larger plates. In some of the drawings this is
a distinct advantage, and their catalogue gains in consequence.

The Boston Society of Architects and the Boston Architectural Club will
hold a joint exhibition in April, and their catalogue now promises to be
a very creditable publication.

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In the recent draughtsmen's competitions, Boston has been more than
ordinarily fortunate. The medal in both the competitions of the Society
of Beaux-Arts Architects has come to Mr. F. M. Mann, of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a number of the first and
second mentions have also come to Boston. In fact, nearly if not quite
all the designs sent from Boston have received some recognition at the
hands of the jury.

A complimentary dinner has been arranged for by the M. I. T.
Architectural Society in honor of the winners of the last competition.

The annual competition for the Architectural League gold medal, which
was awarded to Mr. A. H. Wright, also resulted in adding another victory
to the credit of Boston draughtsmen.

Interest in these contests is not purely local, however, for
Philadelphia, Rochester, and several other cities have furnished
contributors and shared the honors. Mr. H. L. Duhring, Jr., of
Philadelphia, was awarded the Architectural League silver medal.

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Fulfilling the bequest of the late Arthur Rotch leaving $5,000 to the
Boston Architectural Club, this sum has been paid to the treasurer of
the club by the executors of Mr. Rotch's estate. The income only is to
be expended in the purchase of books to form an architectural library.
This is only one of many indications that the architectural clubs of the
country are recognized as permanent and established institutions. With
the spread of this feeling their influence will grow in importance, and
as the working foundation of the profession they deserve all the
encouragement that can be given them.

The Cleveland Architectural Club.

There are none of the now numerous architectural associations of the
country which can more deservingly congratulate themselves upon the
early success of their first few months of existence than the Cleveland
Architectural Club, which was organized on the 22d of last November, and
is now only four months old.

Its original members, fifteen in number, met in the office of Messrs.
Coburn & Barnum, and here the meetings for the few