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...Harvard Aeronautical Society has definitely decided to hold an intercollegiate glider meet at Squantum...
...Claflin, manager of the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, was the first speaker. He suggested that the society should hold an intercollegiate glider meet sometime next June. Although several other colleges are contemplating such an action, the Harvard society is the one best fitted to initiate such a contest. Mr. Claflin mentioned the fact that next spring Mr. Grahame-White intends to open a school in Boston, at which he will give instruction in aviation...
...assets of the society are considerably larger than last year, extensive plans are being made. A permanent hangar, which will hold two machines, and an artificial slope will be built at Squantum, where most of the experimental work will be carried on. The society's glider will be equipped with effective controls so that it can be used for free flights from an elevation. It is also planned to remodel the Roe triplane and to use in this the 30 horsepower engine which Mr. Roe used at the Squantum meet. If enough money is available, a different system of control...
...Harvard Aeronautical Society has arranged to have an exhibition and headquarters at the forthcoming National Aero Exhibit to be held in Mechanics Hall from the 16 to the 23 of this month. In the exhibition there will be the glider, which is being assembled rapidly; the Wright and Bleriot airship models which the Society owns; and a large number of drawings of the aeroplane "Harvard...
...glider section, limited to 10 men, will build the glider now planned, and experiment with it. One engine section under Professor L. S. Marks will consider the advisability of planning an engine. The other engine section will do the adapting when the necessary engine is either constructed or bought. The ground committee will look around the country in the vicinity of Boston for a good experimenting ground. Men who have not joined sections and wish to do so should notify the secretary, E. C. Brown '12, 27 Holyoke street, signifying which section they prefer...