The sun., 1910-01-29
ARCHITECTS DINE.
League Members Honor Memory Of G. y.
MckIm-PrtZes Announced.

League Members Honor Memory Of e. y.
McRxIm-PriZes Announced.
The dinner OF the Architectural League
last night in the Fine Arts Building on
West Fifty-seventh street was in effect
a meeting in memory Of Charles Foilen
McKim. His plan to establish an Ameri-
can Academy in Rome was discussed by
the architects and painters and sculptors
who were there and his name was mem
toned most frequently.
The dinner was served as the occasion
for the announcement OF prizes in the
compositions conducted under the lea gue's
supervision. The architectural prize
went to Pierre and Michel LeBrun for
the Metropolitan tower
Grant LaFarge. the president Of the
Architectural League was the toastmaster.
He told the members OF the league that
an exhibition on the same lines as the
one in New, York was being contemplated
in London and that Sir Asten Webb,
president Of the Royal Institute OF British
Architects. had sent over to ask how they
managed the affair on this side OF the
water.
Mr., La Fargo then called for reports
upon the chairmen OF the committees
which had in charge the awarding OF the
prizes. The Messrs. LeBrun were the
frst to come forward for their medals
which were cast from designs by Herman
A. MacNeil.
Kenyon Cox got the Architectural
League medal OF honor for painting.
The award was in recognition of his
decorations in the Lucerne County Court
House at Wilkesbarre, Pa. needn't
disguise the fact" said Mr.. Cox. that
hoped some time to attain TO this medal,
but i didn't expect IL to come so soon.
II | hadn't received 1t tonight ! would
have gone away resolved TO work in the
hope OF getting il, but now that have
got il l will work all the harder in order
to show as much as ] can my worthiness
OF it
The men who won the leagues special
collaborative prize OF $500 were Frank A.
Colby. architect; Carl A. Heber. sculptor;
Frederick Wilson. painter; William l..
Bottomley. architect. who received special
mention for architectural composition
and color; B. Lillian Link, sculptress;
Marion H. Beckett. painter; Gabriel
di Martino. architect: Anthony de Fran
cisco. who received mention for sculpture.
and Paul Jennewin, painter. Carl A.
Huber won the Henry .. Avery prize
of $50.
The men at the guests table included
Henry Snyder Kissam. John Beverly
Robinson, Charles Dana Gibson, John
Du Fais, Robert w. de Forest. J. H.
Freedlander, Lloyd Grlscom. Cass Gilbert.
william n. Kendall. Walter +. Maynard.
F. d. MiIlet, William H. Mead. George b.
Post. Frederic B. Platt, Thomas F. Ryan.
Frank Miles Day. John W. Alexander,
Arnold W. Drummer. John Cadwalader.
Theodore n. Ely. Carroll Beckwith.
William s. Coffin. Kingsley l.. Martin.
Irving X. Pond. Haley Fiske. Glenn Brown.
Besides them there were John Carrere.
l. y. Phelps Stokes, William I. Smedley.
Francia q Jonea Don Barber Edward
Mcclure, Karl Bitter. Daniel Chester
French. Richard Hunt, Cerl Won Ryd-
ingsvaerd, r. V. V. Sewell and William
Laurel Harris.
Edwin BlashfieId. Frank Mills Day,
John L. Cad walsder and Lloyd GrScom.
formerly Ambassador OF the United States
TO Italy, spoke.
After the dinner a young man told It
ground thrt B. 3. King. an architect, had
found pearl in his oyster
-It ives as big as this" said the young
man. measuring OF a quarter OF EN- inch
on his little finger. and an expert on
gems who was there ct MIR. Kings table
said that It was worth $4,000.