Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-10
School at Dayton to Turn Out
Twenty-Five Men Per Week
After First of August.
QUITE THINKING REQUISITE
Eight Weeks Course Fits Men
for Intensive Training in
Southern France.


aviation. will be graduated from Ohio
state university each week after
August | The first class has Just
started study of the art of flying The
first class will complete the theoret-
ical study August IA course OF eignt
wceks-and thereafter class will
finish each week.
Each squad of graduates will he
ordered Immediately to the new gov
crnment flying field near Dayton,
Ohio. there to get an eisht-weeks
course in actual flving. Then they
will he sent to southern France and
as they individually show merit will
begin their work with the armies
Ohio State university is one of six
schools selected by the war depart
monta, for training aviators. 1IIr
others are University of Illinois,
Massachusetts, institute of Technoi-
ogv. Cornell university, Texas Agri-
cultural colleger and the University
or California Identical methods of
training will be employed In all the
schools.
An army aviator. Lieutenant Strife
never OF tive San Diego base. is IN
general charge of the first Ohio
school Delay in starting II was oc-
casoned when Captain Ebert rirst
detailed here. was killed In a fall at
IOlnmnnS, n. NJ. several weeks ago,
Lieutenant Pulsifer next selected,
was ordered to France after getting
the Columbus assignment. Major
Converse. In charge of cadet work,
started the first class this week. pend
lng the arrival of the army aviator
No "Nisfits" Accepted.
Instructions in the theoretical re
7ulrements Is under college professors
who have Just returned from a spc-
cia, course of training at the Cana
dicn fvinC field near Toronto, Can
ada They observed the methods Of
The Royal flying corps in developing
ncvices and much the same course
will he followed in the six American
schools
The government orders the men to
report here. They come from all parts
Of the country and If there Is room in
the classes the aviotor in charge has
authority to accept recruits at the
'hool only men of at least three
ears college training-or its equiva-
lent-are admitted. They must be
physically sound and weigh less than
1870 pounds, but thus far no minimum
weight nor stature has been fixed.
The service is especially seeking
lean, wiry men of intelligence who
can think and act quickly. Action by
Intuition is the greatest essential.
coupled with nerve of an aviator. In
tensfed training in rudiments Is for
the purpose of developing this natural
ability, found more or less prominent
In men picked for the flying branch
of the army. Instructions to officials
Of the school here are to discharge i'm
mediately any recruit who does not
quickly ''fit in.
Days Work laid Out
The military training consists OF
discipline primarily. Men are quar-
tered and live on the campus They
must be up at 6 a. m, have rooms or
quarters perfectly clean at 6:20 and
be ready for three quarters of an hour
setting up exercises A bath and in
spection on appearance must be COM
pleted by 1880 the breakfast hour.
Government rations are served at the
university eating house on the campus.
Recitations start at 9 o'clock and run
until 1890. Then follows a half hour
of drill or other military instruction.
Thirty minutes rest is given before
the MONDAY meal
Recitations are resumed at 1880
o'clock and continued for an hour.
Drills then last until 4 or 1880 o'clock.
Another half hour is given for rest
before the $3.50 evening meal. At 1880
every man must be IN his quarters
studying. At 10, lights must be out.
Hikes and plenty of outdoor exercises
take the place of dr-lls occasionally.
The Hardening" of the men is ex-
pected to be accomplished in three
weeks
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intense study starts then ana lasts
1lVe weeks. All subjects are taken up
In special classes each day Professor
Magruder. instructor in gas engines,
Will teach the recruits details of the
operation, repairing and handling of
the motors of airplanes. Prof. Henry
Z. Lord will have tne classes in me-
terology, astronomy and the theory of
flying. Prof William a. Knight will
teach the rigging" or makeup of the
aeroplane. These three, who will have
assistants, are the ones VINO TOOK the
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