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- 5 j: NEWS OFNAEB RADIO_ BOSTON SYMPHONY, ORCHESTRA—YEAR'S REVIEW—MARK WGBH ANNIVERSARY The opening Saturday night performance of the new season of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a review of the past year's programs marked the first anniversary Of Boston's educational FM station, WGBH, operated with the advice and cooperation of . the Lowell Institute Cooperative Broadcasting Council. The year's review of WGBH programs included the presidents and head's of the Council members as they inaugurated the station a year ago. The Coordinators of the Council, appointees of the presidents and directors of the Council members, discussed the operations and accomplishments of the station's first year. Continuing the year's review after the officials of the Council, WGBH presented selections from the seven college and extension courses in drama, history, psychology politics and modern literature, which were broadcast for women listeners afternoons through the year. These were followed by : highlights from the late afternoon music courses in the symphony, ballet, madrigal and musid of the baroque period. Profes¬ sor G. Wallace Woodworth of Harvard spoke in a selection from Tomorrow's Symphony, ‘ twice weekly preparation for the Friday and Saturday symphony concerts. Review of Prograrls Nancy Harper, of the Nursery Training School, a Tufts affiliate, presented a special Children's Circle broadcast, and Louis M. Lyons, Curator of the Nieman Fellowships at Harvard, recreated his eulogy of the late Harold Ross, editor of the New Yorker magazine. • ••• • •• Leading college and university specialists who interpreted important issues and events nightly were heard in a review of Faculty Report. An excerpt from John Gielgud's performance in the British Broadcasting Corporation production of. Hamlet was included in a review of international broadcasts of the year. Hamlet has been broadcast three times, by WGBH, according to station policy of repeating exceptional programs. Another international highlight was Mclnantv's Reel played by the Radio Eireann Orchestra, under the direction of Francesco Manda and selected from a broad¬ cast prepared especially for WGBH by Radio Eireann. WGBH feature broadcasts were also reviewed with selections from Old Books: Old Friends, New England Conservatory recitals, Lowell Institute lectures. Say It In French , a radio course in spoken French, and other series produced, by the.Council staff,., ' Symphony Broadcast Includes Silent Intermission During the Anniversary broadcast performance of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, WGBH observed its nationally known "intermission silence." This innovation in symphony broadcasting was initiated to give listeners ah opportunity to enjoy the intermission as they would if they were in Symphony Hall actually attending the performance. ... Following the concert, the Honorable Paul A. Walker, Chairman of the Federal Com¬ munications Commission, delivered a special message to conclude the Anniversary . program.