THE MICHIGAN DAILY
U I U UIIUIY
[MENT GAIN
llege Grows From Enrollment of 19
Students To a Total
Registration
of 144
YEAR 1913 QUASI-SEPARATION
FROM ENGINEERING EFFECTED
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By Outsiders'
Michigan's department of architect-
ure, organized in 1906 as a sub-depart-
ment of the department of engineering
by Professor Emil Lorch, has prob-
ably had a more rapid growth than
any other school of architecture in the
country. From an enrollment of 19
students and one instructor at its be-
ginning, the college now numbers 144
students and six instructors. While
the department at first occupied one
room on the top floor of the new eng-
ineering building, its drafting rooms
now fill the entire main floor, west of
the engineering and architectural lib-
rary, and also one room on the top
floor for free hand drawing.
Although a comparatively new in-
stitution, the architectural department
is highly rated by the American Insti-
tute of Architects, and by the *State
Examining Board of Architects in Illi-
nois. In the January, 1914, number of
the "Western Architect" appears the
following: "The fame of Michigan's
university has gone broad cast
throughout our country. Her archi-
tectural school has been heralded as
one of the best, and its head, Prof.
Emil Lorb, stands preeminent among
our educators of today."
In July, 1913, the architectural
school became a quasi-separate de-
partment, with Dean M. E. Cooley and
Secretary J. P. Bird, of the engineer-
ing department, retaining their re-
spective positions, and the head of the
department fulfilling, the same duties
as are alloted to the assistant dean of
the engineering department.
Two degrees are offered, that of
bachelor of architecture, and bachelor
of architectural engineering. There
are three four-year courses, one a
general course in architecture, one
emphasizing artistic design, and one
in architectural engineering, in which
building construction is the major
subject. "The aim of the department
is to give a thorough training in the
fundamentals required for modern
architectural practice, and the essen-
tials of a good general education,"
said Professor Lrch. "The field of
architecture ha so developed that a
four-year course is hardly sufficient
for both the requ-ired technical and
cultural work." 4
The technical work is primarily
architectural designn and building con-
struction. Other technical training
consists of courses in heating, venti-
lation, illumination, sanitation, and
the history of architecture. The cul-
tural and Oientific courses are those
in fine , philosophy, economics,
mathemat s, languages, physics, min-
eralogy, a td chemistry. The students
also do work in free hand drawing,
water cors dawing from life and
from somercla dmodels. The depart-
ment is also giving instruction to De-
troit drwitsmen who are unable to
attend the uiversity.
The equipment of the department
contains one of the best architectural
libraries in the west, and is occasion-
ally consulted by outside architects.
For the courses in the history of ar-
chitecture, a comprehensive collect-
ion of lantetn slides has been brought
together. Many plaster casts of deco-
rative design for free hand drawing,
and a number of original drawings
by architects are included in the
equipment. A unique s'ystem of illum-
ination, devised by the members of
the faculty, in collaboration with cer-
tain members of the department of
electrical engineering, affords unusual
lighting facilities in the drafting
rooms.
Many of the graduates of the de-
partment hold responsible positions.
i. E. Lentz, '11, and Walter Maul, '11,
are members of the firm of MacFar-
lane, Lentz, and Maul of Detroit. Louis
Kahn, '10, is associated with Albert
Kahn, architect of Hill auditorium.
J. F. Hudnut, '12, is professor of archi-
tecture at the Alabama Polytechnic
School at Auburn, Alabama. F. S.
Upham, '10, is professor of engineering
at the Imperial University at Pekin,
NATIONAL MUNMCIPAL LEAGUE
ANNOUNCES SUBJECT FOR PRIZE
"A Critical Study of the Sources of
Municipal Revenue" to Be
Title For Essay
"A Critical Study of the Sources of
Municipal Revenue" is the subject for
competitors for the William H. Bald-
win prize in 1915. For the best essay
on the above subject, the council of the
National Municipal League will award
the Baldwin prize of $100.00.
The prize will be awarded by judges
selected by the executive committee
of the League, and the names of the
winners will be announced after the
next annual neeting. The essays
must not exceed 10,000 words, and
must be sent to an express company
not later than March 15, 1915, address-
ed to Clinton Rogers Woodruff, secre-
tary of the National Municipal League,
North American building, Philadel-
phia, Pa., and must be marked "For
the William H. Baldwin Prize." All
essays must be typewritten in dupli-
cate, and must be marked with a
"Nom-de-plume." Enclosed in a seal-
ed envelope, the competitors must
give their full name, address, class
and college corresponding to such
"nom-de-plume."
This competition is open to under-
graduate students registered in a reg-
ular course in any college or univer-
sity in the United States, offering
direct instruction in municipal govern-
ment The essay is limited to a con-
sideration of cities with a population
exceeding 50,000. Additional informa-
tion may be secured by applying to the
secretary's office, North American
building, Philadelphia, Pa.
St. Louis University football team,
coached by "Bill" Edmunds, former
Michigan lineman, was penalized a
fifth of a mile in a recent game at
Fayetteville, Ark. The St. Louis man-
ager is quoted as follows: "The ref-
eree, a 'bird' named Campbell, who
gave his residence as Little Rock,
handed us an awful wallop in the sol-
ar plexus. Campbell kicked five of our
players out of the game, saying they
didn't know the rules. Every time we
chased a man, he penalized us half
the distance- to goal. I kept tab on
the penalties and discovered that he
set us back over 300 yards during the
afternoon.'
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The Yale club of New York, number-
ing 3,426, is completing a 21 story
building.
The Harvard co-operative society is
distributing $18,543.88, or a 9 per cent
dividend for the year ending June 30.
Sales amounted to $429,987.76. A
building fund has been started.
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Captain Brickley, of the Harvard
team, left the infirmary Sunday.
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The University of Iowa is holding
its third annual homecoming week and
reunion. The University of Washing-
ton expects 1,000 alumni back to its
first homecoming celebration, to be
held Thanksgiving.
The University of Managua, Nica-
ragua, will celebrate its one hundredth
anniversary in the near future. The
event, which will be of interest to all
of Central America, is in the hands
of the alumni association of the uni-
versity.
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Two Oregon women in the Universi-
ty of Illinois applied for military drill,
but objected to wearing the regula-
tion trousers prescribed by the major.
They wanted to wear bloomers.
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Exeter is the first preparatory
school to adopt the plan of numbering
its football players.
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The Chinese baseball team, of the
University of Hawaii, has finished its
three months trip through the United
States. It has won 125 out of 150
games.
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All fraternities, societies and other
organizations at Williams College,
have signed agreements not to com-
bine or enter any kind of "deal" for
the support or defeat of an under-
graduate for an office. A violation is
punishable by the forfeiture of eligi-
bility for an electoral office and the
privilege to vote.
Weeks of Lansing. C. C. Cohagen, '15,
who came to the department as an
experienced draftsman, was selected
in competition during the past sum-
mer to design the Montana state build-
ing at the Panama-Pacific exposition.
LECTURES DISCUSS
VARIOUSSUBJECTS
Outside University Lecture Service
For People of State Comprises
10 Different Branches
of Work
LIBRARY AIDS STATE SCHOOLS
IN SUBJECTS BEING DEBATED
'101
Series of Loan Collections
Preparation by Officials
of Museum
Under
JORDAN
Had You in
F .
Few students probably realize that
the extension service of the University
of Michigan is composed of 10 branch-
es; the university educational exten-
sion service; the library extension ser-
vice; the department of education,
public service; the museum extension
service; the municipal research bur-
eau; architecture and civic improve-
ment; landscape design and civic im-
provement; the forestry extension ser-
vice; the engineering service and the
public health service.
The first group comprises the free
extension lectures, the extension lec-
tures for special groups and the uni-
versity extension courses for credit.
During the past year, the university
extension service reached 85,000 peo-
ple. These free extension lectures are
assigned by the director of the ser-
vice, Prof. W. D. Henderson, to va-
rious bodies throughout the state, such
as alumni associations and fraternal
societies.
In response to requests from the
secretaries of civic associations
throughout the state, special lectures
are given in Ann Arbor which bear
upon the problems confronting these
associations. In Detroit and Saginaw
this year, courses will be given which
will entitle those passing the work to
credit in the university. Many of
those who take the work are school
teachers and others who desire a sys-
tematic course of study. Last year,
240 were enrolled in the Detroit
course, and this year, 79 are enrolled
at Saginaw.
The' library extension service aims
to give bibliographical aid along cer-
tain lines, and to help schools and li-
braries in the state on matters of cur-
rent interest, especially on subjects
being debated by students. The de-
partment of education assists the sec-
-ndary schools of the state by giving
them its aid. Every accredited high
school is visited once in three years,
and its condition noted. Members of
the educational department are also
making psychological tests of school
children in various schools of the
state. Under the direction of the de-
partment of education, the teachers'
appointment bureau seeks to list uni-
versity graduates and undergraduates
who desire to teach in the public
schools.
The museum extension service seeks
to give information along certain lines,
and series of loan collections is also
being assembled for the use of the
schools of the state. From time to
time, the museum authorities issue
bulletins and reports with reference to
Michigan animals and related topics.
The municipal reference bureau seeks
to give information for cities, towns,
villages and counties relating to prob-
lems of municipal and governmental
administrations, and to lend docu-
ments and other materials for the as-
sistance of local officers and'governing
bodies.
The department of architecture gives
extension lectures, and instruction in
design to a class of architectural
draftsmen in Detroit. The department
of landscape design seeks to give lec-
tures dealing with themes of interest
in the line of civic improvement and
allied topics. The services of the de-
partment are also offered to colleges,
high schools, public schools and teach-
ers' clubs in consultation, in the mak-
ing of a limited number of plans for
school grounds, and in the actual car-
rying out of these plans.
The extension service of the forest-
ry department is to give illustrated
lectures on popular themes and non-
illustrated lectures on various phases
of forest and water conservation; to
give council and advice, and to make
tests and to identify commercial
woods. The engineering department
hopes to render service to the engi-
neers of the state by the publication
of engineering bulletins. The munic-
ipal, highway and sanitary laborato-
ries are also to be used to develop the
state highways and to improve the
sanitary conditions of the cities of the
state. The publio health service gives
to the people of the state lectures on
public health, the services of the lab-
oratories, hospital service, the pasteur
institute and the dental clinic.
When these Suits
Mind
Were Designed
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The result is that ready-made dealers try to sell old men's clothes to young men.
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at all with their years; garments that lacked the youthful lines, the snap> and dah
that ought to characterize young men's apparel.
But here, in connection with our high class tailoring establishment, is a young men's de-
partment (IN CHARGE OF L DONALD JORDAN) which makes a specialty of
Suits
for
Young
en
at $25
$27.5O
$3O,
$32.5O & $35
Made by Custom Tailors
from Patterns drafted.by
Our Own Cutters.
You won't find anything like them in ready-made stock. There are several models in.
single breasted sack Suits-two and three-button effects-some with perfectly
straight fronts. And the new double breasted sack which brings out a good physique
to perfection. Being strictly hand tailored all of the coats have soft fronts and
shoulders. They are true examples of authentic English fashions for young men.
Materials too, are uncommon. You can get the same fabric and pattern that would
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There is nothing in this advertisement that we can't prove.
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TAILOR
*Lafayette Boulevard & Wayne St.
DETROIT
-emers, '12, and C. W. Wright,
practicing architects at Niaga-
s, and were recently selected
n a school building for that
. F. Weeks, '13 special, is jun-
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