WAUGH'S " CAMPION " AND CAMPION HALL

Mr. Evelyn Waugh received on Wednesday afternoon, in the Aeolian Hall, London, the Hawthornden Prize for Literature for his life of Edmund Campion. Mr. Charles Morgan, who was in the chair, emphasised that the work gained its special merit from Mr. Waugh's attempt to penetrate to Edmund Campion's inner life, to the spring of his inspiration.
"To know what a man lived for," he said, "was to know very little of him; to know what he woul die for, was to know much more; but to understand what, in his secret life, he prayed for, and why, and to whom, was to know as much as we might guess on earth. It was because Mr. Waugh revealed this aspect of Campion's life that his book was of permanent value."
Campion Hall
The proceeds of the book go to Campion Hall, the new buildings of which are to be opened to-day (Friday) by the Duke of Berwich and Alba in the presence of the Vice-Chancellor of the University.
The new buildings, which are situated in Brewer Street almost opposite Christ Church, were designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and are of striking dignity. The chapel especially. in which are to be found the Brangwyn Stations of the Cross, strikes the visitor by the boldness, strength, and harmony of its conception— a perfect example of what a small chapel should be.
Pictures of the new buildings together with an account of the Hall's history will appear next week.
Extracts from " Edmund Campion" were published for some weeks in the Catholic Herald prior to the publication of the work as a whole.
The Hawthornden Prize (£100) was founded and endowed by Miss Alice Warrender, and is awarded yearly for an imaginative work by an author under 41.