Evening star., 1934-12-09
COLLEGE FLYING
CLUB ORGANIZED
National Group to Include
$50 Schools to Confer
Here Annually.

Creation of national intercollegi-
ate flying club organization to CO.
ordinate existing aviation activities
in $50 American colleges and univer-
sites and promote an annual ma
tional intercollegiate aviation meet
and an annual intercollegiate plan
ming conference, the latter to be held
in Washington each year, was effected
at an all-day conference of college
aviation leaders here yesterday.
Meeting with Elliott Roosevelt and
other Federal and civil aviation lead
ers. the college flying club represent
tatives agreed on four-polnt ma
tional program which is expected to
plav an important part in stimulating
aviation study and fight training
among undergraduates.
High Points in Program.
The program calls FOR:
Holding of an annual intercollegiate
aviation meet during the last week OF
June.
Inauguration of an annual national
college for flying conference to be
| held in Washington in the Spring, the
, first to be held next year.
Formation of an undergraduate
committee to work in cooperation
with the National Aeronautic ASsocia-
ton in promotion OF college AVIATION
| activities.
Formation of national organlza-
/ ton committee to apply for charter
! for a national intercollegiate chapter
| of the National Aeronautlc AsSocla-
! ton along the lines of the National
/ Racing Pilots Chapter.
Minneapolis Makes Offer.
| An invitation was received from
! MINNEAPOLIS to hold the first inter-
| collegiate air meet there next June.
Final action was not taken, many OF
the conference members feeling the
first meet should be held in the East,
because of a greater prevalence OF
! college flying activities here.
Invitations will be sent TO $50 col
| lege and universities which have some
form of aviation activities to send
delegates to the first annual confer
| ence here. A tWo-day program Is
being planned in which stress Will
! be laid on expansion OF the college
aviation program to include all lead
ing educational institutions.
William d. Strohmelr. secretary OF
the Amherst Flying Club. was elected
chairman of the new Undergraduate
Committee which will work with the
N. A. A.
Contests Are Listed.
, The list of contests at the annual
meet, approved at yesterdays confer
ence, include bomb dropping, dead
stick, precision flying and paper
chasing contests. upon which con-
testants will be rated for skill in COM
petition for the Looming Intercol<e-
giate Flying Trophy. Condition Of
! airplanes and club flying activities
during the year will be considered in
point scoring. No dangerous races
! will be included in the program.
| As a feature of yesterdays confer
ence, the Looming Trophy was awarded
! to the University of Minnesota Fly
| ing Club at luncheon in the May
| flower Hotel. The trophy was pre-
sented by Edward P. Warner. vice
! chairman of the Federal Aviation
| Commission and former Assistant
Secretary of the Navy for Aeronautics
! and was received for the club by
Miss Jean Earnhill, said to be the
only coed aeronautical engineering
student in the country, and Richard
o. Jacobs. both undergraduate men,
bers of the club.
Undergraduate pilots of the Min
, nesota club put in total Of 425 pilot
ing hours during the past school year.
This is the first time MidWestern
college flying club has won the Loen-
ing competition. In the five years
of its history. the Harvant Flying
! Club has been winner three times and
, the William and Mary Flight Club
| once.