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Show Branch College Ten Scholarships In Flying Course An opportunity to learn to fly, a course which would cost ?'io0 if taken privately, is being offered as a scholarship to each of ten students of southern Utah by the Branch Agricultural college at Cedar City in cooperation with the Civil Aeronautics Authority of the ; U. S. Department of Commerce, ; it is announced by Director Henry Cucrhan.sley of the college. The course begins with the opening of tne winter quarter at the B.A.C. January 6. Coordinator F. L. Walters states tnat four of the scholarships have .been granted but that anyone in southern Utah with proper quali-, ficalions will be considered for the! remaining six. Applications should i be forwarded to him at the col-j lee e immediately. ; I V alters outlines the qualifica-i tions for these .-cholarships as follows: fol-lows: Men bttwei-n the ages of If and 2'i, who can pass a commercial physical exmination and who have 'completed two years of college, if they are not enrolled in a col-: lege. If they are now enrolled in ' , a college, they must have complet- J i Ud o.'.iy one year of scholastic training. The students who qualify for these scholarships' ai.d complete the course are assured their private pri-vate pilot's license. "This is an opportunity which comes once in a lifetime," Mr. Walters says. "WniU the world is partly at war the United States must strengthen strength-en its defenses and trained pilots are needed. But, war or not, aviation avi-ation has a great future and young men would do well to learn to fly," Mr. Walters adds, in ex-iflaining' ex-iflaining' the opportunities offered by the C. A. A. training for future pilots. , j it |