Word: airs
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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University men who have been prominent in the Air Service during the war will speak at a meeting of the Aeronautical Society in Emerson D tonight at 8 o'clock. They will describe their experiences and tell of the course of training which they underwent, both in this country and abroad...
...branches of the American service are represented. Infantry has the highest number, 81, followed by Air Service with 41. The others are: Field Artillery 17, Medical Corps 12, Machine Gun Corps 8, Engineers 8, Coast Artillery Corps 5, Cavalry 4, Quarter Master Corps 4. Intelligence Service 3, S. A. T. C. 3, Ordnance Corps 2, Ambulance Corps 2, Dental Corps 2, Signal Corps 1, and Inspector General's Department...
Spring is in the air this week, and the University is restless. Class room walls seem but the dusty shells of a dying season and Sever Hall a fit subject for a systematic experiment with dynamite. Watch the professor: he feels it too. If anyone were within miles to observe him during the of attenuated seven-minute interval before his class, he too would be seen to peer dreamily out of the window, to yawn cavernously, and scratch his unhappy neck in anticipation of that soft collar which he is to assume in June. He too is looking forward...
...York Tribune states, "Undoubtedly the Intercollegiate Aerial Tournaments will receive government support. Should there be another war the colleges will be able to turn out hosts of trained eaglets of the type of Quentin Roosevelt and Hobey Baker, ready for service. Trained collegiate aviators will make the United States air service a real factor the next time it is called upon. The transcontinental intercollegiate air race is not merely a possibility but a probability in the near future...
...strongly favor the plan. This proposition offers a new and chivalrous sport for the Colleges to compete in, and I ardently hope that the scheme will be a success. There are thousands of men in the colleges who have been fliers in the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps Air Service so there is an abundance of material to work with. These contests would not only enable these men to continue their training in aeronautics, but might also become a valuable training school for prospective aviators. In this way, while adding a fascinating sport to college life, a trained reserve...