Word: students
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...trainees are all civilians, most are collegians. They will be taught to fly by commercial air schools, at a cost to the U. S. of $290 to $310 per student. When they graduate, they will be far from qualified as military pilots, but most of them should rate private pilots' licenses (allowing them to fly themselves and passengers for fun, do no flying for hire). But C. A. A.'s fledglings, with the rudiments of flying will be far better material for the Army and Navy air corps than total greenhorns...
...Student Faculty Offers Courses...
Recently started and successfully maintained is the undergraduate faculty which has been opening up vast opportunities to underprivileged high school students to learn something about college courses. Chairmaned by E. Langdon Burwell '41 and Lawrence Lader '41 the undergraduate family consists of a hundred student volunteers who each tutor a graduate from some high school who because of his financial situation is unable to attend college. Once or twice a week the student meets the volunteer instructor in the latter's college room, shares his notes and books and occasionally attends lectures with...
Peter Saltonstall, second son of the Governor, is another Yardling who enrolled yesterday. Last year he did some fame winning of his own when he won the 1000 meter run in the private school meet as a student at Noble and Greenough School. Yesterday afternoon he reported for Freshman football as a guard candidate...
Enrolling as a provisional sophomore, Anthony Williams, an English student who studied at Cambridge last year, has a strange tale to tell. Among other things, he is a sergeant-major in His Majesty's army reserve. When he reported to the British consul in order to return to England to join his regiment, he was told that he was not wanted, so he decided to come to Harvard and study for a while...