Architect and engineer . of the publicmind of entirely too natural two-gun, two-fisted he-man, strictlymaterialistic formative period of nationbuilding dispensed with all considerationof the finer arts in its curriculum. In factsuch tendencies were deemed indicative ofeffeminancy. It is only in comparatively recent yearsthat conditions are changing. While menworked, seeking riches, women took ad-vantage of their spare time. Womens so-cial clubs sprang up over night, like mush-rooms. Every city, town and hamlet inthese United States possesses its feminineclubs, post-graduate empo
Architect and engineer . of the publicmind of entirely too natural two-gun, two-fisted he-man, strictlymaterialistic formative period of nationbuilding dispensed with all considerationof the finer arts in its curriculum. In factsuch tendencies were deemed indicative ofeffeminancy. It is only in comparatively recent yearsthat conditions are changing. While menworked, seeking riches, women took ad-vantage of their spare time. Womens so-cial clubs sprang up over night, like mush-rooms. Every city, town and hamlet inthese United States possesses its feminineclubs, post-graduate emporiums dissemi-nating culture and advanced the fact that American women are,as a body, far more intellectual than themen. The men, realizing the challenge to su-premacy of their already inflated ego, de-terminedly follow suit. The movement isinspiring, it indicates the period of intel-lecutal awakening is at hand. The thirstfor knowledge carries the possibility ofworld leadership. The library, motion pic-. THE .AXXEX. DE LAS Chichen Itza. Yucatan. Anelaborately carved building, full* of esoteric symbols and rich in motifs. ture and radio are rapidly consumating thechange. Appreciation of the arts is but onestep further. Already the demand is forAmerican composers, American authors,American artists, American poets andAmerican craftsmen. Believing that the time aspects are pro-pitious, I now place a new offering in theerstwhile perverse lap of America. Myplea is for an All-American Architectureand its Allied Arts. In all branches of art it has always beenmans prerogative to turn to masters of thepast for inspiration. We realize the newis ever founded on the old, because no manis truly original. With one possible excep-tion the world of art has been ransackedby art creators seeking new motifs. It is
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