Oregon daily emerald., October 21, 1968, Page Twelve, Image 11

Toothpick Bridges, Mud Sculptures, Paper Airplanes ...
Architecture Club Revives Contests
By SALLY SCHIPPERS
Of the Emerald
Spend 50 hours constructing
a toothpick bridge and watch
it break in five minutes. Make
a mud sculpture and win five
dollars. Throw paper airplanes
for fun and profit or decorate
sidewalks with five dollar chalk
drawings.
These were part of the activi
ties which went on Friday in
the University Student Chapter
of the American Institute of
Architecture.
Termed as First Annual (and
probably first of its kind) the
group sponsored the event in
the square between art and ar
chitecture buildings to recruit
more people for their member
ship.
According to the group’s pre
sident, Neil Thompson, the
multi- contest event was design
ed for “total student involve
ment” and a means to create
a “common bond between first
and fifth year students.”
The contest which received
the most attention directly in
volved the architecture school.
Students of 187 and 287 archi
tecture courses were required
Photo by Dean Tonn
TOOTHPICK BRIDGE
It’s destruction was part of “First Annual” fun.
to build bridges made out of
toothpicks.
In the contest a cable was
suspended through the struc
tures and the amount of weight
that the bridge could hold was
placed in a ratio against its
weight.
The winners were able to sup
port 28 pounds to one ounce of
their weight.
At the same time paper air
planes were flying from the ar
chitecture building over the
bridge contestants’ heads. One
airplane was five feet long and
it received several cheers as it
came crashing into a tree by
the art building.
However, a small, tightly-fold
ed airplane was able to soar to
the art building’s roof and won
first place.
Then the fountains were turn
ed off so that the audience
could listen to the bridges
crack.
And on the sidewalks sur
rounding the bridge contest,
people were creating their chalk
drawings. These and the mud
sculptures were judged by the
art school faculty.
Five dollar prizes were given
to the best in each section and
decorated EMU ashtrays were
given to other contestants.
The mud for the sculptures
was imported from Fern Ridge
and was of a consistency which
made it possible for the entrants
to make anything from pigs to
nude statues.
The president of the club
judged the contest a “great
turnout,” and said that they
would stage more if the mem
bers were willing and had some
ideas.
And who knows — the next
contest could involve gold fish
swallowing or dance marathons.
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