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Focuses on the deterioration in the burgeoning art of architecture in the United States with emphasis on examples cited from various buildings. Accentuation of the vertical lines: bands of brown and black brick connecting the windows, alternating with bands of white brick, for the solid wall in the case of the Daily News Building in New York; Description of Boston, Massachusetts that will soon have the distinction of possessing two modern stations, for though the exterior of the South Station remains unchanged, the old smoke hall-- or train shed--has been supplanted by covered platforms which permit the smoke to escape and shelter only the passengers; Examination of the Bonwit Teller Building that reveals that modern architecture is no more dependent upon the skyscraper for its success than it is dependent on the subway; Footsteps left by the Squibb building in the sand of modernism in terms of color; Definition of modernism in the context of culture.

Presents the leading artists of the twentieth century. Emphasis on the excellence of the execution of a work of art; Utilization of native materials among architects; Expression of respect for organic forms in architecture and pottery.

This article presents information about various books and periodicals. The periodical "Portfolio: A Magazine for the Graphic Arts," edited by George S. Rosenthal and Frank Zachary, surpasses Continental deluxe work in controlled exuberance, clarity of design and distinction in letterpress and illustration. Photography, typography, industrial graphics, calligraphy and textiles receive elaborate treatment. The book "Georgian Architecture," by A.E. Richardson, presents a brief, well-organized account of the rich background of much early American building, with an excellent coverage of unfamiliar Ireland and many remote and infrequently visited monuments in England.

Reports on the skepticism related to New York City's Fair. Participation of federal, state and city governments in the sponsorship of the Fair; Series of tests conducted by botanical experts in their flower beds, to determine the exact hues of certain species that have seldom been grown before in these parts of the city; Criticism of the Fair's architectural parts; Free-handed use of color, murals and sculptures in the architecture; Aim of the Fair to reduce the lag between invention and merchandising.

Presents information about an architect who does not have any sound idea about architectural designs. Criticism of the U.S. embassy's architecture in Paris, France by the architect; Exploitation of art critics by the journalistic system under which they work; Criticism of the American Government Office Building located in Avenue Gabriel; Glimpses of romantic architecture that can be found on the third floor of the building.

Presents the author's concerns for workingmen for house in New York City. Existence of housing problems in the City; Overview of living standard of people; Argument pertaining to the land value for making apartments in New York City; View that in New York almost no building is being done which a family can afford to occupy if its total income is less than $2,500 to $3,000 a year; Break down of private enterprises in the building trade; Discussion of rents of apartment houses; Infrastructure of subsidized apartments in New York City; Role of various organizations and construction companies in meeting the requirement for houses.

Presents information on the architecture of a country club. Description of the architecture of the club; Note on the great hall of the country club; Comments on activities going on in the club, like the game of bridge which is being played in different tables; Description of school-girls dancing to the tune coming out of a phonograph; Opinion on a game of golf.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues. Significance of women's names; Use of the period styles as applied to architecture and furniture; Post-war memorial monuments.

Focuses on the New York World's Fair. Reference to the article "The World of Tomorrow"; Discussion on the question what will the United States be like tomorrow if one manage to employ all technical skills; Report on General Electric Co. show, "Man-Made Lightning"; Information on the Fair's Architecture; Description of the exhibition of twenty-seven Eastern railroad companies on the "Railroads on Parade."

Presents several letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in the previous issues. Comment on student protest and revolt on school and college campuses; Highlight of errors contained in the printing of the author's review of Baker's Hemingway biography; Comment on the authorization to spend $75,000 of taxpayers money on preliminary engineering for the proposed ABM construction in this state; Comment on the article "The Vicious Acronyms," by Ralph Lapp, published in the June 21 issue.

Focuses on architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Description of early days of Wright in Chicago, Illinois; Information about the family of Wright; Description of his work at the construction firm Adler and Sullivan; Launch of the prairie architecture style by Wright; Information about innovations that he brought in the building construction; Information about several projects which he worked on.

Presents information about the new building of Museum of Modern Art in New York City named as Whitney. Description of the architectural aspects of the building of the museum; Information about several items exhibited at the museum; Description of various sculptures showcased at the museum; Comparison of the building of the museum with that of the Phillips Gallery in Washington.

Comments on the architectural plan for Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. made by the council of architects and urban planners appointed by U.S. President John F. Kennedy. Significance of the plan for the Avenue; List of architectural buildings and plaza that will be built along the area; Plans for traffic control made by the council.

Focuses on the socio-political and economic development in Libya. Information on the fascist regime of Libya under Dictator Marshal Italo Balbo; Report that the real effort to colonize Libya dates only from Marshal Balbo's governorship; Information on the plan to colonize Libya; Report that under the present plan the State supplies the whole of the necessary capital; Technical problems of colonization; Information about the architecture of the colony of Crispi; View that fascism has finished with the economic man of liberal philosophy.

Presents information on a brave old lady known as Miss Cissie, who lives in a ranch in hills in Texas. Information on the architecture and surroundings of the ranch; Description of the personality of Miss Cissie; Narration of the story of Miss Cissie's heading off a stampede in her youth, by her brother; Narration of a tale of her brother's bringing of two sacred cows out of India to cross with his herd; Delight of Miss Cissie in telling tales from her memory.

Presents letters to the editor. Comments on the article "Architecture and the New Package Style," by Robert Woods Kennedy which was published in the journal "The New Republic"; Criticism of the article "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," published in the journal "The New Republic"; Information on the book "Lawrence of Arabia."

Presents information regarding old architecture in the U.S. Description regarding St. John's Chapel that maintained solitary architectural visage among the faceless buildings that out bulked it; Information that the steps and the floor of the portico had been destroyed to make room for the new subway and the fine pillars lifted their tarnished foliation straight from the dirt of the road; Description of a very large old brown-stone mansion on West Fourteenth Street, which, despite its dismal and rubbishy color, still displays a striking magnificence; Information that in Brooklyn, in the neighborhood of Henry Street, the pleasant pink and red brick houses still, represent the generation of clergyman Henry Ward Beecher.

Presents a selected list of books on art, architecture and music. "Roerich: A Monograph of a Great Artist," by Leonid Andreyev; "The Art in Painting," by Albert C. Barnes; "The Aesthetic Experience," by Laurence Buermeyer; "Folk-Songs of the South," edited by John Harrington Cox; Others.

Presents the poem "The Mystic," by Winifred Welles.