NAEB Newsletter (Mar 1943)

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NAEB NEWS LETTER, March 1, 1943 Page 5 Other new radio series to be broadcast by the Radio Council inolude "Numbers at Work," to be broadcast Mondays, station. WIND, Is30-1:45 p.m., a series designed to motivate students to study Mathematics courses now and elect them in high eohools and "Languages in Action," heard Tuesdays, 1:30-1:45 p.ra., also a motivation series toward understanding of languages and their study. For kindergarten and primary listeners "W© Visit Story-Land," will be broadcast eaoh Monday, station WJJD, 3:14-2:30 p.m«, On Tuesdays, same time and station, LeVs Tell a Story, a series of dramatizations from books for students in the upper elementary grades, will be broadcast. The Thousand Million, geographical and social science background on the United Nations, will be broadcast on Wednesdays, station WJJD, 3:15-2:30 p.nu, for the upper elementary and high school students. That 1 s News to Me, a student news commentary, will be broadcast on Thursdays, same time and station. Battle of Books, quiz urogram for upper elementary students, to be heard each Friday, station WJJD, 2:15-2:30 p.nu, presents teams from two schools eaoh week in a oontest of questions on children* s books. This program is produoed in cooperation with the Board of Education Library. Four Radio Oounoil programs for high school students will continue during the second semester'. They are: YOUNG AMERICA ANSWERS, high school current events quiz, heard on Saturdays, WBBM, 12:30-1:00 p.nu* HIGH SCHOOL STUDIO PARY, variety show of student talent, also broadcast eaoh Staurday, station WI1AQ, 11:30-13:00 p.nu* YOUR JOB IN REVIEW, interviews with executives of various trades, professions and U. 3. armed service branches, will be broadcast or Thursdays, station WJWG, 4:45-5:00 turn. Students of careers classes of Chicago Public High Schools submit questions to the Council to guide the speakers on this pro¬ gram. PREP SPORTS, student news commentary, is broadcast each Thursday, station WAAF, 1:15-1:30 p.m. U„ Ko SERIES PLANS FOR KENTUCKY POST-WAR DEVELOPMENT Plans for a comprehensive economic development to take place in Kentucky after the war, are contained in a series of 32 weekly radio broadcasts over station WHAS, Louisville, which started Sunday, February 14. The programs, arranged by the University of Kentuoky, &nd broadcast from its studios in Lexington, feature talks by University and other experts on specialized subjects germane to Kentucky 3 s future industrial development, including manpower, mineral wealth, transportation facilities, taxes, schools, forests, tourist possibilities, agriculture, and technology. Dr. H. Lo Donovan, president of the University, opened the series, and Dr.