succeeding weeks were
also held.

It soon became evident that a wide field of usefulness was open to the
new organization, and a permanent location of its own would become
necessary. Such a location in the heart of the city, with all necessary
conveniences, was found in the Garfield Building, and the new rooms have
been properly fitted up for the use of the club.

With the purpose of making the influence of its work as far-reaching as
possible, the restriction which has commonly been applied in other
similar clubs, limiting the membership to architects and draughtsmen, or
at least limiting the number of non professional members, has been
entirely done away with, and any one who may have an interest in
architecture or the "allied arts" is eligible for membership. What will
be the effect of this arrangement it remains for the future to decide.
In some of the older clubs it has been found by experience that the
professional membership was overbalanced and its work impeded by a too
large non-professional element, and the professional lines have been
closely drawn in consequence.

The work thus far entered upon is modest but of an important character,
and if pursued with the earnest purpose which has marked the first few
months will lead to a fruitful future.

Of the monthly competitions in design the one for March, the subject of
which is a scheme for the public buildings of Cleveland, has attracted
considerable attention, and the public exhibition of the designs will
doubtless lead to profitable discussion outside the club. A plan which
we believe has not been adopted here, but which has been the means of
awakening considerable interest in the study of design in the clubs of
New York, Philadelphia, and Boston, might possibly be followed to
advantage. In the January number of THE BROCHURE SERIES the competitions
instituted by the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects were outlined. Of
course with all the numberless calls upon his time, the average
draughtsman does not have the leisure to properly study and render the
drawings required in these competitions; but by the joining of forces
four or five, or even more, men can easily work out such a problem, and
in some respects the advantages to be gained are greater than is the
case when an individual works alone. Several large tables can be
provided in the club-rooms, and the problem worked up as a club design.
This plan has been followed in the Boston Architectural Club with