Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-23

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by replies 10 a QUESTIONABLE sent
out by the CurtisS Wright Woman's
Department TO representative uni
versities, colleges and finishing
schools in America.
or the fifty-three deans who
replied to the query. forty-four an
swered that their charges were in
terested in aviation. And the vary
ing degrees OF this interest are
clearly established. In five Of the
forty-four schools. the answer in
dicated that there was great in
terest In flying among women
students: in seven OF the forty-four,
the interest was said TO be 'consid-
cradle" in twenty-three, the women
were said to have shown some in
terest" or a certain amount" OF
interest had been shown.
Those schools at which women
students were reported as having
shown great interest IN aviation
are: the University Of Southern
California. the University OF South
Dakota, Shorter College at Rome,
Ca. Miss Madeira's School at Wash
ington, d. c. and the Faulkner
School i'll Chicago.
Much Interest
The schools where the students
have shown considerable interest
in aviation. according TO the re-
plies are: Mount Holyoke College,
Radcliffe College. the University
Of Michigan, the University OF
Kansas. Highland Manor and jun
ior College Ct TarrytoWn. N. T.,
Marlborough School for Girls at
Los Angeles. and Averett College
Danville. Va.
And those schools where the stu
dents have shown some interest
in the subject of aviation are. ac-
cording to the replies to the ques-
tionnaire, the Universities OF Maine
Nevada. Tennessee ana Texas
Northwestern and Syracuse Uni
versities. the University OF CALI
ornia at LOS Angeles and Ohio
state University: Smith College,
Wellesley College. Sweet Briar Col
lege. Mills College. Randolph
Macon Wcman's College. the state
College Of Washington. Elmira Col
leRe. Hood College. Kenka College.
Blue Mountain College, Oklahoma
Presbyterian College for Girls. the
Knox Sc-c3l. the Anna Head School,
Randolph-I-cn School for Girls
and Jennings Seminary
The interest Q. women students
was gagged b. their conversation,
their resnon-c ID lectures on avla-
ton. tioi- tanisn-ics toward FORM
ing flying GrgGn.1a-4Ons- tholr use
o! alrilnc5 "a 2 means o. trans
portatlon. ard finally their desire
expressed or already put into &C
ton az learning 10 fly. Very inter-
esting information was lncluded
with some Of the replies.
Mary Sinclair Crawford. Dean
OF the University OF Southern Cahf-
ornia, amends her reply as iolloVs:
You will note that there Is very
great interest upon u campus IN
aviation, and / have been hoping
nat We might have a scholarship,
nossiblv 10 be awarded by competl-
ton In order to make II possible 70
have the best material. and OPEN
ing it TO girls who might not otn-
crwise be financially able 70 attend.
According TO a survey mace py
Eva G~lassbrook. Dean OF Women OF
the University Of South Dakota,
seventy-five per cent Of the girls
enrolled in that university are IN
terested in flying aside from Just
reading about it and fifty per cent
are interested in learning more
about a~eronauticS.
Rernice Brown. Dean Of Radcliffe
College. reports that three Of their
students already have pilots lcenseS
and that three more are now learn
ING TO fly. Radcliffe offers q num-
Der of courses which are taken oy
students particularly interest IN
aviation. and which are helpful III
building I'D the sort or a back
ground that will be useful II they
decide 10 learn to flv or 70 enter
some phase o. aviation. such as,
writing. sketrh.ng. designing air
plane interiors or flying costumes.
Related Studies
Dorothy Vernon Noble. Of the De-
partment Of Geology at Mount
Holyoke College reports:
In connection with the Introduce
ory course IN geography, the topic
OF weather and climate is studied.
While the problem Of weapon fore
casting Is not presented In suffi-
Gent detail TO be Of value in it
self TO a potential flyer, the pos
sib.lities in the field Of aeronau-
tical m~eteorology nev fail TO
arouse great interest. The students
sometimes pursue independent in
vestigations on the location Of land
ing fields in their home communi-
ties from the standpoint Of topo-
graphic and climatic advantages
iust because a new train OF thought
has been opened up quite apart
from the regular class work. Par
ticular interest has been attached
10 the recent report OF the Gug-
renheim Committee on ,Aeronau-
teal Meteorology and the resulting
extension Of the short-range fore
casting service over air routes
throughout the country"
Spring Fashions
As the thermometer tends up
wards iurlined flying suits are go
ing UP also, Up on the peg until