Identifier: ArenaMagazine-Volume40 (find matches)
Title: Arena magazine - Volume 40
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: B.O. Flower (ed.)
Subjects: Progressivism -- United States liberalism reformism social reform Christian Socialism Gay 90s political commentary Benjamin Orange Flower Progressive era social gospel
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ects of the first rank whohave original ideas and the courage tostrike out from the beaten path of imita-tive conventionalism. m. Elmer Grey is not only an artist ofstrength, originality and courage, but heis a man of strong faith in the future.He believes that the New World is des-tined to enjoy a great architecture thatshall be distinctively American, an architec-ture that shall be sincere and honest,adapted to the life and the varying cli-matic and other conditions of our greatRepublic; one that shall be indebted toall the greatness that has gone before, butthat shall be nobly free from servile imita-tion. As yet the new architecture is in itsinfancy. We have little more than thepromise of the coming greatness, butenough progress has been made to encour-age us in the conviction that architecturalgreatness will follow industrial growth andthe coming economic freedom and spir-itual awakening of the people. Digitized by VjOOQLC 202 Elmer Grey and His Dream of a New-World Architecture.
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—J) THROOP POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, ELECTRICALENGINEERING BUILDING. Mr. Grey is one of the few Americanarchitects who are also finished essayists.He has contributed some exceptionallyable papers to leading architectural jour-nals, and in this issue of The Arenawill be found an able paper from his penon Christian Science architecture, thatcannot fail to prove of deep interest to ourreaders, though we confess we do notpersonally share his views. To us thestyle of a place of worship is of littlemoment, provided it is nobly simple andartistic as are the Grecian models.There is much associated with all thetemples and cathedrals of the past thatis beautiful, and also much that onecould wish were different. For example,while one may experience profoundlyreligious feelings in the presence of someof the great cathedrals, others, descend-ants from grave Huguenots or Dissenterswhose ancestors were horribly persecutedand tortured and slain for the glory of God and with the sanction andencourageme

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