Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-21
AVIATION
BY JOSEPH S. EDGERToN.

Buffalo and the University o.
Southern California.
While public school systems 81
far have refused to sponsor actua
flying by students, q number Of
them in various parts OF thu
country have inaugurated claSSe,
on the theory Of fight. In this
pioneering work they have hac
the cooperation of q COMMITTEES
on elementary and secondary
aeronautical education which wal
established a little more than Q
year ago by the Daniel Guggen-
helm fund for the promotion Of
aeronautics. This committee has
suggested text books and class
courses to many of the schools
seeking information.
The Guggenheim committed
recently conducted a survey tt
determine how many schools in
the United States are giving some
form of aeronautical instruction
and the nature of this instruction
OF SIS schools that replied ZOE
reported that they are giving
aeronautical instruction Of some
sort. In addition many others
encourage model plane building In
school shops, providing q very
good ground work for future
training.
In this city the community
center department, which is a de-
partment of the public Schoo,
system, has gone into the model
airplane situation seriously anC
with most gratifying results
Washington schoolboys having
captured many sectional and ma
ticnal prizes. The building Of
model planes has been encouraged
by a number of local manual
training instructors and at least
one of these teachers has made
a really serious effort to organize
this activity.
Eastern High Sets Pace.
In the field of aeronautics
proper, Eastern High School has
taken q pronounced lead among
Washington public schools. Stu
dents there have an old type air
plane, which they can tear down
and reaSsemble, thus gaining a
comprehensive idea of the struc-
ture and functions of the various
parts OF an airplane.
The aeronautical scholarship
has made its appearance and
students Of SO colleges and uni
versitieS have enrolled for the
Alexander aircraft scholarship
contest. The winner will be
awarded q four-year university
course in aeronauticS or, as an
alternate award, an airplane.
The aeronautical correspond
ence course also has come into
being and the Massachusetts, De-
partment of Education is Offering
such course to all residents OF
the United States and Canada
The State course was decided
apon as a result of experience
gained by the Massachusetts Uni
versity extension in conducting
classes in aeronauticS during the
past 20 months. The course nat
urally covers only the fundamen-
tai principles of aeronautics
carrying the student up to the
actual point Of flying training
Exclusive Of preparatory studies
the course includes elementary
aeronautics. the airplane engine
structure and rigging, airplane
design and air transportation.
An indication of the tremend-
GUS interest taken in aeronautics
by American students is con-
tanned in a report of Charles H,
Snow, dean of the College Of En-
cheering of New York Univer-
Sity, in which he stated that the
important place which civil en-
cheering has held in the curri-
culm Of that university for many
decades is being threatened for
the first time by the newly estab-
lished courses in aeronautical en-
cheering. One-fourth of the
students at the College of En-
cheering now are identified with
aeronautical engineering. he said