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asked about school problems. Secondary students benefit from discu,;sions with \'isitiiig college representatives. Many of' these are worth recording for later use.
7. Good music. The better radio stations have a music director or specialist who selects, describes and plays his records. The homes represented by a school have tremendous music potentialities that can be used in a sinn'lar way. Individual students can share their enjoyment for records which they play at home.
8. Foreign language. One person with foreign language teaching ability can instruct a number of classes at one time in oral language. Students can imitate foreign language programs that are often aired on local stations. Thev are often most fascinated by trying to do time, weather and typical commercials in another language.
The typical central sound system has facilities for doing all of the above programs, although rapid and easy transitions may be difficult. Some additions or modifications make more and better programs possible.
A communications-type radio receiver and a good outside antenna make additional material available. A receiver that tunes both the standard broadcast and shortwave bands should be selected. This type of receiver is generally far more selective (to separate stations that are close together) and far more sensitive (to receive distant or weak stations). There is a remendous difference between day and night recep
tion on the broadcast and usual shortwave bands. Much longer distances can be covered after dark but there is also much more interference and fading. Evening programs would have to be recorded by a teacher or interested student. .A. number of program possibilities are opened for exploration:
1. Foreign language stations in other countries can be tuned on either the broadcast or shortwave bands. French from Canada and Spanish from Mexico can be heard for hundreds of miles on the broadcast band with a good receiver.
2. Programs from government controlled or operated stations of other nations throughout the world can be tuned on shortwave. This generally works best at night and tape recordings would have to be made for school use. This might be done at the school or having the equipment at an interested teacher's or student's home. Good world-wide reception is not reliable and some experimentation will be necessary. On a reasonably good receiving evening in Amherst, Massachusetts, news, music, commentary, interviews, etc. were received from Great Britain, Holland, Czechoslovakia, Russia, Italy, Israel, Equador, Switzerland and many unidentified places. A number of foreign stations invite listeners to write for free program listings. Equador even promised a free gift (made in Equador) to anycne who wrote in for a program guide. Such programs make strange countries and people come to life and promote further study.
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