NAEB Newsletter (Dec 1958)

fore NAEB members helped them. If any one would like to donate books to the library, the Asia Founda¬ tion has agreed to collect and forward all pro¬ vided. The only requirements are that the books be in good condition, published after 1945, and are works of standard authors. You may contact Mr. Carlton Lowenberg, The Asia Foundation, 550 Kearny St., San Francisco, advising him how many and when he may expect them. Your support will be greatly ap¬ preciated. —N A E B— Another request for information has been received at Headquarters. Are there any stations which offer courses in business or commercial law? This request has come from the American Bar Association. They would appreciate it very much if you would write and tell them what law courses are being offered on your educational station. The person to contact is Mr. James M. Spiro, Director of Activities, American Bar Association, 1155 East Sixtieth Street, Chicago 37, Illinois. If you could, please send a copy of your letter to Headquarters, so that a list of references can be compiled. Thank you for your cooperation. —N A E B— Nobel Prize winner Glenn Seaborg says combin¬ ing the advantages of television with increased leisure time may enable Americans to catch up with the de¬ mands of the age. Seaborg, University of California chancellor, said that through TV “more than 90 per¬ cent of American homes can become centers for the continuance of intellectual development. In an address prepared for a luncheon of business leaders at KQED (San Francisco), Seaborg remarked that TV has not been used as widely as it should. Believing that TV can educate more people with less teachers, Seaborg added that TV instruction has been proved as effective as conventional methods. —N A E B— The first effort at forming a statewide FM radio network was a success. A joint project of the Indiana Broadcasters Association and the Indiana University Radio and Television Service, the FM network pro¬ vided statewide coverage for the Indiana Sports Net¬ work football broadcasts during the past football sea¬ son, and is being used to send the basketball broad¬ casts to virtually all of Indiana this winter. “The success of the network is largely due to the fine co-operation of the state’s broadcasters,” said Elmer G. Sulzer, Chairman of the Indiana University Department of Radio and Television, and of the IBA’s FM committee. He explained that fourteen stations in the state got together to relay the sports broadcasts originating from WFIU. About a dozen AM stations have also picked up the broadcasts from the nearest FM station and re-broadcast them on AM frequencies. More stations are expected to carry the basketball schedule. He added that the network may have uses other than the relaying of sports broadcasts around the state. —N A E B— NEWS OF MEMBERS GENERAL y The academic year 1957-1958 marked the twenty- fourth consecutive year of broadcasting of Indiana State Teachers College over radio station WBOW, one of the longest records of educational service over a commercial radio station for any college or uni¬ versity in the United States. y WTVS, Detroit, recently celebrated its third an¬ niversary as an educational television station in Michigan. Our congratulations and best wishes are out to all connected with WTVS. ^ The Georgia State Board of Education has filed an application with the FCC for permission to con¬ struct an ETV station which will utilize Channel Nine in Savannah, Georgia. PROGRAMS . ... } The University of Alabama is transmitting tele¬ vision and FM simulcasts on a number of live pro¬ grams. In some instances special radio programs are being designed to supplement the telecasts. One of the new programs being offered on Ala¬ bama television is a large-scale series entitled “World Home.” It is a live production which takes the viewers on tours of homes of people around the world, exhibiting their customs and culture and ex¬ plaining their way of life. y Closed circuit takes the limelight with 120 Chemistry labs being taught this year at the Univer¬ sity of Texas. “Science Close-Up”, a 26-program series of half- hour kines, is being prepared in cooperation with the Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy and Biology fac¬ ulties and the staff of the Defense Research Lab¬ oratory. The first program, “Space Flight,” sets the pace for an exciting series. It will be distributed by Radio/Television to Texas TV stations. Another production of the film crew is a major effort showing blind people working in Texas in¬ dustry. It is produced in cooperation with the State Commission for the Blind. ^ Each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning at 11 o’clock North Carolina elementary school children have a “Rendez-vous en Francais” with Mrs. Marian Walter on Channel 4 (WUNC-TV, Chapel Hill). Mrs. Walter is teaching French in a novel way - without reading, writing or translation. From the first day of television class she has spoken only French, and with the help of impromptu chalk drawings and songs, and two little puppets, Jean and Marie, who also speak only French, she teaches NEWSLETTER