NAEB Newsletter (Feb 1958)

the world today, features appearances by various members of the NYU staff and faculty. ► “American Foreign Policy 101 — Europe and Asia,” an undergraduate course, will be televised by the Metropolitan Educational Television Assn, in cooperation with Hunter College starting Feb. 5, according to META's president, Dr. Alan W. Brown. The series of 15 TV classes will be conducted by Dr. John G. Stoessinger, assistant professor of politi¬ cal science at Hunter, on WPIX from 11:30 a. m. to 12:30 p. m. each Wednesday. ^ The challenge to American education will be put squarely before the public when the Educational Policies Commission holds a special “hearing” before educational TV cameras Feb. 12 in New York City at the studios of META. The program will be pro¬ duced by META for the ETRC at Ann Arbor, Mich. Planned to show Americans what they can do to strengthen the educational system in this country, the hearing is being filmed for delayed broadcast over the nation’s educational TV stations. Present plans call for two hour-long programs. The production is financed by the Center. The unrehearsed meeting will be conducted in a manner of a regular hearing of the commission. To dwell on subjects of critical importance in view of ^ recent worldwide developments, the session will con¬ sider such topics as science education, Russian edu¬ cation and the teacher’s part in strengthening edu¬ cational processes. The Educational Policies Commission was created by the National Education Assn, and the American Assn, of School Administrators to formulate policy and advise on educational problems in this country. FURTHER NAEB COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS In addition to the committee appointments an¬ nounced in the January Newsletter, President Burton Paulu has appointed the following persons to two ad hoc committees: UHF Tax Relief Committee — ad hoc — Frank¬ lin G. Bouwsma, Station WTVS, Detroit, chairman; Richard S. Burdick, Stations WHYY-FM-TV, Phila¬ delphia; Richard Hull, Stations WOSU-AM-FM-TV, Ohio State University; Jack McBride, Station KUON-TV, University of Nebraska; Uberto Neely, Station WCET, Cincinnati; Richard Vogl, Stations WOI-AM-FM, Iowa State College. Magnuson Bill Committee — ad hoc — Robert Schenkkan, Radio-TV, University of Texas, chair¬ man; Mrs. Gertrude Broderick, U. S. Office of Edu¬ cation; Vernon Bronson, Stations WTHS-FM-TV, Dade County (Florida) Board of Public Instruction; James Day, Station KQED, San Francisco; Earl Wynn. Station WUNC-TV, University of North Carolina; Leonard Marks, Cohn and Marks, ex officio. Harold E. Hill. NAEB associate director, was re¬ cently named chairman of the Audio-Visual Com¬ mission on Public Information at the Commission’s quarterly meeting in Williamsburg, Va. He succeeds Charles Schuller, director of the AV center at Mich¬ igan State University. Hill is author of the Commission’s fourth publica¬ tion, AV on the Air, a manual on the use of radio and TV as public relations tools to be published soon. SUGGESTIONS FOR PROGRAM GRANT-IN-AID APPLICANTS Edward Rosenheim, Jr. Chairman, NAEB Grants-in-Aid Committee Ed. Note : Applications for program grants-in-aid for 1958 are now being accepted at NAEB Headquar¬ ters. Brochures giving complete instructions as to how to apply for a grant are currently being distrib¬ uted. The deadline for receipt of applications is May 1, 1958. Edward Rosenheim, Jr., University of Chicago, chairman of the NAEB Grants-in-Aid committee, has written the following article to help prospective ap¬ plicants file an application. The printed announcement of the second of three years of radio programming support by the NAEB and ETRC under the general theme of “The Twentieth Century American” will provide prospec¬ tive applicants for grants-in-aid with most of the necessary information concerning topics and proce¬ dures. In particular it should be noted that, since the announcement of the project is this year being made far earlier than previously, the new deadline for all ap¬ plicants is May 1 , 1958. In addition to this announce¬ ment, there is available from NAEB Headquar¬ ters a more detailed account of the principles under- FEBRUARY, 1958 5