l ade lph ia a n d W a s h ­ington , D. C.

The M i c h i g a n State Board of Regis t ra t ion for Archi tec ts . Profess ional Eng inee r s a n d L a n d Surveyors announces that a t its meet­ing on Augus t 14 n ine teen archi tec ts w e r e reg is te red b y rec ip roc i ty , b y reason of h a v i n g been r eg i s t e red i n other states.

The n ine teen regis te red , a n d their a d ­dresses are as f o l l o w s :

Louis C C o r d o g a n , 244 W a s h i n g t o n B l v d , O a k Park, 111.; John K. Cross, 7th f loor , 153 E E l i zabe th St , Detroi t ; S idney S. Dcmie l l , 284 T e c h w o o d Dr ive , N W., A t l a n t a . G o ; Francis S. D i t t r i ch , 8 S M i c h i g a n Ave . , Ch icago ; E d w a r d H. Fa i rbank , J H o w a r d Rof t e ry a n d W a l t e r S. Frazier, a l l of 315 James St., Geneva , 111.; B a y a r d K. Bigson , 8 S. M i c h i g a n Ave . , Ch icago ; Pau l T. H a a g -en, 360 N . M i c h i g a n A v e , C h i c a g o ; H a r o l d A Hansen , 205 H e l e g r a m Bldg. , Super ior , Wis . ; B e n j a m i n J. Knowles , 504 C o m m e r c e Bldg . , St. Pau l , M i n n ; A G o r d o n Lor imer , 254 W. 54th St , N e w York C i t y ; E d w a r d Vic to r O l e n c k i , 809 E. K i n g s l e y St., A n n Arbor , M i c h . ; M o n t g o m e r y M . Orr , 315 James S t , Geneva , 111.; L e l a n d G. Priest, 4021 O a k Cour t , M i d l a n d , M i c h ; Robert J. Rei ley, Jr., P a r a m o u n t B ldg , To ledo , O.; D a v i d B. S p a l d i n g , 27660 H a g g e r t y Road, F o r m i n g t o n , M i c h . ; E d w a r d D. Stone, 50 E. 64th St , N e w Y o r k C i t y ; L i n d s a y W . Suter, 39 S. LaSa l l e St., C h i c a g o .

The Board a lso announces that at i ts meet­i n g on A u g u s t 14 the r e q u i r e m e n t of e igh t years of expe r i ence for a non-res ident ap­p l i c a t i o n for e x a m i n a t i o n was c h a n g e d to four years .

Purpose of the c h a n g e is to m a k e the re­qu i r emen t s for non-res idents the same as for M i c h i g a n residents, a c c o r d i n g to H e n r y C. Groehn , execu t ive secre tary of the Board .

Smi th , H i n c h m a n & G r y l l s , Inc., Arch i t ec t s <S Engineers , of Detroi t , a n n o u n c e the a d ­d i t i o n to their staff of Freder ick B W i l d -forester, Jr. a n d D o n Hisaka . Both m e n h o l d degrees of bache lo r of sc ience i n a rch i t ec tu re f r o m H a r v a r d U n i v e r s i t y . They w i l l w o r k under the d i r ec t i on of W i l l i a m L y m a n w h o came to the f i r m some months ago as chief des igner L y m a n w a s f o r m e r l y assoc ia ted w i t h the H a r v a r d G r a d u a t e School of Des ign .

Suren P i l a f i a n , v ice-pres ident of the De­troit Chapter , A m e r i c a n Ins t i tu te of A r c h i ­tects, reports that Don Emmons , A . I . A . , pres ident of the Nor the rn C a l i f o r n i a C h a p ­ter, A I A . , has i n v i t e d Detroi t C h a p t e r members to e x h i b i t their work i n a n a ­t i o n w i d e s h o w i n g at San Franc isco ' s c i t y h a l l d u r i n g October .

P i l a f i a n , w h o is a lso c h a i r m a n of the Detroit Chap te r ' s C om m i t t e e on C i v i c De­s ign , states that Cha r l e s Bless ing, Di rec to r of C i t y P l a n n i n g for the Detroi t C i t y P l a n Commiss ion , has i n d i c a t e d that he w i l l coopera te b y s u b m i t t i n g s tud ies of De­troit 's c i v i c center.

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D a v i d H. Lee, W i l l i a m E. M a r t i n , Dona l ly W . Palmer a n d C a l v i n R. Sil ls have been e lec ted associa te members of the Detroit Chapter , A m e r i c a n Ins t i tu te of Archi tec ts .

Lee was b o r n i n Brook lyn , N. Y,, a n d he a t t ended Thomas M . Cooley H i g h School i n Detroit a n d the Unive r s i ty of M i c h i g a n Co l l ege of Arch i t ec tu re a n d Design, where he rece ived his degree of bache lor of sci­ence i n a r c h i t e c t u r a l e n g i n e e r i n g i n 1950.

He is e m p l o y e d at present b y the Detroit o f f i ce of Smith , H i n c h m a n & G r y l l s , Inc , Archi tects a n d Engineers .

M a r t i n g r a d u a t e d f r o m Dearborn H i g h School in 1943 a n d f r o m L a w r e n c e Ins t i ­tute of T e c h n o l o g y i n 1951, f o l l o w i n g w h i c h he took v a r i o u s courses i n b u i l d i n g a n d rea l estate t h r o u g h the Un ive r s i t y of M i c h i ­g a n ex tens ion service.

F o l l o w i n g e m p l o y m e n t by W. Glasson Coombe , A I A, , of Dearborn , he became a s t ruc tu ra l e n g i n e e r for the C i ty of Dear­born , w h e r e he is now e m p l o y e d . He is a member of The E n g i n e e r i n g Society of Detroi t .

A na t ive of L e b a n o n , S. Dak., Palmer at­t ended h i g h school i n G r a n d Rapids, Mich . , a n d he g r a d u a t e d f r o m the Col lege of Ar ­chi tec ture a n d D e s i g n Un ive r s i t y of M i c h ­i g a n i n 1951, w i t h the degree of bache lor of science i n a rch i tec ture . He has been e m p l o y e d i n the of f ices of Corne l ius L T, Gab le r , A . I . A . , of Detroit ; O 'Del l , Hewle t t <S L u c k e n b a c h , Archi tects , of B i r m i n g h a m , M i c h . , a n d he is a t present w i t h Brender 5t V a n R e y n e d a m , Arch i tec t s a n d Engine­ers, of W a y n e M i c h .

Si l ls , a na t i ve of Port Huron , Mich . , re­c e i v e d his e d u c a t i o n there, a n d as a G . I . a r c h i t e c t u r a l app ren t i ce w i t h Wal te r H . W y e t h , A . I . A . , of Port H u r o n , s ince 1946 H e is n o w a d r a f t s m a n w i t h the successor to the f i r m — W y e t h & H a r m o n , Inc,

W r i g h t Hi l t , of the Detroit of f ice of O w e n s -C o r n i n g Fiberglas Corp., 516 New Center Bldg. . Detroit 2, telephone TRini ty 3-4400, has a number of books w h i c h he offers for sale. They are f rom the l i b r a r y of Wr igh t s father, Samuel M . Hitt , archi tect , w h o re t i red four years ago.

Archi tec t H i t l , now 81, b e g a n his profes­s ional career b y w o r k i n g for Bernard M a y -beck i n 1889, and he later prac t iced i n Kansas C i ty , New York, a n d as archi tect for the C a n a l Zone. He is at present vis i t ­i n g Mr. M a y b e c k in San Francisco. The i tems for sale are as fo l lows:

The Brochure Series—3 Vol 1895-1898—Vol 1-4 1899-1901—Vol. 5-7 1902-1903—Vol. 8-9

Choix D ElemenIs Empruntes a L Archi tec ture Class ique Deuxieme Edit ion—Paris 1907

The Orders of C o l u m n s — V i g n o l a Trans la ted f rom German—1892

Recent Engl i sh Domestic Archi tec ture Be ing a special issue of The

Arch i tec tu ra l Reviev/ (London-1908)

F o l l o w i n g the l e a d oi the Journal of The M i c h i g a n State M e d i c a l Society, the M o n t h l y B u l l e t i n of the M i c h i g a n Socie ty of Archi tec ts w i l l e x c h a n g e guest editor­i a l s w i t h the m e d i c a l a n d l ega l profes­sions, it is a n n o u n c e d b y L i n n Smi th A I A of Detroi t , Soc ie ty pres ident .

Smi th sa id the mat ter w a s b rough t to the Society s a t t e n t i o n at i ts m i d s u m m e r con­ference on M a c k i n a c I s l and recent ly , w h e n i t w a s p o i n t e d out that the m e d i c a l a n d l e g a l profess ions are n o w c o n d u c t i n g such a p rog ram, a n d he added :

"There are areas of c o m m o n interest a m o n g the professions, where in , for i n ­s tance, the l a w y e r s c o u l d po in t out some p i t f a l l s w i t h r e g a r d to spec i f i ca t ions a n d contracts , the medics c o u l d discuss the r equ i r emen t s for d e s i g n i n g c l in ics , and , no doubt , w e as archi tec ts cou ld be of service to the other groups in g i v i n g our v i e w s on some subjects. '"

A His tory of Archi tec ture Sturgis & Frothingham—4 V o l . 1915

Later Renaissance Archi tec ture in England John Belcher a n d M e r v y n E McCar tney

Renaissance Arch i tec ture in S p a i n Prentice

Brick Archi tec ture of the M i d d l e Ages and the Renaissance in I t a l y H e l b u r n

A r c h i t e c t u r a l Associa t ion Sketch Book— 1907 a n d 1908 (Another of same t i t le as above is dam­a g e d b y water on cover, the years not shown, plates ins ide in tac t )

A r c h i lecture—Toscane Renaissance I t a l i enne— Nouve l l e Edi t ion—Paris

Edif ices de Rome Modern—3 Vol L e i a r o u i l l y

The Prac t i ca l Exemplar of Archi tec ture M e r v i n E Maca r tney

Vigno la—Prac t i ca l E lementary Treatise on Archi tec ture Levei 1—1891

Concours Publics Plates of French Bu i ld ings a n d M o n u m e n t s

I t a l i a n Renaissance 60 measured d r a w i n g s w i t h detai ls (s l ight damage by w a f e r )

Report of the U . S. Hous ing Corpo ra t ion V o l . I I Houses, site p l a n n i n g , utili t ies—1919

Handbook of Ornament Franz Sales Meyer—1892

Repertoire De La Statuaire G r e q u e et Romaine Ernest Leroux, Editor—1906

M o n o g r a p h of the Work of Char les A. Piatt—1913

A m e r i c a n Count ry Houses of Today Frank Mi les Day—1912

Arch i t ec tu ra l Shades & Shadows Henry McGoodwin—1904

The Arch i tec tu ra l Review The C h a n g i n g Styles of Count ry Houses Robert D. Andrews

Greek a n d Roman Orders Mauch-Potsdam, 1845 Text C o p y r i g h t e d in Arch i tec tu ra l Reprint 1910

The Archi tec ture of the Renaissance i n I t a ly W m . J. Anderson 4th Ed i t i on—March 1909

The Grov/ th of the Engl i sh House I A l f r e d Gotch—March 1909

The Coun t ry House Chas. E d w a r d Hooper—1905

Study of the Orders C o m p i l e d f rom Ins t ruct ion papers i n the Arch i t ec tu ra l Course of the A m e r i c a n School of Correspondence, Chicago , 1906 I l lus t ra ted by Frank Chouteau B r o w n

H a r o l d S. E l l ing ton , of Har ley , Ell ington a n d Day , Inc., archi tects and engineers, announces the appo in tmen t of Edward E. Carpen te r as Chief Elect r ica l Engineer in the f i rm ' s e n g i n e e r i n g depar tment .

Mr. Ca rpen te r has a very successful rec­o rd of 32 years in Power Plant a n d Indus­t r i a l Design. He was the Senior Electrical Eng ineer on the des ign project for Wi l low Run Bomber Plant, severa l l a rge assembly p lants for the Ford Motor C o m p a n y and Pontiac Moto r Company .

Af te r g r a d u a t i n g f rom the Inst i tute oi Sci­ence BSEE in 1921, Mr. Carpenter was Engineer a n d Senior Electr ical Engineer for m a n y large companies , i n c l u d i n g Com­m o n w e a l t h (S Southern Corpora t ion , Sand­erson a n d Porter, E n g i n e e r i n g <S Manage­ment Corpora t ion a n d Stone & Webster He has been p rominen t ly iden t i f i ed w i t h m a n y l a r g e Electr ical Projects throughout the U n i t e d States.

A m e d e o Leone President of the Detroit Chapter , Amer i can Inst i tute of Architects, announces the appo in tmen t of Eero Saar­inen , F .A. I .A . as a member of the jury to serve w i t h Onta r io archi tects in the selec­t ion of a des ign for Windsor ' s proposed new c i v i c aud i to r ium, lo go in its civic center.

In a let ter i n v i t i n g Detroit Chapter par­t i c i p a t i o n , architect G. D. Gibson of To­ronto, slates, "since y o u in Detroit are g o i n g l o have to look at the architecture of this center, w e think it only fair that y o u have something to say about i t . "

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The C i v i c Design Commi t t e e o l the Detroit Chapter , A m e r i c a n Ins t i tu te of Archi tects has recent ly made fur ther studies a n d recommendat ions to the Detroi t C i t y P lan Commiss ion r e g a r d i n g the C o n v e n t i o n a n d Exhibi ts b u i l d i n g proposed for Detroit 's C iv i c Center a n d d e s i g n e d b y G i f f e l s & Vallet , Inc. L. Rossetti, Engineers a n d Ar­chitects.

Suren P i l a f i an , commit tee c h a i r m a n , states that four months ago v/hen the commit tee was asked to reviewr the project it f o u n d that the p rogram for the b u i l d i n g was w e l l w r i t t e n b u t the site w a s i n a d e q u a t e for a l l that was proposed, a n d he a d d e d :

"The s tudies that h a v e b e e n p r e p a r e d since have accomoda ted i n t e rna l func­t ional requirements on a site w h i c h is too smal l to enab le the b u i l d i n g to be ade­qua t e ly served in its c i r c u l a t i o n requ i re ­ments, or to be p l a n n e d so as to make f u l l use of i ts wa t e r f ron t se t t ing to pro­v ide the u p l i f t i n g esthetic i m p a c t on the ci t izens of Detroit that such a b u i l d i n g o n such a site could a n d shou ld p rov ide . "

The commit tee considers the site su i tab le , but recommends ei ther r e d u c i n g the size of the b u i l d i n g or i nc r ea s ing the size of site, or both, i n order to ach i eve the m a x i ­m u m advan tages inherent in the r iver­front loca t ion

As a remedy the report r ecommends that more l a n d nor th of Jefferson A v e n u e be a l ­located to the project to a f f o r d bet ter re­la t ionsh ip w i t h the hotels, p a r k i n g f a c i l i ­ties a n d access tho roughfa res n o r t h of lef ferson, a n d it concludes:

The nor thwest entrances to the b u i l d i n g should be p l anned as the p r i m a r y en­trances a n d should p rov ide b road , i m ­pressive a n d easy access . . . as a p p r o p r i ­ate for l a rge c rowds as a n en t rance to a wor ld ' s fair. '"

Also recommended is more a rea t o w a r d the wa t e r f ron t i n order to t ake a d v a n t a g e of that na tu ra l resource.

The Commi t t ee has r e v i e w e d the p r e l i m i n ­a r y p lans for the Gra t io t -Or l eans Rede­velopment project, in coope ra t i on w i t h the Detroit C i t y Plan Commiss ion , of w h i c h it said:

" W e think that the a r r a n g e m e n t of the p a r k i n g fac i l i t i e s p r o v i d e d i n these studies depr ives the deve lopment of some of the impor tant amenit ies w h i c h a modern hous­i n g deve lopment of this na tu re shou ld have if its p l a n is to be cons ide red a n ad­vancement f rom the mediocre type o l p l a n n i n g . "

Regard ing the remedy, Leone quo t ed Sur­en P i l a f i an , commit tee c h a i r m a n as say­ing :

"In order to de termine the best type of p a r k i n g fac i l i t i e s that w o u l d be a p p r o p r i ­ate for this project, a g e n e r a l p l a n of the en t i re development s h o u l d b e p r e p a r e d so that the to ta l p roblems i n v o l v i n g ve­h icu la r movement a n d s torage c a n be so lved in an eff ic ient a n d a t t r ac t ive w a y Unti l such a n overa l l p l a n is p r epa red

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there can be no assurance that the p l a n for any part of the en t i re a rea is a satis­factory solut ion to the p r o b l e m "

The Commit tee also r e v i e w e d the p l a n s for the champanzee amphi thea te r , p roposed to be erected i n the Detroi t Z o o l o g i c a l Park.

We l ike the genera l character of the de­s ign for the project, p roduced by archi tect , W Roy Ak i t t , A.I .A. , a n d w e th ink i t w i l l be a c red i tab le a d d i t i o n to the park , " Sur­en P i l a f i an , committee c h a i r m a n , sa id .

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Eero Saar inen , F A I A., B l o o m f i e l d H i l l s architect, in the first of a series of ar t ic les b y w o r l d - f a m e d architects, discusses i n the Augus t Archi tec tura l Forum six outs tand­ing trends in modern a rch i tec ture a n d the i r common creed that grea t a rch i tec ture is more than efhcient shelter.

Saar inen states i n his a r t ic le

' Archi tecture a lone a m o n g the ar ts must f u l f i l l a prac t ica l , p h y s i c a l a n d w o r l d l y purpose, a n d yet, l ike a l l the arts, i t mus t s imul taneous ly declare m a n k i n d ' s aspir­at ions."

Cop ious ly i l lustrated, the a r t ic le discusses the o rgan ic un i ty of F rank L l o y d W r i g h t ' s designs; hand ic ra f t a rch i tec ture e x e m p l i ­f i e d b y Pietro Bel luschi a n d W i l l i a m W u r -ster; A l v a r A l to and the E u r o p e a n i n d i v i d ­ualists; Le Corbusier ' s f u n c t i o n a n d p las t i c form; Gropius ' archi tecture for the m a c h i n e age, a n d the "g ian t f o r m - g i v e r " Mies v a n der Rohe.

The Eng inee r ing Society of Detroi t , w i t h the advice of the State Board of Reais-t ra t ion for Architects, Profess ional E n a i -neers a n d Land Surveyors , w i l l of fer its refresher course this f a l l c o v e r i n g f u n d a ­mentals for those who desi re to take the January. 1954 examina t ion for archi tects i n t r a i n i n g a n d engineers i n t r a i n i n g .

A s teady increase in the n u m b e r of can ­didates for regis t ra t ion p r o m p t e d the re­fresher course commit tee to offer , for the f irs t t ime, a f a l l p rogram. The l i m i t e d t ime be tween summer and the Chr i s tmas h o l i ­days reduces somewhat the n u m b e r of sessions w h i c h can be o f fe red , as c o m ­pared w i t h the winter courses i n p rev ious years, John J Uicker. commi t t ee c h a i r m a n , sa id .

A p p l i c a t i o n b lanks m a y be o b t a i n e d at ESD headquarters , 100 Farnswo.-th Ave. , Detroit.

Gordon A . Shei l l , A L A . is n o w o n the staff of Schley & W a r d , Archi tec ts a n d En­gineers, 16851 James Couzens H i g h w a y .

Sheil l , a g r adua t e of the C o l l e g e of A r c h i ­tecture and Design, U n i v e r s i t y of M i c h i ­g a n b y e x a m i n a t i o n i n 1937. H e has b e e n engaged b y l ead ing Detroi t a r c h i t e c t u r a l of f ices a n d i n his o w n prac t i ce

The f i r m of Schley & W a r d a re p resen t ly engaged in a la rge p rog ram of c o m m e r c i a l a n d indus t r i a l bu i ld ings , schools a n d other types of projects. They h a v e i n the p re l imina ry stage the s tudios of WJR-TV.

The i n f l uence of spare t ime on our a r ch i ­tecture w a s discussed b y Henry S. Booth, Detroit designer , at the recent s u m m e r session g r a d u a t i o n at C ranb rook A c a d e m y of A r t i n B l o o m f i e l d H i l l s .

The i n d u s t r i a l i z e d a g e i n w h i c h w e l i v e is c h a n g i n g a l l the surface th ings of l i f e . Booth sa id , a n d he a d d e d :

"The f u n d a m e n t a l s u n d o u b t e d l y c o n t i n u e l ike the l a w of g r a v i t y , w h i c h , i n sp i te of ou r a b i l i t y to ove rcome its power , c a n a l ­w a y s be coun ted on. The sur face th ings , the effects of n e w uses of d e p e n d a b l e fundamen ta l s , are. however , c h a n g i n g faster t han they have i n a n y p rev ious t i m e i n recent h i s to ry ."

One such effect , the speaker p o i n t e d out , is t ime on people"s hands—not just a f e w i n d i v i d u a l s w h o a r e w e l l s u p p l i e d w i t h t ax-exempt bonds, b u t n e a r l y e v e r y o n e , and , to i l lus t ra te , he sa id :

"Whe the r one i s f o l l o w i n g a p o w e r m o w e r or p a i n t i n g a p ic ture w i t h c o m m e r c i a l l y p r o d u c e d pa in ts , th is f ree t ime c o n t i n u e s to increase, a n d it is w e l l to i n q u i r e w h a t g o o d i t is d o i n g for us, for id l e h a n d s f r e ­q u e n t l y stir up t rouble .

" M a n y have tu rned to the arts a n d craf t s , a n d this interest has s t i m u l a t e d the n e e d for more ar t instructors , who, i n t u r n , s t i m ­u la te more interest on the par t of o thers ."

C o n c e r n i n g r e s iden t i a l b u i l d i n g of t o d a y . Booth s a i d w e a re m a k i n g ou r homes .smaller a n d smaller , a n d o m i t t i n g base­ments a n d at t ics , " w i t h wa l l s of g l a s s so we can look at our ne ighbors , r a ther t h a n .something w e l ike , a n d w e o m i t i n f e r i o r wal l s , w h i c h i n the o l d d a y s h a d a p i c t u r e o n b o t h sides. W e h a v e f lor is ts c rea te ' w i d e open spaces ' indoors b y k e e p i n g p lan t s i n u n n a t u r a l , u n h e a l t h y s i t ua t ions , where f o r m e r l y w e pa t ron ized ar t is ts w h o p a i n t e d s o m e t h i n g we recogn ized as f i e l d s spacious e n o u g h to c o n t a i n a f e w c o w s a n d sheep.

By such methods, w e d i scou rage art , for w h o is g o i n g to purchase s o m e t h i n g f o r a non-exis tant w a l l ? W h o is g o i n g to p r o ­duce some r e a l l y f i n e s i lver to p l a c e i n the c rude b r i ck in ter iors of today? H o w m a n y r u g s c a n y o u use i n a s m a l l space? You can' t g i v e them to your f r i ends , for they are p r o b a b l y w e a v i n g too."

Booth expressed the be l i e f that w e h a v e been e n c o u r a g i n g c rea t ive art at the ex­pense of the f i ne arts of the past . T h e power to create is a w o n d e r f u l g i f t , he sa id , b u t a p p a r e n t l y w e need to d i s c o v e r more w a y s of u s i n g t h ings i f a r t i s t s a r e to have markets for the th ings they c rea te .

MacKenz ie , K n u t h & K l e i n A r c h i t e c t s fo rmer ly o l 613 S i l l B ldg . , FUnt, M i c h . , a n ­nounce the r emova l of the i r o f f i c e s to a n e w loca t i on at 708 Har r i son St., F l i n t 3, where n e w quar te r s h a v e been c o m p l e t e d for the i r use.

Ra lph W. K n u t h a m e m b e r of the f i r m , is a d i rec tor of the M i c h i g a n Socie ty of A r c h i ­tects.

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Contracting Plasterers' Association of Detroit Please Note New Address 611 P a r k A v e . B l d g . w o o d w a r d 1 - 2 4 9 3

The recent destruct ive f ire in one o f Detroi t 's large industrial bui ld­ings, with a loss of approximately $50,000,000, again emphasizes the imperat ive necessity for more ad­equate protect ion a g a i n s t f i re damage.

Noth ing e q u a l s metal lath and l ightweight plaster as a protector against fire damage. Meta l lath and l ightweight plaster properly appl ied to beams, columns, ceil­ings, part i t ions, etc., is universally recognized as the best medium for this purpose.

Meta l lath and l ightweight plaster will assure f rom I to 4 hours of protect ion (depending upon de­sign and thickness) to all surfaces covered.

Archi tects are assured of our earn­est desire to cooperate with them to furnish this protect ion.

M U N R O A I R D 1274 W. Forest Avenue TE. 1-8667

ALBERT BEEVER 612 Park Ave. Bldg. WO. 5-0412

S A M C O M I T O & S O N 9642 Georgia Avenue WA. 1-7206

S A M U E L D I C K M A N & S O N 6432 C a j s Avenue TR. 5-9100

D O N A L D R. G R A H A M 20904 West McNichols Rd. KE. 3-4J32

M c N U L T Y BROS. C O M P A N Y 516 Murphy Building WO. 1-8621

W . C. ROHRMOSER 921 Fox Building w o . 2-8274

RUSSELL P L A S T E R I N G C O . 3300 E. Warren Ave. WA. 1-0679

M I C H A E L A . S A N T O R O 6730 E. McNichols Road TW. 3-2500

SERVICE ART PLASTERING C O . 4612 Woodward Avenue TE. 3-9013

W I L S O N BROS. PLASTERING C O . 19162 Kentucky Avenue UN. 2-9168

ARCHIE Y O U N G 12322 Cheyenne Avenue WE. 3-7279

Five M i c h i g a n arcti i tects have been a p ­p o i n t e d members of na t iona l commit tees of The A m e r i c a n Inst i tute of Archi tects i t is a n n o u n c e d b y R a y m o n d S. Kas tendieck A I A., director of the Institute 's Grea t Lakes d i s t r ic t

The appointees a n d thei r committees a r e as f o l l o w s : W e l l s I . Bennett, F.A.I .A , awards a n d scholarships; Robert B. Frantz, F A I .A. , de­s i g n profession; Emi l Lorch, F .A. I A., pres­e r v a t i o n of historic monuments; L e w i s J. Sarvis . A . l . A . hospi tals a n d p u b l i c heal th ; Eber le M . Smith, A . l . A , school b u i l d i n g s

Kas tendieck , of Ga ry , Ind., recent ly suc­ceeded John N . Richards of Toledo, O h i o as Grea t Lakes Regional director. His f irs t m e e t i n g w i t h members of d is t r ic t w i l l be at the Grea t Lakes r eg iona l conference a n d seminar at Detroit 's hotel Statler, Septem­b e r 18 a n d 19.

W i l l i a m Stanley Parker, F.A.I .A , of Boston Mass , c h a i r m a n of The A m e r i c a n Insti tute of Arch i tec t s commit tee on contract docu­ments, w i l l be in Detroit M o n d a y , Septem­ber 14, to meet w i t h the joint commit tee of Detroi t Chap te r A l .A a n d Associated Gen­e r a l Cont rac to rs of Amer i ca , Detroi t Chap­ter, i t is announced b y John K Cross A 1 A. , c h a i r m a n of the archi tects commit tee on re la t ions w i t h the const ruct ion industry.

The jo in t commit tee w i l l meet at the De­troi t A t h l e t i c C l u b to discuss insurance clauses i n architects ' speci f ica t ions . Cross said, a n d he added that other architects expec ted to a t tend the mee t ing are A-medeo Leone, president, Detroit Chapter A I A.; Peter Vander L o a n , of Kalamazoo pres ident of the Wes te rn M i c h i g a n Chap­ter, a n d Paul A Brysselbout , of Bay City pres ident , S a g i n a w V a l l e y Chapter

Gus tave M u t h , A . I .A . , a member of the f i r m of Alber t Kahn , Associated Archi tects a n d Engineers, Inc., has been n a m e d c h a i r m a n of the b u i l d i n g code b o a r d of appea l s recently es tabl ished by the C i t y of L i v o n i a . Appo in tmen t to the b o a r d w a s made b y the city 's mayor Jesse Ziegler The n e w board w i l l pass upon decis ions made b y the C i ty b u r e a u of b u i l d i n g i n ­spec t ion .

M u t h , rece ived his professional educa t ion a t the Univers i ty of M i c h i g a n , Detroit School of Design, a n d Atel ier Cor-bett in New York Ci ty . Af te r employment in N e w York a n d in several offices in Detroit , he w e n t w i t h the Kahn of f ice in 1940. He was reg i s te red as an architect, b y e x a m i n a t i o n , in M i c h i g a n in 1942.

T w o changes have been made in dates of Detroi t Chap te r A . l . A . meetings, as pre­v i o u s l y announced :

The N o v e m b e r 19 da te has b e e n changed to November 13 a n d the December 9 date has b e e n c h a n g e d to December 4. The change i n December date was made to l ake a d v a n t a g e of the vis i t to Detroit of W i l l e m M . Dudok, i n t e r n a t i o n a l l y known Du tch archi tect at that t ime M r Dudok w i l l b e our speaker o n Dec. 4.

The November mee t ing was advanced so as not to b r i n g the t w o meet ings .so close together.

Professor Ralph W Hammet l , A l .A , of the U n i v e r s i t y of M i c h i g a n College of A r c h i ­tecture and Design, w h o res igned r ecen t ly as secretary of the M i c h i g a n Society of Archi tec ts , sa i led f r o m N e w York on Sep­tember 3, dest inat ion: Europe

Mrs. Hammet t accompanied him, a n d they expect to be a b r o a d for abou t a y e a r w h i l e Prof. Hammett is on Sabba t i ca l l eave f r o m the Univers i ty . The Hammett ' s c a n be reached c/o Amer i can Express, M a d r i d . S p a i n f r o m October 10 to 17; and i n Paris , France from November 10 to 18, a n d c /o A m e r i c a n A c a d e m y in Rome, v i a M a s i n a . No. 5, Roma I ta l ia , from December 10 to M a y 15. 1954.

Hammet t , who also practices a rch i tec ture , has l e f t his o l f ice in charge of W i l l a r d O b e r d i c k , 1503 O t t a w a St , A n n A r b o r .

K e n n e t h R Plank A . l . A , fo rmer ly wi th the Detroi t off ice of Gi f fe l s & Va l l e t & L Rossetti, has res igned his posi t ion there to accept a n associate professorship at the Un ive r s i t y of Flor ida, where he w i l l se rve w i t h John L R. G r a n d , A I A , Head of the Univers i ty ' s Col lege of Architecture a n d A l l i e d Arts

Plank, a g radua te of the Univers i ty of M i c h i g a n , Col lege of Archi tec ture a n d De­s ign , a lso has a degree in c i ty p lanning, a n d he is a member of the Amer i can So­c ie ty of P lann ing O f f i c i a l s

OUR TELEPHONE A N S W E R I N G SERVICE, at the l o w cost of $10 par month , enables y o u r cl ients to get i n touch w i t h y o u when y o u are a w a y . M a i l i n g address opt ional . C O Y L E TELEPHONE A N S W E R I N G SER­V I C E — V E r m o n t 7-6701.

I N M E M O R I A M The f o l l o w i n g members of the Detroit C h a p t e r of The A m e r i c a n Inst i tute of Arch i tec t s have passed a w a y since the Chap te r ' s last a n n u a l meet ing:

Ernest H . Trusell , Marcus R. Butrowes. F . A . L A .

C a r l t o n P. C a m p b e l l , Edgar D . Giberson, J. Dale Hi l l i e r , Louis Kamper. H u g h T. M i l ­lar, John L. M u r p h y , Frederick H . Potz.

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\JerS-ci-ti(t F l e x i b i l i t y is the keyno te of design i n th is n e w vers-a-tx\t c h a l k b o a r d by C l a r i d g e .

Designed w i t h the needs of today i n m i n d , the u e r s - a - f i f t may be r ead i l y adapted to the needs of t o m o r r o w w i t h o u t any m a j o r a l te ra t ions , as r e q u i r e d by conven t iona l cha lkboards . T h e e n t i r e u n i t can be changed f r o m 1st grade he igh t to that of an 8th grade i n a m a t t e r o f m i n u t e s .

Vers-a-tWi is a comple te ly p r e f ab r i ca t ed c h a l k b o a r d u n i t w i t h the f r a m e and t r i m made e n t i r e l y of a l u m i n u m . Reverse side is of t an or green c o r k board .

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6370 E. Davison, Detroit 12 T W . I-7060

S U G G E S T E D USES Light trusses for p i t c h e d roofs or

f lat roofs . . . purlins . . . girts . . . interior part i t ion studs . . .

tool cr ib framing . . . shelving supports . . . loading p la t forms . . .

suspended ceiling framing . . . miscel laneous sheds . . . m o i i a n i n e

floors . . . interior structures within industrial

buildings . . . dry ing kilns . . . venti lat ing system

framing . . . duct work framing and supports.

S l r i ^ n - S t e e ! f r aming i s a bu i ld ing product of G r e a t L a k e s Stee l Corpora t ion

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W h i t c o m b - B a u e r F loor ing , Inc can solve your h a r d w o o d f loo r ing p rob lems Dis t r ibu tors a n d ins ta l lers ol IRONBOUND C O N ­T I N U O U S STRIP* h a r d m a p l e f l o o r i n g , f l a t g r a i n or edge g r a i n , the finest f loor o b t a i n a b l e for g y m n a s i u m s , class rooms, bakeries, n e w s p a p e r p lants a n d indus t r i a l areas W e special ize in des ign­i n g a n d i n s t a l l i n g h e a v y d u t y r emovab le panels for press plants.

• Press plant panels

• Nai led floors, all types

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• IRONBOUND C O N T I N U O U S STRIP Mople flooring

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512 Uni ted Artists Building, Detroit. Born Rock-ford, Illinois, F e b r u a r y 16, 1895. W a s h b u r n A c a d e m y , Topeka, Kansas ; Evanston A c a d e m y of Northwestern University; University of C h i ­cago; U . S . N . R . F . during W o r l d W a r I, a s C i v i l E n g i n e e r in K e y West, F lor ida . M . S . A . , A . I . A . Pract ice in o w n n a m e since 1922.

F R E D E R I C K E . W I G E N

507 W i e c h m a n n Building, S a g i n a w , Michigan. Born S a g i n a w , Michigan, July 30, 1916. Uni ­versity of Michigan, B.S. in Architecture. Regis­tered in Michigan, September 22, 1944. E a r l y exper ience in offices of Frantz & Spence, S a g i ­n a w , A l d e n B. Dow, Midland a n d Giffels & V a l -let, Inc. , Detroit. Partnership of Merrill & W i g e n , M a r c h 1947 to October 1947. M.S.A. , A . I . A . (Past Vice -Pres . <S Sec. S a g i n a w V a l l e y C h a p t e r ) . M e m b e r Board of Building Appeals . Phi K a p p a Phi. T a u S i g m a Delta. S a g i n a w Board of C o m ­merce, Lions C l u b , President C i ty Rescue Mis­sion. Pract ice in own n a m e since 1948.

H A R R Y W . G I E L S T E E N

113 Sixth A v e n u e , Menominee, Michigan. Born Menominee , Michigan, November 5, 1906. U n i ­versi ty of Mich igan , B.S.A. , 1931. Registered in Mich igan , 1933. E a r l y experience a s draf tsman in office of Derrick Hubert, Menominee. Partner­ship, Hubert & Gjelsteen, 1940-1946. Member M.S. A. , A . I . A . , Masons, E lks , Eagles , Lions. P r a c ­tice in o w n n a m e since 1946.

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FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH Detroit, Michigan

Architect: ROBERT I . WEST, A.I.. Detroit, Michigan

The First Lutheran Church, local Cadieux Road and Cornwall in [| was remodeled at a cost of $lf

The original building before remo<j was primarily only a basement ture and to build over it would nd vide for sufficient seating, hence, : necessary to build cross-wise ov existing structure to insure a ca] of 525 in the main auditorium.

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e exterior is of pressed brick and Jiiana limestone and the walls of the erior are of slag block.

I or construction is of steel joists and nforced concrete slab, and finish ma-

Hal is asphalt tile.

Je roof is supported on laminated :hes.

e church is heated by means of a

forced hot water system.

An electric dimmer operates in the main auditorium, chancel and choir loft. Leaded art glass windows are used along the wall of the nave and over the chancel is a beautiful rose window of art glass-

The church organ has an echo attach­ment operated from the balcony.

Among the firms identified with this church were: Belden-Stork Brick Co., Boston Tile & Terrazzo Co., Cement Enamel of Michigan, Inc., Huron Port­land Cement Co., Thomas F. McMahon, Plastic Products Co.

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Architect: R O B E R T 1. W E S T , A . I .A Detroit, M i c h i g a n

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Certa in communit ies lack ing industry or other revenue produc ing assets are faced with prob­lems of f inanc ing school construction because of their lower property valuation. Such a com­munity is L inco ln Park .

It w a s n e c e s s a r y to keep this in mind in de­s igning the K e p p e n Elementary School which contains 24 c la s s rooms, offices, l ibrary, teach­ers' rooms & etc.

T h e first 12 rooms w e r e built in 1951 at a cost of $158,876.00 or approximately $13,000 per room. T h e next 12 rooms, just completed, were built for $156,430.00 a n d still at a cost of only $13,000 per room.

The exterior i s of face brick with I n d i a n a lime­stone trim. T h e interior a n d partitions are of c inder block, painted.

T h e floor construction is of steel joists a n d re­inforced concrete s lab.

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Steel s a s h is u s e d throughout the bui ld ing .

Roof construction is of steel deck on steel joists, a n d finish mater ia l is 4-plY asphal t roofing.

The school has acoust ic plaster cei l ings.

The bui ld ing is heated b y m e a n s of a forced hot water system.

E a c h c lass room is equ ipped with w a r d r o b e s , teachers' closets cmd filing space .

A m o n g the firms identified with this school were C e m e n t E n a m e l of Mich igan , Inc. , C i n d e r Block, Inc., R. L . D e p p m a n n C o . , B. F . F a r n e l l C o . , Huron Port land C e m e n t C o . , R. E . Leggette Co . , N. H. M a l o w C o . , E d w a r d H. S c h e n d e l & C o . , Schroeder Paint 6t G l a s s C o . , S e r v i c e Art Plaster ing C o .

A combined C h u r c h a n d School Building for St. S tephen Par i sh , Diocese of S a g i ­n a w , S a g i n a w , Mich igan , Rev. Fr . C h a r l e s A . M a h o n e y , Pastor. Th i s bui ld ing is the first unit of a group of bui ldings , wh ich wi l l m a k e u p the n e w Saint Stephen Parish .

T h e bu i ld ing is a combinat ion church, social hal l , a n d school. T h e second floor of the bu i ld ing is u s e d for school purposes a n d the first floor of the bui lding, wh ich ult imately w i l l b e u s e d for school pur­poses, is now u s e d as a temporary church , a n d a t emporary par i sh hal l .

In the future, w h e n funds become a v a i l ­ab le , a permanent church wi l l b e built, a t w h i c h time the first floor of the bui ld ing wi l l b e converted into school use.

A m o n g the firms identified with this church-school were: T h e D u n n - R a i n e y C o . , Huron Portland C e m e n t C o . , MacArthur Roof ing 6. Sheet Meta l C o . a n d the Remer C o a l & S u p p l y C o .

ST . S T E P H E N C H U R C H A N D S C H O O L S a g i n a w , Michigan

Architect: F R E D E R I C K E . W I G E N . A.I .A. S a g i n a w , Michigan

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Residence ol MR. and MRS. FREDERICK ELLIOTT Saginaw, Michigan

Architect: FREDERICK E. WIGEN, A.lJ Saginaw, Michigan

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Among the firms identified with this res idence were : A n d e r s e n Window C o . , Flint S a s h & Door C o . , Remer C o a l & S u p p l y C o .

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MENOMINEE HIGH SCHOOL ADDITION Menominee, Michigan

Architect: HARRY W. GIELSTEEN, A.I.A. Menominee, Michigan

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The n e w h i g h school add i t i on is hooked onto the junior h i d school b u i l d i n g , a n d the entire uni t is n o w the Menomine H i g h School . M e t a l lockers are b u i l t in to the wal l s of tM m a i n corr idors . H a n d r a i l s in the s ta i rwel l s are heavy a l f m i n u m

Classrooms i n the n e w add i t i on are la rge and light. The have a c o u s t i c a l t i le cei l ings, asphal t t i le floors, w o o d w o i is oak f i n i s h e d l ight , cha lkboards are l ight green, tackboar< are t an . M e n o m i n e e - m a d e seat ing, desks a n d tables furnis the rooms. N a t u r a l l i g h t i n g is br ight a n d the light treatme: of w a l l s a n d ce i l i ngs reflects it. Bookshelves are bui l t in the w a l l s .

Lavator ies for bo th f a c u l t y and students are spacious. There a nurse 's room w i t h lava tory fac i l i t i es . Admin i s t r a t ive offict are f i n i s h e d i n the b londe scheme of the classrooms; also Board of E d u c a t i o n room. It c an be used for meetings of t i j s tudent c o u n c i l a n d other school a n d commun i ty groups.

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The mach ine shop is one o l the school's pr ides . It is w e l l e q u i p p e d a n d the mach ine ry p a i n t e d a p p l e green . Floor is f i r b l ock set on e n d a n d cove red w i t h a tar p r e p a r a t i o n that ch inks the surface a n d provides a f loor s t rong e n o u g h to bear the w e i g h t of the machines .

The music room is l a rge a n d l igh t a n d can a c c o m m o d a t e a s y m p h o n y orchestra or 100-voice choir i n l u l l throat w i t h o u t h a l t i n g a l l a c t i v i t y i n other depar tments of the school . There a re four pract ice rooms off the l a rge music room. The mus ic room is d i rec t ly b e h i n d the new a u d i t o r i u m a n d connec ted w i t h i t . A door f rom the music room opens on the a u d i t o r i u m stage, so the mus ic su i te can b e used as a r e a d y room for thea t r ica l use of the a u d i t o r i u m a n d the prac t ice rooms c a n be used as d ress ing rooms. W i t h this i n v i e w , one of them has been p r o v i d e d w i t h l ava to ry fac i l i t i e s

The a u d i t o r i u m is a m u n i c i p a l a u d i t o r i u m . It has a l a rge stage a n d sea t ing for 1,100 a n d c a n be used i n d e p e n d e n t of the school or i n c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h it . I t is theater type , w i d e and not deep. There's a la rge b a l c o n y w h i c h seats a b o u t 400 a n d also houses the movie p ro jec t ion equ ipmen t .

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ST. JOSEPH - LLOYD HOSPITAL Menominee, Michigan

Architect: HARRY W. GJELSTEEN, A.LA Menominee, Michigan

The four story and basement Lloyd hospital addition is joined to the three story and basement St. Joseph's Hospital, and the entire unit is now the St. Joseph - Lloyd Hospital. The addition provides an additional 72 beds to St. Joseph s 80. making a total capacity of 152 Together the unit comprises one complete hospital, there are no duplications in the complete set-up, each contributes vital hospital service departments The construction of the addition resulted in an extensive rebuilding of St Joseph's hospital to make it a modern counterpart of the Lloyd hospital. It's front was given a veneer of the same brick used in the Lloyd Hospital. Windows came out and were replaced by windows matching those in the Lloyd Hospital Private rooms and wards in the addition are painted in delicate shades of green, blue, buff and peach. Rooms are above average size. Private rooms have adjoining bath facilities. Each room has running water and lockers for patient's clothing The nursery accommodates 22 babies. Each bassinet is equipped so that the child can be given complete care in its own crib. The nursery has a glass-walled work room in its center. The operating rooms in the old St. Joseph's Hospital were converted into labor and delivery rooms A "fathers' room " also was provided in the new set-up

A prediatric department was provided in the old building, to­gether with an isolation ward. Fourth floor of the new building is the surgical floor in which two ma)or operating rooms are provided, two rooms for minor surgery, a scrub-up room for doctors, a sterilizing unit for surgical instru­ments and sterializing rooms for surgical linens, rooms for heating blankets and solutions On this floor also are the orthopedic and cystocopic rooms with special x-ray facilities with adjoining dark

rooms for developing x-ray pictures, a fracture room, proctology department, a room for dental surgery, a large consultation room for doctors, and a doctor's dressing room. The fourth floor of the new building also has a large medical staff meeting room which seats about 130 persons and is equipped with knockdown tables, folding chairs, and moving picture pro­jection equipment. Walls and ceilings are paneled in natural wood and have shelves for medical library books. Here the County Medical Society, Auxiliary, etc. hold staff meetings. Ad jo in ing the room is a large kitchen for use in preparing food for dinner and luncheon meetings of the staff and Auxiliary

First and second floors are men and women's floors, respectively, housing mostly patient's rooms, diet kitchens and other needed equipment. On the first floor opposite the elevator is a room for emergency cases. First floor also has two rooms for isolated cases, connected with lavatory and bath and special equipment for wash­ing linens used by isolated patients. Doctor's cloak room wi th lockers for individual staff members is also on the first floor.

Each floor of the addition has a solarium with south and west exposure, screen-equipped windows for summer use and screen vents around the floor. Clothes chutes in the corridor of each room lead to a basement receiving room Patient's bell system in the old hospital was changed to conform with the new addit ion bell system.

Basement of the new addition houses physical, hydro and occupa­tional therapy rooms, a postmortem examination and surgery de­partment and treatment rooms equipped with special tanks and sprays for use in varied cases. In the basement also are storage and supply rooms and a covered ramp leading from the ambulance entrance to the elevator The basement also has new din ing room facilities for the nurses and hired men employed. Attractive aluminum rails are installed on the stairways, and al l rooms have large windows and Thermopane glass. Corridors and rooms have rubber tile floors At the top of the stairway from the main entrance is a large wait­ing lobby, information desk doctor's call panel and a telephone information desk.

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M I C H I G A N S O C I E T Y O F A R C H I T E C T S

Membership Roster — By Localities Active Membership in the Michigan Society of Architects is composed of corporate members of The American Institute of Architects, through the three Michigan Chapters (Detroit 374, Saginaw Valley 21, Western Michigan 93, and Non-Resident members 91. Total 579)

The Society has two Honorary Members, Marshall Fredericks, Sculptor, 4113 N. Woodward Avenue, Birmingham, Mich, and George H. Miehls, President of Albert Kahn Associated Architects and Engineers, Inc., 345 New Center Bldg., Detroit 2, Mich.

ADRIAN FAULHABER, FRANCIS A.

ALBION DEAN, FRANK E. HERRICK, FRED J.

ANN ARBOR

128 E. Maumee

Haven Hills 810 Maple St.

ALBANO, JOSEPH F. BENNETT, WELLS I . BRIGHAM, GEORGE B. CARSON, FRANK S. COLVIN. F. HUSTON FRY. LYNN W. HAMMETT, RALPH W. HEBRARD, JEAN lOHE, HERBERT W. KASURIN. PAUL KETELHUT, PAUL J. LANE, CHARLES W. LARSON, C. THEODORE LORCH, EMIL L. LOREE, DOUGLAS D. . McCONKEY, GEORGE M. MARSHALL. WALTER V. MASTIN, GLENN G. MUSCHENHEIM, WILLIAM

NOBLE, CHARLES O'DELL. FREDERICK C. ROBINSON, RICHARD M. SANDERS, WALTER B. SCHWENKMEYER, CARL H. TANNER, THOMAS S. TAYLOR, S. HOWELL

812 E. Catherine 500 Highland Rd.

517 Oxford Rd 309 Virginia Ave.

- 2010 Longshore Dr. 1206 Orkney Dr. 1425 Pontiac Rd

596 Kuehnie Ave 440 Barton North Dr.

303 State Savings Bank Bldg 100 Packard St. 1160 Blakeway

3575 E. Huron River Dr. 1023 Forest Ave.

120 N. 4th Ave. 2541 Washtenaw

95 Underdown Rd. 1120 White St.

College of Architecture University of Michigan Municipal Court Bldg.

1103 Berkshire Rd. — 605 Huron View

309 South State 2565 W. Ellsworth Rd.

308-10 S. State St. 500 Packard St.

BATTLE C R E E K BELSON, GORDON A. BINDA, GUIDO A. BLACK, CHASE HENRY JR. BURGESS, lOHN H. CHANEL, ADELBERT B. HAUGHEY, PHILIP C. SARVIS, LEWIS I . VANDERPLOEG, RUARD A.

152 Oaklawn . . 510 Post Bldg.

- 149 Redner Dr. Lakeview Bldg.

- 9 Merwood Dr. - 423 Post Bldg.

258 Champion St. 258 Champion St.

B A Y CITY BRYSSELBOUT, PAUL A. GODDEYNE, JOSEPH C.

814 Adams St. 417 Bay City Bank Bldg.

B E L L E V I L L E SMITH, C. WENDELL - '8368 Ecorse Rd.

BENTON HARBOR VAN DONGEN, HUBERT W. 250 Colfax

B E R K L E Y HASTINGS, ROBERT F. . 1723 Edgewood Blvd PAGE, STEPHEN S. 1875 Oxford Rd

BIRMINGHAM BISSELL, EDWARD E. 1184 Edgewood Ave

BROWN, PAUL B. 1656 Washington Blvd. DENYES. HARRY M. 162 W. Maple St. FROST, WALLACE 277 N. Bates HEWLETT, THOMAS H. 950 Hunter Blvd. HOGAN, MERLE WM. 3845 Linvoln Dr., R. I . JICKLING. JOHN W. 6715 Middlebelt Rd KEYES. HUQH T. 309 Wabeek Bldg. LORENZ. WILLARD B. 19435 Middlesex LUCKENBACH, OWEN A 950 Hunter Blvd. O'DELL, H. AUGUSTUS 950 Hunter Blvd. MOFFETT, PAUL 139 W. Maple Ave. PLATNER, JOSEPH W. 2219 Yorkshire Rd. ROBINSON, ELIOT FINLEY 572 Linden Rd. SCHOWALTER. LEO J. 1562 Fairway SCHURMAN, JOHN 1646 Northlawn Drive SMITH, LINN C. 1823 Pembroke WOODHOUSE, URBAN P. 592 Lakeside Dr.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS BARB, JAMES K. 147 W. Long Lake Rd LACY, JOSEPH N. P. O. Box 270 SAARINEN, EERO W Long Lake Rd. SWANSON. I . ROBERT F. W. Long Lake Rd.

BRIGHTON

MUSCH, MAX A. 4533 Fisher Dr., Round Lake

DEARBORN ANDERSON, D. C. 15011 Michigan Ave. BENNETT, L. R. 15624 Michigan Ave. COOMBE, W. GLASSON 412 Calvin Theatre Bldg. CLARK. ERROLL 5511 Argyle DAVIS, STANLEY ]. 2150 Elmdale St FREIWALD, CARL J., SR. 630 N. EHzabeth GOLDFARB, JOSEPH B. 22105 Cleveland INGALL, MORTON H. F6 Brentwood, Dearborn, Mich. JAHR, THURSTON R. 21904 Michigan Ave. KISSINGER, STEWART S. 22040 Watsonia St Mac GREGOR, ALEXANDER 23919 Michigan Ave OWENS. SHIRLEY L. . 22441 Law Ave. SHERMAN, PHILIP T. 23341 Bonair STEFFENS, J. H. GUSTAV Dearborn Hotel, 4616 Calhoun STRAIGHT. EUGENE D. 15624 Michigan Ave. VICARY, HARRY C. 22148 Michigan Ave. YOKOM. ROBERT W. 2637 Byrd

DETROIT ABRAMS, HENRY J. 16128 Fairfield (21) AGREE, ALLAN G. 19364 Lauder (19) AGREE, A. ARNOLD 1140 Book Bldg. AGREE, CHARLES N. 1140 Bock Bldg. (26) AKITT, WILLIAM R. 2407 National Bank Bldg (26) ALTMIKS, HENRY F. 345 New Center Bldg. (2) ASKEW, LYALL H. 20431 Danbury Ave. (3) BACON, MORTIMER E. 475 Peterboro (1) BAGLEY, ALFRED J. 116 Tennyson, Highland Park (3) BAILEY. EDWARD D. 9975 Pinehursl (4) BANKES, HURLESS E. 16606 james Couzens Hwy. (21) BARCUS, FRANK A. c/o City Plan Commission

1214 Griswold St. (26) BASSO, VICTOR ]. 18326 Woodward (3) BAUER, LEO M. 534 Free Press Bldg. (26) BEAM, HAROLD A. 14200 Woodmont Rd. (27)

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BELCO, MOSSIE Alfred Stn. P. O. Box 34 BENNETT, M. FRED 22606 Tiremon (23) BENTLEY, HERBERT M . 26150 Hoffmeyer BERGEY. FRANK 5550 Bedford (24) BERY, GEORGE J. 24050 Roanoke Rd., Oak Park (37) BINGMAN, ROBERT E. 1746 Penobscot Bldg. (26) BLAIR, lOHN O. — 17006 Maumee. Grosse Poinle (30) BLAKESLEE, L. ROBERT 18218 Stoepel Ave. (21) BLESSING. CHAS. A. 1214 Griswold BLUME, LOUIS J. 345 New Center Bldg. (2) BOARDMAN, CHARLES E. 2025 Lennon, Grosse Pte. (30) BRAGG, STANLEY R. 391 W. Maplehurst, Ferndale (20) BROECKER. ERWIN L. 1438 Majestic Bldg. (26) BROWN. H. SANBORN 83 Meadow Lane, Grosse Pte. (30) BUDZYNSKI, D. S. SR. 241 Rhode Island, Highland Park (3) BURNS, I . CHARLES 5266 Coplin (13) BURNS, JACK K. 243 W. Congress CALDER, RALPH R. 1212 Kales Bldg. (26) CALDER, ROBERT 18100 Greenlawn (21) CALDWELL, LAWRENCE E. 13606 Stoepel (4) CHESNOW, LOUIS 509 W. WiUis (1) CLAPP, JOHN E. 415 Capitol Square Bldg. (26) CLELAND, EUGENE T. c/o Geo. D. Mason & C o

409 Griswold (26) COLE, LYLE S 7376 Grand River (4) CONFER. EARL - 14000 Strathmoor (27) CONN. lAMES W. 20169 James Couzens Hwy. COUGHLAN. NORMAN H. 3402 Bewick (14) COUSINS. I . LESTER 409 Griswold (26) COWIN. JULIAN R. 153 E. Elizabeth St. (1) COX, CYRIL F. - - 11-135 General Motors Bldg. (2) c o x ! FRANK — 1944 Monterey (6) CREASER. WILLIAM H. 415 Capitol Square Bldg

1265 Griswold St. (26) CROSS. JOHN K. - c/o Harley, EUington <S Day

153 E. Elizabeth (1) DANILOWICZ, SEVERN J. 8882 Grandville (10) DAY, CLARENCE E. 536 Cadieux, Grosse Pointe (30) DERRICK. ROBERT O. 515 Hammond Bldg. (26) DES ROSIERS, ARTHUR 15850 James Couzens Hwy. (21) DIEHL, GEORGE F. 120 Madison Ave. (26) DIEHL. GERALD G. 120 Madison Ave. (26) DISE. J. IVAN 2631 Woodward Ave. (I) DITCHY. CLAIR W. 5 W. Lamed (26) DOHMEN. ANTON G. 2631 Woodward (1) DOLE. WALTER M . 1676 Saratoga. Ferndale (20) DONKERVOET. C. . 14364 Faust (23) DRAINIE. JOHN G. 345 New Center Bldg. (2) DWORSKI. JOSEPH F. . 4661 Chatsworth (24) EDWARDS. LOUIS A. 4047 Ida (9) FAIRBROTHER. FREDERIC A. 345 New Center Bldg. (2) FERNALD. WILLIAM M. - 3785 Virginia Park (6) FERNBACH. RICHARD B. c/o City Plan Commission

City Hall, Highland Park (3) FINN. ROBERT 502 Francis Palms Bldg. (1) FISHER. HAROLD H- 1403-4 Industrial Bank Bldg. (26) FLEISCHAKER. STANLEY 20489 Lichfield Rd. (21) FORTNEY. RALPH B. _ 18982 Coyle (19) FOWLER. HOMER A. — Room 600. 1217 Griswold (26) FREIER. HENRY M . 300 Murphy Bldg. (26) FRENCH. JOSEPH N. 345 New Center Bldg. (2) FUGER. FREDERICK W. 510 Madison Theatre Bldg. (26) FUNKE. PHILIP J. 3831 W. Eight Mile Rd. (21) FURLONG. HAROLD B. 16605 Linwood (21) GABLER. CORNELIUS L. T. 924 Hammond Bldg. (26) GEHRKE, HANS 751 Griswold (26) GOLDSMITH, DONALD H. - 100 Oakman Blvd..

Highland Park (3) GOTHOLD, DAVID J. 17300 Muirland (21) GREENBERG. ERNEST 15498 Livernois (21) GRIFFIN. FRANCIS E. 126 John R. St. (26) GRUEN. VICTOR D. 1905 Industrial Bank (26) GUENTHER. WERNER 628 W. Brentwood (3) GUY. EDGAR ^ 19161 Berden (24) HABERMAS. CARL R. 415 Brainard (1)

HAFFNER. GENEVIEVE HAMMOND. MAURICE E. HANNIKEN, G. J. HARLEY, ALVIN E.

164 Moros Rd. 1217 Griswold St. (26)

7338 Woodward Ave. (2) 153 E. Elizabeth (1)

HARLEY. FREDERICK M . HARRIS. GEORGE K.. JR. HERMAN. ALOYS FRANK HOSMAN. LEO J. HOWE. HUBERT F. HUESSMAN. LOUIS B. HUGHES, JAMES B. HUGHES, TALMAGE C. HUNTER, DON W.

153 E. EHzabeth (1) 18540 Rosemont Rd. (19)

510 David Stoll Bldg. (26) . 800 Marquette Bldg. (26)

2451 Monterey (6) . 15490 Asbury Park (27)

163 Moss Ave. (3) 120 Madison Ave. (26)

HYDE, ARTHUR K.

c/o Standard Accident Ins. Co. 640 Temple (1)

^ 1000 Marquette Bldg. (26) ILGENFRTTZ, HAROLD D. 719 Hammond Bldg. (26) lACKSON. MORRIS 19204 Whitcomb (19) JACQUES. GILBERT J. P. 17673 Manderson (3) lEHLE, EMIL G 9219 Mason PI. (9) lEPSON, RAYMOND G. 20202 Picadilly (21) lOSLIN. FREDERICK B. 14450 Stahelin (23) KALLMES. JOHN J. 806 Park Avenue Bldg. (26) KANN. NORMAN K. 17156 Wildemere (21) KAPP. WM. E 1842 Buhl Bldg. (26) KASURIN. JOHN 1501 Cadillac Square Bldg. (26) KAVIEFF. OTTO H. 3796 Collingwood Ave. (6) KELLOGG. DIXON B. 112 Madison Ave. (26) KEOUGH, HENRY J. 4060 Taylor (4) KIEHLER. ELMER GEORGE

KING, SOL KLOSKE, WALTER E. KNIGHT, E. I .

c/o C. Howard Crane & Associates, 112 Madison Ave. (26)

2804 Oakman Blvd. (4) 16836 Lindsay (35)

KOHNER, ALEX KREBS. ANNE C. KRECKE. NORMAN KUNL WM. H. LARKIN, LESLIE LEE, RUSSEL H.

1000 Marquette Bldg. (26) 19111 Asbury Park (19)

71 Radnor Circle, Grosse Pte. (36) _ . 818 Michigan Bldg. (26)

19642 Shrewsbury (21) 5538 Ivanhoe (4)

14088 Northlawn (4) LEINWEBER, JOSEPH W. LENTZ, WALTER E. LEONE, AMEDEO LEVEY. NORMAN ] . „ . LOWREY. LESLIE M.

696 Rivard, Grosse Pointe (30) 1222 Michigan Bldg. (26) 4294 W. Buena Vista (4)

_ 2306 Guardian Bldg, (26) ... 923 University Place, Grosse Pte. (30)

LUNDBLAD. CLAUS D. 4070 W. Fort St. (9) LUNDY. WILLMER HENRY 12265 Wilshire Dr. (5) McDonald, a lbert C. 409 Grlswold (26) McGRATH, JOSEPH A. 2631 Woodward (1) McGREW. CHARLES B. 16215 Warwick (19) MANO. KIYOSHI 15403 Braile St. (23) MARR. CARL B. 415 Brainard (1) MARVIN. ALDEN S MAY, ROBERT O MERRITT, GERALD M. MESSING- ARTHUR H. MEYER. EARL G MICHEL. KENNETH A. MILES. FRANCIS A. . MITSCHKE. ALFRED H. MITTON, EUGENE MORISON, JAMES B MORTON, HAROLD ..... MUTH. GUSTAVE NESMOUR, DAVID W. . NILES. JOHN L. NOTH. EDWIN F. ODELL. WM. H.

339 Penobscot Bldg. (26) 526 Algonquin (1)

7376 Grand River (4) 438 Madison, Grosse Pte. (30)

.. 324 Touraine, Grosse Pte. (30) ... 341 Touraine, Grosse Pte. (30) .... 24 Beverley, Grosse Pte. (30)

153 E. Elizabeth (1) 27989 Terrence Dr. (23)

16555 Bentler (19) 16250 Whitcomb (27)

345 New Center Bldg. (2) .. 2987 Gladstone (6)

. 3430 Edwin, Hamtramck (12) ... 1304 Maccabees Bldg. (2)

515 Hammond Bldg. (26) 409 Griswold (26)

. 18600 Schoolcraft (23) 10100 Harper Ave.

16855 LaSalle

PALMER, C. WILLIAM PALMQUIST, IRVING E. PARISE, CHAS. J. PELLERIN, EARL W. PERKINS, RAYMOND C. PERRY, LEO 1. PETTIBONE, MILTON W. 689 Rivard Blvd., Grosse Pointe (30) PILAFIAN, SUREN 153 E. EHzabeth (1)

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. 2324 W. Grand Blvd. (8) 642 Glynn Ct. (2)

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POLLMAR. F. CARL 209 Architects Bldg. ( I ) POTTLE. JOHN L. _ 370 Country Club Lane, Grosse Pie. (30) PRIMEAU. EDMUND E. 15481 Linnhursl (5) RADFORD, I . RUSSELL _ 14395 Rosemont (23) RANTANEN, VINER A. 19900 James Couzens Hwy. (19) REDSTONE. LOUIS G. 10811 Puritan (21) ROBINSON, NORMAN A. 345 New Center Bldg. (2) ROGVOY. THEODORE 929 Fox Bldg. (1) ROSELLA. EDWARD G. 5361 E. Outer Dr. (5) ROSSELLO, PETER R. 9407 Mack Ave. (14) ROSSETTL LOUIS 1000 Marquette Bldg. (26) ROZYCKI, WALTER J. 2268 E. Forest (7) RUIFROK, HENRY W. 113 Moron Rd.. Grosse Pte. (30) RUSH, J. LEONARD 14300 Abington (27) SCHEUFFLER, CARL A. 2207 Allard, Grosse Pte. Woods (24) SCHLEY. CYRIL E. .16851 lames Couzens Hwy. (27) SCHMIDT. ARTHUR O. A. 1118 Buhl Bldg. (26) SCHOERGER, ALBERT E. 2458 Leslie (6) SCHOETTLEY, FREDERICK J. 730 Michigan Bldg. (26) SCHULZ, GEORGE L. W. . 1354 Broadway (26) SCHWINCK, ESTHER 2360 W. Grand Blvd. (8) SCRIPTURE, CHARLES M. 4031 Vicksburg (4) SCRYMGEOUR, GEORGE K. 345 New Center Bldg. (2) SEVALD, FREDERICK I . B. . 21437 Kingsville (24) SEVERIN, EMIL L. 189 McKinley. Grosse Pointe (30) SEWELL, PAUL R. 730 Michigan Bldg. (26) SHAFFER, EARL W. 19434 Cheyenne (21) SHANAYDA, MICHAEL . 12303 Klinger (12) SIDNAM, VERNE H. 360 Mary, Grosse Pointe (30) SIMONS, HOWARD T. 510 David Stott Bldg. (26) SIRRINE, CHESTER A. 1403 Kales Bldg. (26) SMITH, EBERLE M 153 E. Elizabeth (1) SPELLICY, JOHN P. 15763 Lindsay (27) STACHOWIAK. STEPHEN J. 16557 James Couzens (21) STANTON, HENRY F. 1243 Free Press Bldg. (26) STICKEL, FREDERICK G. 377 McKinley Rd., Grosse Pte. (30) STIRTON. MALCOLM R. 181 Lothrop. Grosse Pointe (30) STRAUSS, FRED G. 8059 Balfour, Allen Pork STUCHELL. CLAIR A. 883 Rivard Blvd.

Grosse Pointe (30) TARAPATA, PETER 6325 Ellsworth (21) TASHJIAN, BERI 16631 Fenton Ave. (19) TAYLOR, JONATHAN A. 1415 Glynn Ct.. Apt. 102 (6) TEMPEST, R. W. _ 1411 E. Jefferson (7) THORNTON, JOHN C. 2000 Second (26) TILDS, PAUL 18000 James Couzens Hwy. (21 TROUT. ALEX L „ 141 Puritan (3) TUTTLE. EDWARD X. . 1000 Marquette Bldg. (26) VAN REYENDAM, DIRK 15901 Collingham (5) VARNEY. F. ORLA 806 Chatsworth Apts., 630 Merrick (2) VENMAN, VERNON L. 4229 Glendole (4) VOGEL, CHARLES J. 2310 Edison (6) VOSE, GARDINER C. . c/o Moynahon Bronze Co.. Inc.

9071 Alpine (4) WAKELY, ROBERT CHARLES 18504 Kelly Rd. (24) WEAVER, MERLE C. 5920 Lakeview (13) WEBSTER, MORRIS . 16216 Greenview (19) WEITZMAN, ARNOLD A. 11845 LoSalle Blvd. (6) WEST, ROBERT ]. 512 United Artists Bldg. (26) WHEELER, VERNON L. 16119 Fenmore Ave. (27) WHITE, DONALD F. 126 John R. (26) WIEDMAIER, FRANK W. 3456 Benson (7) WILLEKE, LEONARD 1142 Bishop. Grosse Pointe (30) WILLIAMS, ALBERT E. 140 Elmhurst (3) WILLIAMS, DAVID H., JR. 13300 E. Outer Dr. (24) WINN, OTIS . 528 Michigan Bldg. (26) WINTER, FREDERICK J.. JR. . 2410 Book Tower (26) WOOD, BARTON D. _ 695 Rivard Blvd., Grosse Pte. (30) WRIGHT, CLIFFORD N 18600 Schoolcraft (23) WRIGHT, FRANK H. 18160 Westhaven (19) WRIGHT, LLOYD H. 18449 Westover, R.F.D. No. 1 (19) YAMASAKL MINORU _ 112 Madison (26) ZANDER, ROBERT A. 345 New Center Bldg. (2) ZANNOTH, GEORGE G 806 Pork Ave. Bldg. (26) ZISLER, LYLE F. 628 McKerchey Bldg. (1)

D O W A G I A C DUFFIELD, EDWARD R.

ARNTZEN, GOTHARD ESCANABA

R.F.D. No. 4

820 S. 16th St.

FARMINGTON H ANN AN, CHARLES D. 36668 Howard Rd.

BACHMAN. GEORGE J. DITTMER. RALPH T. EUBANK- THOMAS N. HAWES, GEORGE S. JONES. A. CHARLES KLEIN, HERMAN J. KNUTH, RALPH W. KROSKE, PAUL MacKENZIE, JOHN NURML S. ALEXANDER

BELL, D. CARLTON EHLERT, HAROLD H.

FLINT

FRANKLIN

1405 Kearsley Park Blvd 723 W. Rankin St.

2430 Mack in Road (4) 409 Sill Bldg. (3)

. 1803 N. Saginaw St. 929 E. Wellington (3)

613 Sill Bldg. 617 Chandler (3)

_ „ 708 Harrison St. 1669 N. Chevrolet (4)

Box 154 Box 474

G A R D E N CITY PINE, HAROLD E.

PLANK, KENNETH R.

ALLEN, ROGER CAMPAU, A. B.

GRAND L E D G E

5905 Middlebelt

410 Harrison St.

c o l t o n , ha r ry l . crowe, chas. a. f l anagan , pau e. haveman, james k. hertel , benjamin w. kknapp. e. john McLaughlin, w i l f r e d p.

McMILLEN, MALCOLM B .

GRAND RAPIDS 1126 G. R. Nal ' l Bank Bldg.

734 Michigan Trust Bldg. (2)

MEAD, HARRY L. MESTER, FRANK J. NORTON, CHARLES M. O'BRYON. CHARLES A. OSBORNE, JAMES RINDGE, WARREN RINE, BENJAMIN E. RUDINE, CARL I. SEEGER, RALPH E. STEKETEE, CHRISTIAAN VANDEN BOGERT, JOHN WEEMHOFF, HARVEY H. WELCH, KENNETH C. ZILLMER, EMIL

510 Grand Rapids N a f l . Bank Bldg. 738 Michigan Trust Bldg. (2) 1059 Lakeside Dr.. East G. R.

735 Mich. Trust Bldg. (2) 1200 Gladstone S.E. (6)

2424 Mildred Ave., S.E. (7) - 6 Monument Square Bldg.

8V2 Monroe Ave. 1512 WoodcHffe Dr., S. E.

East Grand Rapids 341 Michigan Trust Bldg. (2)

524 Turner Ave., N. W. (4) —- 545 Lafayette Ave., S. E. (3)

300 Fulton St., E. 207 Carroll Ave.

610 Locust Ave.. S. E. - 1014 Lockridge N. E.

1126 G. R. Nat'l Bank Bldg. (6) 55 Lakeview Dr.. S.E. (6)

503-4 Murray Bldg. (2) 952 Michigan Trust Bldg. (2)

609 Windsor Terrace (16) 1110 College, N.E.

- — - 1241 Dunham St.. S.E. (6)

HARRISVILLE RASEMAN. RICHARD P.

HAZEL PARK TAMPLIN, ERNEST

Harrisville

22229 John R.

HUNTINGTON W O O D S HINE. TREDICK K 10504 LaSalle Blvd

CURRY, HARVEY C. EVANS, JOHN H. V. GILDERSLEEVE, FORREST A. KRESSBACH, CARL C. OLSON, RAYMOND L SAMPSON, CLAUDE D.

l A C K S O N 1008 Third St.

756 Woodlawn Ave. 1927 S. West Ave.

408 Wi ldwood — 119 E. Washington

1204 First St.

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K A L A M A Z O O ALBERT, AUGUSTUS ]. BENJAMIN. GLENN H. BULTHUIS, ALFRED K. KINGSCOTT, LOUIS C. MAJOR, MILTON C. MATYCH, L. JACK PRATT. HERMAN J. STRAU, GEORGE W. STAPERT, RAYMOND M. STONE, WILLIAM A. VANDER LAAN. PETER WAGNER. RANDALL

LANSING ACKLEY. CLARK 1811 E. Michigan Ave. (12) BAKER. JOHN P. . Lewis Cass Bldg. (13) BLACK, KENNETH C. 706 Capitol Savings & Loan Bldg. (68) BLACK, LEE 706 Capitol Savings & Loan Bldg. (68) CARVER, WILLIAM W. 517 N. Washington Ave. (15) HARTWICK. BRUCE M. 1003 Bauch Bldg IRONSIDE. IAN C. _ - - 322 Oxford KOLM, ALVIN S. 661 Beech St., East Lansing LAITALA, WALTER M 600 Hollister Bldg. (8)

- 1929 Drake Rd. 2730 Fairfield Ave. (32)

474 Academy P. O. Box 671 (99)

910 Clinton (30) 810 Weaver Ave.

474 Academy - - Rte. No. 2

1030 Campbell Ave. (51) 1507 Amer. N a f l Bank Bldg. (4)

510 Monroe 1510 Amer. Nat l Bank Bldg. (4)

LANGIUS, ADRIAN N. MANSON, ELMER I . MATTERN. ROBERT A. MELES. EDMUND J. MUNSON. ORLIE J. NUECHTERLEIN, W. F. OLDS, I . WESLEY OPDYKE, CHARLES V. PETERS, (MRS.) ANNA ROSA. CLARENCE H. ROSS, DONALD O. SIMPSON, STANLEY G. SNYDER, RICHARD G. STOWE, GORDON H. WILLIAMS, MALCOLM M. ZIMMERMANN, ARTHUR J.

Lewis Cass Bldg. 517 N. Washington Ave. (15)

2025 Sunnyside Ave. (10) 564 Pacific Parkway 409 Busch Bldg. (68)

- 600 Hollister Bldg. (8) _ 1617 Coleman Ave.

- 1616 N. Genesee Dr. (15) 210 Rosemont St.

1430 Lindberg Dr. (10) 409 Busch Bldg. (68) 1003 Bauch Bldg. (8)

1129 Comfort (15) 619 W. Barnes

550 Whitehills Dr. 710 Snyder Rd., East Lansing

M A R Y S V I L L E VALENTINE, CHARLES M. -1320 Michigan Ave.

MENOMINEE GJELSTEEN. HARRY W.

DOW. ALDEN B. FRASER, WILLARD E. PEREIRA, P. R.

MIDLAND

... 218 First St.

MONROE DUNBAR. REED M. GUSTAFSON. ROBERT G.

MT. C L E M E N S

315 Post St. 315 Post St.

1173 Foster Rd., Rte. 1

Reisig Bldg. I5>/2 E. Front Si.

15 Ferrin Place . 24387 Shook Rd

160 Market St.

GRIFFITH. ORRIN K. PARKE. ELMER J. WEBER. ARTHUR A.

M U S K E G O N DE VRIES. BERNARD ]. 613 Hockley Union Nat l Bank HOOKER. ARTHUR M. 411 Michigan Theatre Bldg MAGNUSON, E. HARRY 201 Montgomery Bldg. SUMNER, MATHIAS T. .. 201 Montgomery Bldg. VALENTINE. EDWIN E. 99 Miller

CHRISTENSON. TRACE. LOEBACH, FERDINAND

HARRIS, CLARKE E. PAGE, GEORGE

GOULD, NATHANIEL MOSS. THOMAS W.

NILES IH A.

O K E M O S

1035 S. Lincoln - 317 Cedar St

PLYMOUTH

4681 Woodcraft Rd. _ „ Hamilton Road

320 S. Main St. 320 S. Main St.

PONTIAC ANDERSON, WERNER B. 4708 Sherbourne Dr HEENAN, LEO J. 15 Carlton St. MARTZ, LAWRENCE S. R F D. No. 3, Box 255 PARDEE. (MRS.) ALICE S. 382 Mt. Clemens St. (16) PRESTON. HOWARD L. 1615 Winthrope Rd. WARD, RAY F. 132 N. Genessee (19) WRIGHT, MAXWELL E. . 6821 Scotch Lake Dr., Rte. No. 9 ZIMMERMANN, WILLIAM C. - - 831 W. Huron St. (11)

PORT HURON HARMAN, HARRY I . 1602 MiHtary St WYETH, WALTER H. _ - 1602 MiUtary St

R O C K F O R D KNECHT. FREDERICK W. . 8950 Northland Dr.

R O Y A L O A K BRANDT, CHRISTIAN W 1418 S. Woodward Ave. DELLAR, ERNEST I . - 32 Fairwood Blvd. HOFFMASTER, H. R. 10540 Hart Ave. LOWNEY, ROBERT J. 2417 N. Main St. LYTLE, GEORGE D. - 1107 Fernwood PRICE. LOWELL M . 605 W. Eleven Mile Rd. SHEILL, GORDON A. . 902 Orchard Grove WARREN, NEIL ERNEST .34 Maplefield, Pleasant Ridge WILSON, JOHN A. - 3721 Hampton Blvd.

S A G I N A W ALLEN, SAMUEL C. 603 Bearing Bldg. BEACH. GLENN MORGAN 414 Court St. BECKBISSINGER, FREDERICK 304 Carroll St. FRANTZ, ROBERT B. 326 M. Washington Ave, KIMBALL. DONALD A. 2345 Delaware Blvd. SCHULWITZ, CARL G. — 4055 State Rd. SPENCE. JAMES A. 326 N. Washington Ave. WIGEN, FREDERICK E. . - 507 Weichmann Bldg.

ST. CLAIR SHORES EBBERT, EDWARD F. 23106 Marter Rd

ST. lOHNS PARDEE, ST. CLAIR - 204 E. State St.

ST. l O S E P H McGRATH, DONALD L - - ^ 615 Broad St. SETTERBURG, WILLIAM N. 615 Broad St.

T R A V E R S E CITY CORNWELL, FREDERICK G. 328 W. 11th St. EASH, ORUS O. Box 105 FIELD, HARFORD 153 E. Front St. HAZELTON. PAUL A. 914 S. Union St. KRAUSS. KARL F Rte. 1, Box 88B

VERMONTVILLE KING. CHRISTOPHER L Rte No. 2

W A Y N E ATTWOOD. C. W. 4082 Carnegie

WYANDOTTE WILSON, CARLISLE 60 Emmons Blvd

YPSILANTI GERGANOFF. R. S. - - 206 N. Washington Ave SWARTS. WARD G. - 211 N. Adams St.

O U T - O F - S T A T E

ARIZONA GARSTECKL WALTER F. .- - 2535 E. 7th St., Tucson PFEIFFER. R. I . Box 618, Phoenix

CALIFORNIA ARMOR. WILLIAM R. Rte. No. 1, Box 627-C, San Rafael HUBERT. DERRICK. JR. 4733 White Oak, Encino MOXNESS, TROY J. State of Calif., Dept. of Public Works,

Div. of Architecture, Sacramento (14) SORENSON, N. CHESTER 926 N. Monterey St., Alhambra SORIANO, RAPHAEL S. 6731 Leland Way, Los Angeles

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THOMPSON, GEORGE H. - 7030 Lacey Ave., Oakland VAN DIS. JOHN A., JR Room 600-A, 26 O'Farrell. San Francisco

C O L O R A D O CHITTENDEN, ALPHEUS W 1st & Broadmoor Sts

Colorado Spring" REID, WILLIAM H. 938 Lafayette. Denver

CONNECTICUT HOWE. GEORGE Yale Univ., New Haven

FLORIDA CROWELL, JOHN M. 128 S. Washington Dr.. Sarasota FUSCO, J. ALDEN 309 - 23rd St., Miami Beach (39) GOMON, WILLIAM R. 501 Ocean Dunes Rd., Daytona Beach HAAS, GEORGE J. 866 Belle Meade Island Dr., Miami KNOX, WILLIAM D. 5961 13th Ave., St. Petersburg VOLK, JOHN L. Phipps Plaza, Palm Beach

ILLINOIS BARRY, GERALD A. 1136 N. Elmwood Ave., Oak Park CERNY, JEROME R. The Clock Tower, Market Square,

Lake Forest CHILDS, FRANK A. 20 N. Wacker Dr., Chicago (6) COBB, WILLIAM B. _. 53 W. Jackson, Chicago (4) DOX, HAMILTON B. 502 Lehmann Bldg., Peoria ELTING, WINSTON Meacham Rd., Roselle FAULKNER, CHARLES D. 307 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago FUGARD, JOHN R. 520 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago KIMBALL, EDGAR R. 35 North 39th St., Belleville LANGHENRICtt FRED W. 4541 Washington Blvd., Chicago (24) LLEWELLYN, RALPH C. 38 S. Dearborn St., Chicago (3) McCARTY, WILLIAM H. 20 N. Wacker Dr., Chicago MURPHY, CHARLES F. Railway Exchange Bldg., Chicago (4) NAESS. SIGURD E. . . Railway Exchange Bldg., Chicago (4) OLSON, BENJ. FRANKLIN 19 S. LaSalle St., Chicago (3) PIROLA. LOUIS 221 H. LaSalle St., Chicago (1) SCHMIDT, RICHARD E. 104 S. Mich. Ave., Chicago SHAW. ALFRED 208 S. LaSalle St., Chicago (4) SMITH, GEORGE S. 2105 E. 7l8t St., Chicago (49) SMITH, WILLIAM J. 20 N. Wacker Dr., Chicago SOBEL. HERBERT 646 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago (11) STANTON, FREDERICK 307 N. Mich. Ave., Chicago STEIN, J. STEWART 450 E. Ohio, Chicago (11) TOURTELOT, EDWARD M., JR. 36 S. State St., Chicago WaL, PHILIP. JR. 309 Jackson Blvd., Chicago (6)

INDIANA BOHLEN, AUGUST C. 930 State Life Bldg., IndianapoHf JERNEGAN, PAUL 223 Lincolnway, E., Mishawaka KELLEY. JOHN R 435 Architects & Builders Bldg..

Indianapohs MacMAHON, CHAS., JR 5736 Carvell Ave., Indianapohs MILLER. NOBLE W. . 1361/2 S. Main, Kendallville MILLER, CALLIX E. 234 Christman Bldg., South Bend MONTANA, FRANK 1015 Hudson St., South Bend (16) WEST, FORREST R. 230 W. Washington Ave., South Bend WORDEN, ROY A. 312 W. Colfax Ave., South Bend (1) ZIMMERMAN, C. DANIEL 3538 N. Meridian St., Indianapohs

KENTUCKY ARRASMITH, WILLIAM S. 200 Madrid Bldg., Louisville (2)

LOUISIANA FARRENS. JOHN H., JR. 1066 Convention, Baton Rouge WEIGLE, WILLIAM L. 248 Pennsylvania Ave., Shreveport

MARYLAND ANDERSON, LESTER F. 9 Leighton Place, Silver Springs

MINNESOTA STARIN, HAROLD S. Sellwood Bldg., Duluth TOWNSEND, G. B. . 1437 Marshall. St. Paul (4)

MISSOURI JASSEN. OSCAR 1320 Chemical Bldg., St. Louis HELLMUTH, GEORGE F. 825 Locust., St. Louis (1) MAGUOLO, GEORGE J. 5428 Maple Ave., St Louis (12)

NEW M E X I C O GIRARD, ALEXANDER H. Box 707, Santa Fe

NEW Y O R K De YOUNG, PHILLIP KETCHUM, MORRIS, JR. NEWLANDER, M. W. ROSENFELD, ARTHUR H. SKIDMORE, LOUIS SMITH, BENJAMIN L. STONE, EDWARD D. TAUCH, EDWARD R., JR. WALKER, RALPH T.

205 E. 42nd St., New 227 E. 44th St., New

208 Locksley, 254 W. 54th St., New

. 200 E. 66th St., New 101 Park Ave., New

50 E. 64th St., ^ 250 East 49th St., 101 Park Ave., New

York (17) York (17) Syracuse York (19) York (28) York (17)

New York New York York (17)

NORTH CAROLINA KINGSLEY, GEORGE S. 1003 Hebron St., Hendersonville

OHIO 2221/2 Huron St., Toledo

- . 531 Nicholas Bldg., Toledo (4) 2074 E. 36th St.. Cleveland

1718 Euclid Ave., Cleveland 337 Spitzer Bldg., Toledo

19700 Delaware Dr., Euclid . 3800 Terminal Tower, Cleveland

814 W. Washington St., Sandusky 538 N. Erie St., Toledo

531 Nicholas Bldg., Toledo

BARBER, CHARLES L. BRITSCH, CARL C. CUTTING, RICHARD H. DALTON, BYRON FELDSTEIN, HERMAN H. FULTON, HARRY A. GAVIN, DONALD MILLOT. HENRY C. MORRIS, FRED M. MUNGER, HAROLD H. PEPINSKY, BERNARD 1701 Union Trust Bldg , Cincinnati POPKINS, SAMUEL K. 16828 Kinsman Rd., Shaker Hts. (20) RICHARDS, JOHN N. 518 Jefferson Ave., Toledo (4) WACHTER, HORRACE W. 1220 Madison Ave., Toledo WALTERS, ALBERT V. 921 Federal Reserve Bldg., Cincinnati WILLIAMS, MILTON R. 223 W. 1st St., Dayton WORLEY, LEON M 3259 Chalfant Rd., Shaker Hts.

PENNSYLVANIA BLOOD, MISS MARION F. 600 Park Rd.. Ambridge BOULWARE, LYLE F. Fidelity Phil. Trust Bldg., Phil. BUDKE, ERNEST 6833 Meade St. (Unit No. 11)

Pittsburgh (17) FRIDY, JOHN D. Keystone Bldg., Philadelphia PRICE, BERYL 1911 Pine, Philadelphia STEINMARK, ARTHUR N. y22 Empire Bldg., Pittsburgh (22) TRAUTWEIN, GEORGE K. 1411 Walnut St., Philadelphia

TOUR, HARRY B. .

DAHL. GEORGE L.

MORRIS, HARRY A., JR. SPECTOH, VICTOR B.

TENNESSEE 402 Union Bldg., Knoxvil le

T E X A S 2101 N. St. Paul St., Dallas

VIRGINIA 116 Martha's Rd., Alexandria

^ 1073 W. Broad St., Falls Church

WASHINGTON McINNIS, FRANCIS J. ... Hq. Alaska Air Command Installations

Directorate, A.P.O. No. 942. Seattle MILLER, CHARLES TAYLOR 1410 Hubbell Place, Seattle (1) RUEHL, BENJAMIN K 1029 Old Nat'l Bank Bldg., Spokane (8)

LEE, IVAN R. W E S T VIRGINIA

Suite 44, Capitol City Bldg., Charleston (1)

VSaSCONSIN GRASSOLD, HERBERT I . 734 N Jefferson St., Milwaukee (2) LEFEBVRE, GREGORY G. 6408 W. Santa Monica Blvd.,

Milwaukee SOMERVILLE, JOHN E. _ 403 W. Walnut St., Green Bay STUBENRAUCH, EDGAR A. _ 708 Erie Ave., Sheboygan WILLIAMS, HARRY W 516 Van Buren, Green Bay

C A N A D A BECKETT, HAROLD C. 52 Chatham St., W. Windsor, Ontario MASSON, GEORGE Y. 52 Chatham St., W. Windsor, Ontario WHITE, FRANK A. 70 Carling St., London, Ontario WILBY, ERNEST 1567 Ouellette, Windsor, Ontario

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E l m o G . L i d d l e 18925 G r a n d River A v e . , Detro i t—Phone: V E . 7-5312

J a m e s R . T h o m a s

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Whatever your need may be, there is C O N C R E T E PIPE made to fit it. Concrete Pipe Association Companies produce a complete range of sizes from 6" to 144" diameters as well as FIVE different strength specifications.

Nine member companies stand ready to meet your specifications with C O N C R E T E PIPE delivered W H E N A N D W H E R E the contractor wants it. Write Association for full details.

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Research. . . and lower lighting maintenance costs As a service to Imlustry, Edison lighting engineers do research on a broader basis than simply that of designing specific lighting installations. Here's a case in point.

As is well illustrated at Alleglieny-Ludhnn's Ferndale plant, above, fluorescent fixtures add to visual comfort when they emit upward ligliting. Then, properly painted, a ceiling has no harsh, eye-tiring light an<l dark areas.

Recent research has uncovered an additional bonus in such ligliting . . . an important savings in maintrnancc costs. Wlwu fixtures have slots, holes or open-top construction to emit uplighting, Edison engineers have discovered that there is as iiiiich as 21% less flepreciation in light reflective value. Reason . . . the fixtures are "ventilated." And the result is a slower accumidation of dirt and soot on reflectors — much less frequent nrcd for cleaning.

It's continuing research like this which assures the best possible answer when you come to Edison with an industrial lighting problem.

Edison lighfing engineers will work with you, your archifecf or electrical contractor in designing an efficient industrial lighting system. No obligation, of course.

D e t r o i t E d i s o n

TA. WALLS

F L U S H , R I B B E D , o r F L U T E D O v e r - o i l " U " Factor of Var ious Types Is Equiva lent to or Bet ter than C o n v e n t i o n a l 16" Masonry Well

f o r I N D U S T R I A L a n d C O M M E R C I A L B U I L D I N G S

L U M I N U M , S T A I N L E S S or G A L V A N I Z E D S T E E L Insulated Metal Walls have not only gained universal acceptance from a practical and economical standpoint, but are today recognized by architects as a component which, when combined with masonry or other materials, opens new potentialities in exterior design effects. The building below, which is a combination of Mahon Aluminum Insulated Wal l Panels and brick, is on out­standing example of the architectural effects obtainable. Insulated Metal Walls offer definite advantages in lower cost of both ma­terials and labor, reduction in construction time through rapid erection — plus the fact that these walls can be erected in sub-zero weather. Mohon Insulated Metal Walls are available in the three exterior patterns shown at left. The Mahon "Field Constructed" Fluted or Ribbed Wall can be erected up to sixty feet in height without a horizontal joint—a feature of Mahon walls which is particularly desirable in powerhouses or other buildings where high expanses of unbroken wall surface are common. See Sweet's Files for information, or write for Catalog No. B-54-B.

T H E R . C . M A H O N C O M P A N Y Detroit 34, Mkh. • Chicago 4, III. • Repreienlofives in All Principol Cities

Manufacturers of Insuloted Metal Wolls and Wal l Panels; Steel Deck for Roofs, Partitions, and Permanent Concrete Floor Forms; Rolling Steel Doors, Grilles

and Underwriters' Labeled Rolling Steel Doors and Fire Shutters.

. , e w plant of the Schlgmberoer Wel l Survey Corporation, Houston, Texas . 2 0 , 0 0 0 sq . ft. of Mahon Aluminum Exterior Wolls were employed in ttvs project. Mockie & Kamroth, Architects. Tellepsen Construction Co. , G e n e r a l Controctors.