Texas State Association of Architects

YEAR BOOK

Texas State Association of Architects of Architects

Published by the

Convention Committee

of the

TENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION

held at

Waco, Texas

October 24th to 27th, inclusive.

Waco Society of Architects and Engineers

Roy E. Lane,President E. Mclver Ross, First Vice President Geo. C. Burnett, Secretary Herman F. Cason, Treasurer

Bertram C. Hill Robt. J. Potts Fred D. Booth D. F. Beaman Sam P. Herbert W. H. Prentice H. S. McCall R. J. Windrow Bart Moore, Jr. Geo. Gurley T. J. Palm

Officers and Directors of The T. S. A. A., 1916-1917

H. A. Overbeck Dallas

C. C. Bulger Dallas

Roy E. Lane Waco

Ollie J. Lorehn President, Houston

W. J. Smith Galveston

F. E. Giesecke Austin

Roland Adelsperger and Fred Teick Fourth Vice President and Secretary, respectively, were both too modest to have their pictures taken.

OFFICIAL PROGRAM TEXAS STATE ASSOCIATION OF ARCHITECTS Headquarters Waco Chamber of Commerce. Wednesday, October 24, 1917 Meeting of members of Texas State Association of Architects only. Meeting called at Chamber of Commerce, 9:00 a.m. Address ot Welcome by John Maxwell, City Attorney. Roll call, 10:00 a.m. Business Session, b Lunch, 12:30.

Afternoon Informal reception, 2:30 p.m. at Hotel Raleigh, after which party will visit the Rich Field Aviation Ground and Camp MacArthur.

Thursday, October 25, 1917 (Material Men’s Day) Business Session at Chamber of Commerce, 9:00 a. m. Industrial Picture, 11:00 a. m. Ladies Luncheon at Hotel Raleigh, 12:30 p. m. Allies’ Luncheon (At Potts-More Pit), 1:00 p. m. Ladies will join the party at the Hotel Raleigh, 4:30 p. m. Thence to Barbecue at Fish Pond.

Friday, October 26, 1917 Business Session at Chamber of Commerce, 9:00 a. m. Architects’ Luncheon, 12:00 noon. Business Session, 1:30 to 5:30 p. m. Ladies’ Card Party, 2:30, at Old Country Club. Banquet and Ball (Informal) at Hotel Raleigh, 8:00 p. m

COMMITTEES Geo. Burnett, General Chairman

Reception Committee Gentlemen John C. Ray, chairman R. J. Potts Bertram C. Hill W. W. Seeley Bart Moore, Jr. E. Mclver Ross J. E. Carouthers W. P. Killingsworth Herman F. Cason R. J. Windrow J. J. Twaddell Roy E. Lane F. L. Booth Victor Dunkerley J. F. Barnes D. F. Beaman C. H. Ruebeck W. H. Prentice Chas. E. Moore Sam P. Herbert

Ladies Mrs. W. P. Killingsworth, chairman Mrs. John C. Ray Mrs. Walter Robison Mrs. C. H. Ruebeck Mrs. Ed. Goodwin Mrs. R. J. Windrow Mrs. Sam P. Herbert Mrs. J. E. Carouthers Mrs. F. L. Booth Mrs. B. C. Hill W. W. Seley Mrs. D. F. Beaman Mrs. E. M. Ross Mrs. Sidney Davis Mrs. Chas. Moore Mrs. Roy E. Lane Mrs. Berry Brazelton Mrs. R. J. Potts Mrs. J. Jay Lane Mrs. W. W. Cameron Mrs. Bart Moore, Jr. Mrs. George Burnett Mrs. E. R. Bolton Mrs. Victor Dunkerley Mrs. W. H. Prentice. Mrs. Ralph McLendon

Committee of Banquet—Bertram C. Hill, Chairman. Committee of Souvenirs and Year Books—Roy E. Lane, Chairman. Committee of Luncheons, Hotel Reservations and Automobiles — E. Mclver Ross, Chairman. Committee on Finances —John C. Ray, chairman; W. W. Cameron, E. R. Bolton, Sidney Davis, Berry Brazelton, Walter Robison, E. R. Nash, Jr., Ralph McLendon, N. S. Hill, Ed Goodwin, Tovell Marston, C. H. Ruebeck, R. S. Slattery, Herman F. Cason, Treasurer.

building erected. A “shyster” lawyer or a “quack” doctor are often employed on account of saving in fees, but they prove far more expensive in the end. In like manner, the saving of $30,000.00 in architect’s fees is not a reality unless it appears to the extent in the comparative values of the buildings erected. If the buildings through bad judgment, error, and numerous other causes, cost thirty thousand dollars more than they should have cost, then no saving was effected, and besides, such errors and other marks of inferiority often produce losses which cannot be estimated in dollars. No saving in architect’s fees could ever justify a single important defect in design, construtcion, or plan, as the building continues long after the fee has been forgotten.

It is with pride that the average reputable architect can point to savings effected by him in engineering, in design, and in skilled judgment, equal to or in excess of his entire fee. Furthermore, the value of his services properly administered in designing, planning, engineering and supervising an important building, which is to become a monument reflectng the very civilization which produces it, cannot be estimated in dollars. On the other hand, the effect of the Governor's attitude is to discourage talent and integrity and to encourage ignorance and graft in the architectural profession.There could be only one result of such a program, the case in point a possible exception, namely, architectural monstrosities, building collapses and the ultimate destruction of the architectural profession.

The last statement of the Governor in this connection, we believe, is unworthy of his high office. He states that he could have “winked the other eye” at some architect and split this alleged saving of $30,000.00 and, “the public would never have been the wiser.” The inference is that a “reputable” architect could be thus seduced. This we deny. We also deny that the public would never have been the wiser, as such deals are usually brought to light, if in no other way, by the product of the architect of inferior ability and integrity who would enter into such an agreement.

THE EXECUTIVE TEXAS COMMITTEE OF THE STATE ASSOCIATION OF ARCHITECTS. Members Present. O. J. Lorehn, President. H. A. Overbeck, First Vice-President. C. C. Bulger, Second Vice-President. Roy E. Lane, Third Vice-President. W. J. Smith, Sixth Vice-President. Fred C. Teich, Secretary-Treasurer.

“I understand,” said one of the neighbors to our own Mrs. PaPrtington, “that you had a lot of disputes with the contractor who put the lighting into your house.” “Yes,” replied that good lady, “but I soon decided that I wasn’t to be insulated by any little electrocutionist!”

Acme Brick Company History

This concern was organized 26 years ago with a plant at Millsap, Texas, where they manufactured common brick almost entirely. In 1912 they discontinued common brick and since have devoted their entire efforts to the manufacture and sale of facing brick. That

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