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EW YOEK, SATUKDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1875.





No. 390.





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GOOD  ADYICE   TO   ARCHITECTS.

[From the London Building News.]
Professor.Hayter Lewis' address at the Archi-
tectaralA'ssiDciatioii recently^ on Education may
be briefly resolved into—What a young arcliitect
should study, and how he should study. The
young architect should certainly feel at home
when in the society of those above him in "so¬
cial rank" or -wealth, and by vhom his profes¬
sional skill and knowledge are called into requi¬
sition. To be inferior in attainments to the
medical and legal adviser is at once to concede
to them ail antecedence and priority. It is not
worth while to :stop to inquire what attainments
this equality demands. Tliey should be those
at least required in our higher schools, in which
the languages, science, and mathematics are the
groundwork. There is no necessity for our
being all Crichtons, but the very training in a
diversity of subjects makes the mind' more con¬
fident in its resources, and saves the young
practitioner that embarrassment in society
arising from simple ignorance. There is more
leasonnow than ever why the younger mem¬
bers of the profession should receive a modi¬
cum of knowledge equal at least to that afford¬
ed by the Indian Civil Engineering College and
other Government services. It. would be a de¬
plorable thing that the followers of the ancient
profession should be less cared for- and less edu¬
cated, and rank lower than the younger one.
But such is the case now, and it remains only
ior the younger branch of the profession to de¬
termine how long this condition is to last.

What the special subjects should be the stti-
dents ought to learn.as.supplementary to, or
conjointly with, his general knowledge is a
question which, we think, must depend chiefly
on the inclination of the pupil. Science and
drawing, as recommended, are two good branch¬
es, and. wide enough, to choose from, but let
them be adapted to suit the bent of the pupil.
We would rather advise that such special studies
should be taught hand in hand with the prima¬
ry studies, so that the pupil might devote his
faculties to the most profitable to himself; If
experimental study, such as drawing and prac¬
tical applications of inathematics to the stability
of structures and, the strength of materials,
could be taught as soon as the stuient has made
sufficientadvance in primary knowledge, so much
the better.

This brings us to the second division ot
our subject—How to study. Tate, in his
"Philosophy of Education," a very able treat¬
ise on. method, clearly proves the above prin¬
ciple, and thus ,. follows the Pestalozzian
maxims, as propounded by our own Locke.
It is shown that successful results can only fol¬
low from a combined use of the demonstrative
and synthetic methods of education, and not
from dogmatic teaching. Under this system
facts experimentally proved are brought home
to the student's mind, and he gradually builds
uy principles from them.- • It, in fact, is teach¬





ing from example rather than from precept, and
the best illustration of its success is exemplified
in the   classes  and visits  oi  the Architectural
Association.    It   is   the   discipline of  college
training that Professor  Lewis   showed to be
necessary, and   this   is incompatible in purely
technical schools.    ^Ve are led to consider next
the after-school education, or that which the
pupil receives when he enters an oifice.    This
is certainly of a very in-egulai', > desultory kind
under the pupilage system.    The special studies
learnt at school should be continued, if possible,
but the facilities aiibrded by masters are very
insufficient even to studiously-disposed pupils.
It is heie the Association may step in with its
classes and visits, and further organize among the
l^rofessiona combined scheme of education; -The
lectures at King's and University Colleges might
be admirably taken advantage of, and the sug¬
gestion of the lecturer,  that  special lectures
should accompany visits to-iron foundries and
workshops of various kinds, and to buildings in
course of construction, is excellent, and is what
we have before advocated in these pages.   These
lectures would take cogoizance of materials and
worknianship,   enter fully  and experimentally
into processes and methods, explain by a tete-a-
leie mode the specification,  measurement and
methods of finding the strength of every part of
a building, giving facilities at the same time for
inquiries by the pp.pils.   Mr. Hall's proposal,
made at the Institute the other evening, to in¬
duce the directors of oue of our great art re¬
positories at Sydenham or Muswell Hill to afford
that body, jointly with the-Institution of Civil
Engineers, a testing ground for testing building
materials and structures,  would also prove of
great value to architects and   students.    The
Professor's remarks ®n sketching and the art-
education of the student will, we are sure, be
read with attention.    He placed great stress on
sketching—not  copying—as   one  great means
of educating the eye and mind; and there is
unquestionably a good  deal of  advantage in
a correct method of sketching; there is also a
danger that v/hen the student becomes a master
of it, he gets too fond of it and neglects other
stuilies.    This we have found to be the prevail¬
ing fault of all sketchers.    Architectural sketch¬
ing demands correct outlining and perspective,
and the student should always regard particu¬
larly the proportions of his object, and should
get into the habit of measuring and figuring all
the   constructive   and   prominent  parts   of a
building, noticing their proportions and com¬
paring them.    Such exercises lea'd to a habit of
thought, and .greatly aid in design. . Thei Royal
Academy holds out its medals to students in free¬
hand and design, though the Classes of Design
at the Association are suScient to give all the
requirements in these branches, combined with
the   drawing   of  the   office,   of  which   most
pupils get. enough, and more than enough.   All
that the student wants to acquire as supple¬
mentary to his office regime is to become an ex-
Ijert in projection and perspective, which few
masters trouble to teach their pupils, and after
these freehand;    AU.  these may  bfe learht by
self study,   coinbined  with  some   shght  in¬
struction; but there is more danger that  the
other  requirements   of  the   projession, may
be neglected.   It is partly to. counterbalance
the inordinate  devotion to draughtsmanship—
so enticing to all young- men who have a bent
for it—and to fill their minds with materials
upon which to exercise this art' faculty," instead
of having recourse only to the antique, that the
scheme of a general education should receive
support irom those who want to make their pio-
fesBion-something more than a profession of ono





idea, and to give its students strength and men¬
tal tone. Once concede the justice of such a
primary education, and the bugi)ear of "compul¬
sory examiuation," such a thorn to some young
enthusiasts, becomes quite an insignificant and
subordinate question. Having acquired a cer¬
tain modicum of knowledge, every student will
be only too glad to receive for it the distinction
it is worth. An examination only amounts to
this, and is only so dreadful an ordeal as he
likes to imagine it. When a student presents
himself who can draw or design better than he
can translate or solve equations, he will get so
many murks more in the one, and less in the
others. Every faculty should be tested, and its
capacity rewarded, and under such an examina¬
tion the most partial advocate for voluntary
tests would be satisfied. We would not con¬
clude these remarks without indicating the
course and subjects to be pursued, but we must
defer our stiggestions, merely saying here that
in technical education the "Real Schulen" and
the "Ecoles Poly technique" of Germany and
France are models for our reform.





CONYEYANOES.





Wherever the letters Q. C. and C. a. Gr. occur, preced¬
ed by the name oi the grantee, they mean as follows:

1st—Q. C. is an abbreviation for Quit Claim deed, i. e.,
a deed in which all the right, title, and interest of the
grantor is conveyed, omitting all covenants or warranty.

2d—C. a. Gr. mean a deed containing Covenant against
Grantor only, in which he covenants that he hath not
done any act whereby the estate conveyed may be im¬
peached, charged, or incumbered.

NEW   YORK.   ■





August 26 to Sept. 1—inclusive:
Baxter st. (Nos. 57 and 59), e. s., 150.11 s. w.
Bayard St., 48.5x113x47.6x117, h. & 1.   Alexan¬
der H. Wallis (Eef.) to William Higgin^,-Jersey

Cily, N. J.   (Partirion.)   Aug. 24.........S1G,100

Same property.   Augustine M. O'Neil, Brooklyn,

to William Higgins.   (Q. C.)   Aug. 24... •... .nom
Same property.   Augustine M. O'Neil, Eliza F.
Wilfiams wife of All'ord R. WiUiams, Charlotte
M. wife of Isaac H.Bailey, and Angeline wife
of Philo Brauns to Wilham Higglus.   <Ratifica- -

tion Deed.)   Aug. 24........................nom

Same property. William Higgins, Jersey City, to
Augustine   O'Neil.   Brooklyn,  and Angelina

Brauns.   (C. a. G.)   Aug.24..............20,000

Bboome St., b. 8., 20 W.Pitt St., 20x60. Andrew
J. Case and Edward H. Gage (Exrs.) to Charles

McGinnis.   Aug. 27........................ .5,600

Become et., s. w. cor. Chrystie St., 25x78.6.
Phillip Lyons and John Qulnn (Exrs.) to Ru-

dolDh Laig.   July 20........■■■■■■.■.■■. -.•.• • .23,100

BKOoira St., n. s., SO.'te. Thompson st., 19.5x49.6;

also strip in rear ol above, 6x30.6.   Theiesa

wife of John Lynch to Siegel Bernhard... .13,500

Carmine St. (No. 42).   (All Interest in.)   Henry

F. Ketchum, Orange County, to MaryE. Dean,

Mount.Vernon, N. Y..........;..............250

CHEBBTSt.,n. s. (Vo. 152), 20.2x132.2. (Foreclos.),
Frank Rudd (Ref.) to Martin Lyons.   (Sub.

Morts, $6,000.)   Sept. 1................... .3,000

Dblanoby St., s. s. (No. 235), 50 e. Willett St.,
25x87.6. Lewis Chichester, Brooklyn, to Dan¬
iel Owen.   Aug. 31........................ .8,750

Feont St., n. a. (No. 66). 20.8x85.3x20.7x85,11.
Charles H. Hildreth (R«ir.) to Henry M. Ahrens.
(Foreclos.) (Sub. Morts $10,000.) Aug. 31..3,100
Grand st.. s. w. cor. Laurens st. (Leasehold.)
(1-6 part.) Friend Pitts (Admr. of John Pitts,
dec'd) to John Pitts. Aug. Sl.other cons, and nom.
Houston st., s. s., 100 e. Suffolk st., 25x100.
(Leasehold.) John Obenauer to George
Gruenewald.   {y part.) • (Subject   to Morts.

§5,000.)...............-;....................5,000

Ludlow St. (No. 183). (Leasehold.). (All right
of.) Bernard Dugan and Mary McGUl. to .Brid¬
get Dugaii;..'......— -....................nom