Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-13
KITE FLYING MEET
RULES ANNOUNCED
Contest to Be Held Thursday
at Chevy Chase Field for
! Both Adults and Children.

Details Of the kite contest, sponsored
by the National Aeronautic Association
under the direction of the District OF
Columbia Model Aircraft League, were
announced last night. The contest will
be held at Chevy Chase field, Western
and Wisconsin avenues, Thursday after
noon, April "a, and will be open to
adults and children of both sexes.
A large staff of directors, aides and
assistants will be on the field to take
care of entrants. The field may be
reached either by the Wisconsin avenue
trio Co., or the Connecticut avenue line
Of the Capital Traction Co.
The judges will be aeronautic experts
many of them associated with the
United States Government, and divided
into three groups.
List Of Judges.
The judges who will pass on the per-
Torrance of the kites entered are DR.
II Z. Dryden of the Bureau of Standards
Paul Edward CARRIER of the SmithSon-
ian Institution and S. T. Ferguson OF
the Weather Bureau. Judges for work
manShip" of the kites are w. F,
Darmady of the Bureau of Standards
o. Scheidel of the manual training de-
partment, District Columbia public
schools and F. A. Woodward of Gordon
Junior High School. Judges for beauty
of design and decoration" are three
Washington artists: Burtls Baker Oh
the Corcoran School of Art, FELIX
Mahoney of the National School of Fine
and Applied Art and Hugo linden OF the
Abbott School of Fine and Commercial
Art.
Many inquiries are being received al
the Community Center department a.
to the kinds of wood to use in Kite
making, and the correct length OF Kite
sticks. The best woods are spruce anc
white pine, and kite sticks should bt
cut in five-foot lengths, and from a
to "a of an inch thick.
Contestants will be divided into the
following groups:
/. SubjuniorS-Any entrant not ye'
~ years of age on April l.
2. Juniors-Any entrant IL years o.
age and not yet Is on April /.
3. Seniors-Any entrant Is years o.
age or older on April 1.
4. Father and Son-Any adult anC
subjunior working together.
The Girl Scouts are taking a grea
interest In the approaching contest
and a large number of them are ex
pected to enter kites. Kites will b
ClaSSl11eQ as IOllOWS. SldoS IA hiISc WAL
tails: Glass B, tailless kites; Glass G
box kites; Class D, combination Kites
Must Make Own Kites.
Every contestant will be required t.
certify that he has made his own kite
contestants will be allowed to enter a.
many kites as they please.
The general committee In charge o.
the kite contest is headed by Mis-
Esther Scott Of the elementary sciences
department, District Columbia public
schools, and includes Miss Sibyl Baker
of the Community Center department
Miss Ethel Bray Of the art department
public schools, John A. Chamberlain
manual training department, public
schools, Hugh I. DuBose OF the Nationa
Aeronautic Association, Paul Edward
CARRIER of Smithsonian Institution, Mrs
Giles Scott Rafter of the District Co
lumbia Congress of Parents and Teach
ers and Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes
director of municipal Fairgrounds.
Boys and girls desiring to learn the
art of kite building may obtain books
on the subject at the Public Libraries
and information at the Community
Center department, in Franklin Admin.
istration Building, Thirteenth and K
streets. Paul Edward CARRIER has book
out on "Kite Building" and The Eve
ming Star is running a series Of articles
on "KiteS-How to Build Them" writ
tan nv Mr. CARRIER