In the Graduate Schools

Louis Phillips Croft 3G, of Beverly Hills, California, was awarded the first prize in the twentieth annual Topiarian Club competition, receiving the silver cup last night at a reception in Robinson Annex. His plans for the grounds of an imaginary presidential residence on Analostan Island, in the Potomac River, as required by the terms of the competition, received the unanimous vote of the four judges for first place.

In past years three prizes have been awarded, but the judges of this competition, which is the most important extra-curricular event in the Landscape Architectural School, felt that Croft's drawings were the only ones to come up to the required standards. Honorable mention went to the work of James Winsor Baker 3G, of Cambridge, and Arthur Clayton Sylvester 3G.

Prominent Judges

The judges were L. V. Caldwell, prominent Boston landscape architect; Robert Coe '25, of the Olmstead firm in Brookline; H. V. Hubbard '97, Chairman and Professor of the School of City Planning; and B. W. Pond, Professor and Chairman of the School of Landscape Architecture. Following a brief statement by Professor Bond, the judges made a cursory inspection of the plans.