Ceremony Held at Lunghwa Although training will not start until next Monday, the first aviation class of the Flying Club was Inaugurated at a ceremony held at the hangar of the Lunghwa Acrodrome on Thursday morning. OMclal of the National Aviation League and Tocal Chinese governments and 32 students, including a gid, were present.
Gen, Wu Te-chen, the Mayor and president of the Club, presided over the ceremony and spoke of the importance of aviation in China in view fof the vast area and the need of communications. "The alm of the class is to train civil aviators who may be of service to the Government emergency, Mr. Wang Shao-Lai, vice-president, also urged the students to set a fine example for thers to follow.
After the ceremony, Mr. Yang Kuo-chu, an instructor, gave a stunting exhibition, "Among the guests present were Major-Gen, Tsai Ching-chun, [Commissioner of the Bureau of Public Safely, Miss Li Ya-ching, aviatrix, Mr. Tseng Yi-ching, director of the Naval Air Establishment, and Mr. Wu Wen-chu, director of the Tien Chin sauce factory which contributed aeroplane {o the Government, "The training, consisting of ground work and fying lessons, is expected fo be completed in six months at a Mullion fee of $000. A certificate is awarded a student after the latter has. had fifteen hours' experience in the air including seven or eight hours' solo Aight.
At the annual meeting of the American University Club, held on Tuesday, June 16, in the. American Club and presided over by Dr. J. 'Usang Ly, supported by the exccutive committee, Judge Milton Helmick, reliving vice-president, unanimously was chosen president for the 1036-37 season. Dr. F.C, Yen. was chosen vice-president and' Messrs, J, B, Lee and Bruce Smith, hon, see. and hon treas., respectively.
Before the formal business of the meeting Dr. Ly introduced the Rov.
B. Patton, Past President (1030), who under medical advice was quit ing China, In a short witty address, Mr, Patton indicated his subject as "Hall and Farewell." The speaker did not care for the connotations attached to "farewell," the French "an rovole" hie could not pronounce—he did prefer the German Auf Wiedersohn," and would those coming to Pasadena, kindly look him up: perhaps he even. might return to China, health pore 1
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