University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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THE HUNGARIAN ROOM The Hungarian Room was designed by Denes Gyorgyi, who won first prize in a limited competition among Hungarian architects sponsored by the Hungarian Ministry of Education. Professor Gyorgyi, who also designed the Hungarian Government building at the International Exposition in Brussels, has said of the room: It is designed in complete agreement with Hungarian character, but with the American viewpoint of practical utility in mind. The simplicity of the general atmosphere of the room is offset by the brilliant dashes of color which have been added. The walls of the room arc of fine grained oak veneer, arranged into geometric panels, with an oak wainscoting carved with nineteenth century Hungarian designs. The carved oak door is one of the architectural and artistic gems in the Hungarian Room. The door displays several Magyar patterns and, waist high, the name of the country both in English and the Magyar language. The parquet floor is representative of Hungarian style. The five scats of a bench in the rear of the room arc upholstered with robin's egg blue leather. The twenty-five student chair backs are hand carved with distinctive Magyar motifs. The blue chairs arc matched by the blue cloth used in the lining of the cupboard. Additional color is found in the highly ornamented squares, with a red background, which form the ceiling. The decorations on the squares arc characteristic of Hungarian peasant art. Along the upper edge of the walls arc carved phrases from the Hungarian national hymn. The letters, filled in with red, form a binding border for the broad expanse of plain oak wall. Cream-colored curtains, embroidered in Hungarian style, and red over-drapes cover the windows in this room. At some later date a native wall tapestry depicting a phase of Hungary's cultural achievement will be hung on the back wall.

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.■nrrfn SunJt : Rev. Louis Varga, John Beneze, Dr. Samuel Gomory, F. J. Fullavtar. Mrs. Joseph Urban. George Zimmerman, Mrs. Louis deMarkus. The Hungarian Room displays a striking contrast with a ceiling of brilliantly decorated squares offset by fine-grained oak veneer walls. Ornamentation is worked into the veneer walls by use of specially-grained panels and inserts of typical Hungarian carvings. The wood door is also heavily-carved. Hungarian embroidered window drapes add a dash of color to the somber strength of the room. The chairs arc upholstered in blue leather, and arc carved with distinctive Magyar motifs. 24

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Paul N. Barn . Rev. Siarovjky, Rev. Michael Teedick, Michael J. Kormos, John Matick, Dr. Audrey Avinoff. Statui: Rev. John Zitinsky, I. E. Mouronu-aeff. Rev. John Yanchisin, Peter Korpos, Mr . Anna Kalna , Mr . I. E. Mou-romtaeft Joseph Harsky. Moulded flower designs symbolizing the four seasons ornament the white plaster ceiling of the Russian Room. The central feature of the seminar room is the appliqu£ embroidery of St. George and the Dragon in its carved frame. A corner cupboard is built into the wainscoting and stands beneath an ikon. Opposite the St. George vishivka is a purple slate chalkboard, concealed by a triptych with twin grill covered doors backed with red velvet. 26