What will
be the effect of this arrangement it remains for the future to decide.
In some of the older clubs it has been found by experience that the
professional membership was overbalanced and its work impeded by a too
large non-professional element, and the professional lines have been
closely drawn in consequence.
The work thus far entered upon is modest but of an important character,
and if pursued with the earnest purpose which has marked the first few
months will lead to a fruitful future.
Of the monthly competitions in design the one for March, the subject of
which is a scheme for the public buildings of Cleveland, has attracted
considerable attention, and the public exhibition of the designs will
doubtless lead to profitable discussion outside the club. A plan which
we believe has not been adopted here, but which has been the means of
awakening considerable interest in the study of design in the clubs of
New York, Philadelphia, and Boston, might possibly be followed to
advantage. In the January number of THE BROCHURE SERIES the competitions
instituted by the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects were outlined. Of
course with all the numberless calls upon his time, the average
draughtsman does not have the leisure to properly study and render the
drawings required in these competitions; but by the joining of forces
four or five, or even more, men can easily work out such a problem, and
in some respects the advantages to be gained are greater than is the
case when an individual works alone.
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