GERMANIC SHOWS PHOTOS OF ONLY CITY WITHOUT SLUMS

Stockholm is one of the few cities in Europe which has not as yet felt the imprint of the Nazi spiked boot, and its modern architecture, as exhibited in a series of photographs on display at the Germanic Museum, proves that the Swedes have made good use of their freedom.

Perhaps the only city in the world without large slum districts, Stockholm was fortunate enough to escape much of the dismal blight characteristic of industrial zones like Pittsburgh and Chicago during the depression.

Program Begun in 1930

The city planning and building program which makes the Swedish capital a number one town in appearance war inspired by the Stockholm Exposition of 1930. The pavilions were all designed by one architect, Professor E. C. Asplund, and showed the influence of modern theories of design, while they steered well clear of the "modernistic" and exaggerated themes exploited by the recent American expositions.

Over 30% of Stockholm's buildings which were raised during the ten years following the display of Asplund's architecture in new public buildings were built according to the modern theorier of design.

Stockholm is a city of rocky inlets, cliffs, bays, lakes and forests as well as and buildings, its planners are thinking that the natural setting is not obliterated by cheap, sprawling flats, anticipating such a development with strict laws and government-financed projects the relieve housing needs in other directions.

Clean lines, simplicity, frank expression of materials and structure, and an unpretentious trimness are the characteristics of Sweden's fostered architecture.

Within the next few days students will have a last opportunity to see the display at the Germanic Museum.