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Marjorie's first pupil was Joseph Gorman, a young Canadian. He had never made an airplane flight before, but he graduated in two weeks, and immediately left for England where he became a Flight Lieutenant in the R.F.C.

Also in 1915, Marjorie was inducted into the U.S. Aviation Reserve Corps. Not only was she the only woman in the Corps, but she was the youngest licensed pilot in the U.S.

Marjorie and Edward took time out from the school to join Katherine in Chicago in July 1916, making several exhibition flights. Marjorie and Katherine were the guests of honor at the Chicago Advertising Association's Aviation Day banquet.

That fall Marjorie returned to San Antonio to devote herself full-time to the flying school. As World War I escalated, the Royal Canadian Flying Corps began sending their cadets to Marjorie for training. She quickly won the respect of her pupils, and there was never any question as to who was in charge in the air. Marjorie became known as "The Flying Schoolmarm" and her students as "The Texas Escadrille." Marjorie also made exhibition flights and carried passengers to entertain troops sectioned at Ft. Sam Houston.

At the end of 1918 the school closed, and Marjorie went