House and Garden 
We are still a 
young people, 
but art—which 
is old — seems 
lately to be re¬ 
ceiving a new 
impulse. A vig¬ 
orous campaign 
of education in 
matters of art is 
spreading over 
the entire coun¬ 
try. Art schools 
are crowded; 
new art societies 
are being organ¬ 
ized every day; 
exhibitions of art 
objects of all 
kinds are being 
held, and are in¬ 
teresting a wide 
and admiring 
public. Some of 
our art societies 
have become 
broadly known 
through the 
great good they 
have accom¬ 
plished in archi¬ 
tecture. In this 
branch of art, 
the Ecole des 
Beaux-Arts has 
influenced us 
mightily, and 
the Society of 
Beaux-Arts 
Architects occu¬ 
pies at present a 
unique position 
in the architec¬ 
tural educational 
world. The So¬ 
ciety of Beaux- 
Arts Architects 
is, strictly speak¬ 
ing, an Alumni 
Association or¬ 
ganized for the 
purpose of culti¬ 
vating and per¬ 
petuating the 
principles and 
associations of 
the Ecole des 
Beaux-Arts in 
THE PRELIMINARY SKETCH PLAN 
