Evening star., 1941-05-11
Architecture Students
Of 80 Colleges Send
Drawings 10 Contest
Beuux Arts Institute
Competition to Be
At CothoIic U. May ~

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Students from 80 leading archi-
tectural colleges and universities
throughout the country have en-
tered drawings in the annual COM
petition of the Beaux Arts Institute
of Design at the Catholic University
Nav "a, it was announced today by
DR.. Erederick v. Murphy, head of
the architectural department of the
School of Engineering and, Archi-
lecture of the Brookland institution.
The competition will be an all-day
affair, with preliminary judgment
In the morning and final awards in
the afternoon. The jury of awards
Of Is members will include architects
who have won the Paris prize in
architecture or have graduated from
the Ecole de Beaux Arts with archi-
tects from the Government service
and in private practice in Metro
politan Washington.
The drawings to compete for
prizes of $50 and S25 donated by
Pencil Points, an architectural
magazine, will be a design of an
architectural school for 200 students,
including a large drafting room,
freehand and modelling studios,
library, exhibition room, classrooms,
Office and student lounge.
Drawings to Be Exhibited.
The BeauX Arts Institute of De-
sign conducts an annual compe-
tition, usually in its headquarters
in New York City, but this year
accepted the invitation of Catholic
University to stage the contest in
the architectural department of the
university. Provision is now being
made to exhibit the drawings in the
spacious rooms of the department
and arrangements have been made
to open the exhibit to the public on
May rs to %.
The judgment is part of the Beaux
Arts Institutes series of graded
architectural competitions, which
regulate the advancement of the
individual student by this system
of awards. Students from all the
leading architectural schools of the
country work on an Identical prob
lem at the same time and send
their drawings to the institute for
judgment. Values are awarded on
q merit basis and the participating
students advance from Glass c to
Glasses B and A, according to the
values placed upon their drawings.
DR.. Murphy and Thomas H.
Locraft, assistant professor of archi-
lecture, represent the university on
the committee in charge, and Ber-
nard Kellenyi of Eatonton, N. j.,
and Romeo Martini of Niagara Falls,
N. Y, both members of the class
of 1912, are co-chairmen of the
student committee.
Tomorrow Is Tap Day.
Pre-commencement social activi-
ties at the Catholic University will
attract attention of most under
graduates, beginning tomorrow at
l:30 o'clock with the annual tap day
ceremonies, and continuing periodi-
cally until May % when the annual
interclub dance is scheduled to be
held
At the tap day ceremonies to take
place in front of Gibbons Hall, the
five social clubs of the university,
including the Abbey Club, the Sen
ators Club, the Utopian Club and
the Cave Dwellers Club, as we'll as
Phi Kappa Fraternity, will tender
bids to those students they con-
slider worthy of membership.
The series of dances will open
with the annual Utopian ball at
the Lee Sheraton Hotel Friday
night, May 16. The Ball Committee
includes Charles Carroccio of New
York City, William F. Griffin of
Jersey City and Bernard Cody of
Easton, Pa. The special guests will
be the Very Rev. Ignatius Smith,
o. P, moderator of the Utopians:
the Rev. Gerald F. Dillon, dean of
men and the Rev. Edward F. DoWd,
Instructor in religious education.
The class of 1941 will stage its
final social event of the year-the
senior ball-at the Shoreham Hotel
Friday, May %. Open to all students
of the university, the event will af-
ford opportunity for a final get
together of the undergraduates be-
fore the close of present term. Peter
S. Wien of Palmerton, Pa, is chair
men of the committee which in
cludes Leland Brown and Neil
Croarkin, two Washington seniors;
William Endebrock of Trenton, NJ j.,
and Gerald Strang of Ottawa,
Canada.
Interclub Dance May %.
The Interclub dance at the Ward
man Park Hotel, May %, this year,
will feature the presentation of keys
to members of the Student Council.
The recipients will be Howard
Schropp of Hazleton, Pa, and John
Dimond of Valdez, Ariz, of the Cave
Dwellers; Gerald Strang of Ottawa,
Canada, and Julius Stranges of De-
troit of the Utopians; William Des-
mond of West Hartford, Conn, and
Robert Hickey of Denver, Colo, of
the Abbeys; Engene Daily and Harry
Mccarthy of Washington of the
Senators and Thomas Kelly of
Pittsfield, Mass, and Romeo Mar
tint of Niagara Falls, N. Y, of Phi
Kappa Fraternity. Howard Schropp,
president of the Cave DWellers, will
be chairman of the Dance Com
mittee.
The rector's annual oratorical
contest will be held in Mcmahon
Hall auditorium of the university
May 10 at 8:15 pm. The Most Rev.
Joseph M. Corrigan, titular bishop
of Bilta and rector of the university
will preside and present the awards
to the winners. John Mutton OF
Philadelphia will be chairman OF
the evening. The event is open to
the public.
Contestants include Vernon Won
Drehle of High Point, N. c., junior;
Joseph D. Scrocco of Orange, N. j..
Q Junior; William Endebrock OF
Trenton, N. j., a senior and Bren-
dan Stynes of Forest Hills, N. Y, a
sophomore. All speakers will re-
ceive certificates, while the winner
and the runnerup will be presented