The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-13
Rules for Model Home
Contest Are Announced
Competition viii Be Open
to All School Pupils.
in Indiana.

III
Rules for entrants in the minia-
ture model house contest conduct
ed by The Times in connection with
the eleventh annual realtors home
complete exposition, April % to %,
were announced today by the con-
test committee.
The contest is open to pupils of
all high schools in Indiana.
j. Ray Monaghan, indianapolis
Real Estate Board, is committee
chairman.
Winner of the contest will be
awarded a one-week trip to WASH
ington by The Times, and subst an
tial cash prizes will be provided for
other winners.
First Girl in Contest
Increasing interest in the con-
test was evident in the number of
entries that poured in Saturday and
Sunday from indianapolis and vari-
Gus schools throughout the state.
Dorothy Scheller, q student of
Sacred Heart school, of 2729 Napo-
leon street is the first girl to enter
the contest.
This year, in addition to the prize
awards that will be given to STU
dents, the directors Of the Home
Show have voted to award a silver
trophy to the school receiving the
largest number Of honorable men
tons.
Rules for the contest are as fol-
lows:
The contestant may make his own
choice Of materials and no standard
plans are required.
Must Be Mounted
All models are to be mounted on
a base, representing the lot, the
bases to measure exactly 1896
inches. Lots are to be Handicapped
as artistically as possible.
Use of materials for model, lawns,
shrubs, garden ornaments and other
features is left to the designers dis
erection.
All models submitted shall include
the following rooms: Living room,
dining room, breakfast room and
kitchen, with three bedrooms, two
baths and necessary halls.
Houses may be either two stories
or one story, and each model must
have two-car garage, attached or
detached.
The house must be designed on
scale in which one-fourth inch
equals one foot.
Measurements Are Set
The first floor level should be one
foot, eight inches above grade. The
first floor ceiling height should be
eight feet six inches above the floor
The second floor level should be one
foot above the first floor ceiling, and
the second floor ceiling should be
eight feet above the second floor
level.
Tops Of first floor doors and VIM
dow castings usually are placed six
feet eight inches above floor level
However, if exterior doors are de-
signed larger than this, (higher
than seven feet is not recommended
heads of windows should be the
same height.
Heads of second floor windows
should be six feet six inches above
the second floor level. The chimney
should project from one to two feet
above the highest ridge line
Any Design Allowed
The model may be of any design
OF architecture the designer may
select, including the moderns The
roof, entrance, door, windows and
other details should express the type
of architecture decided upon as
nearly as possible. An open terrace,
either with or without railing, is
recommended.
The house may be decorated to
represent brick, stucco. frame or
other type Of construction. Water
color, Craypn. Oil paint, plastic
paint. ink or other suitable coloring
material may be applied.
Bits Of cologed paper or cloth, or
even real slate, carefully split and
cut TO scale. are suggested for roof
ing materials.
handspring Is Important
One of the important features of
the contest is the landScaping OF
the lot. The base should be
of plywood or insulating board suf-
ficiently rigid to withstand warp
ing.
The contest should plan his land
/ scaping carefully. This can be q
simple or elaborate arrangement Of
flowers. trees, shrubbery, driveway5
and walks. Garden seats. trelliSes
or similar decorations may be in
/ cluded.
Steel WOOL covered with paint and
sawdust; colored sponge, paper md
many other materials form ac-
ceptable trees and bushes, while
green paper or turkish toweling,
dyed green, may be used for grass