NAEB Newsletter (Sept-Oct 1952)

- 20 - POOLE TELLS SCHEDULE FOR "SCIENCE REVIEW" SERIES Topics for the fall and winter schedule-of-the Johns Hopkins-Science Review, produced in the WAAM studios for DuMont network release, have been announced by producer Lynn Poole.. The series returned to the air September 1J. The fourth program, October 6, presented !, How We Will Conquer Space, and the^ October 13 and 20 broadcasts also dealt with outer space. Upcoming programs in¬ clude: "George—The Mechanical Mind," October 27; "X-ray—by Motion Pictures, November 3; "Man Against Cancer," November 10, 11, and 2h; ”100,000 Colors to See With,"December 1; "Seeing Is Not Believing/ December 8; "New Developments in Psychiatry," December 15; and "Ask Your Dad, December 22. Johns Hopkins to Build TV Equipped Auditorium Johns Hopkins University recently announced that construction would begin soon on what the university believes to be the first academic auditorium to be built with permanent installation of television broadcasting facilities. The building, Shriver Hall, is to cost more than $1,000,000, and is to be completed by the autumn of 1953- It will have video cabling facilities and microwave facilities so that the univer¬ sity can broadcast nationally or locally from Its stage. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN OFFERS TELECOURSES OVER THREE STATIONS Telecourses—college courses via television—will be offered by the University of Michigan over.WWJ-TV, Detroit; WJIM-TV, Lansing; and WKZ0-TV, Kalamazoo. This is the third year the program has been telecast. During the.1951-52 season, 38OO registrations were received for the courses which originate in the WWJ-TV studios. Science will be emphasised in the opening courses. Half-hour weekly lessons in "Modern Physics,” a 15-weeks course, and "Understanding Our Natural Resources, seven weeks, will, inaugurate the fall semester. The resources program will be followed by an eight-weeks course in understanding music. Prof. Ernest F. Barker, chairman of the University’s Department of Physics, will deal with the atom and atomic energy, light and radio waves, radar, and the use of the electron miscroscope, during the 15 lessons. Use and waste of natural resources will be discussed by Shirley W. Allen, professor of forestry, in the seven weeks tele¬ course. Forests, minerals, water and wildlife, will be included in his list of sub¬ jects. Members of the School of Music faculty will present.the music course empha¬ sizing the vocal arts. Weekly lessons on the one-hour program have been extended from 20 to 30 minutes this year because of popular demand, according to Garnet R. Garrison, director of tele¬ vision. A third portion of last year’s show, The Teletour, will be carried by WWJ-TV at another time, he said. Supplementary written material on the courses may be obtained by enrolling with the U-M Extension Service in Ann Arboh. Fees of two dollars for 15-weeks courses and ox.„ dollar for the short courses are charged. Upon completion of a course, a Certificate of Participation is sent enrolled persons. NEWARK OUTLET SCHEDULES EDUCATION DISCUSSIONS School issues and new developments in education were shown in six weekly^TV programs over WATV, Newark, N.J., last July. The series, titled "Summer Session, was pre¬ sented by the Institute of Administrative Research of Teachers College, Columbia University, in cooperation with the station. Members of the institute staff, school superintendents, teachers, and other educators participated in the discussions which featured the half-hour programs.