In the "East Side" (female) dormitories of Minnesota's coeducational little Carleton College, delighted coeds caroled last week: "Anchors aweigh, gals-here comes the Navy!" Carleton's men students were excited. Their college had just realized a collegian's dream: a student flying corps in which they can win their military wings. It was the first such corps in a U.S. college.
Carleton's shaggy-browed, popular President Donald John Cowling had pulled a palpable coup. With collegians throughout the nation eager to get into the air corps, President Cowling had got the Army, Navy and Marines to...
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