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Accepted. As they spread their mutual aid, the Masons became powerful. Outsiders, including nobility, sought admission. Masonry required them to believe in a Supreme Architect, to pass certain mental and moral tests. By 1620 there were "Accepted Masons," as well as free, practicing Masons, in England. Bit by bit the accepted members predominated in the old Guild. Up grew military, philosophical and all sorts of lodges. These facilitated Masonry's growth over the world and its appeal to men of high position...
...those of us who have heard of Frank Lloyd Wright as the foremost American architect, have read bitter and sarcastic commentaries on his not being included on the committee of architects for the impending Chicago exposition, and have to our disappointment found that photographs and details of his work are not readily available, the publication of his recent lectures at Princeton comes as a most welcome event...
...defend Chicago. Small, spindly Debater Robert Egerton Swartwout (he weighs 105 Ib.) boomed out in an amazing bass voice. The same voice last year barked the Cambridge crew to victory over Oxford (TIME, April 21, 1930). Swartwout was Cambridge's first U. S. coxswain. Son of Manhattan Architect Egerton Swartwout, he went to Cambridge (Trinity College) seven years ago, became a wit, contributed to Punch. Also he developed the ironic humor that is the pride of English debaters. Last week Cox Swartwout argued...
...George Gore '34, and T. E. Naughten '34 opposed the Eli trio of Knox, Harfield, and Hull in the Lampson Building, New Haven. vanBenschoten, a member of the Yale Debating Council presided over the meeting, while J. W. Berolzheimer, instructor in economics, and G. H. Gray, New Haven architect, acted a judges...
...fact that modern office buildings have so short a life has been the greatest thing in the world for modern architecture. It frees the architect. Gives him a chance to use his imagination. See here, take my necktie [speckled green & brown]. If I thought that this necktie would have to last me for the rest of my life, I'd pick out something pretty conventional, pretty safe and pretty dull. But since I will probably get another necktie in a month or two I can afford to take a chance...