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Under the auspices of the Aero Club of Massachusetts and the Archie Club, an Aviation Ball will be held at the Copley-Plaza next Friday evening, January 23, at 9 o'clock. The purpose of the affair is the raising of funds for a club-house to be erected as a memorial to men from New England who gave their lives in the Air Service of the United States and the Allies. The subscription is $5 per person, but for undergraduates and club members a special price of $3 has been made. Tickets may be secured upon application...
...Association's constitution the primary purpose for which the different clubs joined is outlined as follows: "To combine all of the separate college aero clubs for the purpose of promoting and furthering aviation through the holding of intercollegiate races, for the acquisition of aircraft and aircraft landing places, and by other kindred means for the promulgation of aviation among college...
Arrangements have been made for the admission of other universities upon application and a vote of the member. It was specifically decided that only undergraduates of the colleges who are members of the association can compete in the annual race. A number of aero clubs in the larger cities have already offered their support and co-operation in the movement...
Howard Rogers Clapp, in whose memory the scholarship is established, attended the Plattsburgh Camp and the School of Military Aeronautics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1917, and after a subsequent course of training at Mineola became a member in 1918 of the 22nd Aero Squadron, A. E. F. He was killed in action over Yonca, France, November...
...prize of $100,000 is offered by the Aero Club of France for the development of the "helicopter" type of machine which will be able to land and take off vertically, according to a recent announcement by the Aero Club of America. The prize is put up by Monsieur Michelin, long an ardent supporter of aviation...