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atty - ~" -iHail'-f fresh water C,ll"g"
are taking a N,.,'. interest ~ a"ruudutINS
Th"r- ar" many who predict that n will
not h" long h-for' the great annual inter
collegiate airshIp rae" will "Clps" rowing
and perhaps football and baseball Al
ready Harvard has arranged th" first
aerUnautic meet on college ground for
September 5.lJ newt
Their ar" already over a dozen college
aero Cluh- only short tim" ago sew
oral nf them met and formed an inter
collegiate association which dncid-d TO
hold an intercollegiate a"ruplana meet
either thI- yoar OF n"N' st tho earliest time
feasihl" Ihs Aero tiuh Of Columbia.
whir h WAS m" first American university
To- enter the ranks of the a"ronauts. has
iSsu'.i a challenge To other universities
AMI this Chali"ng" has ',..,'n accepted by
Harvard. Amherst ana ronnzyl,auia
Harvard has cN-Cird p"rhays the
strongest and most comrl"ta organr.a-
tion. \ numt"r VI months ago tpc
Crimson tlar, or would ~ rI,rs. ar.
ganI,ai a. A"ruHau'iral society and gay"
or,i"rs for IN" construction of y fullsiy.d
a"rpilan" Tha movement Wa- FtarteC
nv Prot rirN"riuS Ihi- -u,iaty h,s
hHan INCORPORATED undrr the laws uf
Massac chu-"tts and has affiliated iis"lf
with IN" Aero thh nf America
Its members hay" already comploted
on. glider aui ~ g.. row m Use A. its
first trial on Snlil ~ F,ald ~ made a
record eight of ago foot Tn" Harvard
glii"r hd- h""u managed in i's trial,
mostly hv Mar,iT. IN" director NJ
the society II viii taxi the air after
a preliminary run of Jess than a hundred
yar'ts and remain in the air perhaps half
q 'uIngt'
A''tnH me w" Nf>i a'Fof'Iars. knOWI.
~ N" Harvard | has now been com
ple'"t and WI soon be tested Much
- the work of construction was done
nv the Harvard engineering and scien- /
titc deuartmrn'-. and twsnty-iiv. in.m-
hers uf the -u"."tv hav" been engaged
on ~" Sur, \ few davs ago N. engine .
wss tested G.t dsv' lYped ISn pounds .
pull against the air going AT speed of
A roe ItfF FFa.Ft
ficien' 10 run the aero plane up and down
the field al III" inst tss'. and s,nc. then
several successful short iisht- have been
made
ON" e The rr"ai olsta.l.s 20 success
ful work a. Harvard M. lack = a suit
able shelter. 4 huge trnt has Leon
erected m a remote part 4 m. NJ Id uhere
the arrprlan" ard glider can ne stored
without taklng the RISK of transport
them 10 and from the aviation ground,
Tho now asroTian" - Up 20 date IN evory
detail and "nh several new features
Tn" Harvard oi.h was r'ur, .rnted re-.
Centlv AT an "Xh.hitlon m N,Chanr,s
Hail Rostur
The Columbia Aero club was started o.
at an internal iirner az tho ~ Regis
Hotel "a February. 1879 A. elaborate
programme Wa- lad out and a number
OF honorary members were chosen an
cludlng The Nr.ga' brothers Leo stevens
and several 'f1c-rs e the Aero Club Z
America IA" hr,' Ilans Ouuteiu, lat,d
NJ ghtS N balloons and dlr.g. tiles. -Iut a.
prospects 'pr gas plant were dubious
and A. a"rurlan"S were attracting NOR.
and NOR" attention WORK vas begun ~
n hiNifr". and now a. a result e tn's early
beErY,ug Io!Gmh.a has the distinction
81 h'lus the fret college to- produce. a
power d~.von u,arhin" artedatrg IN. !
Harvard
PhIrp MIlooN. president of tho clvh
and - dent a Columbia ,ou,trtl,i. ,
the birlau". which ~ driven by q 10 hor.-- /
powcT. eight cyliud'r motor Wilc,Hsa.. {
his rna"hir" las ." oral original features :
The general outlines ar" ihosc Of n e
tarrnan tvT". bu' b." aSsnrts tha, he has !
discovered d~yic" that will avoid ar.v /,
Infringement on ~" Wright patent He },
has made hIs a"-oi IAN" the basis ~ his =
-'nI"r th"sIs "a civil engineering this :
'"aI and - j. The first tir" Ih~ Columbia /
Iacul'v has asC"pt"i knuwl-dge q, l.
asroplan" construction as part 81 TIE :
work required for ~" Ciyil engineers
i"gr""
Tn. parts ~ ~" machin" were con =
''I"''~l Wv WILCOX ~ IN" workshop AZ %
h" university, hut - thor" was no con l.
'sni"n' plac" on Mornings'd" Hc. gtts fnr =
ann 10 IN them tcgc'la- hs sci II mn -
irsi IN The armory u ~" First = gnAI II
'orp4. ~ which he IS a member m. ri
work was don" under the dIr",tipn - "
'rof William n Burr. head ~ IN. CivIlI
~ ngIn""rlng department. and ~" thesis
~ NiI"uA was q report on various tea l.,
ur"- 80 n" construction
NIlruN - the first student a. hutld an ui
sroplau" and N" second Columbia man, Il
o submit Wors ia aerial navigation for az
CDll"g" d"gr"" IN" other - Grover =,
'l"velaud I0"nig. who ~ WORKING for n
master- irgr"" iu a"ronautIcz Io.nig ~
as taken gp N" -uhJ"ct from the his %
orr, al and th"nr"t cal point of view aud :,
as submitted thesis on the r"~ults of IN
~ study
WIicpA utcud- ru Try out hiz a"rolIau. -
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