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FLIGHT, MAY 2, 1929 Foundation Stone laid by Lady Maud Hoare, April 26, 1929 ON April 26 last, Lady Maud Hoare, in the presence of alarge gathering, laid the foundation stone of the newRoyal Air Force Cadet Training College at Cranwell. Among the principal guests on this occasion were Air Marshalof the R.A.F. Sir Hugh Trenchard and Lady Trenchard, Sir Samuel and Lady Maud Hoare, and Lord Londonderry. A special parade of officers, airmen and band was held tomark the occasion, and Sir Samuel Hoare and his party were received at the site with a salute. The Chaplain-in-Chiefof the Royal Air Force, the Rev. R. E. V. Hanson, then led the prayers, after which the Air Officer commanding atCranwell, Air Vice-Marshal F. C. Halahan, asked Lady Maud Hoare to lay the stone. Speaking after the ceremony, Sir Samuel Hoare said hewished the two officers who had already reached India in two days a successful end to their great flight. They wereexhibiting just the qualities which all present hoped to see Cranwell produce. " Time after time during the last fewweeks," he said, " I have thought of those two officers waiting here to start, and day after day being hindered in theirdeparture. What a strain that was upon their nerves, what prolongation of effort and what testimony to them after allthis time of waiting that they never became perturbed, but went off unruffled, their nerves just as good and their deter- mination just as strong ! " Cranwell had fostered andproduced those qualities in the past, and he hoped to see them produced there to a still greater extent in the future, especiallywhen the more fitting home for the cadet college now to be erected at Cranwell was completed. It was 15 years sinceCranwell came into existence, and one man more than any other was responsible for the great conception of that cadetcollege and that man was his friend Sir Hugh Trenchard. He was only sorry that a second stone was not being laid tocommemorate that very important fact, that it was Sir Hugh who, in spite of many difficulties and criticisms, had carriedthe conception through to the successful point marked by the laying of the foundation stone of the permanent buildings forthe college. The new building has been designed by Mr. J. G. West,architect of the Office of Works, and has been based on the style of Chelsea Hospital. It will be built of brick with stonefacings, and will have a portico of Corinthian columns in the centre of the main facade. Large " E " wings will be locatedon either side of the main block, connected to it by extending arms, and surmounting the main building will be a tower anddome, while smaller towers will surmount each wing. The new premises will provide accommodation for over 200cadets. NEW R.A.F. CADET COLLEGE, CRANWELL : From right to left, Air Marshal Sir Hugh Trenchard,Sir Samuel Hoare, Air Vice-Marshal F. C. Halahan, Lady Maud Hoare, and Lord Londonderry. 356
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