The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-31
JUDGES INUNDATED
WITH SHIP POSTERS
Splendid Specimens Of Art and
Patriotism Seen In Entries
for "Sun" Prizes.
SOME STILL UNWRAPPED
Best Of Wonderful Designs to
Be Exhibited Here and
Elsewhere in Country.

The work of sorting and classifying
ship posters sent to THE Sun for the
competition Of the national service sec
ton Of the United States shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation is pro-
sressing rapidly under the direction OF
Horace Brown, one OF the Judges, VINO
generously volunteered to get the en-
tries in readiness for examination by
his associates on the board.
Mr.. Brown and his corps OF assistants,
who began their tremendous task on
Monday. put in another full day yes
terday and there still remains a noun
tain OF express and mail matter to be
uncased or unwrapped to-day. 1t Is be-
|lieved the preliminary work of arrang-
ing the posters where they can be
viewed and studied will be completed by
tomorrow, at which time the entire
board Of judges. according to announced
plans, will start the work OF getting
down to brass tacks as far as the prize
winners are concerned.
Although many posters are still to
make their initial bows, sufticien'
number has been classified to jus'if%
the statement that the competition VIII
be an artistic success. Everybody con-
nected with the national service section
who has visited the ship poster gal
lery" is delighted with the large num-
Der OF splendid posters with the right
kind of a punch in them which a par
tial examination OF the entries has dis
closed.
Group of strong Posters.
All hands are confident that when the
prize winners are picked it will be gen
orally agreed that Uncle Sam will have
in his possession a group of strong post
ers that will go long way TO gladden.
the hearts of the men in the shipyards
and to enthuse them in their daily stunt
! to speed up the building OF ships.
A. r. Parkhurst secretary of the ma
tional service section, is now making ar
| engagements for a public exhibition in
this city OF the ship posters. This col
| lection will consist OF the three prize
winners in each OF the four classes,
those that receive honorable mention
| and a selected group OF possibly 100
others. The time and place for the ex-
hibit will be announced later.
After New York city has had a chance
to see what patriotic artists in every
State in the Union have done to spur on
the workers to speed up the construction
OF the bridge to Pershing' the exhibit
will be transferred 10 other cities. In
the meantime. however, the National
| Service Section will have reproduced
those posters which are required in its
very essential work OF carrying the mes
sage to employees OF shipyards and the
thousands of industrial plants in which
materials are produced for shipyards.
People TO See the Designs.
THE people Of this country are going
to have an opportunity to enjoy the
wonderful posters in this highly success
| full contest" Mr.. Parkhurst said last
night. We are going to send the eN-
! hiht clear across the country. where
| il will be placed on view in Libraries
or museums in many OF the principal
cities. The work is OF very high
| character and I believe the section has
got exactly what 1t wanted-bully good
| posters
| Many well known local artists con-
| tested with equally well known artists
| in other States for honors in Glass l..
which was open to citizens OF this
country and our allies" and the judges
| are going to have n hard time trying
to decide who are the three who have
turned out the best posters" in that
/ class and therefore are entitled to
prizes The other three Classes-sol-
diers and sailors in the service. ship
yard workers and employees of indus
trial plants and pupils of grade and
| high schools-have turned out some
very fine posters,
| The contest committee has been
greatly impressed by the great number
of entry blanks accompanying posters
which set forth that the posters are
donated to the Government" indicat-
| ing that the artists wished no reward
whatever other than the satisfaction OF
knowing that they had done something
worth while TO help strengthen the fight
| ing arm of their country.