THE ARCHI - Alpha Rho Chi · of th Vitruviu lumni A ociation. The new ociety has .received a warm welcome from other fraterni.. tie on the Penn tat campu and congratulation from lpha

THE ARCHIA lpha Rho Chi Fraternity • Arch itecture and the A llied Professions

Volume XXXII SUMMER, 1954 Number 3

A.P.X. Medals Given

26 Student ArchitectsPenn State Group to SeekAlpha Rho Chi Admittance

Winners of the Alpha Rho ChiMedal for 1954 were announced inMay at 26 architectural schools. Theaward has been given annually to a

graduating seniorat most of theschools since itwas established in1931 to "encour­age professionalleadership by re­warding studen t

accomplishment; promote ideals ofprofessional service by acknowledg­ing distinctive contributions to scho?llife." Designation for the honor IS

made by the architectural faculty ateach school.

_At The Pennsylvania State Univer­sity the medal winner was Eugene R.Gladys, one of the organizers and firstpresident of Vitruvius ArchitecturalSociety, prospective new A.P.X. chap­ter.

George William Riley, Jr., winnerat Illinois, is anA.P.X. of Anthe..mlOS.

Graduates and schools in the 1954list are:

ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE:James John Baird, Jr., Auburn, Ala.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: Ger­ald WT

eisb'ack, Berkeley, Cal.CARNEGIE INSTITUTE: Bruce E.

Goetzman, Rochester, . Y.COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: Lowell

Brody, New York, N. Y.GEORGIA SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY:

Charles P. Graves, Atlanta, Ga.HARVARD .UNIVERSITY: David John­

son Tirrell, Philadelphia, Pa.UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: George

William Riley, Jr., Champaign, Ill.IO"TA 'STATE COLLEGE: Roger W.

Hill, Omaha, Neb.KANSAS STATE COLLEGE: Howard

Harrenstien, Cedar, KansasUNIVERSITY OF KANSAS: Richard

Wayne Anschutz, Wilson, KansasUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: Ralph

Urban Price, Detroit, Mich.

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A group of students in the Collegeof Engineering and Architecture atThe Pennsylvania State University,State College, P,a., has organized theVitruvius Architectural Society withthe intention of petitioning AlphaRho Chi for admittance as. a newchapter. Announcement on the cam­pus in December by "The Daily Col­legian" read, "The Senate Committeeon student affairs has approved thechartering of a social club whichwould eventually become a chapterof Alpha Rho Chi, national profes­sional and social arehitectural fr,ater­nity.

"The club will be known as theVitruvius Architectural 'Society forthe two-year probationary peri~d re­quired by the University.~·* ** **

"A spokesman for the Vitruviusgroup, which petitioned the Univer­sary Dec. 2 for permission to organ­ize, said the social group would bechartered for the benefit of fine artsand architecture maj ors. These stu­dent would eompose 80 per cent ofthe membership, he said."

First officers of the Society were

Eng£neering Building, The Pennsyl­vania State University, State College.

Vitruvius Architectural Society.

Eugene Gladys, President, MichaelSabo, Vice President, and Josephl\1ark, Treasurer. Other charter mem­bers were: John Stef, James Bru~t,Harry Archinal, Thomas Kearns, JackFeagley, John Booser, Lee Stauffer.These men were assisted in org,aniz­ing by Maurice Robert Des Marais,Anthemios '48, Faculty mem'her atPenn State, official adviser to the So­ciety. In M,ay, 18 new members wereinitiated, including Charles Bailey,Robert Breading, l'homas Butler,Fred Diserod, John Eiser, 'StanleyFaller, David Gill, Richard H,artman,James Howard, Arthur Lenz, HowardLink, Charles Matts, Sheldon Odland,Hubert Ream, Richard Seabold, Rus­sell Synder, Jon Spaulding, CalvertWright.

The So~iety holds membership inthe campus Interfraternity Councilas "Vitruvius Architectural Society,Colony of Alpha Rho Chi". The menhave obtained a house which will ac­commodate 20 resident members forthe next school year. Officers for thenext year are: Lee 'Stauffer, Presi­dent, John Booser, Vice President,David Gill, Secretary, and RussellSynder, Treasurer.

Charter members who graduatedthis spring have organized VitruviusAlumni to continue their association\vith the active group.

In addition to Asst. Prof. DesMarais, Alpha Rho Chi 'alumni on theFaculty at Penn State ,are Milton S.

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40th Founders~Day ObservedBy Columbus, MInneapolis

George William Riley Ir., (right)Illinois, was given his A.P.A. lvledalby lames T. Lendrum, W.G. ., at an­nual tudent-FacuIty banquet onMay 6 at Champaign.

. ,Photograph by Mrs. Mildred C.Barber, Secretary of the Departmentof Architecture.

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Osborne, Demetrio 22 Head of theDept. of Architecture, and Louis A.Richardson, Anthemio '28, Profes..or of Architectural Engineering.

Professor 0 borne i fir t Pre identof th Vitruviu lumni A ociation.

The new ociety has .received awarm welcome from other fraterni ..tie on the Penn tat campu andcongratulation from lpha Rho ChiGrand Council officer Rob rt Calrowand George hitten. The memberare enthusiastic about their pro pectfor next year and are confident theywill have an acti e and well·estab-

Eugene Gladys, Iohn Booser, Leetauffer.

lished organization when their pro­bationary period has been completedand they are ready to 'become an ac­tive chapter of Alpha Rho Chi.

edaI neapoli Athletic Club on April 30.Guest of honor was Ralph Rapson,Iktino '38, newly appointed Head ofthechool of rchitecture at Minne-ota. Fred Kerper, new Mnesicle

Faculty member, wa al 0 a guest.At the dinner the Alumni socia-

tion's Madsen Memorial Key, award­ed .annually, wa given to Robert Cal­ro,.v, Mnesicle alumnu and W.G..A.,for his outstanding service to theFraternit .

Profe or Rap on ha taught archi­tecture at the In titute of Design inChioago and at M. I. T. He i a nativeof Michigan, graduated from niver-it of ichigan, and tudied at

Cranbook. He had acti e dut In~Torld ar II and a recent! adesigner in the Foreign Buildingsoffi'ce of the State Department inParis.

Founder' Da wa celebrated atIllinoi on pril 14. Guests at .L nthe­mios Chapter House heard a talk byProf. ewlin D. Morgan.

Minneapolis: Holes, Calrow, Rap­son, Howe, Hutchinson.

Columbus: Ronan, Ely, Calrow,Porter.

One hundred and fift lpha RhoChi's from Demetrio and otherchapters celebrated .P..' 40thbirthday with a banquet at the Grand­view Inn in Columbus the evening of

pril 10. Many alumni had 'been atthe chapter house for lunch andalumni business meetings in the 'after­noon. Grand Council officer BobCalrow and George Whitten wereguests and joined in the di eus ionof chapter business.

t the banquet, alumni presidentDon Porter introduced Calrow, Whit­ten, the new alumni president, LouisStuder, and Director Elliot Whitakerand Prof. W. C. Ronan of Ohio State's

chool of Architecture. Past W. G. A..D,vight Ely was a guest and pokebriefly.

ewly elected officers at Demetrioare ed Eller, Richard Bechtel, JamesLabrenz, Robert ichols, MichaelLay hock, and orman Drummond.

Mnesicles lumni observed the an­niversary with a hanquet at the Min..

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OF MIN ESOTA: n-t. Paul, Minn.

OHIO TATE IVERSITY: ndrewMacioce, Columbu , OhioOKLAHO~lA A. & M. COLLEGE:

Charles Herbert Paseur, Memphi,Tenn.

PE SYLVANIA TATE IVERSITY:Eugene R. Glady , Mones en, Penn.

U IVERSITY OF PE SYLVANIA:Louis G. Va tardi , Kirklyn, Penn.

RICE I STITUTE: Lee Austin Nich­olson, Houston, Te' a

U IVERSITY OF OUTHER CALI-FORNIA: Robert Sumne Grant, LosAngeles, Cal.

SYRAcUSE UNIVERSITY: Robert R.Majewski, Buffalo, . Y.

TEXA . & M. COLLEGE: WillardCo ington holar, Jr., hreveport, La.

T LA_ E NIVERSITY: Leo IgnatiuReilly, ew Orleans, La.

VIRGI IA POLYTECH IC I STITUTE:Thomas Albert Han on, Machipongo,. a.

U I ERSIT OF IRGI IA: MartinChandler Growald, Ft. orth, Texas

WA HI GTO U IVERSITY (St.Louis): Alfred . Hermeling, St.Louis, Mo.

UNIVERSITY OF W ASHINGTO(Seattle): Gordon Bennett arey,Seattle, Wah.

WESTER' RESERVE U IVERSITY:Charles Rimer, Cleveland, Ohio.

Summer, 1954

New G.C Deputies,allled f Olll IUllln·

Robert Calrow, .G.. has ap-pointed 3 additional Grand CouncilDeputies: Marion A. Carter for Ohio,George F. F'ritzinger for Illinojs and~1issouri, Raoul W. Wilkins for Vir­ginia. These men will assist G. C.Officers in contacts with the Chapters.

Marion C·arter lives in Columbus.He writes, " ot many people knowme by my first name. It has been"Nick" Carter to all Alpha Rho Chiand Univer~ity people for over 35years.

"I was initiated into A.P.X. April17, 1915, but due to installation trou­bles by the first Demetrios group, 1have the honor of being a chartermember at Ohio State. Graduated B.Arch. in 1917.

"MJarried Blanche H. Jones in1925. Mrs. Carter active in Wives andMothers Club for several years.

"Associated with Howard DwightSmith (A.P.X., Hon.) for about 30years on University and other publicbuildings, including the Ohio Sta-

illarion A. Carter

dium. ow the Ohio State UniversityArchitects' offiee, of which I havebeen a member since 1930 except fortwo years, is starting the Arena, firstbuilding of the Ohio State FieldHouse Group.

"Member of the .A..I.A."George Fritzinger graduated from

Illinois in 1935 land lives in Belleville,Illinois. He produces for Anthemiosone of the best ehapter news letterson any campus.

T H. EAR CHI

Budina ElectedFellow A.I.A.

A. O. Budina of Richmond, Vir­ginia, was made a Fellow, AmericanInstitute of Architects, at the Bostonconvention in June. Mr. Budina is agraduate of University of Illinoiswhere, with Leo Bauer, LorentzSchmidt, Thomas O'Donnell andothers, he was one of the founders ofthe Arcus Club, later AnthemiosChapter, A.P.X. He has practiced inRichmond since 1930, specializing incommercial buildings and theatres.

Budina has been Secretary, VicePresident and President of VirginiaElraprer, A.I.A., and President of the­State Board for examination and cer­tification of architects, engineers and'surveyors. He has been adviser andchairman of Building Code Commit­tees for the State and the City ofRichmond and is now chairn1an ofthe Rich~ond Planning Commission.

A native of Illinois, Budina workedafter graduation in Chicago architec­tural offices, including those of Hola­bird and Roche, Louis H. Sullivan

Raoul W. Wilkins

Raoul Wilkins is associated' withJ. Binford Walford and O. Pendle­ton Wright, Architects, in Richmond,Va. He worked for re-activation ofA.P.X. ,at University of Virginia in1948 and, ,vith Don Beall, representedKallikrates that year at the first post­~var convention in Ann Arbor.

Raoul served in the U. S. Cavalryat Fort Riley and on the MexicanBorder Patrol; later, 18 lllonths with

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Adolph Otto Budina

and John Eberson. In 1925 he becamehead of the Eberson branch office inNew York.

In Richmond, Mr. Budina is anElder in St. Giles PresbyterianChurch. He was married in 1917 toEdna McCray Darrow. The Budinashave 2 daughters and 3 grandsons.

A.P.X. Luncheon HeldAt A.I.A. Convention

Tfhe A.P.X. luncheon on June 18at the AJ.A. Convention in Bostonwas enjoyed by 30 members andwives. Arthur Pickett and Dean Ax­line m,ade arrangements, workingagainst difficulties of a full conven­tion schedule which prevented otherstro-m -attendjng~

The Convention re-elected ClairDitchy, Iktinos '14, as President ofthe Institute. At the lunch in the Stat­ler Hotel were: Ralph Haver (An­dronicus); Robert Howe, Ferd Loe­bach, Buford Pickens, Art Pickett,John Pickett, (Anthemios); DeanAxline, Galen Oman, Walter Taylor,Joseph and Mrs. Arnold, Marion andMrs. Carter, Walter and Mrs. Pettit,(Demetrios) ; Karl Kamrath, (Dinoc­rates); James Lendrum, WarrenRindge, Roger Sherman, John White,Jr., (Iktinos); John Brenner, HarryKorslund, David ordale, Kennethand Mrs. Backstrom, Wallace andMrs. Bonsall, Don and Mrs. Camp­bell, (Mnesicles) ; M,ario Celli, (Poly­klitos) .

Page Four THE ARCHI Summer, 1954

ALUMNI DUES • • • SINCE MARCH, 1954 INITIATESAlu"Lni dues for support and expansion of the Fraternity's national or­

ganization were established by the 1938 Convention and affirmed by the 1948and 1952 Conventions. Annual dues are $2, and Life dues $25, payable at onetime or in three annual installments. Payments of Life dues are designated"Life J!Iem,bership".

Dues are payable to W.G.E. George Whitten, 'who reports the follou'ingreceipts in the three months ending June 1

The Grand Council re­cords new initiates in theofjicial membership roll in

- order of receipt of completeinitiation reports. Initiatesfor three lnonths ending

June 1, with serial nun-thers in officialrecord are the following:

PAID UP LIFE MEMBERS

PART LIFE PAYMENTS

THERONHugh W. Brown, Jr.

PAEONIOSVolney A. Chase Emmett E. Kraybill

•

DEMETRIOS, Feb. 13, 1954:2132 Emil C. Fischer

Columbus, O.

DEMETRIOS, May 1, 1954:2133 John Harold Jensen

Pine Grove, W. Va.2134 Salvatore John DiDomenico

Cleveland, O.2135 Merrill William Landis

Vienna, O.

MNESICLES, May 16, 1954:2136 Ronald Geoffrey Pearson

Minneapolis, Minn.2137 Fritz Carl Rohkohl

Minneapolis, Minn.2138 Howard Frederick Koeper

Minneapolis, Minn.2139 Harlan Ewart McClure

Minneapolis, Minn.2140 Walter Koellein Vivrett

Minneapolis, Minn.2141 Richard Buckminster Fuller

Forest Hills, N. Y.

INITIATESANTHEMIOS, Feb. 14, 1954:2'119 John Michael Hanley

Chicago2120 Peter Alexander Lendrum

Champaign2121 Donald R. Michaelis

Woodstock, Ill.2122 Kenneth Alexander Prengel

Wauwatosa, Wis.2123 Karl Frank Prunitsch

LaSalle, Ill.2124 Robert Paul Link

Urbana, Ill.2125 John Gordon Replinger

Urbana, Ill.2126 Keith Shildneck

MNESJCLES, Mar. 7, 1954:2127 John George Bulov

St. Paul, Minn.2128 Norman Davenport Day

Robbinsdale, Minn.2'129 Roger Allen Fixsen

New Ulm, Minn.2130 Herbert Bruce Polachek

Winona, Minn.2131 Richard Thomas Reep

Minneapolis, Minn.

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the Corps of Engineers in the com­plete campaign of Okinawa. Afterdischarge from the service, he re­turned to University of Virginia,graduating in architecture in 1950.

On May 18 last, Raoul and Mrs.Wilkins announced the arrival of ason, William Widdifield.

S. J. Makielski

John Noel Piersche, Jr.Donald G. PorterR. E. PrinceHarry F. ReichardBenjamin F. RenickWilbert C. RonanLeo S. RovtaI'Wm. E. SchellentragerEugene C. SchrammSteve SovaGeorge J. StegmillerJohn A. StritmatterMax K. TeachClarence J. TrappHoward W. TuttleEdmund V. UlrichOrville VarassoAlvin C. VoorhisDixon WilsonJames Kirk W;ttenmeyerBruce E. WoelfelDwight Everett Wood

Marlo W. HansonLyle J. HouseJames E . Hussey

Frank M. LescherRalph LlewellynC. J. McDonald.Jos. J. PattersonLaurence SchwallWilliam StuhrRobert W. TaylorRobert TheisJack H. Wood

Richard S. MontgomeryTHERON:Tom R. Chapman

ANTHEMIOS:E. F. AdamsF. A. CerlingLester H. ChristenGerald D. GermansonCharles T. HandGodfrey HartwellDr. Carl JulineBernard E. KinsockEd. Lerch

DINOCRATES:Chris R. Maiwald

ANNUAL DUES

MNESICLES:Frank W. Barnard, Jr.Wallace C. BonsallW. D. Gerlach

IKTINOS:Don M. Cottrell William Mqitland, Jr.Theodore L. Degenhardt, Jr. J . Wesley 0 IdsLivingstone H. Elder Roy T. PetersonGeorge P. Everson Clarence A. RoesslerJoseph A. Gerak Clarence L. RoyDonald B. Gooch DeLos Adams SeeleyRobert C. Hall Robert E. SextonGifford G. Kibbe Richard H. StuckmanCharles W. Lane Robert W. TrowellGeorge J. Lind Horace W. WachterAlger W. Luckham W. E. ZimmieDouglas P. MacIntosh

have been paid by the following membersfrom March 9, 1954 to June 1, 1954:

ANDRONICUS:Bettler Baldwin Ben T. LarsenProf. Clayton M. Baldwin Rodney T. RobinsonFred Briggs Richard D. StoddardLawrence Gentry Warren WongHarry L. James Heywood H. Wynne

KALLI KRATES:W. Merle BrownRussell Leigh Jordan

DEMETRIOS:Carl E. BentzDonald D. BolingerErnst BudkeSam CalabrettaCharles CloudCalvin H. CoolGeo. D. CrumleyRobert E. DeVoltJ ames Stork DonaldsonJohn D. EastWill EesleyGerald L. EmerickJames M. GoncherHarold Sunkle HurshClyde D. KelchnerJ ames Frederick KnappCarl E. KuckWallace B. LeffelHoward E. Letson.John R. LiimatainenCarl E. MeinhardtRichard E. Murray, Jr.Walter E. Pettit

IktinosAnthemiosDemetriosIktinosAnthemiosAndronicusDinocratesAnthemiosDemetriosAndronicusIktinosAndronicusAnthemios

Walter A. TaylorFrederick E. WrightRobert C. Yoakum

Norman H. MeyerGerald A. PerkinsEarl Dean PorterHerbert R. SavageSavo M. StoshitchRobert P. Torkelson

Richard H. PlegerLester S. Tanner

Richard A. Moon

Elving L. JohnsonRobert Wilmsen

ANDRONICUSRandall DuellWilliam D. HoldredgeStanley L. Melone

ANTHEMIOSDale BenedictCarl R. BlumA. O. BudinaAlbert O. BumgardnerM. Robert DesMaraisHarry J. HarmonAugust Ignelzi

DEMETRIOSLot GreenKeener G. SmithLouis C. Studer

KALLI KR~TESEric DonaJd H. Beall

154 Richard C. Zimmer155 Harry A. Hylen156 John R. Hagely157 John J. Zimmerman158 Edwin E. Newcomb159 John C. Lindsay160 Karl Kamrath161 Joseph P. Llewellyn162 Arthur S. Brewer163 Rodney R. Garner164 Donald H. Wolbrink165 Clinton C. Ternstrom166 Karl J. Lohrmann

MNESICLESDonald CampbellNewton E. Griffith

IKTINOSRussell D. Alexander Willard C. NelsonArnold B. Berg Dale R. PaapeCharles V. Cowan Stanley C. PoddFuad S. Hassan David H. ReiderProf. Emil Lorch Robert B. RockwoodJohn D. Martindale David L. StifflerRobert D. McClure James E. TomblinsonProf. George M. McConkeyJohn J. White, Jr.Thomas B. Murphey James G. WilsonWilliam Muschenheim Welling M. Squier

POLYKlITOSGeorge Dick Smith, Jr. Germano Milono

THE ARCHI, published by Alpha Rho Chi Fraternity. EDITOR, John Joseph Zimmerman, 147 East 18 St., New York 3. Circulationoffice, Box 713 Station A, Champaign, Illinois, ALPHA RHO CHI is a national professional college fraternity limiting its membership tostudents of architecture and the allied professions. GRAND COUNCIL, Robert F. Calrow, W.G.A., 4828 Garfield Ave. S., Minneapolis,Minn.; George A. Whitten, W.G.E., 1619 Walnut Ave., Wilmette, Ill.; James T. Lendrum, W.G.S., 21 Greencroft Rd., Champaign, Ill.;Dale Benedict, G.L., 1422 37th Ave., Seattle, Wash.; l>wight P. Ely, G.A., 40 South Third St., Columbus 15, Ohio; Winthrop M. Wads­worth, N.J., 2525 Dupont Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minn.; Grand Council Deputies-Robert H. Bowen, 4100 Ridgelea, Austin 3, Texas;M'arion A. Carter, 1808 Kent St., Columbus 5, Ohio; George F. Fritzinger, 9705 'Vest Main, Belleville, Ill.; Jay G. Ingels, 7220 SewardPark Ave., Seattle 8, Wash.; Winthrop M. Wadsworth; Raoul W. Wilkins, 1105 Hollins Rd., Richmond 26. Va.ACTIVE CHAPTERS: ANDRONICUS-U. of So. California, 710 W. 28th St., Los Angeles 7, Cal.; ANTHEMIOS-U. of Illinois,

1108 So. 1st St., Champaign, Ill.; DEMETRIOS-Ohio State University, 101 E. 12th Ave., Columbus, Ohio; IKTINOS-U. of l\Hchigan, 640 OxfordRd., Ann Arbor, Mich.; KALLIKRATES--U. of Virginia, A.P.X. Box, Fayerweather Hall, Charlottesville, Va., MNESICLES-U. of Minnesota,605 Ontario St. S.E•• Minneapolis. Minn.