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Show ISEGEETS OF SDGGESS-No. 18 j THE ARCHITECT IltiOMAS W. BOTCB&ISS, Vocational Counsellor. B architect chooses his profession by Ills pre-conceived ability to design and execute plans for buildings. lie both the working drawings, aud superin-Llie superin-Llie execution of his plans. He has the : faculty? also that hard.-headcd prac- which puts ideas and ideals to the materiality. He studies architectural ancient and modern, particularly those iJe to the types of buildings which he :d upon to design. In time his office roduce plana for buildings of various clty and country homes, office build-teel build-teel and. re-In forced concreto coustrue-hurches, coustrue-hurches, schools, etc. Spoclal studies le made according to the demand; and, awyer keeps abreast of his profession ding the latest decisions of the highest 30 the architect constantly observes ig consniction and studies the technical Ines of his profession, successful architect should have ability k with other persons; with his clients b one hand, whoso desires must be, iled with practical possibilities, and be makers of materials and building ctors on the other hand. Often he bannonze conflicting interests. lie know the cost of materials and labor, be characteristics of all ' building ma- terials lumber, terra cotla, stone, brick, ) cement, iron, etc. He must havo a work- ing knowledge of the professions and trades allied to his own structural engineering, civil engineering, mechanical engineering and. i domcstc engineering. The last of those con-1 corns plumbing, heating, ventilating, aud J electric lighting. His is a many-sided and i complex profession, and iu large cities re-11 I u ires a combination of talents which two ( or more partners share. Ono of tho im- porlant developments of architecture is town ( aud city planning. Another is landscape j architecture. And still others, supplementary 1o it, are,,interior designing and furnishing, and the making of furniture, rugs, stained ) glass, mural paintings, etc. A boy of fourteen or sixteen years ot age ) can begin to pick up a knowledge of tho situ-1 plest requirements of an architect's office. , At twenty he may give his whole time to draftsmanship. The one talent which is in- dispensable in every architect's office, and which is usually delegated to assistants, after ) the working drawings aro naado by tho arch- itect. is mechanical drawing or detail drafts- J manshlp. Whether he remains a draftsman, 'i ' at pay ranging from $15 to 00 a weok, or interrupts his office work to take a college i course in architecture, with possibly a supple- J montary course abroad, depends upon the young man's financial independence or as- si stance. i |