Word: aero
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...total of twenty prizes have now been offered for the aeronautical contests which begin at Atlantic City next Thursday," said Augustus Post, Secretary of the Aero Club of America, when interviewed for the CRIMSON recently, "and the three-months Intercollegiate Tournament is one of the most important of these contests. It is hoped that there will be a great number of entries from the members of the Army and Navy who have returned to college, and who will thus have an opportunity to continue flying and develop aeronautics as an intercollegiate sport. During the war, many colleges had ground courses...
...recent interview with a CRIMSON reporter, General Edwards said that he favored aero, coast artillery, and infantry units, as well as field artillery units at colleges. The formulation of plans for a coast artillery R. O. T. C. may be an indication of further extension of the scope of the units by the government. According to the descriptive circular, the coast artillery was chosen as the second form of training to be put in colleges because of the important part it played in the world war, and because of its adaptability to the regular college curricula with a minimum...
Lieutenant Maxwell O. Parry G. '11-12, who went overseas in January, 1918, with the 147th Aero Squadron, is reported as having died in France. He had been reported as missing since July, 1918, when he fought at Chateau-Thierry. Lieut. Parry entered the service in August, 1917, and was trained as a pilot. He was officially credited with two enemy planes and had received the Croix de Guerre with Palm and the Distinguished Service Cross...
...Emerson D this evening at 8 o'clock, Mr. Joseph A. Steinmetz, president of the Aero Club of Pennsylvania, will lecture on "Peace Time Aviation," under the auspices of the University Aeronautical Society. Mr. Steinmetz is in close touch with aeronautical development in this country and abroad, having recently spent three months at the front. He is a member of the National Research Council and the Submarine Defense Association...
First Lieutenant Howard Rogers Clapp L. '16-17, 22d Aero Squadron, was killed in action Nov. 3, 1918, over Youreq. Clapp attended the Plattsburg Training Camp in 1917 until he was transferred in August to the Ground School at M. I. T. He was commissioned on Dec. 17, 1917, and sailed for France Jan. 30, 1918, where he was attached to the 22d Aero Squadron, with which unit he served until reported missing last November...