AVIATORS TO ORGANIZE

A mass meeting of all men interested in the formation of a flying unit of the Aviation Section, Signal Officers' Reserve Corps, United States Army, will be held in the Trophy Room of the Union tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock. The graduate chairman and organizer of last year's undergraduate flying corps will address the meeting, explaining the purposes of the proposed new organization and the nature of the work. Application blanks by which the Government may be given some idea of how many men are interested will be distributed. These blanks will be in no way binding and the receiving of them will be under the surveillance of President Lowell.

The further purpose of this meeting will be to outline the requirements for admission to the Aviation Section. According to the statement recently issued by the Signal Corps of the United States Army, a commission in the Aviation Section may be obtained in approximately six months' time at one of the Government flying schools. The War Department has intimated that if there is a sufficient number of men at the University desiring to take the training, a Government aviation school will be established at Squantum. It was further brought out in this statement that the War Department will pay all expenses in connection with the work of the course. The Government requires no previous military experience and the periods of instruction will be so arranged that the training may be taken during the summer. This mass meeting will afford an excellent opportunity for all those in any way interested in aviation to hear exactly what the Government has to offer. A $13,000,000 appropriation has been made to make possible the establishment of these units.

There are at present three advanced aviation schools at which the prospective aviator may obtain his commission in the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps. These are located on Long Island, in Illinois and in California. In addition to these schools, preliminary training at the schools in eastern New York was made possible for undergraduates last summer through the undergraduates' flying corps.