NAEB Newsletter (Mar 1935)

*iage 9 - Bulletin - . area - hi "During Farm and Home Week, we had a two-session, one-day conference for some of those people in the State, who are particularly interested in broadcasting matters relating to agriculture and home economics. These included agricultural announcers from several of the 24 stations in Hew York State which are broadcasting agricultural programs for the college. It also included chairmen of the County Agricultural Agent, Home Demonstration Agent, and 4-H Club Agent groups, which are broadcasting regularly from seven different stations in as many regions of the State# We were also glad to have as guests, Worse Salisbury of Washington; John Baker of Amherst, I'assachusetts; Levering Tyson, of the National Advisory Council on Radio in Education; and Armstrong Perry, of the National Committee on Education by Radio. Besides getting acquainted, we had a chance to go to bat on many of the perplexing problems of the day# It was all informal, no minutes and no newspaper reporters, so we could go to the core of things#" KOAC BROADCAST FEATURES Program Director Luke L. Roberts of KOAC, Corvallis, Oregon, submits the following* "Recognition of the interests and realization of the needs of Oregon home owner? and other householders, prompted KOAC, the state-owned station in Corvallis, Oregon, co develop and present three series of educational programs, totaling 38 different broad¬ casts, during the fall and winter of 1934-35. " ’Bettering your house conditions’ was the title of the first series of 13 programs, presented under the supervision of W. J. Gilmore, professor of agricultural engineer¬ ing, a man who is now on leave of absence from the college and in charge of rural housing work for Oregon, Washington, and Idaho for the Federal Housing iidministra¬ tion. Based on information obtained from the H ous ing Survey made in Oregon, this series of interviews attempted to present to home owners specific suggestions and help in repairing their houses. Experts in various lines of house repair work and buildings wore interviewed by Professor Gilmore. "The second series on "Fitting your house to your family” was a radio study course dealing with fundamental principles of house planning as approved by home economists and based upon research work done by them. Information was presented in three-cor¬ nered conversations between I'aud Wilson, Home Economist of the Oregon Experiment Sta¬ tion, Zelta Rodenwold, Home Economist at KOAC, and It. Everyman. Wore than 200 home owners enroled for the study course and received mimeographed or printed supplements bearing on the weekly radio discussion. Radio conversations as well as the weekly supplements were prepared by Wiss Wilson, who is studying family housing needs and planning built-ins and other parts of the house. - -iss Wilson is author of a Station bulletin "Planning the Willamette Valley Farmhouse for Family Needs" and'was a member of the National Housing Survey Committee appointed by Dr# Louise Stanley, chief of the Bureau of Home Economics* "Twelve programs designed to aid rural and urban home owners in obtaining the best water systems and best plumbing equipment for the amount of money available were in¬ cluded in the series called "How You Can Afford Wodem Plumbing#" These were pre¬ pared by Clyde Walker, associate professor of agricultural engineering, and were pre¬ sented in dialogue form. They included suggestions for good arrangement of equipment, a satisfying use of it, and information on its proper care# "In addition to arranging and presenting these 38 broadcasts, KOAC cooperated fur¬ ther with the Federal Housing Administration in its nation-wide housing program by presenting a number of playlets dealing with hone improvement, and giving-numerous spot announcements sent out by national headquarters from time to time.