neral satisfaction.
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An outgrowth of the Boston Architectural Club which has shown a great
deal of vitality and in many ways justified its claim to a separate
existence is the little club of twelve members known as the "P. D's."
Without organization and with only the mutual desire for a sort of
Bohemian companionship, these congenial spirits have worked together and
amused each other for the last two years.
They are all members of the Architectural Club and among its most
zealous supporters.
The mystic monogram of the club, the initials P and D contained in a
circle, which was placed on their designs submitted in the two
Beaux-Arts competitions, has probably set more than one interested
person guessing its significance. Its primary meaning is said to be
"Poor Draughtsmen."
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Preceding the last regular meeting of the Philadelphia T Square Club an
informal supper was held at "Bohemia," a charming rathsheller recently
designed by Wilson Eyre, Jr., a member of the executive committee of the
club. The president, Walter Cope, presided, while the fifty-four members
present lubricated their supper with 158 steins of old musty ale.
The meeting which followed was of unusual interest, as the double
programme brought forth a great many designs.
In the competition for a chapel located on the terrace of a wealthy
gentleman's country house, Albert Kelsey, who submitted two sets of
drawings, was fortunate enough to win both first and second mentions,
while E. S. Powers was voted third place.
The competition for a pedestal for a monument was well contested, but
the winner of the first place failed to claim his design. Mr. A. C.
Munoz, a former winner of the McKim Travelling Scholarship, won second
place; and Chas. Z. Klauder, third.
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To the list of Architectural Clubs contained in our February issue
should be added the following:--
Baltimore Architectural Club; secretary, Louis E. Simon, Builders'
Exchange Building.
Cincinnati Architectural Club; secretary, John E. Zettel, 227 Main St.
Society of Beaux-Arts Architects.
The Committee on Education proposes as the subject for its third
competition.
A LARGE CITY CHURCH
for an Episcopal parish.
The wealth of the congregation has been lavished upon this building to
give it a special character of devotion and beauty, to whi
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