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INDEX VOLUME3, 1 926

Activities of Provincial Associations :­Albe r ta. British Columbi a. Manitoba. Ontario .

H amilton Chapter Ottawa Toronto

Quebec. Saska tchewan. . ......... .... . .. . . .

Archibal rl, P resident J ohn S., Address b,·. Architects' Fees in Various Provinces. Archi tectura l Deve lopment in O nta ri o. By Stanley 1'. 'J. hyer. Archi tectural Ex hib ition by T oronto Cha pter, O.A.A. . Ar t Gallery of T oronto. By Art/ill" Lismer, .1.R.C.A., O.S./I. Awards to Universitv of T oronto Graduates at Fontaincb leau.

Church of St. Famille , I sle of Orleans. By Ramsay Tmquair, MA., F.R.T.B./I . . Church of St. Francois rle Sales, I sle of Orleans. By Ramsay Tmquair, lvfA., F.R.!.B./I . . Combined Y .M.C.A. and Y .W .C.A. Bu ildings at W indsQ!', Ont.. Competition for League of Nations Buil d ings .. Competitions. Concordia College, Edmonton, Alberta . Correspondence.

D alh ousie Unive rsity, H alifax . By A . Stanley lvlackenzie, BA., Ph.D., I.C.L., F.R .S .C ..

Editorial. Edmonton Public Li brary . By E. L. Hill, B./I., J1.1.Sc .. Edward H an lan M emoria l. .......... . Exhib ition, Architectural, T oronto Chapter O.A.A .. Ex hibi t ion Awards, T oronto Chapter O.A.A . . Ex hihi tion of Student 'Nork, D ept. of Architecture, University of T oronto.

H ow Library Ideals AfTect i\ rchitecture. By Ceo. H. Locke.

I mperial \Yar Memorial Tablet for Belgian Cathedrals.

League of Nat ions Buil dings, Compet it ion for .. Les Mait res d 'Oeuvre . By Ceo . l\1invielle, Bordeaux, Prance. Librar )" of The City of Montrea l. By Eugene Payette, RA.J.C .. Lindenlea G arden and Suburb.

Manitoba Architects en tertain University Graduates.. . ... .... . Mural Decoration . By Ramsa~v Tmquai,., F.R.I.BA., R./I.I.C .. Mural Decora tion Compet ition, R oya l Canadian Academy. M ontpe tit, Mons. Edouard, Add ress by.

National \\' ar M emorial at O ttawa. Kotes . . ...... . . ... . . .. . . Nurses' :'\ationa l M emorial at Ottawa.

Obituar" :- Baker, F rancis Spence. Barnes, R . P ercy ..... .... . . .. . Brodie, F. Neil. ....... . . Butler, W. F . . . . H am lin , Alfred Dwight Foster. Shaw, H oward Van D ore n ................ .. .. .

Ontario Association of Architects, An nua l Convention .

By John M. Lyle, RA.!.C ..

Ottawa Archi tects' C lub, Com pet iti on for La yi ng out Linde nlea Garden an d Suburb.

Pain tings at The Canadian Nationa l Exhi bit ion . President's Address . By John S . /I,·c1,ibald. President's P age, The.

R estoration of King So lomon's T emple.

By E. Wyly Crie,., R .CA ..

R oyal Architectural I nstitute of Canada, An nual M eeting. R oyal Architectural Tnstitute of Can ada, Annual Banquet. R oya l Architectural l nstitut.e of Canada, List of M em bers. R oyal Canadian Academy, Mural Decora tion Competition ..... . .... . . .

. .. 42,

..... . .... 127,

PAGE

127 127, 249 127,249 173, 249

127 ... .. 42, 127, 173, 249

. .43, 173 42 72

38 36

43, 49 65

246

105 20[ 223 179 44

239 . . 125, 25 1

. . 3, 48, 85, 139, 178,

19

222 153 252

49 43

123

89

246

179 2 12 141 173

181 183 182 11 9

39 . .44, 127, 174, 250

247

31 252 252 252 174 174 40

172

235 72

. .. 47, 137, 177, 219

29 75 78

129 [82

I N D E X (1926)- Continued

Secretary's Page, The. . ......... . . Sesqu i-Ce ntenn ial E xhi bition at Phil adelp hi a, T'he . . . . So me Warn ings in R egard to the P la nning o f Libraries , By Ceo , 11. r ocke. Surveyor, The H on, Ju dge E . F abre, Add ress by .

T emperatures of Concrete in Pl ace, A Convenien t T oron to P ublic Li brar ies, By Ceo . 11. Locke .. Town Planning, By NOlllrtrl Cauchon ..

M ethod to D ete r mine ... . . . . . . .

United C hurch of Canada, Memorandum b\' Committee on Architecture. University of Montrea l. By Olivier l1ifaIl1'fl1lIt. Un Professcur d'Archi tectu re a Q uebec en 1828, par M o nsieur Ol ivier Maurault, 1'.5 .5 ..

\Vaid, M r, D. E verett, Adciress by .... . . ... .

PLAT E ILT .USTR ATJONS

Art Gal lery of T oron to, South Corridor. ........................... . . . . Beech ' >\loods, Tbe, from P ai n ti ng. By]. IF. Beatty, R .C./I . . . . , ... . .. . . . D al housie Unive rsity, H alifax, M acdonald M emoria l L ibrary. Edmonton P ubl ic L ibra ry, Deta il of Entrance. Edmonton Pu blic L ib rary, I nte rio r . Edward H anl an M emori a l, T oronto, By Emanuel Hahn. Forestry Bu ilding, U ni versity of Toronto .. Gooelham Gate, Y ork, E ng. from Sketch. By Clzas . Dolphin, R./l.1. C .. Libra ry of the City o f M o n trea l, Facade. L ibra r y of the Ci ty of M ontrea l, D istribu ting Ha ll. Memoria l Arch, R oya l M ilita ry Co ll ege, Kingston, On t .. M ulock, R t , H o n. Sir Willi am, K .C.M.G. from P ainting. By E. IFyly Crier, R .C./I .. Mural D ecora tio n, "Vinciso r Sta t ion, Mo ntrea l. By Hal Ross Pel'igal'd, /I .R .C./I .. Mural Decoratio n High School, M ontrea l. By Robt. TV Pilot, /I .RC.A . . Mura l Decoration, Art Ga llery, M o n trea l. By C. W . Simpson, R.C.A.. . ....... . . , .

lurses' Nationa l M emoria l, O ttawa , By C. IF . Hall, RC.A .. ............... . . . P av . de Flore and P on t R oy al , P a ri s from Sketch . By IFendell P . Lawson. St. Mary's, Oxfo rd, E ng" fro m Sketch. By A , Leslie Perry, B. /lrclz .. Sesqu i-Centenni a l E xpos it ion, T ower of P alace of Agri cul t ure. Sesqu i-Centen nial E xposi ti o n, Co rner o f Patio, P ennsy lvan ia Build ing . . Speaker's Library, P arlia ment Bui ld ings, Ot tawa T oronto Publi c Library, In te ri or o f R eference Library. . . . .. . . . . . . . , . . T oronto Publi c Librar y, H igh P a rk Branc h . T oronto Pu bli c Libra r y, Ent rance, Earlscour t Branch . U ni versity of M on treal, Ch a pel Ie el u Sem inai re de Theologie. Un ive rsity of M ontreal, Sal le de Lectu re, Bi bliotheque St. Su lpice. . ...... . . . Val de G race, P a ris, from Sketch . By Wendell P . Lawson .. .......... . . Vil la Aldo bra ndi ni , R ome, from Sketch. By Clzas . Dolphin, R .A .1.C ..

WORK ILLUSTRATED

ARCHIT ECTURE

Brow n, Murra~' ; R esidence of G. L. Mulholland, Esq ., T oro nto. . ..... . . .. . . . C hapman , A , H.; T oronto P ubl ic L ib rary... . ...... .. . . . .. . . .. . C hapman & M cG iRi n ; D o\,e rcour t Branch Li bra r y, T oronto. Cobb, A. R. ; Dal housie Unive rsity, H al ifax. D ar li ng & P earson:-Sun L ife Building, M ontrea l.

Speaker' s Li brary , P arliamen t Build ings, O ttawa F ores try Building , U niversi ty o f T oron to . Ar t G all ery o f T oron to . . ................. , .

D a rling, Frank, R.AJ.C.; D a lhousie University, H alifax. D um aresque, J. c.; Dalho usie Uni ve rsity, H a lifax. . ... . . . . . , . , , .. Gau thi er & Dao ust; E cole cles H au tes Etudes Co mmercia les, U . o f Mo nt rea l. Gibson, C. J.; E a rl scour t Publi c Library , T o ro nto .. ... .. . ... . . . ............. , ..... . .

PACE ........ 4, 86, 140, 180, 248

193 96

11 7

215 87

165

157

32

244

63 233

.. .. 15, 17 149 151 229

6 1 84

145 147

59 23 1 176 ]85 ]87 227 136 2 18 ] 89 19 1

57 . ... 97, 99

101 103

11 13 46

2

55 . .... 87, 88, 97, 99

.. .. 90,9 1,92 .. 15, 17, 24, 25, 26, 27

50 57 6 1

. ... 63, 66, 67 . 15, 17, 24, 25, 26, 27 .. ....... .. . 21, 22, 23

.. 8, 9 103

I N D E X (1926)-Continued PA GE

H orwood & Whi te; Eglinton U nited Church, T oronto. . . . . . . . . . 53 Hynes, J. P.; Easte rn Bran ch Library, 'Poronto . .93, 94 L yle, John M.; Thornton Smith Buil d ing, Toronto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 49 L yle, J ohn M.; R es ide nce of C. A. Bogert, E sq., T oronto.. 55 L yle, J ohn M .; M emoria l Arch, Kingston, Ont.. 59 MacDonald, G . H . & H . A. Magoon; Ed monton Pu bli c L ibrar y. . 149, J 51, 153 , 154, 155, J 56 M acDona ld, G. H. & H. A. M agoon; Concordia College, E dmon ton, Alta. . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . 239, 240, 241, 242, 243 Marchand, J. 0.; Chapelle du Semina ire de Theologie, U . of M ontreal. .. J I Marini &' Paisley ; Wood.Gundy Build ing, T oronto. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Mathers & Halde nby ; Office Building, Bloor St., T oronto. .. 50 M olesworth, West & Secord :- Y.W.C.A. Buil ding, Toronto. . ... . . . . . . 52

R esidence, P oplar Pl ai ns R d ., T oronto . 54 R esidence, Oakville, On t. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

M onette, G. ; E cole de Chirurgie Denta ire, U . of M ontrea l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 10 Nicholl s, Sheppard & M asson; Combined Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A . Building, Wind sor, Onto ..... 222,223, 224, 225, 226 Paye tte, Eugene; Biblio theque St. Sulpi ce, U. of M ontreal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 6, 7, 13 P aye tte, Eugene; Library of the City of M ontrea l. . ... . . ... . . . . ..... . ... . . . 141, 142, 143, 144, 145 , 147 P earson, John A. ; Architectural Frame, Nurses ' M emorial , Ottawa.. 247 P era ult, Mesnard & Venne ; Edifice Central, U . of M ontrea l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Shepard & Calvin; Gerrard Branch Library, Toronto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . ... . ... . .. 93, 95 Smith, E den & Son ; W ychwood Branch Library, Toronto. . .... 92, 9(; Smith, E den & Son; High Park Bran ch Library, Toronto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Somervil le, Wm. L yon; Show R oom, B.C. Lumber Commi 8sion, T oronto. . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Sproatt & R olph; H art House and Sold iers ' T ower, T oronto........... ... ... 51

. Stevens & Lee ; Royal Vi ctoria M aterni ty Hospital, M ontreal . . Va nier, Emile; E cole P oly technique, U. of Montreal . . .. . . W a ters & Wilkes; R eside nce of F . H. Wilkes, E sq. , T oronto. Wickson & Gregg; R es idence, Guelph, Ont . . Wickson & Gregg ; T oronto Public Library .

Bencker, R. B.; Pennsylvania Buildi ng, Sesqui-Centenni al E xposition . H emle & Corbett; Restora tion, King Solomon's T emp le. M olitor, J ohn ; Sesq ui-Centennial E xposition . ............... . .. . ...... . Simon & Simon; Stadium, Sesq ui-Centennia l E xposition .

PA IN T I NGS A ND SKETCH ES

Barr, Allan ; Portrait, Professor De Champ . Bea t ty, J. W., R.C.A ., O.S.A. ; "The Beech Woods" .... .... . ... . .... . . .... .. . . .. . . Brigden , F. H ., O.S.A. ; "Winter a t the Old Mill ". Bru ce, W. Bl air; " The W alker of Th e Snow". Comfort, Charles F.; D ecoration a t Arts and Letters Club Dinner, T oronto .. . . ...... . D olphin, Charles, R .A.I. C.; Villa Aldo brandini, R ome (Sketch).

Goodham Gate, York, Eng. (Sketch). Grier, E . W yly, R.C.A., O.S. A. ; P ortra it, R t. H on. Sir Will iam Mulock, K .C.M.G. . ... . .... . . H ill , D onald R.; M ura l Decora tion, St rathearn School, M ontreal. ................. . Huntley, W alker, O. S. A., D ecoration a t Arts and Letters Club Dinner, T oronto. . ........ .. . J ohn sto n, Franz H., A.R.C.A., O.S.A.; "The Land of Silence" . . ........... .... . Kreigholf, Cornelius; "The Habi tan t Farm" . . .. . . .. . .......... ... ...... . .. . . L awson, Wendell P.; Val de Grace, P ari s (Sketch) .. . L awson, Wende ll P. ; P av. de Flore and Pont R oyal (Sketch) . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . .

M acdonald, J. E . H. , A.R. C.A. , O.S.A. ; " Early M orn ing" . Mi tchell , T. W. , O. S.A.; " Vacation". P almer, H erbert S., A.R.C.A. , O. S.A. ; " Down The Gat ineau Valley" . P erigard , Hal R oss, A.R.C.A.; Mural Decora t ion, "Vindsor Sta t ion, Montrea l P erry, A. Les li e, B. Arch.; St. Mary's, Ox ford, Engla nd (Sketch) . P ilot, R obt. W., A.R .C.A.; Mural Decora t ion, High School, M ontreal. . R eid, Geo. A. , R. C.A ., O.S.A.; M ura l Decoration, Earlscour t L ih rary, T oronto .. Russe ll , G. H orne , P .R.C. A.; "On the Coast of M aine at M onhega n". Simpson, C. \V., R. C.A. ; Mural Decorat ion, Art Gallery, M ontreal . Thompson, T om ; " Pine I slan d" . .

H als, F ra nz; Portrait of a Gentlema n, 1650 . R embrand t; Self Por t rait of Ar tist Ske tching ..

F rism uth, Mi ss; " The Vine", Sesqui-Ce nte nn ial E xposition. H ahn, E manuel; Edward Hanl an M emoria l, Toronto. H ill, G . W .- R. C. A. ; Nurses ' National M emori a l, Ottawa.

SCU LPT U RE

M arch, Vernon; Nationa l \~'ar M emoria l, O ttawa .. .......... .

51 \0 54 56

87, 88, 97, 99

. ....... . ... 191, 196 . .... 28, 30

189, 193, 194, 195, 197, 198 197

236 233 237

7 1 252

2 84

23 1 182 221 238

72 46

136 238 237 235 176 2 18 185 183 237

18 .. , 187 70

69 68

199 229

. ..... . 227, 247 39

wqr l oyal Arrqttrrtural llnstttutr of Qlana~a FOUNDED 19th AUGUST, 1907

INCORPORATED BY THE DOMINION PARLIAMENT 16th JUNE, 1908, and 1s t APRIL, 1912

ALLIED WITH THE "ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS"

FEDERATION OF

THE ALBERTA ASSOCIATION OF ARCHITECTS; THE ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF BRITI SH

COLUMBIA; THE MANITOBA A SSOCIATIO N OF ARCHIT ECTS ; THE ONTARIO ASSOCIATION OF

ARCHITECTS; THE PROVINCE OF QUE BEC ASSOCIATION OF ARCHITECTS; THE S AS KATC HEWAN

ASSOCIATION OF ARCHITECTS.

OFFICERS 1925

President - - J. S. ARCHIBALD

Vice-President J. P. HYNES

Second Vice-President W. G. BLAKEY

Montreal

- - - - Toronto

Edmonton

Honorary Secretary - ALCIDE CHAUSSE -

H onorary Treasurer - A. BEAUGRAND-CHAMPAGNE

Montreal

Montreal

COUNCIL 1925

Representing the Alberta Association oj Architects-W. G. BLAKEY and GEORGE FORDYCE. Representing the Manitoba Association oj Architects-J. H. G. R USSE LL and J. MANUEL.

Representing the Ontario Association oj Architects- L. GORDON BRIDGMAN , J. P. HY NES, STANLEY T. J.

FRYER, D. W. F. NICHOLS, \VALTER M. MOORHOUSE and FORSEY P. PAGE .

Representing the Province oj §2.,uebec Association oj Architects-JoHN S. ARCHIBALD, A. BEAUGRAND­

CHAMPAGNE, ALCIDE CHAUSSE, P. E. NOBBS J. CECIL McDOUGA LL, and EUGENE PAYETTE.

Representing the Saskatchewan Association oj Architects-PROF. A. R. GREIG, F. H. PO RTNALL and W. G.

VANEGMOND.

Representing the Architectural I nstitute oj British Columbia-S. M. EVELEIGH and ANDREW L. MERCER.

R epresentatives of the R.A.1. C. on the Council of THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS

SIR JOH N J AMES BUR NET, R. A., F. R. I. B . A., LO NDON, ENGLAND. PERCY E. NOBB S, F. R. I. B. A., MONTRE AL.

ALLIED

Representatives 0/ the R .A.I.C. on the SOCIETIES' CONFERE TCE (R .I.B.A.)

LEWIS H. J ORDAN, Past President, RA.l.C. J OH~ S. ARCHIBALD, President, R.A.l.C. SEI'T1MU S \VARWICK, F.R.I.B.A., London , Eng.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

JOH N S . ARCHIB ALD, Chairman; A. BEAUGRAND-CHAMPAGNE; J. C ECIL McDOUGALL; P. E. NOBB S;

E UGENE P AY ETTE; ALCIDE CH AUSSE , Sen'etary .

PAST PRESIDENTS

*A. F. DUNLOP, Montreal, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1909-10; J.H. G. RUSSELL, Winnipeg, 1912- 13, 1913-14, 1914-15; A. FRANK WICKSON, Toronto, 1918-19, 1919-20; ~H. JORDAN, Winnipeg, 1922-23, 1923-24. * Deceased

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F. S. B AKER, Toronto, 1910-11, 1911-12; Jos . P. OUELLET, Quebec, 1915-16, 1916-17, 1917-18,

DAVID R . BROWN, Montreal, 1920-21, 1921-22;

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EDITORIAL

SECRETARY'S PAGE

TORONTO, JAN.-FEB., 1926

CONTENTS

THE UNIVER SITY OF MO NTREAL, by Olivier Maurault D ALHOUSIE UNIV ERSITY, H ALIFAX , by A . Stanley Mackenzie, B.A. RESTOR ATIO N OF KING SOLOMO N'S T EMP LE

FRANCI S SP ENCE B AKER

UN PROFESSEUR D'ARCHITECTURE A Q UEBEC E N 1828 ARCHITECT URA L DEVELOPME NT IN O NTARIO, by Stanley T . y. Fryer, R .A I . C ARCHITECTS' FEES I N VARIOUS PROVI NCES

COM PETITIO N F OR N ATIO NAL W AR MEMORI AL won by Vernon March ANNUAL CO NVENTIO N OF O NTARIO A SSOCI ATIO N OF ARCHITECTS

ACTIVITIES OF PROVINCI AL ASSOCI ATIO NS

AWARDS IN THE EXHIBITION OF TORO NTO CH A PTER, O.A.A.

N OTES

COMPETITIONS

BOOKS R EVI EWED

MANUFACTURERS' P UBLICATIONS

Plate Illustrations

VILLA ALDOBRANDI NI, ROME, from Pencil Sketch by Charles Dophin, R.A.I.C CHAPE LLE DU S EMINAIRE DE TH EOLOGIE, UNIVERSITY OF MO NTRE AL

SALLE DE LECTURE , BIBLIOTHEQUE SAI NT S U LPICE , UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAl.

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Chairman- J . P. HYNES (Ontario Association of Architects) A. BEAUGRAND-CH AMPAGNE (Province of Quebec Association of Archi tects) FRANK P . MARTIN (Saskatchewan Association of Archi tects) L. H. JORDAN (Manitoba Association of Architects) W. G. BLAKEY (Alberta Association of Architects) A. L. MERCER (Architectural I nstitute of British Columbia)

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Detail of Terra Cotta windows, Palazzo Municipale, Piacenza, Italy, erec ted in I2 8 I A. D .

. THE DURABILITY OF TERRA COTTA In 128 I A. D . the Palazzo Municipale was erected in Piacenza in stone, brick and Terra Cotta. The Terra Cotta architraves start from the stone base, enclosing a series of similar windows throughout the entire facade and . are in perfect condition after six hundred and forty-three years exposure.

Modern T ena Cotta in its perfected scientific process of manufacture retains all the. durable properties of the earlier

" product. The problem of a corresponding durability rests in its appropriate structural relation with other materials under the differing principles of present day construction. '

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Volume 3 TORONTO, JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 1926 Number 1

tEbitortal

T HE fronti spiece in this issue is another of Chas. E. Dolphin's delightful sketches made while in Europe be fore the War. Mr. Dol­

phin's abi lity as an illustrator of archit~ctural sub­jects needs no ~omment on .our part, as hI s work has alread y been hIghly appreCiated by members of the profession.

The feature art icles in this issue include a desc rip­tion of the Universite de Montreal and Dalhousie un iversity, Hali fax, N.S ., which now concludes the articles on the Un iversities of Canada. In an early issue we will commence a series of articles on L ibrary Buildings in Canada similar to the arti cles publi shed on Univers it ies. T he fi rst of thi s series will be of the Library Buildings of Toronto.

The N ineteenth General Annual Meeting of the J~oyal A rchitectural Institute of Canada will be held at the \Nindsor Hotel in Montreal on Saturdav . February 20th, 1926. It is very pleasant to thil{l~ that at least once a year architects f rom all over the Dominion have an opportunity of getting together in order to exchange their views and make sugges­tions that will ultimately be of benefit to the archi­tectural profess ion in this country. There should be a large attendance at this A nnual Meeting as the interests of the P rofession are to a g reat extent pro­moted at gatheri ngs such as these.

\Vhile the programme is sufficient to attract a large attendance, it is not always the items on the pro­gramme which are most important to the profession, hut the con tact which these Institute Meetings afford to A rchitects f rom the di fferent P rovincial Associa­tions.

. In response to correspondence we are publishing 111 thi s issue of the JOURNAL a schedule of architects' fees which are now in fo rce in each of the P rovinces where an Association exists. T his ' is s'Omething that wi ll interest a ll .architects., (no matter in what part of the Dominion they maybe located. The variation of fees charged by the different associations might fo rm a basis 0 f discuss ion at the next A nImal Meet­ing of the Institute. vVe have heard considerable criti cism of the' schedule of fees as thev exist at the present til{,e as well as the proper interpretation that 1111ght he placed on them. This matter has led to litigation at times and it might be a profitable subj ect f or the consideration of the Institute at its Annual Meeti ng.

()n another page in this issue will be found a re­po rt of an Exhibition held by the Toronto Chapter of the Ontario Association of rchitects . T his is proiJably the fi rst time that such an ' Exhibi tion has been held in Canada where awards have been made in the diffe rent classes of buildings. This is with­Oll t qll estion the finest work that can be undertaken

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by our architects' associations. It not only stimulates the architects to do better things, but it also creates a great deal of interest amongst the general public. Exhibitions such as this can onlv result in benefi ts to all concerned. The public, for ~xample , get a bet­ter understanding of what good design really means and the advantages of employing an archi tect, and the architects also derive great benefit from the in­centi ve and encouragement which an Exhibition of this kind offers. \N e understand that this Exhibi­tion of the Toronto Chapter is to be an annual one and we look forward to seeing it increase in import­ance to the public and the profession in the future.

It is quite a C0111mon sight to see prominently di s­played on buildings which are being el-ected the names of the contractors, usually in very large letters, which to the general public is in terpreted to mean that the contractors are responsible for the erection of the bui lding in question. I s it not time that archi­tects began to reali ze some of the di sadvantages under which they practice their profession? If it is against professional ethics for the architect to dis­playa large sign showing that he is respons ible for the building, then why not prevent the contractor from placing a sign larger than the one used by the architect? Here is an opportunity fo r the Institnte at its annual meeting to give consideration to a mat­ter that means much to the profession. To our minds, a happy solution to this question of signs would be for the Institute to decide upon or adopt a certain style and size of sign board for the pur­pose of the architect and contractors. If this were clone the architect would be in a position to place his name at the top of the sign followed by the gen­eral cont ractor and the sub-contractors which would give the public the opportunity of knowing just who were responsible for the erection of the building and yet not take away any of the credit which really belongs to the architect. Contractors should not be permitted to exploit themsel ves at the expense 0 f the Architects.

In the death of Mr. F. S. Baker which is men­tioned on another page in thi s issue, the profession in Canada has sustained a severe loss . .Mr. Baker's interests in the architectural profession were well and favo rably known. As P resident of the Rovcd A rchi tectural Institute of Canada fr0111 19 10 - to 19 12 he took a large part in bringing the Institute to its present state.

T he Index and Title Page to Volume 2 of the J OUR N AL will be found in the back page of this issue. Subscribers who bind up the J OURNAL may remove the Index from its position without affecting thi s number.

(Continued on page 4/ )

4 THE JOURNAL ROYAL ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF CANADA Jan.-Feb .. '26

T H E Nineteenth General Annual Meetjng of the Royal A rchitectural Institute of Canada will be held on Saturday, the 20th February,

1926, at the 'Windsor Hotel, Montreal, Que. There will be held a meeting of the (1925) Council, busi­ness sess ions of the Annual Meeting, a meeting of the ( 1926) Council, and the Annual Dinner will be held in the evening. The principal guests at the dinner will be the Honorable Alexandre Taschereau. Prem­ier of Quebec, Mr. Edouard Montpetit. Regist.rar and Professor of the U niversite de Montreal and a representative of McGill U niversity.

The Montreal architects expect to have the pleas­ure of receiving a great number of their colleagues from other parts of the Dominion. on the occasion of the Annual Meeting of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and the Committee of Arrange­ments have prepared a most interesting programme.

* * * The RA.Le. have nominated Professor Cecil S.

Burgess, of the University of Alberta, to act as Chief Assessor on the Boards of Assessors for the selection of designs for the \!\T innipeg \ !\Tar Memorial Competition and the Regina (Sasle) Vvar Memorial Competition.

* * * Mr. Septimus \I\Tarwick, F .R.I.B.A., London, Eng­

land, has been requested by the RA.Le. to attend the meetings of the R.I.B.A. Allied Societies Con· ference , as the London repI'esentative of the RA.I.e. and has accepted. The President and the Past President of the RA.I.e. are also members of the Con f erence.

* * * In accordance with precedent the Royal Institute

of British Architects has prepared and sent to His Majesty the King an address of sympathy on the occasion of the death of Queen A lexandra. The add ress was sent by the Counci l of the RI.B.A. on behalf of the Members of the RI.B.A. and of the Allied Societies both in Great Britain and overseas. The address was as follows:-

The Humble and Loyal Address of the Royal ! nstitute of British Archdects to H 'is Most Gmciou,s Majesty the King: May it please Your Majesty,-

\Ve, your dutiful subjects, the PI'esident and Council , on behalf of the members of the Royal Institute of British Architects and of the Socie" ties both in the British Islands and in the Do­minions beyond the seas in alliance therewith, beg leave humbly and respectfully to approach Your Majesty, and to offer our deep and heart­felt sympathy in the irreparable loss Your Ma­jesty, the members of the Royal Family, and the Nation have sustained by the death of your Royal Mother, our late Queen Alexandra. whose gracious personality and ennobling example were of inestimable value to Your people for a period of more than sixty years.

On behalf of the Royal Institute :-E. Guy Dawber. President; Thomas R Milburn, Arthur Keen, Banister F letcher, Harry Barnes, Vice-Presidents; E. Stanley Hall , Hon .-Secre­tary; Ian MacAlister, Secretary.

The various provincial aSSOCIatIOns of architects are requested to forward to the Hon. Secretary of the RA.I.e., a complete li st of the members in good standing of their respective association for publica­tion in a coming number of "The lournal R .A.I.C." and also the names of their delegates on the 1926 R.A.I.e. Council.

* * * "COlllments on Gothic A rchitecture" formed the

subj ect of an interesting lecture given on December 18th. bv Dr. Charles \V. Colbv to the Art Association of MO;1treal. -

Dr. Colby dealt with his subject from an historical point of view and described how Romanesque archi­tecture passed through a slow transition peri od which finally resulted in the appearance of the flower y type of architecture , with pointed arches, buttresses, beautifu l stained glass windows and fine sculpture work, known as the Gothic type,

A rchitecture flourished during the time of the Medi terranean ci vilizations, when there was plenty of slave labor, this being followed by the Roman era. When the Roman Empire disintegrated there was a gradual falling off in the construction of beau­ti ful edi fices and in the 500 years between 490 and 950 A ,D" only one monumental building was con­structed.

Following this period, known as the Dark Ages, there was a great revival and wealthy citizens and communities felt a desire to reconstruct the building programme of Rome, which resulted in the heavy type of architecture known as Romanesque. It was found that the. massive masonry, which went to sup­port the roofing and arches , was really unnecessary and with the inauguration of intersecting arches, architecture became a work of fine intelligence.

Dr. Colby had a number of lantern slides illus­trating first the Romanesque type of architecture, then the gradual transition type and finally a collec­tion of beautiful representations of some of the finest Gothic cathedrals and abbeys in England and on the Continent.

* * * The Commissioner for !\ ustralia, Sir James E lder,

announces that one blue print copy of a picture model diagram for the use of architects who have entered the Australian (Canberra) V·lar Memorial Competition, and one list of the answers to questions submitted by registered competitors, were received at the office of the Commissioner in the United States o f America, for the Government of the Common­wealth of Australia, No. 44, Whitehall Street, New York, N.Y. The blue print and answers to questions are open for inspection at that office, If any Aus­tralian architect in Canada is unable to visit the New York office, it is suggested that specific questions be submitted by letter to the Commissioner, when answers will be furnished from the data received from the Secretary, Federal Capital Commission, Canberra. The time for receipt of designs by Aus­tralian architects in America closes at the New York office on the 31st March, 1926. All designs lodged at the New York office will be dispatched and covered with insurance of the nominal value of £25 per set until they arrive at the office of the Federal Capital Commission, Canberra.

(Continued on page 38.)

Jan.-Feb., '26 THE JOURNAL ROYAL ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF CANADA 5

EDIFICE CENTRAL, T H E UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL

P errcr.ult, 11'[ esnard & V enne , Architects .

wqr ltluiurrntty of flontrrnl By OLI VIER MAURAULT.

T HE U ni ve r sity of M ont rea l is th e da ug hter of La va l U nive rs ity, w hi ch, founded in Quebec in 1852, had bee n o rgani zed a round

the long existin g nucleus of the theological semin­ary and the cla ss ica l coll ege. (1 ).

At t ha t tim e, it vvas not yet the custom. in Amer ica, t o es t ab li sh univers it ies in the m idst of imm ense parks a nd t o do t them with num erous buildi ngs fo r the t eaching of a ll poss ibl e sc ie nces. Moreover th e founders of the new Quebec sea t of lea rn ing. wer e ra ther inclined. by their La tin and F rench forma tion, t o im it a te t he actua l o rga ni za ­t10n of the E U1'opean a nd contin enta l unive rs iti es. No"v, t he old So rbonn e, in Pari s. had, s in ce its beginnings, adopt ed th e compact pl a n. T here was no question of gardens, campus and inde­pende nt pav ilions. O n the contra ry, a la rge build­lI1g, rad ia tin g fro m a central chape l, appeared the mos t practi ca l ar ra ngement. As to the stud ents. they we re understood to lodge in co ll eges erect ed here a nd th ere, in a ll quarter s o f the city .

In Mo ntrea l. thi s tradition prevail ed. \ i\l hen it beca me cl ear tha t the Montreal student s would not go to Quebec in order t o r eceive the ir uni ve r ­sity training, Laval founded a fi liale (offspring) in

( 1 )-T f we were to coun t years as th ey clo at Harvarrl, Quebec U ni ve rsity sho uld trace its orig in as far back as 1635.

th e m etropo li s, in 1876. Both fac ulti es o f Di vin­ity a nd Law inaugura t ed the new regime in 1878 ; soon M edicine jo ined in 1879, a nd th e Faculty of Arts, in 1887.

F rom the ope ni ng until these last yea rs, the univers ity in Montrea l was unde r the admini s­tration of the univer sity board of Qu ebec. T hi s could not las t long . T wo yea r s la t er , in 1889, the Montreal seat became a succursale (branch estab­li shm ent ) a nd was a llowed t o ma nage its own affa irs. During the thirty fo ll ow ing yea r s it de­ve loped const a ntl y. So much tha t , in 1919, it s to ta l independen.ce from Quebec was r ecognized by Rom e, and a yea r la t er , the 14th of F ebr ua ry . by the Provincial Government, under the new name of Univers-i te de Montreal. It then in­cluded nine faculti es and ecoles fusionnc es, fo ur a ffili a t ed schools, t o which we must add the twelve classical colleges of the di st rict , six ecole.> annexecs, and twenty-three convents.

\ i\le sha ll not in sist on thi s subj ec t , the aim of th is pape r being ra ther t o ma k e known th e his ­to ry of the uni vers ity buildings.

In 1876, the Faculty of Law occupied a ve ry modes t house, on Notre-Da me Stree t , as ide of the o ld Cha t eau de Ra mezay; th e Victo ri a School of M edicin e had it s own building oppos ite the H otel-D ieu , on P ine Avenue ; a nd the Faculty of Theology had inhabited fo r twenty year s the

6 THE JOURNAL ROYAL ARCH ITECTURA L I NSTITUTE OF CANADA Jan .-Feb., '26

BIBLTOTHEQU£ SAlNT-SULPICE, UN IVERSITY OF MONTREAL

Eugene P ayette, Arcoitect.

western part of the actual Seminary, o n She r­brooke Street.

The oldest pa rt of thi s imm ense building, e r ec t ed be t 'wee n 1854 and 1857, was the wo rk of J o hn Ostcll. One m ust not look for any a ttempt at fancy in it ; the a rchitect wa nt ed t o r emain austere a nd he succeeded perfectly. Later on, in 1870, the bui ldi ng was ext ended t owards th e eas t , t o acco l11m odat e th e boys of th e Clas sica l Coll ege. Happil y, th e sa me sty le was obse r ved . S ince then, tim e has assum ed the ta sk of correct­ing the gloominess of the front, now an ivy-clad wall ; it has a lso deckec1wit h g rass and fl ower s the inte r vening space bet ween the front w ings, and enveloped wi th beautiful tree s the t wo old towers of 1692. w hich a r e ve ry precious la nd­marks in our city. (2) . T he large cha pel formin g o ne of the w ings, was altered by Mr. J. O. Mar­chand, a r chi tect. be twee n 1905 and 1907. T he interior, of basilical style, covered with white caen-limestone and marbl e, ado rn ed w ith a mosaic fl oor ing a nd a roof of apparent rafters in Brit ish Columbia fir , constitutes o ne of the most se rious a nd attl-active monum ent s of thi s city . The gar­dens o f th e Faculty of Theology a r e la rge and shady; th eir principal fea ture is a long and nar­rO\v lake, dug out at th e beginning o f the XVIIIth

(2)-Th ese two towers, on ly r emains of t h.: Fort de /<1 11!{ Oll !U f! II P w here t he ed ucat ion of Indian s was begun, appea r on th e escutcheon of th e Un ive rs ity of Montreal.

SALLE m:s CONF ERENCES, B IBLlOTHEQUE SA IN'T'-SULPICE

Ellgene P ayette, Arch1:tect.

century, and stretching under a doubl e r a nk o f very old elm s.

A t the time Lava l Unive r s itv of Ouebec es tab­li shed its :Montreal bra nch, th~ cha;ming church of Notre-Dame de Lourdes, on St. Cat herin e Street , was ri sing f rom its foundations; it be· cam e soo n afterwards the Unive r s ity Chapel. (3). Th is shrin e is the entire work,-architect ure as well as deco ra ti on,-of Napoleon Bourassa. Very few in thi s country have done more tha n he for t he progress of arts. He was born in L'Acadie , in 1827, was first the pupil of T heophile Hamel, a nd lat er on went t o E urope t o complete hi s s tudi es, espec iall y in Ita ly. A writer as well as an artis t , he g rea tly contributed t o form the a rti st ic taste of hi s fe ll ow citizens, a nd v indica t ed th e rights of beauty, in numerous critical articles, w hi ch have r emained actua l. Entrust ed bv the P rovinc ia l Governm ent w ith an inquiry, in E uro­pean sc hools, o n the t eaching of drawing, he wrote very important r eport s, on hi s r eturn, r eco m­mending the fo undation of certa in in stitutio ns that have come t o existence, long yea r s after­wards. As builder and painter, hi s most perfer:t achi evem ent , a nd o ne of the fin es t in the count !")"

GRAND STAIRWA Y TO MA IN READI NG ROOM BIBLIOTHEQU£ SA INT-SULPI CE

Eugene Payette, Architect.

is undoubtedly the chapel of Lourdes. H e erected it w ith th e help of hi s pupil s; during' the fe w years th e work ,"vent on, we had the spec tacle of a school, or a studio of the Rena issance , w her e apprentices a nd masters contributed togeth er t o the perfectio n of the w hole. It was there our great sculptor Phi lippe Hebert began t o show hi s tal ent. T hi s small romanobyza ntine chur ch CO ll­

ta ins the finest decol-ative cnsc'I1'lblc of the citv. Nave, sanctuary and cupola are cov'ered w ith paintings r elat in g t o the dogma of the Imm acu­la t e Co nceptio n of the Virgin Ma ry . Som e part s a re r ea ]Jy beauti ful.

\Nhen thi s monum ent was fini shed t he uni ver­s ity did not ye t possess it s ow n building. Of cour se, mu ch goss ip we nt on abo ut it. Even more was do ne : the ge nera l plan of th e future es tab ­li shm en t was confided t o Me ss r s. Perrault a nd Mesna rd . architects. Newspapers of the yea'.-1888 publ ished th em . The new univer sity was

(3) -Up to our tim c. stud ents ha ve a special se r vice on Sunday, in thi s chapel ; a three clays' r ecoll ection, every year, befo re Eastcr; and each Faculty hears a spec ia l ma,:, in h0110r o f its patron sa int .

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to stand on the site long known as C ote-i/.-Barron, at the south- east ern corner o f St. Denis and Sher­brooke Stree t s. The bu ilding would have occu­pied a ll the hill down to Ontario Street, and would have housed a ll the faculti es, with a large r ecep­tion and academic ha ll, a chapel and the adminis ­tration Cjuart er s. The arch itects had chosen th e French Renaissance, at least for the exterior of th is palace of learning. As a w hole, though a little heavy, it wo uld not ha ve lacked o f a certain majesty. But on account of difficulti es we have not to deal w ith, the groundwork of this magnifi­cent project wel-e neve r begun .

In r eturn, tha nk s t o th e generosity of th e Sulpician order, a building rose, in 1893, on SI:. Denis St r ee t , a li tt le lower th a n St . Cath erin e, the same building now kn ow n t o all, in w hich were then assembled the adminis tration, the Faculty of Law, th e Facu lty of Medicine, the School o f Pharmacy, etc. Joseph Venne, r ecently deceased, was the architect. Of no particular and tradi­tiona l a r chit ecture, unl ess it be Romanesque, th e

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course of tuiti on. th e bui lding was r epaired; the best was made of it , and th e a rchitect managed t o put up ve ry skilfully indeed. amphitheatres, labo ratories , cla ss rooms . But th e library and the la rge hall disappeared. From that moment, the U niver sity gatherings "ve re held in Saint Sul­pice hall , and th e books int ru st-ed t o the beauti ful libra ry .

T here had been Cju es tion, a s ea rly as 1887 o f rece iving in th e St. Denis Str ee t bui ldin g, the new ly affi liated Eco le Poly t echniqu e, sta nding a t the time on the Pla t eau, near th e Co mm ercial Academ y . But the space was found in suffi cient . A nd the directi on of th e sa id Polytechni c School dec ided to build it s ow n ho use . Th e corner-s ton e o f the actua l Engli sh Rena issance school was la id. o n th e 1st o f June, 1902, oppos ite St. J a mes' Church. The architect was Mr. E mile Vanier. Four years later, Mr. J oseph I-Iaynes prepared the pla ns for a second build ing, t o in stall labo ra tories. T wo stori es o f it we re left t o the new sectio n of a r chitectur e.

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B1BLlOTHEQU Jo: SA INT-SC LP1CE, THE: Ul\: IVI': RSITY Of MO'lTR EAL

Eugene Payette, .':\ rchitcc t

fron t is marked by a lo ng stone loggia. st r etchin g betwee n th e t wo w ings, and preceded by a fli g ht of s teps in the shape of a horse-shoe, not very elegant but con ve ni ent fo r exteri o r demonst ra­tions and r ecept io ns. Th e interio r consisted in a large so-called Salle des Promotions (4) , a library, where small gatherings used to hear lectl1res .

It was that build in g. dea r to a ll me mbers of th e univ er s ity, notw ith standing it s defects , w hi ch un­derwent two terrific fir es, in Nove mber , 1920. a nd November , 1922. As it was quite imposs ibl e, at the time , to tran sfe r the uni ve r sity so mew here else. a nd as it was important to -co nt inu e the

(4)-In th is h a ll H.R.H. the P rin ce of 'Wal es was wel­comed and presented wit h a velvet beret and a ca ne.

In the same years, th e P rov incial Governm ent erected it s handso me school of High Co m111 ercial Stud ies, o n V iger Sq ua re. Mess r s. Daoust a nd Gauth ier , t he architects , made of it a rea l pa lace , in spired by th e French R enai ssance. perfect ly fit for a ve ry exte ns ive teaching a nd prov ided w ith a Co m mercia l and Industrial M use U111. w hi ch s ince has not cea sed to 111crease. Affili ated t o the Lava l Uni ve r sity. in 1915, th e sc hoo l kept it s status when the U ni versitv of Montreal was or­gani ze d in 1919, and it r~mains o ne of the 1110St r ep rese ntat ive sec ti ons of th e g rea t body, by it s discipline and the hig h va lu e of it s t eachers.

A noth er b r a nch of lea rnin g developed sin g ul ar­ly In the sa me penod, we mean D ental Surge ry . Our schoo l had succeeded to the Fre nch sec tion

8 THE JOURNAL ROYAL ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF CANADA Jan.-Feb., '26

ECOLE DES HAUT ES ETUDES COMMERCIALES, THE UN IVERSITY OF MONTREAL

Ga'uthier &: Daoust, Architects

of the Dental Coll ege of the Province, founded in 1894. It had been affiliated to Laval in 1904, and became a fac ulty of the U nivers ity of Montreal in 1921. Si nce 1908, it s special building stands at the corner of St. H ubert and De Nlontignv Stree t s. Of a very s imple st y le, thi s edifi ce. er ect ed by M r. G. A. Monette, architect, is well adapted to it s des tination . The School of Veter­ina ry Surgery occupies the g round-floor , and a s mall building adjoining, u sed as a veteri na r y hospit a l. (5).

In September, 1915, the new Saint- Sulpice lib­r a ry , of w hi ch we have said a word, ope ned its doors to the public. Built up by the re ligious con­gregation of w hich it bea rs the name, on the pla ns of Mr. E ugene Payette, thi s m agn ifi cent a nd ele ­gant librar y r eceived the vo lum es of the Oeuvr e des Bons Livr es, found ed in 1844, on St. Sulpice Stree t , at th e rear s ide of the g reat church. Thi s Oe uvre had, a fterward s been located for half a century in the Cabinet de Lecture Paroissia!, w h ere th e Tra nsporta ti on building now st ands. T he book s of th e un iversity fo und place on its st acks . afte r the fir st fir e, thu s adding to th e 100,000 vo lum es a lready sto red and to th e m os t preciou s Canadian archi ves. T he main bodv con­tains a r eading roo m that has becom e the

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study hall of the students ; and in th e basem ent st ands a beautiful a mphitheatre, large enoug h to r ece ive an a udi ence of a thou sand persons, in w hi ch nu­merous assemblies literary, arti stic or social, are

(S)-Thi s building was partia lly des troyed by fire, ! IJ

November, 1922.

held every yea r. It has become, we have said. th e Salle des Promotions (Convent ion Hall ) of the uni vers ity .

Professo rs and student s had fo r long fe lt the need of a co mm on place of r eunion, where to m ee t out s ide of the t eaching hOUl' S. T he students succeeded in organizing in 1922, their Association Generale, whose premises are in the house of the Knights of Columbus, on Sherbrooke Street. a qua int old place under b ig trees, where th e di f­ferent sections of th e Assoc ia tion fo und the ir spec ia l rooms, t ogether with a gymn as ium. a t enni s court, a r est aurant, and good accommoda­tion fo r billiards and music. (6). On the other hand, the professors established the Cerci l? Uni-versitaire, in 1918. This club has just been trans­fe rred t o a luxuri ous man sion, op'posite the Stu­dents' House. The new place was construct ed. thirty yea r s ago, by J. E. Huot , an a rchitect. T her e can be found la rge drawing roo ms, a qui et library, a fine dining-room. The diners-causeries. w hi ch to this date have done so much for the fus ion of a ll facult ies and ge nera l good under­standing among t he t eaching staff, have become m ore and more num erous and attractive.

'liVe mus t now point out the many institutions of secondary o r class ica l learning s ince long affili a t ed t o the Universtiy. T her e are twelve of the m in the di strict. In these colleges for boys, the fOUl' fir st years cor respo nd a lmos t exactl y to the courses of the E ng li sh High Schools, and

(6)-111 this building may be found th e editorial bureau of the QlIarticr Latil1, th e student s' weekly.

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LEGEN DE

I ~ 10. Appa rtements du Princi pa l.

II. Bureau du Principal. 12. Bureau du Se<:: r~ta i re du Principal. 13. Salle d'attente. 14 . Hall d'entr6e.

15 . Concierge. 16. Anticbambre. 17. Bureau du Pr~s ident de l 'Ecolc.

18. Salle du cOMeil d 'administration. 19. Bureau de l'administration. 20. Salle des professeurs. 21. Antichambre. 22. Entr~ des · ~l~ves.

23. ' Roubassement . 24. Vout e. 25. Salle des ~lt\ \'(!s.

26. Entr~e publique de l 'amphith~tl.tre .

27 . Soubasscment du mus~ .

A. Escalier. B. Escalier. C. Asccnseur .

N. B.-La suite des ·Q.ppa rterncnts dn Principal , les appartements du concierge et 18, chaufferie sont dans Ie soubasserncnt.

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29. Cabinet de physiqUl!.

30. Salle de i~ception.

31. Grand escalier.

32. Salle des es~ais et analyses.

33. Laboratoire de.s elhes.

34. LnbO"'atoirc des prOfC88eurs.

35. Chambre noire.

36. Cabinet de toilette.

37. Vonte.

38. Amphithentre.

39. An t ichambre.

40. Mu~c commercial et industriel.

A. Esco.lier.

B. Escalic r .

C. Asccnseur.

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ECOLE DES HAUT ES ETUDES COMMERCIALES. T H E UN I VE RSITY OF MONTREAL

Ga'll,lhier & Daoust, Archi tects

t he four las t yea rs to th e Coll egia t e co urse. In 1908, the Sis t er s o f th e Co ng reg'a tion of Notre­Dam e form ed a s imil a r est abli shment fo r girls, in th eir spacious convent . on Sherbrook e Stree t west , on th e bo rde r s of \Ves tmount . T hey are now building an Institut Pedagog'£que, on \ iVest­mount Avenue, fo r the training of school t each­ers, bo th secul a r a nd reli g ious.

V·.,r e ought t o say a few w ords of the three g reat hospital s in which the stud ents r ece ive th eir clinical lessons. The oldest is the H otel-D'ieu, as old as the city itself ( 7); then comes the Mate'/'-nit )!, opened in 1848; last , the H op£tal N otre-Dam e, 0 11 La F ontaine Park, dating from 1880. The new buildings, only r ecently ina ug urated, were er ected after the pl a ns of M essrs . St evens a nd L ee a nd under the supervi s ion of Mr. L a­pierre. They are the last w ord in thi s sort o f construction and nothing superio r ca n be found elsewhere . Let u s add t o these three the new hospital attached to the I nsti tut du Padiu1'IL.

(7)-The fir st buildings, cr own ed by th e dome, are the work of Victor Bourgea u, the a rchitect of so many of our good churches and convents.

\\'hile th e radium itse lf sha ll r ema in at th e uni­ver s ity, patients are t o be cared for in a very elaborate buildin g, on Ontario Stree t , fo rm erly the City Hall of th e town of M a isonneuve .

T o summarize briefly, in thi s beginning of the yea r 1926, the U nivers ity of Mo ntreal co ntrols se ven faculti es, vi z. :- Di vinity, La w , Medi cine, P hilosophy, L etters, Sciences, Dental Surgery; three schools, fus1:onnees as they are called : Vet erina ry Surgery, Pharmacy, Social, Economi­cal and P oliti cal Sciences; four schools of pro­fess ional learning, affiliated : P olytechnic school, School o f Archit,ecture, Agricultura l In stitute at Oka, Hig h Co mm ercial Studies; 11l1merOUS houses for class ical or secondary studies (8) ; at least , six schools styled ann e,1.'ees, which are the Institut d' enseignem e1'l,f 11wdenle et de pedagog·£e, the N a­tional Conservatory of Music, the School of Mus ic. the Schola cantorum ( r eli g ious mu sic), a School o f Draw ing, and a School o f Dom esti c economy.

(8) - Loyola Coll ege has recen tly been affili ated.

10 THE JOU R NAL ROYAL ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF CANADA Jan.-Feb. , '2(1

ECOLE POLYTECHN IQUE, THE UN IVERSITY OF MONTR EAL

Emile V anier. Architect

Most of these fa culti es a nd schools suffer from lack of space in th eir ac tua l buildings and th ey ve ry a nx io us ly lo ng a ft e r the day th ey mi g ht be g ro uped together o n th e new es tate of th e Un i­ver sity . T hi s es tate is s ituated on the slope of Moun t Roya l, at Cot e des Ne iges . It begins at the corn er of Relling ham road a nd Maplewood ave­nue, and extends o n th e latte r for abo ut ha lf a l11ile, the depth ( 1,500 feet) being towards the summit o f t he hill. Actua ll y it loo ks like a dense wood. The admini strat ion ha s entru st ed M.

E rnest Cormier, a young architect graduate of our ow n school of a r chitect s and of various Euro­pea n schoo ls, w ith the pl a ns of the futur e in s titu­tio n. Thi s m eans not on ly the accommodat ion o f the va ri ous fac ulti es, but a l oof a spec ia l qua r ­te r w here the students sha ll fi nd the ir lodging . a s tadium. a g y mnasiu l11. a bat hing pool and t he pl ay ing co ur t s they need . All the French­Ca nad ian popul a ti o n o f the city a nd di s trict loo k eagerl y forward t o th e neal- acco mpli shment o f this g reat wo rk.

ECOLE Dr. CH I RURC IE DENTA IR E, UN IVERSITY OF MO:-.lTRI::A I.

C. jl1onelle, flrchilecl

C'HAP E LLE DU SElvllNAJRE DE THEOLOGI E, TJ-n:~lil\JVJCR S JTY UF MONTREAL

J. O. Jlarchand, Architecl.

Page II. The Journal, Royal Architectural Institute c1 Canada, Jan.-Feb. , 1926.

SALLE DE U :CrClU:, BlBLlOTI-IEQUE SA1 :-.lT -SL: LPICE, '1'1-11:: L;\"IVERSITY Of MO:-.lTREAL

E"ugene Pa!Jette, Architect

Page I3. The Journal, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, Jan.-Feb., I9Z6.

MACDONALD MEMORIAL LIBRARY, DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY, HALIFAX, N.S.

A. R. Cobb, Architect. Frank Darling, R.A.I.C., Consulting Architect.

Page IS- The Journal, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, Jan.-Feb., 1926.

SIACDONALD MESWRIAL LI BRARY, SHOW I:-.IG ST ACK, DALHOUS IE U.'.J IVERS ITY, HALI fAX , N.S.

A . R. Cobb , Architect. Frank D arling, R.A.I .C., Consu,liit/g A.Tchitect.

Page 17. The Journal, Royal Architectural insti tute of Canada, Jan .-Feb., 1926.

Jan -Fell. '26 THE JOGRX-\L I\.OYAL .-\RCHITECTUR.-\L E\STlTUTE OF C\N.\D.\ 19

THE VISION OF

DALHOU5IE

mulqountr 1!lnturrntty. f4ultfux By :\. STANLEY MACKENZIE, BA , Ph .D., D.C.L., F.R.S.C.

D ,\LHOLiSIE University had its origin in the war of 1812-1-1-. A small military force from Haliiax captured in 1814 the town of Castine,

now in the State of }Iaine,

denominations". It was founded as a protest against the exciusiyeness of King's College, then at Windsof, which was practically restricted to adherents of the

Church of E ngland. The other denominations who formed by far the greater part of the population were thereby denied the privilege of a col­lege education. Earl Dal­housie hoped to unite the two institutions, but all early efforts in this direction fai led; as did many similar effort,; during the succeeding one hun· dred years. It was not until 1923 that a close association was formed between Dalhousie and King's, and the latter re­mm'ed from \Vindsor to Hali­

fax .

then a part of the Common­wealth of :\Iassachusetts. A .. sum of O\'er £11,500, called the Castine Fund, collected l!l

customs duties, was brought back to H ali fax when the \,,'ar

was over. Shortly afterwards the ninth Earl of Dalhousie became GoYernor of Nova Scotia and forwarded to the home gm'ernment a proposal that the greater part 0 f this fund should be used for the foundation of a college on the Illodel of Edinburgh U ni­\"ersity. This was apprO\'ed in 1818. and Trustees appoint­ed for the custody of the Fund. This new college was to be based on the idea of toleration; it was to be "open to a ll classes and SCIE)lCE BUILDING. DALHOUSIE l::-.IIVERSITY

The original Dalhousie Col­lege ~'as situated on The Grand Parade, in the heart 0 f the city, directly facing the hi storic St. Paul's Church, and on the site of the present City

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Hall. The cornerstone was laid in 1820, and the building ready for occupation in 1822. It was in the "Colonial" style, simple but pleasing and dignified. In the same general type of Georgian architec­ture and of approximately the same date are the Province Building and Govern­ment House, still the finest buildings in Hali fax . In the razing of the original Dalhousie a grave mistake was made by the city fathers of Halifax of the time.

Though ready for use in 1822, Dal­housie College did not open unti l 1838, for the reason that its Board of Govern, ors were officials who were identified with the interests of K ing's College. ·With the death in 1843 of McCulloch, the first president, the College closed its doors again, and did not reopen them until 1863, from which time Dalhousie as it is to-day really must date its acti vity. Its roster of re-organizers at that time in­cludes the great names of Charles Tup­per, Joseph Howe and George M. Grant.

The institution during the next twenty years outgrew its quarters, having added Faculties of Medicine and Law to its original Faculty of A rts. The GO\·ern­ors exchanged the old site on the Parade for a larger one of about four acres, on Carleton Street on what were the out­ski rts of the City at that time. The new huilding was opened in 1887. It was of red brick. of no special architectural pre­tensions, but was so capacious that it was then said it would provide ample accom­modation for the growing institution for the next fifty years. It is now, only thirty­eight years after, but one of thirte~n

buildings on the Universi ty property of about sixty acres. T he building of 1887, now called the Forrest Building . houses the Faculti es of Law and Dentistry, the departments of Anatomy, Histology and Emhryology and some of the lecture rOOI11S of the Faculty of -:\Iedicine, and the U ni versity Biological laboratories.

In 1911. the UniYersity had so far out­grown its accol11l11oeJations that a new site was acqui red. called "Studley", di stant ahout a quarter of a mile from the Carle­ton Street Campus. This new site con­tains over forty acres. Since that time two other pieces of land in its vicinity hm·e been added, one of se\·en acres on the shore 0 t the :t\ orth \ \' est Arm for a men's residence, and at present lent to

Jan.-Feb., '26 TUE JOURNAL ROYAL ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF CANADA

THE ORIGINAL DALHOUSIE COLLEGE, 1820-1887

Situated on the G rand Parade

FORREST BUILDING- TH E SECON D DA LHOUS I E Erected 1887 on Carleton Street

J. C. D lwwresq , Architect.

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22 THE JOU RNAL ROYAL ARCHITECTURA. L I NSTITUTE OF CANADA J an.-Feb., '26

THE PORTI CO OF THE :vrACDONALD MEMORIAL LIBRARY J. C. Dw naresq, A .. rchi tect .

K ing's College, and the other of about two acres to be used as a residence for the President . T he Studley campus was laid out and the de­sign and location of the future buildings de­termined by the late Mr. Frank Darling, architect, of Toronto. In the laying out of the grounds the U niversity had also the assistance of the well ·­known landscape expert of Li verpool U niversity, P rofessor T homas H . Mawson. The style of archi­tecture recommended by Mr. Darling for adoption was the eighteenth century Georgian, that in which the original Dalhousie College had been erected. T he buildings were to be of native ironstone, quar­ried within sight of the campus. This stone of a dark gray body colour has its bedding planes in-

crusted with in soluble deposits of iron salts of all shades of reds and browns. The mason work has been laid in random form with a goodly proportion of the stones having their coloured faces turned outwards, which gives Ii fe and a pleasing texture to the walls . The cut-stone work in all the buildings is of vVallace freestone. Mr. Darling was consult­ing architect fo r all the buildings, and Mr. A. R. Cobb, of Halifax, the architect .

T he fir st building to be erected was the Science Building, the cornerstone of which was laid by Hi:; Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught on August 15th, 19 12. The cornerstone of the Macdonald Memorial Library was laid by Rev. Dr. Allan P ollok in 1914. Both these buildings were occu-

Jan.-F eb. , '26 THE J OU RK -\L ROY.-\L .-\RCH ITECT UR.-\L INSTITUTE OF CANADA

F IREPLACE 1:-.1 THE MA I:\ R i-:f\ J)! )iG ROO;"! OF TH E MACDO)lALD MDlORI AL LIBRARY

J. C. Dumaresq. Architect.

pied by the Faculty of A rts and Science in the ses­sion of 1915-16. Then followed the temporary Arts Building, designed primarily for the purposes of the Law School. The permanent Arts Building is built up to the main fl oor only, and is covered with Cl

wooden structure which serves as a gymnasium and examination and convocation hall until the U ni­wrsity is financially in a position to complete th.; Arts Building and a Gymnasium and Students' U nion. The other new building on the Studle:r

campus is Shin·eff H all , the vVomen's R es idence, the erection of which was made possible by the munifi cence of the late Mrs. E . B. Eddy, of Ottawa .. who donated $300,000 to build this splendid memor-

ial to her parents. Shirreff H all is the most attr2, ~'>

ti ve of the U niversity buildings , and has been gr eatly admired both for the beauty of its exterior and for its interior design and fi ttings, as well as fo r the ways in which it has provided for the hapfJY and wholesome living conditions of young womeE at college. It is built, not of ironstone, but of a quartzite from New Minas, K ing's County, the body colour of which is much lighter than the ironstone, and the bedding planes of which have a pinkish tone in their reds and browns. T he design of this build· ing in all its details was a labour of love of l\ifr. Darling and one of his last pieces of work, and probably one of his best . The cornerstone was laid

2-1: THE JOURNAL ROYAL ARCHITECTURAL I NSTITUTE OF CANADA Jan.-Feb. , '26

SHIRREFF HALL- WOMEN'S RESID ENCE, DALHOUSI E UN IVE RSITY, HALIFAX, NS. F. D m'lino. R. A. ,I .C., Cun su lting A. rchitect.

on August 18th, 19 l9, by His Royal Highness the Prince of \"' ales, and it was opened for the sess ion of 1923-24. The bui lding is designed for cons ider­able expansion, the portion already built as shown in the cut lacks the eastern front wing, which, when built, will add greatly to the effectiveness of the; facade.

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LA','i BUILDI "G (at prcscnt used as Arts Building), DALHOCS IE Ci\' [\·E RS!TY. H ALIFA X , ]\.S.

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ments of Physiology, Biochemistry, and Pharma­cology and Pharmacy. It is intended to be one 0[

a series of unit build ings of the same general climen­sions and design . on(: fo r each of the ma jor medical sciences. The Out-patient and public H ealth

Centre sene;; . in the Erst place, as an admitting centre fo r all the surrounding hospitals , and , in the second place . contai1l;; the offices 0 f practically all the puhlic health or~~'a ni zations of the city. Th-c medical student is thereby trained not only 111

SCIEi\'CE BUILDING, DALHOUS IE UN IVERS ITY, HALIFAX, 1\.S. The first building erected at Studl.ey, 19 12

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public health methods for the preser vation of health and the preYention of the oncoming of disease. T hi s scheme has aroused a good deal of interest among those interested in medical education on

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the surrounding hospital buildings. The bricks are of the wi re-cut tapestry variety, made at Cooksville, Ontario. especially burned to withstand the maritime clilllate. Three colours of bricks aloe used , red, buff and brown, and the bricks are laid not in a pattern but with studied irregularity. The general type of architecture is Georgian, as in the buildings on the Studley campus.

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1Rrntorattou of il(iug §olomou' n IDrluplr

ON June 1st, 1926. there will be opened the Sesquicentenn ial International Expos ition in Phi ladelphia in commemoration of the 150th

Anniversary of the sign ing of the Declaration of Independence of the l,' ni ted States. This Exposi­tion will include a R estorat ion of King Solomon's

Temple.

The inspiration for thi s idea first came to John \Vesley Kelchner , over thirty years ago, and inspired by religious zeal, he has made the Reconstruction of the Temple his chief obj ect in life. About fi ve years ago Dr. Kelchner explained his ideas to Mr. Corbett, aNew York architect, and M r. Corbett vizuali zing the possihilities undertook and planned the Recon­struction of the Temple.

In order to fam iliarize himself with the avai lable data on the Temple it was necessary for Dr. Kelch­ner to take up the study of Hebrew, Latin, Greek and other languages. T hi s made it possible for him to study in the original what had been written regard­ing the Temple. Dr. Kelchner also visited Pales­tine and studied the site of the Temple and :ts sur­roundings . A lthough drawings showing innumer­able restorations are to he found in A rchitectural Libraries. never before has a R estoration of the T emple been undertaken by architects in such a thorough manner. As a result of the research work carri ed on by 'Mess rs. I-:Telmle & Corbett plans for the restoration are now complete. Many interestin~

drawings have been made by Burdette Long, Hugh Ferriss and others, of which two reproductions are shown herewith.

Upon undertaking the work the architects sought the aid of \ iVilliam Bell Dinsmore, Associate Pro­fessor of A rchitecture and Librarian of Avery L ibrary, Columbia U niversity. The Biblical de­scription of Solomon 's Temple was taken as an au­thority and the arch itects have ' taken the position that thi s description is absolutely correct and accur­ate in every way.

In proceeding with the work of designing, the fir st care was the study of the plans in conformity with the methods of construction employed when the Temple was built. The materials affecting the thickn ess and height of walls, the spacing of sup­ports for beams and innum erable other matters

which have controlling inAuence upon the plan are necessarily reAected in the plans and in the design of the elevations . For instance, The 'Most Holy P lace is desc ribed in the Bible as a r00111, the di­mensions of which translated into our system of measurement are 80 feet long . 40 feet wiele and ZO feet high. \iVith cei ling beams carried across the shorter dimensions there would be a span of 40 feet which for wooden beams is of course impracticable The solution of thi s diffic ulty was the use of a row of columns along each side within the room reduc·· ing the greatest span to a proper length. In addi­tion to the Temple there would also be reconstruct­ed K ing Solomon's Palace adjoining the Temple g rounds which the K ing built for hi s Egyptian wi fe .

The entire Citadel of J erusalem will al so be re­constructed embracing besides the Temple and King Solomon's Palace, "The House of the Forest of the Lebanon ," "The Q ueen's Palace," "Porch of the Pi llars," and other structures. One of the interest­ing features will be a large court 400 feet by 200 feet beyond which within its terraced court on a higher level will be the impressive pile formed by The Holy Place, The Most Holy Place and the Gre"-t P orch. The latter will rise 300 feet in white and gold against the sky as a step hack tower of maj estic effecti veness.

Visitors will be able to walk about the courts a:1d to experience the sensation o f having been carried back to King Solomon's time, for it is understood that Ii fe is to be given to thi s picture by pageantry illustrating the customs, dress and activities of that time. The Temple will be completely fitted and wi ll have replicas of the great branched candlesti cks, shewbread, the heavil y jewelled priestly breastplates and of the vestments and other accessories.

In The Most Holy Place back of a mystic veil of blue. scarlet and purple, will rest a reproduction of the A rc of the Covenant carried by gigantic golden cherubin. It is intended to incorporate in the struc­ture a system of pipes through which, when the hui lding is empty of visitors, it will be possible to force volumes of gas which envelope the structure to its full height, presenting in conjunction with other means an impressive spectacle of the Destruction of the Temple. When the clouds of gas drift away the structure will be found unharmed.

30 THE JOUHN. L ROYAL ARCHITECTURAL INSTIT -TE OF C:\~;-\ .. D.-\ Jan .-Feb., '25

Jan-Feb. , '26 THE J OURN_-\L ROYA.L .-\RCHITECTURA. L I:\TSTITUTE OF C:-\NA D_-\ 31

FRANCIS SPENCE BAKER

A N archit ect of m a ny a tt a inm ent s a nd hig h idea ls passed away on J a nuary third in the pe r so n of NIr. F. S. Baker, F.R.I.B.A. A

fam iliar fig ure a t a r chitectural conventi ons, the announ cem ent of hi s death w ill be r ece ived w ith deep regret by architect s in a ll parts of Ca na da as \ye ll as bv a w id e ci r cle of friends in bu sin ess and social (ife.

NIr. Bake r. w ho had r eached hi s 59th year, ,,·as born in K ilbride, O ntari o and c01l1m encec] the study of archit ecture in th e office of T homas Ken ned y o f Barri e. A.fter thi s he spe nt so m e years as a uraug htsma n in Buffa lo a nd New Yo rk. He t hen decided to continu e hi s studi es in E ng­land a nd w hil e ther e passed the examin at io ns of the Roya l Inst itute of B riti sh A rchitects w hich adm itted him as an Assoc iat e in 1892. \Vhile in Engla nd he spent several year s in th e office of Sir T homas Ca lcutt. F .R . .I .B.A . T he pl a ns of the Imperial In stitute, South Kensington , were pre­pared during this tim e and NI r. Baker ass isted in this work a s well as in t he superintende nce of it s const ruction .

Returnin g fro m E ng la nd to Canada he took up t he practice of a r chit ec ture in Toronto a nd be­came a m ember of th e Ontal' io _-\ssociat ion of Architect s in 1893. An ardent I111pel-i a li st , he was pr oud of being the fir st Canad ian to becom e a member of th e Roya l In stitute of British _A. r chi­tects of w hich In stitute he \\·as made a FellO\y in

1901 and he held the position of honorary ~'ecretary for Canada for many years a nd was instrum ent al in es t ab li shin g exam in ations in Ca nada for adm is­sion t o the In stitute. He a lso t ook an active part in the proceedin gs of the Ontario Associa tion of A l-chitect s a nd of the Roya l A r chitectura l In sti­tut e of Canada, being president of the In stitute in 19 10 a nd 1911.

His des ig ning ev idenced hi s E ngli sh tra ining and hi s love fo r the E ng li sh Renaissance is well exempli fied in hi s la r ge r works. A m ong not ahle buildings in Toronto designed by him wer e the Genera l Acci den t Assuran ce Building; the Satur­clay N ig ht Buildin g. R ichm ond Street \ iVest; th e No rdh eim er Building, K ing Street Eas t , since de­m o li shed; the Trader s' Bank Building, co rn er of Yo nge a nd Bloor Stree t s; and the Royal Bank Buildin g o n Yonge Street, north of College St r eet. He was also associated with Carri ere and Hast­in gs of New Yo rk as architects of the T rad er s' Bank. Yo nge a nd Coll ege Str eets, Toronto, now th e Bank of Ham ilton Building, and was the a rchitect of the Ba rri e Hospital a nd the Royal Ba nk, Sud bu ry.

Hi s death occurred o n hi s \yay home from F lo rida w hence he had go ne in th e effo rt to r e­ga in hea lt h. He leaves t o hi s friends the memory of a man of culture, warm-hearted and ge nia l and. as an archi tect, of one w ho upheld the best trad itions of hi s profess io n.

A. H. GREGG.

32 THE JOURNAL ROYAL ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF CtJ. NADA Jan.-Feb., '26

1ftn Jrofrssrur b'l\rrqttrrturr a (@urhrr rn 1828 Par MONSI EUR OLIVIER MAURAULT, P.S.S.

CONFERENCE DONNEE DEVANT LES MEMBRES DE L'ASSOCIATION DES ARCHITECTES D E LA PROVI NCE DE QUEBEC, LE MERCREDI 2 DECEMBRE, 1925.

I

L ES Ingenieurs du R oi, envoyes par la France au Canada, au X VIIe siecle, les Ville-neu ve, les Le Vasseur de N ere, les

Chaussegros de Lery,-etaient sans dOtHe en meme temps des architectes. Gaspard de Lery pour Ie moins tra<;a les plans de plusieurs con­structions du regime fran<;ais. N ous voyons en outre, dans Ie livre de ~1gr Amedee Gosseli n, sur l'Instruction au Ca·nada, de 1635 a 1760, que Jacques Leblond de la Tour, sculpteur et architecte rel1larqua­ble, fut a la tete de l'atelier de sculpture, soit au Seminai re de Quebec, soit a Saint-Joachim, de 1690 a 1706. E nfin , nous connaissons la fameuse famille des Bai llairge: Jean, -premier rl1.1 nom, venu de F rance en 1741 , qui etudia d'abord ,1 Saint-Joachim . puis sous un architecte anonyme ele Q uebec; Fran· <;ois, fils du precedent. qui fit Ie voyage d'Europe, et suivit les cours de J.-B. Stouf , a Paris, de 1778 a 1887; Thomas, eleve de son perc et de Rene St. J ames.

Plusieurs de ces archi tectes, Oil l'a remarqu,\ eurent des relations de professeur ou d' eleve avec l'ecole des Arts et M etiers ou avec Ie S hninaire Mgr. de Laval et lVIgr. de Saint-Vallier avaient en eiret annexe au cours de lettres et de philosoph ie, sui \· is par les eleves du Petit Seminaire, une initia­tion aux travaux manuels et meme 'l.U X arts. N ou .:; ne possedons pas la-dessus tous les details des ira­bles, mais nous connaissons les noms de Michel Fauc/tois et de Samuel Gcnner, qu i s'engageaient comme scul pteurs en 1675 , ceux aussi de ]Jlal1er ( 1690) et de ce Jacques L eBlond, dont nous avons deja parl e . Si I'on enseignait, au Seminaire, "Ia l11enuiserie , la sculpture, la peinture, la donue. pour 1'0rnel11en t des egli ses" , cet enseignement se donnait d'une manie re beaucoup plus complete , sans doute. a Saint-Joachim, puisque l'ecole cles Arts et Mctie r", qui y etait etablie, avait precisement ce but.

Cet etablissement persista jusque clans les derni ers temps elu r egime fran<;ai s. P uis ce fut la Cession et les longues annees d 'adaptation a la nouvelle allegeance. Bref, il semble bien que c'est la M aih,ise d'art des Ecorres . pres Montreal. qui herita de l'enseignement organi se de la sculpture, de 1800 a 1823. O r . parmi les eleves de Loui s Q uevil­lon et de Rene Saint-James, se trotl vait . vers 1810, un ieune homl11e de Quebec, Thol1UTS Baillairgc, fi ls cl e F rancois, petit-fils de J ean . Celui-ci. de retour dans sa ville natale, parvint a convaincre Ie superieur clu Sell1inaire cI'introcluire l'a rchitecture parmi les !l1'ltieres cle l'enseignement. 1 '[ess ire J er(lme Demers s'" pt'pta. et c'est a lui que nou" cl evons Ie Precis c"ar, /t it('(tu re que nous analyserons, ce soir.

II L'abbe Cyrille Legare avait redige une biographic

complete de 1\'[. J erome Demers, mais tous ses manu­scrits clisparurent dans l'incendie du Seminaire, ~n 1865. Nous n'avons pu consulter que la livraison du 19 mai 1853 de I'Abeille, et deux chapitre3 d 'ouvrages publies, I'un en 1894 ct I'autre en 1912; a savoir: les Frag1l'1,ents de I'Historie de St-Nico las par E. T. Paquet et Une d'ispute grm1imaticaie, qui forme Ie Veme Volume cle la Galerie H istorique, par N. E. Dionne. Le premier de ces deux auteurs avait pu recuei llir des temoignages de contemporains de M. Demers: Mgr. Hamel, l'abb{~ Trudelle, etc.

J erome Demers nacluit Ie l eI' {out 1774 a St-Nicolas de Levis, de J ean-Eaptiste Demers, cultiva­teur, et de Genevieve Loignon. n fit d 'abord quel­oues etudes a O uebec, Oll il menaca de s'eternise r ~n el f]11'te1'lts. 6;1 Ie confia alors i son onele, Ie P. Louis, Ie dernier des Recollets, qui se trouvait it :Montreal. Celui-ci envoya son neveu au College Saint-Raphael, dans l'ancien chateau Vaudreuil: son nom est dans Ie Palma res de l'annec scolaire 1789-90. De retour a Q uebec, Ie jeune homme etudia Ie rleJl i" civil et /' arpentage avec M. J erem!ah McCarthy: ne nous etonnons pas de Ie voir s'occuper plus tard , d'architecture. P our Ie moment . suivons-Ie dans ses hesitations : il quitte l'arpentage , prend la soutane, retourne chez son pere . revient all Seminaire, et ~e fait ordonner Ie 24 aOtlt 1798, [J<>. r Mgr. Denaut. II s'agrege au Seminaire l'annee suivante: il v occupera maintes charges. jusqu 'en 1842 , successive­ment professeur. procureur, superieur , sans parler du grand-vicariat qu'i l detienclra eif 1825 a 1853, date cle sa mort.

M. Demers ne voulait pas que I'on fit son portrait. P ourtant Antoine Plamondon avait fixe ses traits. cle memoire. a l'insu du modele. Cette peinture fut ensuite offerte au seminaire. mai s hientot detruite par Mgr Casault. sous pretexte qu 'i l fa llait respecter les volontes d'un homme comme M. Demers. Scs hi ographes nous Ie montrent grand . for t . avec une tete grosse . une phvsionomie originale. un souri rc aimable. tres hon pour les autres. austere pour lui-melll e et tranilleur infati£;ahle. C'etait un vaste espri t et un ju~ement St11': " Ie plus grand des Cana­<l iens apres P lessis". a-t-on pu dire. Ses conseils etaient recherches par tout ce que Quebec c0111ptait d'intell ectuels et cI'hommes cle goU\'cr.nement , y com· pns Louis-Joseph Papineau et Ie Gou verneur amdai s.

M . . Demers etait encore un excellent professeur . E t il faut se rappeler toute la signification que com­portait ce ti t re. a l'epoque qu i nous occupe. Les manuels f ran<;ais etaient fort rares en ce temps-Ia:

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on ne pouvait pas songer a les importer .pour les eleyes . Et COl11me M. Demers enseigna success ivc­ment la philosophie, la physique, l'astronomie et !'architecture, il dut composer lui-meme ses cours. J1 se tenait autant que possible au fa it des nouvelles decol1\'ertes et redigeait de nou veau les chapitres qui auraient pu vieillir. I! passait d'a vance aux eleves ses prop res manuscrits afin que ceux-ci eussent en main. au moment opportun , des copies fideles. Disons, pour memoire, qu 'il fonda Ie 11/.II Sfe elu Seminaire.

Ses eleves lui res taient tres attaches. U ne fois sortis du sel11inaire, ils venaient consulter leur ancien professeur. I! exen;a ainsi, par ses conseils, une yaste influence. Seule son action sur la marche des arts doit nous arreter 1Cl. I! s'entremetta it pour procurer aux fabriques des chemins de croix, des tableaux. I! contribua beaucoup a !'acquisition des nombreuses toiles que I'abbe Des jardins expediait de France. La collection de peintures qui ornait la chapelle du Seminaire, avant I'incendie, ayait et~ reunie par lui et elle n'avait pas sa pareille en Amerique. Q uand il etait question de construirc une nouvelle eglise, on avait recours aux lumieres de :V1. Demers: des registres paroissiaux tres nom­breux portent son nom. Aussi Ie Canadien pouvait­il dire, en 1853: " I! n'a pas peu contribue a repandre au Canada Ie gOllt de la belle architecture, et Ic grand nombre d 'egli ses, au plan ct a la decoration desquelles il a prete Ie secours de ses conseils , a ttes­tent pa r leur elegance et leur regularite combien son gOllt etait sllr et eclaire. La sculpture et la peinture lui doivent auss i plusieurs de nos meilleurs artistes qu' il a encourages et assistes".

Cerles, en agissant ainsi, il etai t dans la noble tradition de maints princes de l'Eglise. Mais il a, ric plus que la plupart, cette originalite d 'avoir ecrit sur Ie sujet et de nous avoir laisse un manuel de h d eco1'ation . Avant d'en aborder l'analyse detaillee, nous devons en examiner les sources. M . Demers en incl ique quelques-unes qui expli quent parfaitement les tendances de sa doctrine artistique.

Le nom de Vigl10le revient souvent sous la plumc de l'ecrivain . et il fallait s'y attendre. L ouis Q uevi l ­lon. V icto r Bourgeau avaient pui e tc;ute leur scienc-c de l'a rchi tecture dans cet auteur. Au reste, il joui".­sait de la meme autorite en France, a cette epoque, et ::\J. Paul Leon, dans ses "Monuments histo riques", a pu ec rire que. vel's 1820. tout ouvrier constructeur fran<:a is possedait un "Vignole de poche". O r ce V ignole, de son vrai nom J acq ues Barozzio, et;)it ne en I ta li e en 1507; il avait participe it la decorat ion du chateau de Fontainebleau et succed6 a Michel-Ange, comme a rchitecte de Saint-Pierre; surtout il avait pl1hli e un "Traite des cinq ordres d'architectu re" qui exen:;a l1ne influence Hicheuse su r l'art fran<;ais; facheuse parce que cet art se confina dans l'i111itation ster il e de l'antiquite .

l\f. D emers s' inspire aU SSl constamment de Blol/drl. I! v a eu deux Blonde!. L'un, ne f.!1

France en 16 iR et mort en 1686. fut d'abord grand voyaj:>'eu r. puis pro fesseu r de Be\l es-Lettres et de mathematiques. enfin a rchitecte et ecri vain d'art . Tl nous a l a i s~~ un COllI'S d'arrh£t l'rture . puhlie en 167.1. T.e e('ond 13l0ndel. nevell du prececlent, ne a Rome

en 1703 et mort en 1774, construisit et enseigna avec g rand succes. I! publia plusieurs lluvrages, entr 'au­tres les quatre volumes de l' Architecture franfaise, en 1772, et les neu f volumes d 'un Cours d'archite.::-ture civilc, en 1773. M. Demers a l'a ir de citer Ie second, bien qu' il se trompe sur son prenol11 qui etait Jacques et non pas Jean . Q uoi qu' il en soi t, les deux m ondel enseignaien t la meme doctri ne: Ic cla 'sicisme a outrance, exclusi f, en dehors de quoi il n 'y a \'ait qu e barbarie. On sait ce que B05suet, ce que Fenelon pensaient du style gothique et avec eu x tout Ie XVH e et tout Ie XVII Ie siecle! . . ... .

Un troisieme auteur signale dans notre manuscril est Augusti'll-Charles D'Av£/rr, ne it Paris en 1653, qui avait etudie cl Rome les monuments antiques, et dont on publia un "Dictio'll ll ai1'e d.:s termes d'archi-tec f1l'r e civilc ct hydraltliqll e" .. C'est lui qui ecrivait : "Ce n'est point montrer du genie que c1 ' imaginer des formes capricieuses ou de chercher des nouveaux orc\J-es d 'architecture. Ce que nous avons re<;u des anciens sur ce suj et et que I'usage a conserve est suffi sant. Le bon architecte ne va point au dela."

Un autre arti ste, etranger celui -li, est nomme par :\1. Demers, c'est Jamcs Gibbs, architecte ecossais, ne en 1682 et mort en 1754, catholique romain, bien que nott-e auteur semble Ie prendre pour un anglican. Cet architecte, digne successeur de Sir Christopher W ren, et qui construisit la Radcliffe L ibra1,)' cl'Oxford , King's College de Cambridge, St-Mary­Ie-Strand , St-Marti n-in-the-Fields, et une cinquan­ta ine d'autres egli ses, avait etudic a Rome SOliS Carolo Fontana. et avait conserve une grande "reverence for classic architectu re": on a joute: "he made no attempt at Gothic."

E nfin , nous connai ssons Tho111as Badlairge, Ie grand ami de YIessire Demers. sou vent cite par lui C0111111e un modele. O r Baillairge, fo rme par son pere et par Q uevillon et St-Ja111es. avouait lu i-meme. dans une lettre que j 'ai publiee. lettre adresse.e au x lVIarguilliers de Notre-Dame de Montreal . a l'occa .. sion de la construction de la Paroisse, qu 'il ne con­naissait bien que Ie g1'ec et Ie romain.

V oila donc les cinq inspirateurs de M. Demers. tous des classiqlt es. Q uand on songe que notre auteur n'avait jamais visite la France. il ne fau t pas s'etonner qu'il ait meconnu I'art ogival et qu 'il en ait si peu parle dans son traite.

III

Ce manuel s' intitule exactement: "Precis d'Archi­tecture pour servir de suite au traite ele1llentaire de Physique. it i'usage du Se1llinaire de Q uebec" L 'exemplaire que j 'ai entre les mains est une copic soignee qui me parait fi dele. de l'original, reste en I)ossession du Se1llinaire de O uebec et date de 1828. Tl comote 414 parag raphes n~merotes, reparti s entre X IX chapitres.

Apres quelques re1llarques preliminaires. l'auteur fa it un bref historique de l'architecture. P uis il t raite des cinq orc11-es en genera!. Ensuite il etudie le3 ~liffe rentes especes de moulures ( III ): les orne­ments qui peuvent s'appli quer sur ces moulures ( IV) : la diminution des colonn es et la maniere de tracer la concho'ide ( V ); les differentes proportions et les

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c1 i\'ers l1l embres d'al'chitecture des orch'es Toscan (VI) , Dorique ( VII) , Ionique (VIII ), C9rinthien (IX), Composite (X); les ordres Cariatide et l-'ersique, les termes, les pilastres (XL) ; les a rcades de portique (XIII ); les soubassements (XIII) ; les attiques (XIV ); les hontons, acroteres, amorti s­sements (XV); les portes, croisees, niches (XVI) ; les statnes, les balustrades, les vases (XVII); les you tes et leur clecoration (XVIII ); enfin les abu~ (XIX) .

IV

Nous ne jugerons pas cet ounage clu point de Ylle de I'art en general: cette entrepri se depasserait notre competence. N ous nous contenterons d'y rechercher des jugements sur I'a rchitecture an Canada.

Disons d'abord qn 'il y est tres peu qnestion oe notre a rchitecture ciyile. E n reyanche, maintes alh­les volftcs drcorecs et sur les alms, nons font CO! I ­

na itre la physionollli e de nos egl i3cs et 1a valeur de siel11S , surtout dans les deux derniers chapitres, Slll'

nos constructeurs.

Dans la plupart cl e nos eglises c1,~ campagne, notre critique declare qu 'il n 'y a aucun e ~~.v l1l etrie, lllais cles ordres de 'differents 11l0dules, d~s ornelllents di s­jlClrates, plusieurs styles dans une meme decOI'atio:l , par exell1ple : un retable riche, elegant et leger , couronne par une voute simple, 10Ul'de et massive ; bref aucun rapport entre Ie tout et les parties . "Un l1lur hien glace, dit-iL et d 'un beau blanc, serai t pre­ferable, sous tous les rappol'ts , ;t ces pretendus o rch'es , colonnes ou pilastres , mal assOI,tis et encore plus mal executes , dont on enc0111bre l'interieur". J\T. Demers se defend d'entrer dans Ie detai l des ornements de sculpture, mais il observe "que r on ne doit employer ces sortes d 'ornelllents qu'ayec une tres grande retenue, car s' ils ne son t point assorti s ;\ la Silllplicite ou a la richesse de l'ordre, ou s' ils ne sont point naturellelllent amenes sur la scene, ils r,e peuvent procurer qu'une richessc l11alentendne, et consequemlllen t , condamnable en a rchitectnre, et que Ie vrai connaisseur ne regardera, tout au plus, que C0l11111 e de belles futi li tes." 11 condamne done ces vOlltes divisees par petits compartiments "ou quarres , ou oblongs , ou losanges, eu hexagones, ou octogones," -"rempli s d 'autant de roses , bien ou mal faites , que I'on peut imaginer ," - parce que cette repetition continuelle des memes fi gures produit une monotonie insuppor table. II semhle ne pas ac1mettre, dans les YOlltes, certains subj ets de piete, traites ~!1 bas-reli efs ou en trophees: croix IUll1ineuse , instrn­men ts cle la passion, vases sacres , Ie nom de J esus, Ie Maria, Ie divin agneau entoure d 'anges, Ie tri­angle au mi li eu cluquel est ecrit Jehovah. Mais il condal11me Sllrel11ent et absolument les fi gures d'allqes drcoupcs en profit, et Ie solei!, et la lune, et les etoil es peintes.-A utre chose aussi l'offusque dans ces VOlltes , et voici ce que c'est. Une calotte hemis­pherique, sur la croisee d'une nei , peut produi re '.111

excell ent effet: "Comme ces domes interieurs, ecri t-iL procurent une clecoration des plus intere;l­sa ntes, Cj uand il s sont construits et enrichi s d'une man iere analogue au genre et au style cles atltres parti es cle l'edifi ce, on a voulu les imi ter en petit clans quelques-unes de nos egli ses . Pour cela , on a creuse dans la , 'otlte des renfoncemcnts circulaires, d't1l1e di zaine de pieds de diametre et cle quelques

pi ec1 s de profonc1eur, auxquels on a donne la forme et la ressemblance de ces bassins (I'etain, dont on se sert dans les communautes religieuses. C'est aimi que ce qu 'il y a cle plus parfait en architecture pellt deyenir maussade et vraiment ridicule, entre les mains d'un soi -cli sant a rchitecte, qui ignore l11eme les premiers elements de I'art."

DeIaissant la YOllte, 1'1. Demers passe lllaintenant au mobilier. II s'eleve alors eontre 11 0S baldaquins. "Dloncl el. dit-il , est peut-etre un pell severe a I'egard cles balclaquins places clans les belles egli ses cl 'Europe; mai s il ne Ie serait pas assez a I'egard de (ette espece cle balclaquins riclicules dont on pretend decorer quelques-unes de nos egli ses . La multitude les admire, parce qu' ils son dorrs sur tranches,-c'est son expression ;-mais Ie vrai connaisseur ne pour­rait les voir, pour la plupart. qu 'a vec des yeux de compassion ." Et que dire maintenant de nos bl'ancs-(f'OC/(,Z'I'C et de nos chaircs ? "On donne a I'appni accoucloir , la forme d'un autel ou tom beau , et on I'enrichit d 'orn el11 ents dores. O n fo rme de la corniche une espece cle dais, dont la sail lie se pro­longe jusqu 'a I'aplomb de la face interieure de I'appui . O n eleve au-clessus quatre embranchements en console, qui, par leur reunion, supportent un vase, d 'otl s'elevent des feui llages ou des fl eurs grossie re­ment sculptes. On repand sur toutes ces miseres de I'or en profusion, et on a alors, ce qu'on appell e, clam certa ines paroisses, un banc d'oeuvre rich c et Nrqailt."

Le piquant professeur critIque Clussi les statues trop nOlllhreuses et mal plaeees, les corn iches circu­laires, les tribunes reposant sur Ie milieu ou Ie ti er ,) ' des colonnes, C0111me dans les egli ses anglicanes, et bien d 'autres choses encore qui nous feraient entrer clans trop de cletai l. Voi la pour l'interieur de nos temples . De I'exteri eur, il ne dit rien.

::\Iessire pemers ne pouvait guere parler de notre architecture religieuse , sans mentionner nos archi­tectes. Mais il n 'en nomme qu'un , ou plutot deux, les Bai llairge, pere et fils. II qualifie Ie premier rle sm'allt art iste; lui attribue I'egli se de Saint-Joachim "qu i apprendra (aux eleves), miel1x que toutes les l e~ons . . .... en quoi cOll siste la yrai e decoration interieure de nos monuments sacrf:s;" Ie loue enfin de la maniere dont il a dessine et construit la YOllte de I'egli se cathedrale de Q uebec, la premiere dn genre au Canada. Q uant a Baillan'ge, fi ls, " il joint , a Ull gOllt exquis, les connaissances les plus etendues en architecture et en sculpture". C'est lui qui a construit Ie baldaqu in de l'eglise cathedrale ; et sans doute c'est un e licc'nec; mais il ne pouvait pas fa ire autre11lent, et d 'ai lleurs il s'en est fort bien tire .. , . .

Pour les atltres a rchi tectes du pays, ma foi ! :M. Demers se montre bien seyere. II n'en nomme aucun , 111ais il les traite cl e so i-disants architectes, d'iq llorallts, de subaltcr'l1cs; il ya meme jusqn'a, dire que la decoration excessive de quelques-unes de nos egli ses ne pent etre avantageuse "qu 'a l'homme sans POllt et sans honncur, qui par la , s'est procure Ie pri yilege de depou,iller impunement les fabriques." Est-ce la une accusation prec ise ou une maniere cle pa rler ? En tout cas, M. Demers ne veut pas etre injuste, il se defencl de fa ire retomber ses critiques " indistinctement sur tons les art istes que nous avons

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au Canada. P Ill sieurs parmi eu x, dit-il, ont du ~a l ent , du gOtlt et de la sagacite. Si ces hommes estimables avaient eu Ie precieux avantage d'ayoi r ~te fo rmes par des maitres instruits et intelligent3, s' ils avaient eu Ie bonheur d'acquerir certaines con­naissances preJiminaires, indispensables a un a rchi­tecte et ~t un sculptellr , etc,"

Me pardonne l'auteur ci't111e M~o itrise d' a.rt au CaJ/ada! mai s pendant toute cette tirade, je n'ai pu !l1'empecher de penser a l'ateli er cI es Ecorres . .. , .. Ouand ) L Demers H!digeait son traite, il y ayait i~ll S de yingt ans que Louis, Q,uevillon, se~ ass?cies et ses ele\'es , decOJ'alent des eghses- au m0111S vll1 gt­cinq- ci't1l1 bout a l'autre de la province. L es critiques du professeur, d 'un e portee souvent si o"enerale ,- rappelez-vous les termes: "La plupart de '" I .. I' nos egli ses (e campagnes; tous les arc 11tectes en dehors de ceux de Quebec,"-ces critiques, di s-,i e, rem'ent-elles ne pas s 'appliquer au "quevillonnage"? Et ce 1l10t-meme de quevillonnage , employe ~t Mont­real par H uguet-Latour, ne compor te-t-il pas, grace a sa desinence, un sens pejoratif ? T homas 13aillairge, mecontent de ses mai tres, aUl'ait-i l indi spose cont:'c eux son ami ? J e ne resous point Ie probleme, j e Ie pose ...... i\[eme si ces hypotheses c1evaient se \'erifier , il faut dire, a la decharge de l'ecole de Sain t-Vincent, que certaines decorations executees par elle ont garde pour nous un grand charmco ::\ ous ayons visite recel11lllent la petite egli se de Saint­Mathias de la Pointe-O li vier ( 1821) ; nous y avons retroU\'e la corniche circulaire, les pilastres, les C0111 -partiments oblongs, Ie plat d 'etain, l'accoudoir en tombeau , Ie porte-voix hard i, condamnes par l'dessire Demers et rien de tout cela ne nous a pant laid. C'est que notre censeur , dans son classicisme rigif1e, ne fa isait pas la part assez large a la fantai sie. E t nous abordons l'examen des lacunes de son ouvrage,

VI l\OUS a\'ons deja signale Ie silence de l'auteur sur

nos fac;ades, nos clochers, notre appareil en pierre. C'est tout juste s' il parle de quelques croisees et portes en usage chez nous. De plus nous avons ',' U

que, guide par Vignole, Blondel , D 'r'\ viler et Gihhs, il ne pou vait guere etre un amateur de gothique. S'il a ra ison de trou ver deplacees les croisees d 'ogive que l'on avait plaquees dans la vOllte de l'ancienne egli se Notre-Dame de Montreal , il a tort de C01\ ­damner les vOlltes d 'arete a cause de l (, lfr faiblcsse et du 1I1ouvais e/fet qu 'ell es produi sent. On C0111-men<;ait a lors, en F rance, a revenir de ces prejuges. A lexandre de Laborde ecrivait de ja, en 1816; "Quoique n'ayant plus aucun rappor't avec I'archi­tecture grecque, l'architecture gothique a des beautes qui lui sont propres . Vouloir la jue-er d'apres des regles qu'elle n'a pas connues, c'est ~se mettre hors d'etat de l'apprecier. C'est en la comparant a elle­l11 elll e et aux progres qu 'elle a faits , qu'on lui fix ;:: une place et une place il11portante dans l' enselllhle des inventions des h0111111es et des productions du genie. Cette architecture est complete dans toutes ses parties . On peut l11eme dire qu' elle est d 'autant plus parfai te dans son genie, qu'ell e s'eloigne cles formes antiques et regulieres."

Si juste que soit ce texte, on peut se demander si la construction gothique aurait jamais pu s'acc1i-

mater , clans notre pays aux hivers rigoureux. E t cela est une excuse au silence de 11. Demers. Mais a illeurs Ie theoricien qu 'il est preche de r eelles erreurs qui toutes se rattachent au besoin d'imitn-tion ,

Parle-t-il cles statues cle bois? il faut les couvrir de peinture, non pas pour resister aux intemperies, - il faut "Ies peinturer, dit-il, en blanc pour ·imiter Ie marbre, ou les ci01'er en plein pour imiter Ie bronze dore." II intercl it Ie coloriage des statues, sans doute parce qu 'il confondait Ie metier du fabricant de poupee avec la polychromie conventionnelle pratiquee par les C recs et les sculpteurs du moyen age.

Imiter Ie cui vre, il11iter Ie marbre, ce n 'est pas assez; dans les VOlltes, on devrait imiter la pierre, puisque toutes les vOlltes europeennes sont en pierre. A ussi quels ignorants que ces decorateurs qui ont attache cles etoiles dans les pIa fonds, apres y avoir peint la lune et Ie soleil! A uj ourd'hui de telles idees sur Ie trompe- l'oeil nous font sOUl'ire.

E lle nous fa it sOUl'ire aussi, et l~le lancoliquement, cette autre phrase de M. Demers. "Les vOlltes revetues en bois ne sont pas aussi belles que celles dont les enduits sont en platre ! .. , . . . " Pourquoi ? Parce que celles-ci imitent parfaitement la ma<;on .. nerie. E t puis on les construit aisement, ce sont des en duits sur la.ttes, peu dispendieux, qui facili tent les moyens de se procurer des arcs-doubleaux, des cOl'niches, et toutes les autres moulures dont on peut avoir besoin. Malheureusement ce qui retarc1e l'adoption de ces voutes, c'e t leur manque de solidite, E n effet, " Ies cintres en bois qui supportent Ie" lattes, etant eleves dans la hauteur du comble et fa isant meme partie de la charpente, sont frequem­ment exposes a de fortes secousses dans les grands coups de vent; ce qui peut occasionner des dOJ11mages considerables dans les enduits ." Mais on peut eviter cet inconvenient. Comment donc ?-en don­nant un peu de hauteur au quarre de mac;onnerie, repond l'abbe Demers. "Car alors les cintres de 1a vOllte pourraient etre appuyes sur les murs a en­viron un pied et demi ou deux piec1s au-dessous des sabli eres, et il serait facile de les elever au-dessous des entraits sans les fixer au comble, comme il est faci le de Ie concevoir."-Et CJ u'obtiendra-t-on ainsi ? - U ne vOllte comme celie que tous admirent a l'eglise cathed rale et paroissiale de Quebec, qui est un ouvrage de for t bon gollt.

On peut se figurer I'effet d' llne pareille doctrine sur de jeunes esprits, incapables d'idees personnellcs en un tel suj et. Le platre devint a la mode au Canada et son regne s'est prolonge jusqu ' a nous.

L 'influence de Messire Demers fut plus saine sur d 'autres points. Q uand il insiste sur la sobriet";, I'appropriation des ornel11ents au style de la COll ­struction, Ie fini et la perfection du travail; qlland il bl£l l11e un faste 111al entendu ; quand il ecrit qu 'une "eglise construite avec soin et dans de belles propor­tions, et tenue dans un grand etat de proprete, cst reellement plus belle, plus religieuse et plus im­posante, que celie que I'on a decoree sans choix, sans discreti on et sans convenance," nous ne saurions que Ie fe liciter: et si c'est son c1assicisme qui lui vaut cette moderation, nous devons reconnaitre qu'il ne lui a pas ete enti erement ne1aste.

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Messire Demers exprime encore une autre idee feconde et juste. L 'archi tecte-sculpteur doit etre un homme cultive. Le talent ne lui suffit pas. 11 devrait connaitre "les l!}athematiques , la l11ecanique, la force des bois, Ie dessin, l'anatol11ie, I'optique, la perspective, I'art si necessaire de modeler, l'histoire, la physique, la litterature", oui , l11eme la litterature. Il n'avait pas echappe a M. Demec; que I'affinement de I'esprit et des sens porte a des oeuvres mieux proportionnees, mieux adaptees a leur but, pIns deli cates et plus parfaites. Ce t a force d'etudie.­que I'on arrive a produire quelque chose de vraiment admirable.

Nous avons fi ni l'analyse de ce precis d'architec­ture, ecrit il y a cent ans, par un pretre, pour des seminari stes. Depuis lors, la 111aniere de construire les egli ses ne 'est guere l110difi ee, et nous ne resistons pas a c.iter, pour finir , I'avant-derni cr paragraphe de l'auteur. Cest une etude de moeur. paroiss iales, assez savonreuse. "On ne pourrait , dit Messire Demers, sans la plus grande in j usti c'~ , attribuer a M II. Ie Cures la cause Ju mauvai gout qui r egne dans la decoration de la pl}.lpart de no egli ses. O n peut dire, a la louange de ces respectable pa~ teurs, que, depuis plusieurs annees, ils ont fait parait re un zeIe digne des plus grande eloges pour

la decoration et l'embellissement de~ lieux saints. 1Iais il ne sont pas touj ours li bres dans Ie choix des ou vrages, ainsi que dans celui des arti stes qui en sont charges . Les architectes subalternes,-(dont nous avons deja entendu parler)-col11mencent par 'e fo rmer un parti dans les paroisses 0l.1 ils savent qu'il y a des ou vrages d'eglise ~l entreprendre; puis il s presentent au :\: fa briques des plans de retables, de tabernacles, de YOlltes, etc. ; c'est dans I'assemblee des marguilliers que I'on di cute et que 1'0n examine ce plans : chacun des marguilliers rappelle alors aux autres ce qui r a frappe da \'antage dans les diffe­rentes egli es qu 'il a yisitee . O n propose qu~lques modi fica tions dan les plans, pui s, 0 11 fi nit par donner les ounages au rabais, sou\"ent contre l'avis e1u paune cure. dont on prend plaisir it fronder l' opinioll dans ces sortes d'assemblee . O n pourrait prouver ce que r on ayance ici par un tres grand nombre d'exemples . 0\1 des cures de tre grands talents et d\111 gOllt exqui ' . ont e..te contraints. pour conserver la paix dan leur paroisse, cl'abandonner les projets les plus judicieu 'emen t concertes a\'ec d'autres arti stes, et d'accepter des plan de decoration dont ils connaissaient parfaitement tous les defauts."

O n jurerait que cette hi storie est d 'hier.

O liyier Maurault , p.s.s.

Art qttrttural lllrurlopturnt in ®ntario Excerpt from the Presidential Address of Stanley T . J . Fryer at the Recent Con~ent'ion of the

Onta-rio Association of Architects.

DURI N G the past year the first di stri bution of the Guild Medals was made to the Students at T oronto U ni versitv. It fell to mv lot to

have the spec ial honor o f n{ak ing that first l)resenta­tion.

Remembering our own student days, I'm sure we all hope most sincerely, that these annual pri zes will be an added spur to the keen enthusiasm of these young, coming architects.

It is something quite fi ne. I think, to know that at las t, a fter so many yea rs, the Association is to take an actual and acti ve part each year at the U ni\'ersitr in presenting medals to the Architectural Students. It identi fies the Association that much more closely with the School of A rchitecture, which is turning out more and more highly trained young men in spite of the fact that one is impre sed- per hap.> oppre sed would be more nearly true-one is op­pressed, on looking back through the past twelve months with the fact that architectural de\'elopm ent in the P rovince has not shown a pa rticularly healthy g rowth. It was put to me recentl\' that A rchitecture in O nta rio to-day i a "sad" profession.

vV hen I say A rchitectural de\·elop1l1ent. I do so to distinguish and disassociate it fro m the considerable building acti\'ity that is not architectural ( in its true sense) in Plan or Desio·n. I re fer to speculati\'e and jerry building.

As one indication 0 f the unhappy state of th f! profession I might cite the number o f \rchitects who have been compelled to close their offi'ces and seek work in the U nited States .

"Take care of the penni es, the pounds will take care of themselves" is an old and true saying-is the Architectural profession doing this?

Let me put it in a different way. The Medical P ractitioner- the Barrister-at-Law on important cases charged correspondingly high fees-but they never neglect the small fees-in other words, they do not neglect the humbler professional services.

Yeu can receive medical advice for as low as two dollars and a Lawver's sen 'ice fo r a somewhat simi­lar fee-Can we s~y the ame of the A rchi tect.

O ne of the Committees of the Association is the Small H ouse Committee-the idea behind the ap­pointi ng of this Committee was largely ethical altrui stic-that we felt we should make an effort to show the public that the rchitectwished to be of sen "ice to the small would-be house owner.

I have seriously wondered if we would not [jet further both in . ervice to the public and in help to ourseh'es if we could establish as part of our every­day practice-consultan t . en ,ice fo r these less wealthy potential clients.

If fo r example, a working man had a plan of a simple dwelling he was expecting and hoping to erect - but was not sure of just how his stairs might work in, or the most economical way of bui lding certain features , if he didn't q11ite like the look of the \'erandah-and with one Or all of the'e min or difficulti es knew he could O'et a R egi stered Archi­tect's expert ad vice for a nominal fee of a few dol­lars, I'm pretty sure he would seek that ad vice, and not only benefi t himself but the A rchitect also , and

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I venture to believe that service. of this kind, in the long run would be fully apprecIated by the general

public. . The average man does not ask chanty, though he

may not be able to pay a great deal for what he gets. T he O"eneral idea seems to be, it costs a lot 0 f

money fa enter into any business dealings with ;t11

j\rchitect ought we not to try t o dI spel that fa ls ,~ idea-or rather ought we not to try and show. the public it is a fa lse idea. Can we do so ?-I belIeye we can.

Eyen supposing, which I question. that you did~1't make enough out of this smaller consultant sen'lce to pay what you might consider your time. etc . was worth- its the kl!1d 0 f sernce we should gl\'e to that OTeat mass 0 f the public who make p ss ible the con­ditions calling fo r the larger propositions such as Schools . Churches, Office Bui ldin g-s. Factories, etc .

1\ large fie ld of A rchitecture of the humbler kind of bui lding is slipping away from us .- perlllanenth ·, because the public cannot get modest sen'ice for modest fees-o r it thinks it cannot .

"W here is the cutting in b;: the Speculati \'e or J crry Builder on the fleld that is legitimately the A rchitects' going to end. A lready they buIld apart­ment houses. shops and even churches without an A rchi tect. I know of one church committee who were sorry they took such a step-are they entirely to blame-is not the A rchitectural P rofession pa rtly to blame that the public knows so little of what our work consists of-knows so little of how yi tally im­portant it is to prepare and plan ca refully before­hand.

vVhy ha \'e we let thi s happen and how are we·to prevent it going further-attempt to regain thi s l o~t fie ld 0 f endea YOU r.

A Consultan t Ser vice such as I ha \-e yentured to suggest may be one o f the methods.

I am going to take the liberty of quoting from a clever and able the is on The P rofessions . written by Dr. E li zabeth F i her of Toronto. She says ill part , in rega rd to Professions :-

"The Profe sion has managed to inspire the senti­ment of loyalty among many of it members as in­dustry has not done. Yet there is no inherent reason why it shou ld not . A sentiment is defi ned by psy­chologist as 'a g roup of emotional dispositions clustering a rollnd an object .' Sentiments are COI11-

plex things . P rofessional loyalty undoubted ly, fre­quently includes a devotion to the IJ"ofession, which clashes with larger interests."

A re we too de\-oted to " the profess ion"-are we too consen-ati\"e in that regard. Can we afford from any point o f \"iew to say only-we are profess ional men- we must not, therefore, adopt or use in part any commercial expedients or dev ice fo r reaching the public-our client. Should not our duty as A rchitect be to endeavour to teach the publi c to appreciate beauty in buildings-being the trained designer ' of the coml11unity should not our aim be that all edi fices should show the impre's of our advice, our teaching. A ll ed ifi ces f rom the most ornate to the humbles t.

Let me quote from the address of S ir T heodore :Morison, Vice-Chancellor of Durhal1l C"ni\'ersit", given at the inaugural meeting of the British A rch-i­tects Conference. Newcastle-on-Tyne, July, 1925 .

\ l\Thile d iscussing the subj ect from a somewhat

different angle he had these remarks to say on P ublicity.

"But if , gentlemen , you are prepared to make an appeal to the commercial public may I I'enture, with all humili ty, to suggest that you yourseh 'e', must be prepared to make some concess ions to the necessi­t ies of thi commercial age. In the modern world advertising is a necess ity, and you will not make much impression upon l11 en of business unless you frankly recognize that fact . In the pa. t a tou fa tidious taste has pre\-ented you from tak ing ac­count of ad verti sing ." Sir Theodore Morison was referring o f course, to the ach'erti sing s igns cluttered all m-er our best architectural efforts. \\-e, as A rch i­tects. have neglected that phase of building.

B ut the point I wan t to bring out is that-an out­standing academic man should recogn ize the great yalue of advert ising, that such a subj ect should be disc ussed at a learned Con fer ence of rchitects.

It makes it easier for me to suggest that this i.3 one cOlllmercial exped ien t we should gi I'e serious cons ideration to-ad I-ertising or publi city-which­e\-er vou like. I know that the A 'sociation has apprm'ed of advertising by its members within cer­tain defined bounds. But to counteract thi s stead v encroaching on the rchitectural fie ld by un skilled speculators will require much more pUblicity than that-and of an entirely different kind.

I feel the t ime will -come when we wi ll be CO I11-pelled to adopt commercia l methods of teaching the public-not fO I- purely personal ends. For years to come the al'erage A I-chitect's practice must of nc­cessit\- consist of the smaller work--lwe have not the population or money . to do enough of the la rger work to keep a ll busy-and it is thi s smaller work that is being lost to the pro fession.

T he 2,000,000 or 3,000,000 people scattered throughout the Province are woefully ignorant of what a Registered A rchitect's services consists-of how much they would save in the end by employing one. VI/ e ought to be able to show them what they'll save. How can we do it ? How are the Banking interests educating their publi c ?-your daily news­papers will show you. \Ve tri ed the newspapers once I know-the resul t was not exactly a success-per­haps because we were not good ad-writer. \ Ve talked perhaps in rather stilted phrases to a public who did not understand. If we could talk more like a newspaper l11an we might be more success ful. Tell them what the A rchitect has done to add to the an nuiti es of Ii fe.

Dr. Surveyor , P res ident of E ngineering Institu te o f Canada, said to me on lv last week that the con­tractor was better known to the public than the en­gineer , though the eng ineer was the brains who de­signed the g reat bridge 01' dam, or power scheme. It is so with the A rchitect-the public thinks the Contractor is the "big mann- because they see him piling lip bricks and morta r or rushing up steel 0r concrete, and then the contractor isn't a professional man, he has no objection to telling the public what he can do fo r them.

The world i. changing. condi tions are changing and we must keep pace or fall behind fo rel'er.

Behind al:), suggestion I ha ve of wider publicity on our part IS the thought 0 f our 1110ral responsibility as tralll ed deS Igners, because I feel that we should lea ve. the mark 0 f our tra ining on a ll building. O ur tra ll1l11g teaches lIS, or should . the best and mo t

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economical wav to plan- the finest and most fitting wav to design, and the public should get the benefit of it-we in our own good time would reap the re­ward o f OUI' labo rs.

Sometime ago 1 had the pri vilege of address ing a Sunday morning men's league at a church in Dun­das, Ont., the subject being Architecture.

The Chairman opened with certain verses from the P salms, the conclnding sentence of which im­pressed me. It was thi s "The Earth is the Lord's , and the beauty thereof," that . gentlemen, is why I feel we have a moral responsibility as trained de­signers. T he Earth is the Lord 's and the beauty thereof-it is for us to lead the great mass of the publi c to an appreciation of .'\ rchitectural merit ill

any and all kinds of edifices, so they will not mar the beauty of the earth, which is not yours or mine or theirs.

\ Vhen we look around, as we do to-day, and see buildings, dwellings going up, thrown up· by hands and minds that see not or know not beauty-ought we not to do something. Not just to sit back and say, we are "A profess ion," are we to hide our God­gi \'en talents-I do not say that boastingly but humbly-is it not a 1110ral responsibility-is it not a plain duty-which if done honestly and faith fully will lead us to say when our time comes:

I have built in beauty, I haye taught in truth, A nd been a friend to man.

l\rrqUrrtn' 1J1rrn itt ]furioun Jrouittrrn FULL SERVICE Alta, B.C. Man. Onto Que. Sask.

Warehouse and Storage Building 5% 5% 4% Factory Buildings 5% 5% 4% Residences 8% 8%

Professional Services in connection to 10% to 10%

wi th all buildings 5% 6% over 6% 6% 5% 5% $4,500;

7t% $4,500 or less

Addition, Alteration or Restoration 7t% 10% 10% 10% 7t% 7t% Work per diem (Exclusive ofTrav. Exp.) $15 $25 (According to Standing) $15 $15

PARTIAL SERVICE

Preliminary Studies 1!% 20% 20% 20% 20% 1% of above of above of above of above

General drawings and specifications sufficien t for estimate and con tract 2!% 60% 70% 50% 50% 2!%

of above of above of above of above Details J!% 80% 70% 70% 31

"2 of above of above of above

Superin tendence 2!% 3% 2!% 2!% New Bldgs. of cost

4!% of work Old Bldgs.

Supervision by a second architect 2%

ffiqr ~rrrrtarY'!l ~agr-( Continued from Page 4)

Canadian architects are invited to participate to the International Building Exhibition which will be held at Turin, Italy, during the months of May and June, 1926, and under the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of Aosta. T he Honorarv Presidents are H. r;:. Ca\". Benito .Mussolini and H. 'E. Cav. Paolo Bosell i, and H. E. Count Senatore Teofilo Rossi of YJonte­lera. The di stribution plan of the Exhihition is as follows : I.-ARCHITECTURE , sec. 1, Retrospec­tive exhibition of best old and modern deceased architects; 2, Projects by living modern architects; 3, Technical publicati ons on architecture and build­ing in generaL n.-Buildings . IlL-Electrical A. ppliances. During the course of the Exhibition the fo llowing Congresses will be held : (a) Congress

on dwellings in general CMansions, public buildings, economical and popular dwellings); (b) Congress relating to the studies on regulation plans and street traffic in large cities; (c) Congress on professional education ; (d) T he fourth congress of hygiene; (e) National Geometers' :\freeting. F urther informa­tion can be procured from the Honorary Secretary of the R.A.LC.

"Yriss Doris Lewis broke into the list of prize win­ners of the Royal Institute of British A rchitects. She planned a house for workmen, with an eye not only to beauty but to saving labor, and with it de­feated many male competitors. The competition was held in England recently.

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QtomprtUton for N altonal liar flrmortal at ®ttama lion by ]lrrnon flarrq

T H E design submitted by Vernon March of Goddenhue, Farnborough, Kent, E ng., has )een selected in the final inspection by the ClS -

sessors, Messrs. MacNei l, Sproatt and Shepherd. Mr. March des igned the Champlain monument at O rillia .

The winning design comprises a base, surmounteci by a large square arch , along the lines of the 'Wash­ington Square arch in N ew York. The arch is sur­mounted by two female fi gures of heroic size bearing laurels of victory in their outstretched hands. Through the arch a large g roup of soldiers arc :llarching, giving the effect of changing through, fhese figures fi ll the arch. and beyond artillery is seen in the groLip. The whole is a stri ki ng picture and the design is distinctly original in its features. T he base is 26 feet by 24 feet and the memorial ~tands 45 feet in height. The fi gures will be executed 111 bronze, and work, it is understood, will begin as SOon as possible.

It is just a year ago that the Government an·· nounced that the sum of $100,000 had been set aside

for a national war memorial to commemorate the services and sacrifi ces of Canadians in the Great vVar, and a competition open to arti sts everywhere was decided upon. O\-er a hundred designs were submitted from sculptors and artists in Canacla, the U nited States and England. A first elimination sur­yey of these resulted in seven being held for fin::tl decision. Last week the assessors viewed the de­signs. and after mature deliberation selected that by Mr. March. The ward was made bv number, the committee being unaware of the identity of the de­signers. Mr. March's design was No. 10 in the COI11-petition list .

Many of the remaining designs are equally beau­ti fu l and a rti stic, but the committee had to take into account the environment of the memorial. Several of the six others would have suited admirably hall the memorial another location, but the March design was adjudged the most fitting, taking into considera­tion the effect of the surrounding buildings and the general perspecti \-e of the plaza.

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Annual QTonurnUon of t~r ®ntarto AnnortaUon of Arr~ttrrtn

JOHN A. PEARSON of Toronto was elected P resident of the O ntario Association of A rchi ­tects at our recent convention. He is too well

known to need an introduction to any of our mem­bers. He was Vice-P resident last year , and hi s wide experi ence and good judgment were of great value to the Council , of which he had previously been V ice-P resident in 1901. Lt .-Col. Clarence J. Burritt of O ttawa, who becomes fi rst Vice-P resident, has been a member of Council for the past two years, as has Gordon L. Bridgman of London, who is now second Vice-P resident. Gordon M . \ iVe5t of To­ronto is H on. T reasurer ; George T . Evans of Ham­ilton, Regist rar ; R. B. \ Volsey, Secretary. T hree prominent architects have been added to the Council. A. F rank W ickson, of W ickson & Gregg, who for many years has taken a very active part in Associa­tion affairs; he was P resident in 1900 and 1910 ; W. L. Somerville, who has already highly dis­tinguished himself in his profession ; and Lt.-Col. W alter M . Moorhouse, of the first of George, Moor­house & K ing. T hey will fill the vacancies created by the retirement of Stanley T. J . F ryer, F rederick C. Lee and Herbert E . Moore, whose terms expired ; they have all done splendid work in the management of the Association's affai rs, and their absence will be regretted . James C. Pennington remains as re­presentative from W indsor.

T he following members were elected delegates to the Annual Meeting of the R oyal A rchitectural I n­stitute of Canada which will be held in Montreal on the 20th February; J ohn A. Pearson, Stanley T. J. Fryer, J. P. Hynes, W. L. Somerville and D. W . F . Nichols.

A. H. Gregg and H. E. Mool'e acted as scrutineers . The electi ons and conduct of business were con·,

ducted undel' the new by-laws. R. P . Saunders, of the fi rm of Geary, Saunders

& Dyke, was appointed legal adviser , and J ohn I. Sutcliffe, Auditor.

The business session opened on Monday at 10 a.m . with an address by M r. F ryer the retil'ing P resident, who said;

Gentlemen ;-I n pl'esenting this annual report I would like to

comment fi rstly on some of the more important mat­ters that have been taken up by your Council during the year , af ter which I wish to touch on the sub­ject of the P ro fession at la rge in the Province and some of its trials and tribulations.

A mong the several matters taken up two very important ones were the amending of the Ontario A rchitects Act-and the revision of the Associa­tion 's By-laws.

\Ve found, and were told quite frankly, we could not get any new Act passed by the Legislature, but were in formed we could get certain amendments to the existing Act, passed. A piece of bread being better than no loaf, we had to be sati sfied with that.

The amendments, though not extensive, are a real benefi t.

O ne of the first benefi ts of thi s amended legisla­tion was to enable us (by virtue of the authority

granted the Council , stated in Para. 19) to proceed with the Revision of the By-laws .

U ntil the Act was amended, your Legal Advisers in fo rmed us the By-laws could not be properly revised.

T he By-laws as they stand to-day have been most thoroughly and painstakingly gone in to, clause by clause, and in thi s regard I would like to take the opportun ity now of expressing my great apprecia­tion and thanks to Mr. Herbert Moore for the wholehearted and earnest way in which he gave of hi s time and ability-to him is due 111 0st of the credit for the By-laws as they stand to-day. He has earned the thanks of the Association- without hi s valuable ass istance your Legal Advisers would ha\'e had a much more di fficult time.

In the past , annual meetings have been taken up with long, tedious, and sometimes rather acrimonious di scuss ions on technicalities which could not possibly be threshed out in the limi ted time available and in a super-charged atmosphere thick with tobacco smoke- Dickens somewhere says "an atmosphere reeking of beer and tobacco-"

As I see it, you elect yom' Council to attend to these contentious and technical matters, you dele­gate the authority to them to go into these several and various matters which arise from time to time. T hat is what they are elected for. T he amended Act makes thi s clear- that is, their authority to do and pass certain things .

If you remember, the By-laws were discussed in cir~l es and then again at ' the Annual Meeting in vV111dsor two years ago-we got nowhere-for what was fi nally approved by that meeting was found to be u!tra vires or something of the sort by our Legal A dVIsers when they took the matter in hand.

T hink of all that time wasted-and in vVindsor of all places-where the moon shines bright !

Your Council feels that the expenses incurred in satisfactorily attending to these two very important matters a re more than justifi ed .

Another important matter which has been the subject of much earnes t thought and di scussion is that of a Code of P rofessional conduct . H ere again Mr. Moore has done most of the work. This is now ready fo r fina l approval of Council.

Your Council has endeavoured at all times du rilJO' the. year ~o e~o ~lomize in a financial way without s.en ously lml?amng the functioning of the Associa­tIon . . For thIS reason, the custom of holding Council Meet111gs at Chapter centres was di scontinued­though I trust not permanently.

T he Monthly J ottings (superseding the Bulletin) and . suggested and prepared by Mr. vVolsey have, I th111k. been of real news interest each month-( I ~no~ I have found them so) and I believe fully Jush fy the small expense of sending out.

T he Hon. T reasurer reported that although there had been. di fficulty in collecting fees, he was able, af ter payll1g up per capita contribution of $850.00 to the Royal A rchitectural Institute o f Canada, to

*Res t of P resident 's Address will be found on page 36

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show a balance of nearl y $ 1000.00. made possihle bv cutting down all expenses to a minimum . but he did 110t fay our di scontinuing acti vities that would he of benefit to the members or to the j\ ssociation. He hoped that a reser ve fund would be graduall y built that would place the Association in a position to accompli sh much more than it was able to do at present, and moved the following resolution. that thi s Convention approve the action of the Council in creating a capital reserve account to which all entrance fees and such sums as shall be from time to time available shall he transferred. A nd further, that it be the policy of thi s Association until approved otherwise by an annual convention to transfer an­nually an amount of at lea,st one half of the surplus of such year to thi s account , and that no wi thdrawals from the account shall be made except a ft er ap­proval by an annual convention or in a situati on which the Council considers of extreme u rgency. The amount to be immediately transferred to Capi­tal and invested in Bonds will be $500.00.

Among the reports presented of the various Com­mittees, Chapters and acti vi ties of the Council was a report from Col. Vaux Chadwick, Chairman 0 f the Architectural Competi tions Committee suggesting that the Association should carry out all possible propaganda not only through the press, but by gen­eral circulari zation, to encourage properly conducted competitions fo r important work , and forestall im­proper ones. A lso that some steps be taken to check up these members of the Association who aid and abet, although ofttimes in ignorance, improper C0111-petitions.

Mr. Somerville in his report on Plans for Small I-louses, said that "It was decided early in the year that it would not be advisable to recommend the pub­lication of a book of small house plans, as originally contemplated, owing to the fact that two similar pro­jects were already under way. T hese have since been launched and the assistance of the members of the Association has been requested. It is felt that the publication of suitable plans in th is way will be equally benefi cial to the profession and has the ad­vantage of not involving any financial ri sk."

Mr. \ ;\1ickson as representati ve to the Canadian

X ational Exhibi tion Association, reported as fo l­lows:

"On the occas ion of the A nnual }Ieeting Professo r Currelly and the P rincipal of the Guelph College made the suggest ion that , as fa rm archi tecture gen­erally was so inappropri ate, it was very desirable that a great opportuni ty fo r improving the condition was in the hands of the architects. T hey felt that a fe w models of sui table fa rm houses which might be kept at the Agricul ture College and exhibited at the exhibition would have quite an influence, partiCll­larly in the future, on farm houses .

T his suggestion is no doubt an admirable one but a rchi tects can always find oppor tunities for gratuitous services and the question as to whether the Association would be justifi ed in shouldering the cost of a scheme like thi s is one that would necessari Iy have to be seriously considered .

A fter a luncheo!; at the P rince George Hotel a t which M r. Neville NIason, Vice-P resident of Q uantity Surveyors L td., gave an address on quan­tity surveying, an interesting discussion took place on "Publicity," as a result of which a special com­mittee was appointed to report on thi s subj ect.

The members were then taken to the P ublic L ibrary, corner of College and St. George Streets, to a pri vate view of the exhibition of photographs of recent work by members of the T oronto Chapter.

In the evening a dinner was held at the A rts and Letters Club, which was attended by some 65 archi­tects, and a number of guests, among whom were the Han. George S. H enry, Minister o f P ubli c vVorks of Ontario; Sir Robert Falconer , P resident o f the U ni versity of Toronto; P rof. H . E . T. Haul­tain , P res ident of the Association of P ro fessional E ngineers of Ontario; F . S. H aines, President of the O ntario Society of A rti sts; J ames B. O'Brian, P resident of the Civic Guild ; A. E . K. Bunnell, Chairman of the Toronto Branch of the Town P lan­ning Institute, and Vincent Massey, an Honourary Member of the Association.

A fter a few brief addresses, F rank J ohn5ton spoke on . the "Complexities of Dynamic Symmetry, or the SCI ence of Balance and P roportion," which was fol­lowed by a further elucidation, illustrated with lantern slides by Mr. J. E. H . Macdonald, which brought a very success ful meeting to a close.

tEbttnrtal-Continued from page 3 .

"\ Ve wish to congratulate our American contempor­ary "The American Architect" fo r its splendid issue of January 5th, described as the Golden A nniversarv Num ber. F ifty years seems a long time to the aver'­age person in the ordinary walks of li fe and vet in the progress of architectu;'e as applied to'the M iddle Ages .i t means very little. T he half century of pro­gress 111 the development of a rchitecture in the U nited States in these modern times, as shown pictorially III thi s A nniversary Number of the American Archi­tect, shows quite clearly the remarkable ad vance which has been made in thi s comparatively short

period. It is interesting to note the changes that have taken place, and one cannot help but be impressed with the present trend of desigil as compared to {hat of fi fty years ago. It is 110t every publi cat ion that is privileged to celebrate its fi ft ieth anniversary. R eal­izing the value of a good architectural magaz ine to the profession, we cannot res ist the opportuni ty o f again congratulating the publishers of "The Ameri-can Architect" and expressing the sincere hope that they will continue in the future as they have in the past, serving the profession for many years to come.

42 THE J OURNA L ROYA L A R CHITECTURAL I NSTITU T E OF C-\N~-\D~-\ J an .-Feh .. '26

1Brports on 1\diuitirs of Jrouinrial 1\ssoriations EDITOR'S NOTE

Secretades oj Provincial Associations and Ontario Chapters will please be advised that all reports oj their activities to be inserted in the next issue oj the R.A.I.C. Jow'nal must be mailed to the office oj publication, 160 Richmond St. West, Toronto, not

later than Feb,'uary 28th, 1926.

mqr 1Jirttt.aq QIolumbtu 1\.a.aortutton of 1\rr11ttrrt.a S ecretarv

S, ::'It E \'eleigh, 615 Hastings St. \ \1 ., VancoU\'er

T HE Annual General 'Meeting took place on December the 2nd at the Board of T rade rOOI11 S, VancoU\'er , B . C.

T he usual reports were read by the President . ril r. S.harp, and the Secretary, M r. Townley. Discus­sion on various matters in connection with local business conditions then took place . and a \'ote of thanks was tendered the retiring Council.

This was followed, on Thursday, December 3rd, 1925 , by a Council meeting, held in the Standard

Bank Building, Vancol1\'er , B.c. A t this meeting :\Ir . Jam es A . Benzie, was duly

elected P resident . together with the new Council which is as fo llows : Vice~P res ident. lVI r. r. c. ~\'L K eith ; Counci llors. P rofessor \ Villiam E. ' Ducker­ing and G. L. T. Sharp: H onorary Secretary, ]\'[ r. S . lV1. E\'eleigh . and H onorary T reasurer , l\h . A ndrew L. ,Merce r.

A nother Special General :\Ieeting of the In stitute is also to take place on l\Ionday, January ]8th .

(@nturto A.a!loriutton of 1\rrqttrrt.a TORO~TO CH A PTER

S ecretary 1. Markus, 223 H oward Park Ave,

S ince the last report of our acti \'ities appeared in the November-December issue of the J ourm AL . ex­ecutive meetings were held on December 14th, De ~ cember 16th, January 4th and J anuary 18th .

The Annual Meeting and Dinner of the Chapter was held on Monday e\'ening, J anuary 19th, at the A rts and Letters Clt!b, Following a r esume of the activities of the Chapter during the past year whi ch was given by the retiring Chairman, M r. F, C. Lee, the election of officers fo r the year 1926 took place. The fo llowing offi cers were chosen:

ChaIrman, . . . .. . . . . . . . A. H . Gr egg Vice-ChaIrman ..... .. . J. H . Craig Secretary .... . .. . ..... I. Markus Treasurer ..... ... . . . .. R. \ V, Catto

Executive COl1lmittee . , Roper Gouinlock Gordon VI/est Martin Baldwin

A fter the elections . P ro fes'sor Currellv of the Royal O ntario Museum spoke on the problems of an E gyptian architect .

The Chairman also ach' ised the memhers that an Exhibition of work executed by members of the T oronto Chapter since 1918 was to take place during the week of J anuar), 25th, at the P ublic Reference Librarv.

T his E xhibition was opened by H is H onor , the Lieutenant-Gm'ernor of the P rovince of O ntario on Tuesday, J anuary 26th, who congratulated the Chapter on the splendid exhibition of work.

H A MILTON CHA PTER S ecretary

\ V. B. Riddell , 49 Sun Life Building The six th annual meeting of the Hamilton Chap- President. \ V. R, SOllter ; Vice~Pres ic1 ent , R. E .

ter, Ontario Association of Architects, was held on McDonnell: Secretan' . \ \1. B. Riddell: Treasurer, the 25th of N ovember, and the election of officers L. B. Husband: Exe~L1ti\'e Committee, J ohn E \'ans , r esulted as follows : Galt; Ceo. T. E \'an s. S tewart McPhie.

IDqr :§u!lkutrqrUtUn 1\!l!lortutton of 1\nqUrrt!l Secretary

F rank P. Martin , Imperial Bank Bldg., Saskatoon. Sask. The general meeting of the S.A.A. was held in The fo llowing members were re-elected to the

Moose Jaw with a fair number of the members Council : F rank p , Martin and David \ Vebster. both present. A mong important matters discussed was of Saskatoon, O ffi cers and Council as follows: the question of members in government employ P resident, F rancis B. Reilly, Regina; Vice-P resident, practicing privately. It was considered that me1l1- F. H . Portnall , Regina ; V ice-P resident, R. G. Blln~ bel'S in private practi ce were at a di sadvantage in that regard and that Government employees ShOll lei view it fr0111 that light.

An enj oyable banquet was held in the evening at which the business of the day was completed.

yard , Moose J aw: Sec. ~T reas . , F rank P . Martin, Saskatoon : Coullcil. l\Iessrs, \V. G. VanEgmond, David \ iV ebster and Professor A. R. Greig : L ibrary Board , P rofessor A . R. Greig and Frank P. Martin .

Jan .-Feb., '26 THE JOlJ R NAL ROYAL ARCHITECT URAL INSTITUTE OF CANADA

Jrouinrr of Ql}urhrr Assoriation of Arri1ttrrts

43

H Ollorary Secretar,), Ludger Venne. 85 Osborne St reet, l\Iontreal

The Counc il and the J{y-Law Committee ha\·e been eJJO"aoec1 for some time ·past in drafting a re\·ision at the Association By-laws. Fol lowing two well attended special genera l meetings the Dy- laws were recently amended along the li nes suggested by the Council and are now in fo rce. T hey are at present in the hands of the printers and will soon be a\·a ilahle to members.

In the course of the last two m ()nths two \·en· interesting papers were read in the :\ ssoc iatio;~ RooJlls-i1amely : O ne by M r. H . L. :-Iahafh, D.Sc .. A.~f.E.I.C , on "l\Iethods of \ Vinter Concreting ." and the other by 1\1. O li vier Maurault , p.s.s ., on "Un trai te canad ien d'archi~ecture au X IX seiecle." The attendance at these lectures might ha ,·e been larger,

a lthough the keen interest man ifested by those present was yery grati fy ing to the promoters of the meetings.

The next :\nnual ).feeting of the R..·\.I.C wili be held in i\Ion tl·ea l during the month of February. In conjunction with th is . the P.Q.A.!\ . "vill hold at the A rt Association of 1\lontreal and at the Ci" ic L ibrarv two concurren t exhibi tions of Town P lan­ning \ \'orks. These exhibiti ons will fo rm part of the contribution of the P.O. ,-\.A. to a Town P lan­ning 1ll0\·e which is being '~e t on foot b}· the Ciyic Improvement League, composed of some of the most promin ent cit izens of Montreal.

T he Annual ~ r eeting of the P.Q.A .A. wi ll be held at Q uebec on Saturday. J anuary 23rd , 1926.

Awarb.a fflllabr in tijr 1Krrrnt iExijibitinn nf tijr Wnrnntn Qlijaptrr

®ntarin A.a.anriatinn nf Arr ijttrrt.a At the recent Exhibition of Photographs of work

executed bv members of the Toronto Chanter. O.A.A. sin~e 1918. the Jury of Award-Stanle)T T: J. Fryer, retiring President of the O.A.A.; Lt.-Col. C J. Burritt of Ottawa, and P rof . E. R. Arthur o f the Department of Architecture, U niyersity o f Toronto, made the fo llowing awards in the se ,·eral class ified groups.

The Medal of Honor for the most meritorious work exhibited was awarded to M r. J ohn M. Lyle for the T hornton- Smith Build ing, Y onge Street. T oronto. A wards were also made in the di ffe ren t classes of buildings to the following architects:

D01l/ estic: First award to :'Ifo lesworth , \ Vest & Secord , for

Residence on P oplar P lains Road, Toronto. Second award to \ Vaters & 'Wilkes, for Residence

on H ighland Avenue, Toronto. Hon. lVIention : To W ickson & Gregg, fo r Resi­

clellCe at Guelph, O ntario. Hon. Mention: To Molesworth, \ iVest & Secord,

for Residence at Oahille, O ntario. Hon. Mention : To Murray Brown, fo r Residence,

33 Dawlish Avenue. Toronto. Hon. Mention : To J ohn M. L yle, fo r Residence

of C A. Bogart, Toronto.

Pu blic Buildings: First award to Darling & Pearson, fo r Speaker's

Library, House of Parliamen t, O ttawa, Ont.

M c11loTiais : F irst award to J ohn M . Lyle, fo r Memorial Arch

at Royal Military College, K ingston, Ont.

Second award to Sproatt & Rolph, fo r Hart House Tower.

C011111l('rcial Bu ildillgs: F irst award to John 1V1. Lyle, fo r T hornton-Smith

Building. Yonge Street, Toronto. Second award to Mathers & Haldenby, for 90

Bloor Street Vvest, Toronto.

Educatiollal: F irst award to Darling & Pearson, for F orestry

Building. University of T oronto. Second award to Sproatt & Rolph, for Hart House.

Fi'llal1cial Buildillgs : First award to Darling & Pearson , fo r Sun Li fe

Building, Montreal, Q ue.

Hospitals: F irst award to Stevens & Lee. fo r Roval Victoria

Maternity Hospital , Montreal, Que. -

ChuTches: F irst award to Horwood & \ Vhite, for Eglinton

U nited Church.

lV[iscellalleous Buildi11gs: Firs t award to :iVIolesworth, \ Vest & Secord, fo r

y' \71l.CA Build ing, Toronto. Second award to \ V. L. Somerville, fo r the British

Columbia Lumber COlllmi ss ion Show Room, Toronto.

Editor's N ate I- T he awards will be illustrated in the March-April issue of the J OURNAL.

44 THE JOURNAL ROYAL ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF CANADA Jan.-Feb. , '26

Nntr!1 F. H. Marani and J. E. H. Paisley ha\'e formed a

partnership under the firm name of Marani and Paisley .. and removed theit- office to 2 19 Bay Street, Toronto.

A lfred H. Chapman and J. 11. Lyle of Toronto have been elected Associate Academicians of the R oyal Canadian Academy of A rt.

Waters & \tVi lkes, architects, of 96 Bloor Street west , Toronto, have di ssolved partnership. Mac­kenzie \tVaters will continue the practise of architec­ture under his own name at the same add ress.

E mmanuel Hahn , instructor at the Toronto Col­lege of A rt, was the winner of the Competition for the \tVinnipeg Cenotaph.

O n December 1st last , the C. A. Dunham Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont., manufacturers of Dunham Heating Specialties, took over the manu facturing and market­ing in Canada of the Young Centrifugal Vacuum and Boiler Feed Pump, under patents which they recently acquired _

ALLAN M. MITCHELL President and Ma naging Director of the Robert Mitchell Co., Limi ted

that ce lebrates its 75th Anniversary this year.

The Robt- Mitchell Co., Ltd ., have just celebrated their Diamond Jubilee, having been in business for seventy-five years. The business was started by R obt. M itchell in a dingy little shop on St. Henr" Street, Montreal, and with his own hands began th-e first pieces of Mitchell Metalcraft. R obert Mitchell was early to take the lead in the development of arti sti c metal fixtures. Each of his two sons were trained in the factory, working side by side with the other men in the factory. In 1897 Richard Ramsay YIitchell bl:ought to the president's chai r the prac­ti cal expenence of every department of the plant. Richard Ramsay Mitchell trained both his sons, Leslie and A llan in the intimate detail s of metal­craft and so prepared able successors. Lesli e Stuart ~itche ll succeeded his father as Managing-Dit-ector 111 March, 19 18, but an untimely death robbed the company of an able leader. A llan M. Mitchell was well prepared to take over the work that hi s brother had only begun.

illnmprtittnU!1 L EAGUE OF NATIONS_

COMPETITION FOR THE SELECTION OF A PLAN WITH

A VIEW TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CONFER­

ENCE HALL FOR THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS

AT GE EV1\_

The League of lations wi ll shortly hold a com­petition fo r the selection of a plan with a view to the construction of a Conference Hall at Geneva. The competition will be open to architects who are na­tionals of States Members of the League of Nations_

An International Jury consisting of well-known architects will examine the plans submitted and de­cide their order of merit .

A sum of 100,000 Swiss f rancs will be placed at the di sposal of the Jury to be di I-ided among the architects submitting the best plans.

A programme of the competition when ready will be despatched from Geneva, and Governments and competi tors will receive their copies at the same time. Copies fo r di stant countries will be despatched first.

The British Government will receive a certain number of free copies. T hese will be depos ited at the Royal Institute of B riti sh Architects, and appli­cation should be made to the Secretary, R.I.B _A., 9, Conduit Street, \ 1\f .1 , by intending competitors.

COMPETITION FOR ~rODEL GAS HOME Competition for a model gas home is announced

by the American Gas Association. This competi­tion will be open to architects in the U nited States and Canada. The first prize will be $1000_ Twenty other pri zes will be awarded.

In fo rmation regarding thi s competition may he secured f rom the American Gas Association, 342 Madison Ayenue, New York.

THE J ACOBSON ANNUAL $1 ,000.00 PRIZE COMPETITION FOR 1926

Closes April 1st , 1926. Subj ect-Design for an Architectural Club _

Open to architects, draftsmen, students and others. For conditions apply Jacobson & Co., New York.

Prizes to be awarded iri accordance with the con­ditions are offered by Jacobson & Company, 1st prize, $500; 2nd prize, $300; 3rd prize, $200.

THE NE\1\f I NSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND, BUENOS A IRES, ARGENTINE REPUB LIC.

An International Competition has been promoted for the Argentine Institution for the Blind, Buenos _-\ires. A rgentine Republi c.

A booklet containing the full text o f the condi­tions with other in formation ( translated from the Spanish ) and a plan of the ground on which the In­stitution is to be erected is available for inspection at the Department of Overseas Tracie ( Room 42), 35 Old Q ueen Street, London, S.\I\f.1.

AUSTR ALIAN WAR MEMORIAL­CAN BERRA.

Competiti ve designs are invited for the Australian vVar Memorial at Canberra.

The competition is open to architects of Austra­lian birth . wherever located .

Conditions regulating the submission of designs for the competition can be secured f rom the official secretary, 44 \ i\Thitehall Street , New York. .

Competition doses to Australi an Architects 111

CanacJa and U nited States on March 31st , 1926.

Jan.-Feb., '26 THE JOURNAL ROYAL ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF CANADA xxv

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~oolt!i 1!\ruirwrh OLD BRID GES OF FRA NCE. Bv William Emerson

and Geo rge s Gromort. Pri ce $25.00. Press of th oC A1llerican In s ti t ut e o f A r chit ects, New Y ork.

Thi s is a magnifi ce nt pre se ntat ion of hi s toric exa mpl es of old F r ench Bridges from Roman t im es t o th e e nd of th e 18th centur y . It is in portfol io (1 21f:, x 171', in ch e.i) and co ntain s 24 s uperb r ep rodu ction s in co lor f rom o rigi n a l \·vat e r colo r s by Pi e rr e V ig na!. In addition to t h ese color r epr odu ct ion s t he r e are 35 drawings by Louis C. Ro se nbe rg a nd Samu el Chamb erlain , 44 1ll eas \1r ed drawin gs, 12 photograph s. a nd seve ral di agr ams . sk e tch es, maps, e tc. , together w ith a preface by V ictor Laloux .

Th e volum e is a ve ritabl e treasur e of information of man v of t he famou s old bridges of France. Th e series of d;'a wi ngs presented of eac h bridge are admirable in draft sman ship and g ive one some idea of t h e beauty of their design.

It is beautifu lly printed and is w ithout question on e of the fine s t books publish ed with in recent years. It should prove of g reat va lu e to eve r y architect and ought to be in e ver y library a s a wor k of reference.

READY ~WRITTEN SPECIFICATIONS. By Leiceste r B. Ho lland and Harry P arke r. Price $5 .50. J ohn vViley & Sons , Ltc!'

Quoting from the preface to this vo lume it says: "S pecification s are a load a ss umed with bravado, born e w ith groans and shi fted , w hen they can be shift ed, univer sal ly wit hout regret." \ l\1hoeve r is r espons ible fo:' this quotat ion must have bee n an arch itect , for h e ex­presses in a fe w words w hat IllOSt architects think wh en wr iting specifications. Archit ects to-day r ealize mOl~ e than eve r th e n eed fo r a short cut in writing spec ific a­tion s and this volu me not on ly fi ll s thi s n eed very de­s irably but a lso furni sh es th e ar ch it ec t with a medium for w r iting specificat ion s w hi ch w ill ena bl e him to avoid one of th e mos t d isagr ee abl e things he has to cont end with. viz. EXTRAS.

Th e vo lum e is of s tandard s ize and th e sp ec ifications are classified a cco rd ing to trades . Each clause is nUl1l­be red so that the architect ha s onl y to r efe r the steno­g ra ph er to the numb er s o n th e clauses w he n preparing th e spec ification s.

The bo ok is wel l printed a nd in add it ion to t h e sp ecifi­cat ion s it contai n s the ge n e ral cond itions as iss ued by th e A m e ri ca n In s ti tut e of Arch itects .

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The Youn g Centl~ifugal Vac uum Boi ler Feed Pump, 12 page folder, size 8.li x 10%. T his folde r gives a de ta iled descri ption of t he Young Vacuum and Boi ler Feed Pump an d de monstrates its use fuln ess for extracting aid and condensate from vacuu m heating systems, and thereby promoting quicker circulation and more effici ent heating res ults. It also shows the simplicity of the Unit together with the ease bv which they ma~~ be appli ed to both old and new systems.

OKTARIO GYPS UM Co . LIMITED, Paris, Ontario. Insulex.-Architects' Book.-Size 8Y:; x 11. This book gives a ver y interesting description of "Insu lex, " the new insulating prcduct. It contains detai ls drawn to

scale showing applicati on of this Insu lating materia l

SARNIA BRIDGE Co. LI MITED, SAR NIA. Massillon Bar J oists. Loading Tests. This book gives t he resu lts o f tests of the Massillon Joists made by the Pittsburg Testing Laborator )" University of California, Ohio State Unive rsity, Department of Public Works, Philade lphia, Toronto Universi ty and others. In addition to the Graphic Charts t he book contains illus­trations of the wa y the tests we re made. Size 8Y:; x II.

TOCH BROS. IN C., 110 East 42nd Street, New York. "R.l.W. Colored Integral H ardener for Concrete F loors" 4 page folder, size 8Y:; x 11. This folder in addition to givi ng a description of th is p roduct also includes a specification covering t he app li ca tion of R.l.W. Colored In tegra l H ardener. T he hardener IS

made in six diffe rent shades and is shown in t he folder.

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