Education by Radio (1933)

grams and hazards to taste in others; she can show pupils what radio programs mean in terms of their speech, word choice, and phrasing, and, most important, their preference for literary and social values. Thru the pupils, she will reach the parents, and thru both, the broadcaster. The in¬ fluence of the English teacher is of great significance. — Abstract of an address by F. H. Lumley, Ohio State Univer¬ sity, before the National Council of Teachers of English, December 1, 1933. Canada Provides Free Service he excessive costs for telephone lines used for broad¬ casting purposes in the United States have been attacked by both commercial and educational groups and by Congres¬ sional leaders. Costs to states and educational institutions are particularly burdensome since under the American broad¬ casting practise an educational station makes its contribution to public welfare without any corresponding revenue return, while a commercial one merely adds the wire toll item to its charge for advertising time. In Canada the facilities of the Alberta government tele¬ phones enable the University of Alberta radio station CKUA to form a network with two other stations, CFAC and CJOC, without cost except for overtime service of linemen on Sun¬ days which amounts to five or six dollars per month. What a blessing such an arrangement in the United States would be to the state network in Wisconsin, WHA and WLBL; to Oregon’s state station KOAC; the state stations KSAC and KFKU in Kansas, and WOI and WSUI, in Iowa; and to the many other public radio services now rendered at a cost of thousands of dollars annually for wire tolls. New Radio Course in Utah field course in classroom organization and manage¬ ment, consisting of twenty-five half-hour lectures by Dr. L. John Nuttall, Jr., superintendent of the Salt Lake City schools, is being given by radio each Thursday at 10pm over station KSL. The series began on September 28 and with the omission of one week in November, two in December, and one in February, will end on April 12. This year’s course follows as a result of Dr. Nuttall’s suc¬ cessful radio course in the advanced technics of teaching given last year. [See Education by Radio 3:15, March 2, 1933.] Last year’s course, the first experiment of the Univer¬ sity of Utah in this field, attracted a large number of reg¬ istrants, 80 percent of whom received university credit. The topics to be treated in the twenty-five radio lectures follow: [1] the place of learning environment and morale in school achievement; [2] organizing the pupils for instruction; [3] adjustments to individual differences; [4] class size and |j teaching load; [5] school plant and pupil population; [6] seating in classroom organization; [7] lecture based on ques I tions asked by class members on problems of organization: l [8] factors in pupil progress; [9] school failures; [10] lec fl ture based on questions asked by class members on pupil progress; [11] the daily program; [12] establishing class | room and building routine; [13] adjusting to the time sched | ule; [14] routine of attendance control; [15] compulsory II attendance administration; [16] lecture based on questions H asked by class members on routine; [17] routine problems u of discipline; [18] conserving and developing character thru f discipline; [19] lecture based on questions asked by class members on discipline; [20] management records; [21] pupil accounting; [22] permanent school records; [23] management in relation to auxiliary activities; [24] school publicity devices; and [25] questions and summary. Prefers British System ohn McCormack, the Irish tenor, adds his name to that large group of Americans who having an intimate knowl¬ edge of both British and American broadcasting prefer the British. “Radio appears to be in need of new ideas,” Mr. McCormack observes. “Programs are repeated day after day, with slight modifications and under different titles, because good program ideas are scarce.” But he I contends the broadcasters can find solace in the fact that the motion pictures and stage are in the same predicament. A producer makes a novel picture and others are quick to imitate. “In the main, I prefer England’s broadcasting to America,” said the '* . noted tenor. “The English showmen seem to have discovered the knack of making abstruse subjects clear, interesting, and entertaining. American broadcasters should concentrate on more speakers who devote their talents to presenting interesting topics in a popular style.” 1 Selective Listening Essential f the nation continues to turn its millions of radios to a certain point on the dial and receive thruout the day from early morning until late at night all that comes over the station without discrimination there is serious danger to the emotional life of the nation. Millions of children and young people who are subject to the continuous nerve-racking jangle of a Rudy Vallee orchestra or a noise equivalent, or to the whining, crooning of the average radio performers, not artists, are undergoing an emotional strain that will inevitably cause social and economic trouble. It is impossible to send into the intimate home-life of the nation all of the offerings of our radios without leaving these results. — G. B. Phillips, in '‘Possibilities of Radio in Education.” North Carolina Teacher, April 1933, p299. 1 New York Times, ^December 3, 1933. 1 ducation by radio is published by the National Committee on Education by Radio at 1201 Sixteenth Street, Northwest, Washington, Er D. C. The members of this Committee and the national groups with which they are associated are as follows: Arthur G. Crane, president, the University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, National Association of State Universities. J. O. Keller, head of engineering extension Pennsylvania State College, State College, Pa., National University Extension Association. Charles N. Lischka, 1312 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, D. C„ National Catholic Educational Association. John Henry MacCracken, vicechairman, 744 Jackson Place, Washington, D. C., American Council on Education. Joy Elmer Morgan, chairman, 1201 Sixteenth Street, Northwest, Washington, D. C., National Education Association. Charles A. Robinson, S.J., St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, The Jesuit Educational Association. James N. Rule, state superintendent of public instruction, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, National Council of State Superintendents. H. Umberger, Kansas State College of Agriculture, Manhattan, Kansas, Association of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities. Jos. F. Wright, director, radio station WILL, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, Ill., Association of College and Univ. Broadcasting Stations. Everyone who receives a copy of this bulletin is invited to send in suggestions and comments. Save the bulletins for reference or pass them on to your local library or to a friend. Education by radio is a pioneering movement. These bulletins are, therefore, valuable. Earlier numbers will be supplied free on request while the supply lasts. Radio is an extension of the home. Let’s keep it clean and free. U? [60]