NAEB Newsletter (Mar 1935)

page 7 - Bulletin - l arch BY in the manner it may deem best is a matter which is entirely a nation’s own. concern* If therefore the German nation chooses to give to its.State organi¬ zations and the management of its S^)ate affaifs a mental and spiritual content and a constructional form in accord with its own feelings, that too is peculiar¬ ly its own concern#" Whether or not you believe in Hitler’s statement it may be that students connected with the college will be interested in receiving programs released by.this.station. We suggest that you correspond with them in order to be placed on their mailing list to receive their monthly releases* Some of the amateurs also enjoy tuning in on GSA on 6050 k. c*, Daventry, Northhamp- tonshire, England* STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN RADIO BROADCASTING AT KWSC Professor Frank F. Nalder, Director of KWSC, Pullman, Vfashington, gives us all some¬ thing to think about in this article: "Station KWSC, of the State College, Pullman Washington, believes that it nay have a unique distinction, in producing and broadcasting its varied programs, of giving part-time employment and radio experience to an especially large number of college students* 1 any young people earn part of their college expenses by means of ^ part-time radio employment# All the announcing in its weekly offerings of 70^ hours is done by a staff of seven students; all the operation of the transmitter, by a staff of eight student technicians; two students in the School of -'usic plan and organize musical broadcasts; three student journalists write general continuity and publicity; three young people edit, prepare, and organize agricul¬ tural material for broadcasting; four do clerical work* These 27 young men and women who receive financial compensation for their services, work under the di¬ rection of members of the faculty* "Besides these, considerably over a hundred students contribute to radio broad¬ casting and either receive credit for special courses related to radio, or just do the wrork "for the love of the mike.*" These include twenty-six musical stu¬ dents, especially selected for talent and proficiency by the Dean of the School of I.usic, who are enroled in a course in musical radio broadcasting, and give programs every week under specific instruction* Thirty-five students of public speaking and dramatics are enroled in a class in that department of the institu¬ tion, and receive regular credit for their work* Four young women in the Collego of Home Economics turn their ability to give expression of useful facts to prac-‘ tical and credit account by assisting with home makers’ programs* Less formally, many other'students from other departments'of the College—Engineering, Pharmacy, Veterinary, Hedicine, Dairying, Journalism, English, and numerous scientific fields_interpret what they are learning to the radio public of the Northwest* Several informal musical and literary organizations that broadcast regularly add to the number of students who get experience in miorophene appearance#^ "On Friday evening, I arch 29, beginning at 7:30 p# m*. Pacific Standard Time, KWSC will"broadcast its Tenth Annual Old Fiddlers’ Contest* This event has been made famous throughout the Northwest during the ten years of its annual recur-, rence* All old fiddlers taking part must be at least 50 years of age, and reside within a hundred miles of Pullman* They select their own programs, and each plays for a specified period—six minutes* Veterans of the fiddle-and—bow, some in their eighties, come from farm and remote mining or lumber town, from'backwoods, hamlet and mountain fastness, to participate* The contest is decided, one-third by competent judges, two-thirds by listeners’ votes#"