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Southern Architect and Building News
WITH WHICH IS CONSOLIDATED “SOUTHERN BUILDING RECORD”
VOL. XXX. ATLANTA, GA., DECEMBER, 1912. NO. 2
Enthusiastic Meet of Texas Architects
SELECTING
Dallas as the place for holding
next year’s associational meeting, the Texas
State Architects adjourned a most enjoyable ses-
sion at Houston November If, with a banquet at
the Brazos Hotel. The following officers were
elected to serve the ensuing year:
M. R. Sanguinet,
president; E. Stanley Fields, Fort Worth, secretary;
Ollie J. Lorehn, first vice-president, Houston; Carl
Von Suter, second vice-president, San Antonio; M.
R. Barnes, third vice-president, Houston; C. G.
Riencaster, fifth vice-president, Marshall.
There were in attendance upon this, the fifth an-
nual convention, more than seventy architects from
various parts of the state spreading the doctrine of
“The City Beautiful,” and preaching the gospel of
civic improvement, for it was from Houston that
committees from each city with a state chairman
was appointed to see that the plan of the beautifica-
tion of the Texas cities was carried out and in this
they voted to affiliate with the national association,
The American Institute of Architects. The archi-
tects have planned a great work, and they have
chosen Harre M. Bernet of Dallas to work the
great plan. The appointment of Mr. Bernet as
state chairman of the civic improvement committee
met with unanimous approval at the convention.
The city beautiful committee of the association
is composed of the following members: Harre M.
Bernet, Dallas; Atlee B. Ayres, San Antonio; H. L.
Green, Houston; B. G. Leake, Fort Worth; F. E.
Plate bv Bucher Eng. Co.. Columbus, O.
San Antonio River, San Antonio, Tex., Showing Beauty of Terraced Banks and Flower Beds.