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The article describes multimillionaire John W. Galbreath as the worst and the best kind of fan. Galbreath is said to be one of the big personalities behind horse racing and baseball as well as a star performer in area of business. It narrates how Galbreath strives unceasingly and mightily for success from the way he waited on tables to pay for his tuition at Ohio University to the way he builds skyscrapers that change the face of large cities with his architectural drawings.

The article covers various issues related to art as of September 1960. The front cover of the September 1960 issue of "American Artist" features a work by French painter and architect Hubert Robert. Edgar A. Whitney has joined the magazine's board as a contributing editor, and a brief description of his credentials is provided. A painting by Frederic Remington, which was exhibited at the Whitney Gallery of Western Art in Cody, Wyoming, remains missing despite a 25,000 dollar reward for its return.

The article features Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, whose work will be featured in a traveling exhibition scheduled to begin on May 15, 1951 at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, Italy. Wright believes that nature should be part of everyday life and design should consider health of the spirit and body. He has built houses over a waterfall, on a prairie and in the desert. His most unorthodox designs were based on circular planning that allows natural light in and provides outdoor views.

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.

The article presents information on the books "The Roman Way," by Edith Hamilton, "Nur Mahal," by Harold Lamb, "East of Eden," by Isa Glenn. The first book is a distinguished achievement. It gives one a quite complete and always interesting evocation of the life of classical antiquity. Nur Mahal was one of the wives to Jahangir, who occupied the throne in the early seventh century at the peak of the Mogul Empire's power. The last novel is unusual. Important details concerning the marriage of a woman genius to a successful architect from an old New York family is portrayed.

Presents letters to the editor. Comparison of British and American political system; Information on Republican independents in Cincinnati; Information on an architect.

Reviews the exhibition of the work of architect Frank Lloyd Wright at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Information on the theme of Wright's models which are being exhibited at the exhibition; Information on the model "Broadacre City"; Description of his home in Wisconsin called Taliesin; Information on Wright's tenure at the Johnson Wax Co.

The article presents information on the Châhateau De Vaux in Paris. Though it is very accessible from Paris, the châhateau of Vaux is not often visited, its reputation is founded more on historical remembrances than on its own artistic merits. The style is what may be called pure seventeenth century. It was been at the time when French architects had abandoned the forms of the Renaissance and looked chiefly for a beautiful 'ordonnance'. The Châhateau of the Renaissance had been almost all built on the sites of old feudal castles and had preserved their complexity of towers, of inner and outer courts, of staircases; the architects of the sixteenth century cared little for symmetry and ordonnance.

Focuses on the development of Stalingrad, Soviet Union, after the city was ravaged in the Second World War. Information that the All Russian Academy of Architecture is in charge of plans for war-ruined cities, and has a commission for Stalingrad; Statement that utilitarian buildings will be constructed to commemorate the heroism of Stalingrad; Ambijan is the only foreign organization taking an interest in Stalingrad orphans by sponsoring the relief to them.

The article focuses on some classic modern chairs designed by architects. The article further adds that few of the famous American architects are seriously designing furniture any longer. Only Charles Eames, who no longer practices architecture, keeps on turning out high-level seating, and this is fortunate, for he is a really talented man. Probably the practicing architects are all too busy doing buildings. But this, it seems, is not so in Europe. At last summer's Milan Triennale, the international design fair held in Italy each three years, architects showed new chairs to people. The article also presents pictures of some chairs for future references.

Edward D. Stone is one of the most successful architects in the United States today, having captured the imagination of the people, certainly of the press, with such grandiose architectural notions as this immense and impersonal symbol of the entertaining arts. He designed the U.S. exhibit building for the Brussels World's Fair of 1958, also a round building, but with a pool in its center, as well as the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, which had a large pool in its core too, not a social armory. These are much livelier designs than his cultural center because the open cores do subtract from their deadly bulk.

Charles Eliot, landscape architect, was "a lover of nature and of his kind, who trained himself for a new profession, practised it happily and through it wrought much good." Such is the characterization in the recent volume devoted to his life, edited by his father. The book is an interesting story of achievement. Born in 1859, Charles Eliot as a boy enjoyed every advantage of home, school and travel, but was handicapped by a frail body and occasional illness. As a college senior, he suffered so much from indigestion, palpitation of the heart, headache and low spirits that his father suggested postponing graduation.

The article reports that Manhattan, New York City-based architect Albert Mayer has been selected by Indian officials to design the Punjab city. Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru wanted to make Punjab city as the symbol of freedom of India. According to the author, Mayer's idea of the city is a cone shaped building with the highest buildings to be a five-story legislature and the three-story secretariat. The author adds that Mayer's plan consists of superblocks designed to house 5,000 people with schools, playgrounds, parks, and shopping centers.

The article focuses on the growing opportunities for builders, architects and surprisingly artists. Huge stores with spacious parking facilities are taking shape, usually that of low, blank-walled boxes, on what used to be pasture land in the peripheral areas. With this growth has arisen the question of freedom of expression in art. The civic beautification consisted of three disproportioned pinheaded figures in bronze, one apparently an adult male, one an adult female, the third an adolescent. A taxpayer's suit was recently filed declaring the statue was a "public nuisance."

Presents letters to the editor related to several issues. Comments on the spread of German power and German civilization; Comments on the book "The Secrets of the German War Office" by Armgaard Karl Graves; Discussion on the work of architect Bernard Richardson Green.

The article focuses on the Michelangelo, Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet. The fluttering wisps of draperies that are now being removed were imposed 385 years ago by order of Pope Paul IV, in deference to the outraged modesty of the Italian Purity League of the day. Drifter is no more excited over the undressing of Michelangelo's splendid nudes than was the great Italian himself at the clothing of them.

This article briefly discusses the book "Space, Time and Architecture: The Growth of a New Tradition," by Sigfried Giedion. The rich content and graphic handling make this the best book that has yet appeared in English on the sources of the modern tradition in architecture. There is a tonic tone; the author does not dwell on the many, many things to be done before the reader reach an ultimate "solution" but exhibits vigorous spirits and what has been achieved in the thick of the battle. The material he uncovers, full of significant detail, is more valuable than the sententious parts of the build-up for his own most favored ideas and architects.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in the previous issues of the periodical, The Nation. Reduction in federal taxes; "The Real Japanese" which focused on an American architect in Tokyo, Japan; Correspondence of the U.S. President Thomas Jefferson.

The article comments on the architectural philosophy which looks at the importance of interior function and ignores the outside function. According to the author, this kind of philosophy ignores the demand for identity and appropriateness of appearance to function. He adds that all areas of the building must have a reasonable model of design. He also emphasizes the important role of an architect.

The article offers information on various events in Great Britain. It announces the appointment of Sir Robert Lorimer as architect for the restoration of Whitekirk church in East Lothian, Scotland. It states that two suffragettes who were charged for obstructing the police have refused to give their ages. It adds that furs amounting about 3,000 pounds were stolen from a firm in Chiswell Street, London, England.