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Show 77 will receive the most expensive and thorough type of training known in the world today. That Weber College should be selected to train young men of this caliber is a genuine tribute to the school. In order that the college be considered for this training, flight training facilities, instructors for ground school courses, and adequate dormitory facilities had to be approved. The flight training was given at the Ogden Municipal Airport by the Utah Pacific Airways of Ogden of which Mr. Art Mortensen was manager. The navy placed twenty-five to thirty planes at Mr. Mortensen's disposal. The ground school courses were taught by qualified instructors of the college and included civil air regulations, mathematics, physics, aircraft identification, code, navigation, meteorology, general science of aircraft, military science and discipline, and military and physical training. The Weber College dormitory on Twenty-fourth Street, which had been remodeled and refurnished, was used as a residence for the cadets. As part of the physical conditioning program for the cadets, the officers of the school (ground school), assisted by other instructors and cadets themselves, secured trucks and brought timbers from Monte Cristo to help construct the inevitable obstacle course for the cadets on the campus. When the cadets moved into the dormitory, it became necessary for the fellows who were residing there to find housing elsewhere. Governor Herbert B. Maw and the Commander of the Utah State Guard were contacted by the College to |