The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-05
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Dignifled Dr. Interrupts Pulitzer Prize Awards
 With Comments
BY ROBERT MUSEL United Press Staff COrreSpondenO

United Press Staff Correspondent) New York, May 5.-(UP)-The annual squabble attending the Pulitzer prize awards arose from a 1 new quarter today. The press photographers association informed Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler that 1t does not consider him qualified to comment on the culture and breed- ing of camermen.
 The bald, dignified President of Columbia University, interrupted the Pulitzer prize announcements at the annual dinner of the alumni ] of the Columbia school of journal !, ism last night to scoWl darkly at i. photographers busy snapping pie lures with the aid of flash bulbs.
 If they were awarding prize for a nuisance, there 1t would go, he snapped with a gesture toward the cameramen.
 Dr. Butler More Irked Assigned to the dinner at what they said was the express invitation of Columbia University the photog- raphers continued their activities and Dr. Butler, even more irked, said:
 "Why don't you leave off bread and butter and learn manners"
 Today Walter Ranzani, president of the press photographers associa- ton after consultation with associ- ation officers made this announce- ment:
 "The press photographers associ- ation is sorry that MT. Butler in his avid quest for publicity, found 1t necessary to impose what he con- siders nuisance" on those pres- ent.
 Perhaps MT. Butler is About to publish new book on etiquette but the association feels 1t does not care to learn manners from host who insults his own guests"
 With the exception of the Butler calneramen dispute the Pulitzer awards were accepted otday with an unusual lack of dissent. In past years the drama awards have some- times been attacked and unofficial bitterness has been voiced at other designations.
 Prize Winners
 This year the $l,000 prize for the best original American play went to Robert +. Sherwood for Idiots De- light" an anti-War drama in which Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne are now starring on Broadway. Only 40 years old Sherwood is the author of half-dozen roundly successful works.
 The late Will Barber of the Chi- cago Tribune was posthumously awarded the $500 prize for the best foreign or Washington corresponds ence. He died in Ethiopia while coy- ering the war. Honorable mention was given to four men. Webb Miller of the United Press who scored seV- eral notable beats on the Italo- Ethiopian front, Ashmun Brown of the Providence Morning Journal Jay c. Hayden of the Detroit News and James A. Mills Of the Associated Press.
 Newspaper Victim
 The $500 gold medal award for the most distinterested and meritorious public service rendered by an Amer ican newspaper went to the Cedar Rapids uowa) Gazette for its cru- sade against corruption and misgov- ernment in the state of Iowa. The St. Paul (Minn0 Daily News re- ceived honorable mention for q sim liar campaign in St. Paul. PICK UP THREE
 Two $500 awards were made fol the most distinguished editoria writing of the year. These went tC George B. Parker. editor in chic of the Scripps- s-Iioward newspaper and Felix Morley. editor of tn, Washington CD. O. Post.
 Lauren D. Lyman of the New York Times was awarded $l 900 fol distinguished example of re, porter's work based on his exclusive story of the deparature of tho Lindbergh family for Europe. No award was made for newspa- per cdrJOOnS.
 Best American Work
 The $1,000 award for the best American novel of the year went tC Harold L. Davis, q former COW. 1. puncher for first novel, Honey ir the Horn" which previously won tht $T,5O0 Harper prize novel contest.
 Andrew Cunningham. Mclaughlin was given the 1000 award for a book on the history of the United States for 'The Constitutional His. tory of the United States"
 The $l,000 biography prize went to Ralph Barton Perry for "Th6 Thought and Character of William James,"
 Robert P. Tristram Coffin re- ceived the $i.OOO poetry prize. Ht wrote Strange Holiness.
 The three $l 1900 travelling schol- nrships for graduates of the SchoO of Journalism were designated for BevelIon Brown of Providence. R. l. Helen Beal of Delaware. O.. anC Louis IT. BirDbaum of Cleveland. Q Alternates are: John A. McWethy O! Aurora, H.. Philip D. Taylor ol BliOomington. Ind. and Wirt M Mitchell of Fayette, Mo
 Samuel Barber of New York cltj and Hlgmund Kozlow of Maspetb ~. Y.. were awarded the si 500 mi. nlc and art Heh0iarailips respectively