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Although an air of the modern surrounds its activities, the Flying Club's history traces back to 1911, when an intrepid group of undergraduates--truly "pioneers"--formed the Harvard Aviation Foundation. Only eight years after Kitty Hawk, their statement of purpose outlined a bold program in the infant field...
...Club could not exist as a well equipped and active group were it not for a group of University graduates who form the Harvard Aviation Foundation, an advisory board for the club. It is the Foundation, not the Club, which actually holds ownership of the new Luscombe 8F; and the advice of Foundation members, many of whom are prominent in aviation circles, guides Club policies...
...central activity--"furnishing Harvard men with an opportunity to fly themselves"--continues, and any student who wants to become a pilot, whether or not he has ever been off the ground, is welcome in the Club. It is not a sport for the indolent, but to those who are serius, flying offers real satisfactions...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Liberal Union voted unanimously last night to send petitions to Senators John F. Kennedy '40 and Joseph S. Clark '23, urging them to continue their work for the repeal of the NDEA loyalty affidavits...
...petitions will be circulated among Harvard and Radcliffe students; copies may be sent to other colleges to secure further signatures. After brief discussion, the organization approved, with one dissenting vote, a motion to commend the University's action in freezing NDEA loan funds until the controversial loyalty oath has been removed...