University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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lp 2!.... 95 From the outset the idea of the Cathedral of Learning caught and held the imagination of the 5 world. The magic words, a fifty-two story ' - PM f M 7 Cathedral of Learning , opened the pocketbooks of Western Pennsylvania during the financial drive in 1924, and even today, with the height of the building 9 slightly diminished, its grandeur has not gone. Charles Z. Klauder, of Philadelphia, architect of the building, was made a member of the Central Associa- tion of Austrian Architects for his designs in 1926, and last year received the grand prize for the United T States at the Pan-American Congress of Architects, for the same designs. The new volume of the Encyclo- paedia Britannica illustrates and comments on the building. Charles and Mary Beard's new two volume Hiftory of American Civilization characterizes the build- ing as the climactic expression of American architectural awakening. By June 23, 1927, the majority of the 66 caissons had been sunk to bed rock, sixty feet below the foundation level. From a physical standpoint, the building will not only be the most symbollical and beautiful, but yet the most practical school building in the world-a true monument to Pittsburgh. Con- taining the same floor space as several separate buildings, it will fulfill their individual purposes under one roof, with a resultant saving in both original expense and upkeep. The completed Cathedral of Learning will house all the undergraduate schools of the University, and all the graduate ones, except the Medical and Dental Schools, which are to be developed on the present hillside campus. lt is expected that classes will be held in it within two years. The progress of work on the Cathedral of Learning has been slow, but needfully, even fortunately, so. The structure, being built for hundreds of years to come, was not hurried, and a careful perfection of plans has been the result. Especial attention has been given the Commons Room, and to the supple- mentary buildings that are to be constructed on the remainder of the fourteen-acre Frick plot. The Commons Room has been architecturally planned as the most beautiful room in America. Its Gothic arches will be in proportion to those of the Notre Dame, at Chartreuse The Darlington Memorial l 1 Library will dominate the low, Gothic structures, planned for the remainder of the lot. 2..- ..., Concrete had been poured for a considerable part of the foundation walls by November 29, and the wooden forms were nearly ready for the pouring of the rest of it. ff 2 a ls, During the later part of April, 1928, four gigantic derricks were erected, harbingers of the start of steel work and the early completion of the building. Page 21

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THE GEORGE WHARTON PEPPER PRIZE AT HOME QQ, HE GEORGE WHARTON PEPPER PRIZE, a prize of S100 donated by United States Senator George Wharton Pepper, is given annually to the student Who, in the judgment of his fellow students, most nearly conforms to the type of student that the University should aim to produce. It represents the highest honor in the power of the student body to give to one of its members. The prize recipient is chosen by a committee composed of one representative from each class in each school of the University, and in naming the winner, the committee is bound only by the qualification that he, or she, who is named must represent most nearly the type of student that, in the opinion of the committee, the University should aim to produce. The PEPPER PRIZE for 1928 was given to Verne E. Arens,Ra senior in the School of Business Administration. It was given to Mr. Arens because of his scholastic record, his leadership in student activities, and his personality. He was president of Kappa Sigma, social fraternity, secretary of Alpha Kappa Psi, honorary business fraternity, vice-president of Omicron Delta Kappa, honorary activities fraternity, a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, honorary business fraternity, and Pi Tau Phi, honorary scholastic fraternity, business manager of the 1928 OWL and of the Pitt Weekly, chairman of the 1927 PEPPER PRIZE committee, and a member of the varsity track team and an honorary usher. WINNERS OF THE GEORGE WHARTON PEPPER PRIZE LAWRENCE I. KLINESTIVER, School of Bzuinerf Allminiftmtion ,,i.....,,r,,,...t.,.,,,..,,,r,.,.,,.,.r.....r .,...,. 1 922 CHARLES R. FOSTER, JR., The College ...................,............., ,.,,,,... ....... 1 9 23 IRA HILL, School of Bzzrinefy Aclfhlnixtmtlon ............. ....... 1 924 ANNA B. SCHAAB, School of Education ............,.,..,.,,...,,, ,.,,,,,,,.. ....... I 9 25 J. CLYDE BARTON, School of Bmineu Adminifmztlon .... ........,.,,.,,,i. ....... 1 9 26 CHARLES REGINALD WILSON, School of Bzuineu Aclmmimfozionn., ....... 1927 VERNE E. ARENS, School of Bzuineu Aclmlnartmfion .i,,.,..,,....,.... ....... 1 928 Page 23 c ' i - ' FP it 5 -if