Evening star., 1935-04-03
COLLEGE FLYERS
FORM j. 5. GROUP
Organization of Nationwide
Unit to Be Completed
at Session Today.

Organization of a permanent body
Of national intercollegiate flying clubs
vhicl, is expected by Federal aviation
oficials to have a powerful effect in
developing private flying in the United
States, Is to be completed today at
the final business session Of the First
National intercollegiate Flying Con-
ference at the Lee House.
Holding that the future of the avia-
ton industry depends upon expansion
automobile industry depended upon
private ownership and operation, the
Bureau of Air Commerce and other
Federal agencies were preparing to
lend the fullest possible cooperation
to the delegates from more than 20
colleges in their efforts to build up
aviation as regular campus activity.
Importance Is Stressed.
The Importance of increased private
flying to the peacetime growth Of
American aviation and to the national
defense in time Of emergency was
stressed by speakers at colorful
banquet and ball in honor of the COL
lege delegates last night at the
Shoreham Hotel.
Senator McAdoo of California, pres
;Gent of the National Aeronautic As
sociation, in the principal banquet
address, called for an organized effort
to build up American aviation in all
its branches, civil and military. He
discussed the possibility of war in the
Pacific and urged that the Nation be
prepared for eventualities. He out
lined the N. A. A. campaign launched
yesterday under his direction, to
lead the United States back to world
supremacy in the air." A concerted
effort to capture at least 20 world
aviation records now held abroad is to
be made in May and June as part
of the N. A. A. progrm to increase
the prestige of American aviation.
The banquet and ball were held
under the sponsorship of the Aero
Club of Washington, the Nations
oldest civic aeronautical group, and
Chester H. Warrington, president of
the club, acted as toaStmaster. An
address also was made by w. D. Stroh-
meier, secretary of the Amherst Fly
ing Club and chairman Of the Under
graduate Committee for the confer
ence.
Certificates Presented.
Certificates of merit were presented
by Senator McAdoo to the University
of Minnesota Flying Club, which had
the double distinction of having trav-
eled the greatest distance to the gath
ering and having the largest under
graduate delegation in attendance.
The II delegates from this university
came 925 miles to represent their
school.
Among the guests of honor at the
banquet were Eugene L. Vidal, director
of air commerce; Col. J. Carroll Cone,
assistant director of air commerce;
Lieut.. T. U. Sisson, Navy Bureau of
Aeronautics; Lieut.. Samuel P. Mills,
Army Air Corps; DR.. George w. Lewis,
research director of the National Ad-
visory Committee for Aeronautics:
John F. Victory, secretary of the N. A.
c. A.; Col. Harry H. Blee, chairman
of the N. A. A. Committee of Civil
Aeronautics: T. H. Somerville, presi-
dent of the Washington Air Derby AS
sociation; DR.. Willis r. Gregg, chief
of the Weather Bureau; Lieut.. Col.
Vincenzo Coppola, Italian air attache;
Charles F. Horner, executive assistant
to the president of the N. A. A.. and
William r. Enyart. secretary of the N.
A. A. contest board.
The delegates were guests of the
Rotary Club at luncheon today in
the Willard Hotel. This afternoon
they will visit the aeronautical mu-
scum at the Smithsonian Institution
and will hold the final business session
of the conference.