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THE SOUTHERN CHAPTER A. I. A. 31

Mr. Wheelock : Mr. President, I move, if it is in order,
that the place for holdng our next annual Convention be
now taken up for consideration.

The motion was seconded by Mr. L. F. Goodrich, who sug-
gested that Augusta, Ga., be selected as the place for holding
this meeting.

Mr. Wood : I suggest that some point in the great State of
Texas be selected as our next place of meeting.

On motion of Mr. Wheelock, Sherman, Texas, was named
as the place for holding the meeting.

On motion of Mr. Lind, Augusta, Ga., was named as the
place for holding the next meeting, and by a rising vote of
fourteen to two, Augusta, Ga., was selected as the place for
holding the next annual Convention.

At this point, Mr. Bruce, the retiring President, said that
he would resign the office of President to his worthy succes-
sor, and Mr. Goodrich was escorted to the Chair.

On montion of Mr. Bruce it was ordered that the proceed-
ings of the convention held in Atlanta, Ga., last February, and
the proceedings of this convention be published together, in
pamphlet form : which motion was unanimously carried.

The Secretary : Quite a number of our fellows, who for
various reasons could not be with us, have written, expressing
their regret at not being able to attend this meeting, one of
whom is Mr. Nixon, of Atlanta, who has also prepared and
forwarded to be read, a paper on the Problem of Architectural
Education.

MR. NIXON'S PAPER :

THE PROBLEM OF ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION.

In preparing this paper on such a problem I am fully aware that
Architectural Education has been fully outlined by the various insti-
tutes of the country purporting to teach the students various branches
of the study of architecture in a one, two, or three years course. But the
question before us is this, what shall constitute the architectural stu-
dents course in the practitioner's office so as to combine practice with
theory and fit our young men as efficient assistants ?

The wealth and luxury of the American nation is fasy pushing to the
front the architectural excellence of its structures and it behooves us to
look ahead and examine closely whether there may not be some remedy
for evils existing.

I will endeavor, in a contemplative way, to discover and lay bare the
defects and principal causes.