The Washington herald., 1909-10-10

r F the international aviation meet
OF 1910. under the auspices Of the
Aero Club q America. is not held
n in or near washington It will not
he because the District does not
possess the natural advantages
TO meet the requirements OF q world-en-
thusing event Of this sort.
Nor will It be for want OF energy and
aggressiveness upon the part Of the rep
resentative men OF this city and Balti-
more Nor, yet viii It be through lack
OF interest and cooperation of the two
big branches Of the United States govern
ment most vitality interested-the army
and the navy.
As things stand to-day. the District.
with Maryland, has the call 1t has the
place. the climate, the people, the geo.
graphical as well as Typographical condi-
tons demanded. and the overwhelming
desire. It has all the arguments. and it
can prove its case from either a practical
or a patriotic standpoint
Moreover, judging from the enthusiasm
and confidence OF the leaders in the move
ment to bring the meet here. the two
cities can and viii raise the money. Place
the case squarely before an unbiased
tribunal, back It up with the cash. and
the Judgment Of those interested is that
the appeal from this section VIII be an
irresistible one.
College Park I'm the LimeIight.
Five months ago College Park was
known TO a percentage OF the people OF
the District as a small station on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, past which
the express trains ran without hesitating
Chiefly II was borne in mind as the place
where persons got of 20 go 20 the Mary
land Agricultural College.
One day the announcement came OF the
lease there OF broad tract Of land by
the government and the engagement OF
Wilbur Wright to instruct the officers OF
the army in the art of flying the machine
It had purchased.
Coming close upon the heels OF those
wonderful flights at Fort Myer. where
Orville Wright outflow the swallows anc
had the crows dashed 70 the mast scream
ing for assistance, the scene shifted tC
College Park. and that modest and retir
ing community suddenly sprang into th'
limelght The attention of the country
centered upon 1t and its name hung upor
the lips of thousands who had no
dreamed OF its existence.
There promises to be a permanent
prominence for College Park. for no
only is it the purpose OF the government
to renew its six months lease upon thu
land It has taken, but College Park -
now doomed 70 the front as the most for
mldabie aspirant for the honor Of enter
tanning the international aviation NEE
OF 1910. which viii be held on this side o
the water next summer.
Success for this movement, combined
with its fortunate formation and location
and the great strides which no one doubt
viii be made within the next year in tn
science of aviation. convince those inter
ested that here viii be eventually estab
lished a permanent national aerodrome
destined TO be the scene OF events o.
worldwide significance.
In view Of these facts the world is en-
titled to know all there is 10 be known
about College Park. and College Park 4
anxious to hold nothing back. Its recor'
shall be an open book.
II got it's name way back In 1856. Whel
the Maryland Agricultural College wa
founded by a group of patriots and far
seeing Maryland men. The college is wa.
up on a high hill
The park Is in a level and beautiful val