Word: medals
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...gold medal for architecture fell to William Pope Barney (Davis, Dunlap & Barney of Philadelphia) for his American Bank & Trust Co. building in Philadelphia. This is a small structure of classic sobriety, whose regular, massy walls are relieved by exquisite bas-reliefs and a rich composite order in columns and pilasters. Because Architect Barney previously designed many another, the bank is splendidly utilitarian...
...Comite France-Amerique of Paris established the prize in the form of a medal to be awarded to the successful contestant speaking in the finals "on some subject drawn from the history of French civilization". The finals will be held late...
...winner of the debate is given the Pasteur Medal. This award was established and first presented in 1898 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, to be awarded annually to the best debater on a subject drawn from contemporary French politics. While the speeches are always in English, the administration of the prize is in the hands of the French Department...
...bright sign that druggists are scientists of sorts comes once a year- when the American Pharmaceutical Association grants its Remington Medal for "distinguished service to pharmacy." Last week the association made its annual gesture. Medalist was Dr. (Phar. D.) Wilbur Lincoln Scoville, 64, chief of Parke, Davis & Co.'s analytical department since 1907, chairman of the committee of revision of the National Formulary, vice-chairman of the U. S. Pharmacopœia.† Eight other men have received the Remington Medal, including Dean Henry Hurd Rusby of Columbia University (see p. 42), but not Dr. (Phar. D.) E. Fullerton...
...silk was the bride's dress, and of silk were the speculations of many a Cheney.* Handsome, solemn, gray-haired Charles Cheney, President of Cheney Bros., thought with satisfaction of a letter he had received that week: "The committee recommends that the Craftsmanship Medal be awarded to the Cheney Brothers for the beauty of design and texture in their modern machine woven silks." At the top of the letter was a handsome design: a Doric capital and shaft supported by an American eagle with outspread wings. Beneath this was engraved, "The American Institute of Architects...