WHY UNPOPULAR?

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12608, 19 November 1926, Page 9

WHY UNPOPULAR?

ARCHITECTS DISSARSHEB “THINK LITTLE OF W*SELTES W MORE SUPPORT WANTED In the presentation of its annual report the committee of the Neiw "Zealand Institute of Architects (Wel- ; lingtori district branch) expressed dissatisfaction at the lack of moral support which members accorded the branch, although thq financial position was declared tq be flourishing. “The membership was large, but thq attendance at meetings was small, and it was suggested that members foiled to realise the direction ip frhich tlieir best interests lay. So ’ dißhqqrtehed indeed, has been the committee 'that the proposal tq Bold an exhibition of drawings and photographs and a social evening had been abandoned. Mr S- Natusch thought th® committee had conceived a very melancholy outlook, for he believed that th® yehr had been quite a satisfactory' one from the institute’s point of view. The. .chairman (Mr Stanley W, Fearn) said he would accept blame for that, for he considered greater enthusiasm and closer co-operation was war* rqnfed among a membership so largo. 1 ' Mr de' Mohtalk considered that the position into which the branch had drifted was due largely to th® members themselves. It was tfi® attitude of the public which’ caused ttto architectural profession to he little'thought of. '

“When matters pertaining tq building are mentioned, h® ®*fts> “you always find the name of’ tlje contraotbr i? always meutionqd before that otf the architect. Tfus is fiot right- We the. pfiime hjiflders, anfl tf® co«» beforo the oofitractors. Th® reason is that we seem to have se utti® ’ respect for! purselvee, and consequently the public think very little of nal It should be our endeavour to establish ourselves on a has 13 much as the B-M.A. ,or th® Law. Society. Vo.u ne'ver find a member of the medical profession tiying tq s*ea,i man’® practic® —simply becam®® thqy' have co-opera-tion in tile profession;” ‘ Thq. chairman said this was a young country, and things would probably ha placed qn a hettpy fqptiog. when thq profession grew to greater prqP9 r " tions* ' " '