NAEB Newsletter (Feb 1958)

DIRECTORY CHANGES (Cont.) P. 35 Delete: Arlington County Public Schools Miss Evelyn Thornton 1426 N. Quincy St. Arlington, Virginia Kenmore 8-4032 Delete: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Leslie Cheek, Jr. Director Boulevard & Grove Ave. Richmond, Virginia P. 36 Delete: University of Ottawa R. H. Shevenell Director of Research School of Psychology Administration Building Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Central 5-6751 P. 39 Delete: WITJ Add: WICB (in place of WITJ)) (Under WRFK) Add: WRPI (FM)* Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. (See WHAZ) U. OF T. GROUP TO SEEK CHANNEL ACTIVATION A new organization to seek activation of an educa¬ tional TV station for the Central Texas and San Antonio areas has been assured by the Board' of Re¬ gents of the University of Texas. The regents approved University representation in an organization which will also include San Antonio schools and colleges and other educational institutions in Central Texas. The objective of the group will be to activate VHF Channel 9, now allocated to San Antonio. The University will seek funds from private sources for equipment and for program operations costs. A total capital investment of $300,000 and an¬ nual operating funds of $50,000 will be required, it was estimated. PRESBYTERIANS PLAN SUMMER SEMINAR The Presbyterian Board of National Missions has an¬ nounced a six-week broadcasting seminar to be held June 23 to Aug. 2 at the Board-owned radio station KSEW in Sitka, Alaska. The seminar, which will be limited to 10 Presby¬ terian college students with a background’ and in¬ terest in modern broadcasting, will entail the study of communications techniques, learning to prepare radio-TV programs, announcing, producing and di¬ recting. Cost of . the fare to Sitka and back is $250. In addition each student is responsible for his round- trip fare to and from San Francisco. Interested students should apply before March 10 to Presbyterian Summer Service and Study Pro¬ jects, 808 Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia 7, Penna. IDEA EXCHANGE Ed. Note : Efforts to start a regular “Idea Exchange” column in the Newsletter have, ujp to this point, failed to yield the desired response. In the hope that interest in such column will eventually increase, and in the firm belief that such a column could be of great value to many members, we once again ask for your participation. The proposed column, however, can only be as regular as your contributions. The item below is a sample of the type of con¬ tributions we would like to include in an “Idea Ex¬ change” column. A unique tuition arrangement for students en¬ rolled in TV courses televised by WTVS has been reported from the University of Detroit. To enable students to own a portable UHF TV set, the University deducts the price of each set purchased at a University-approved dealer from the student’s tuition. If the student wishes to convert an old set, the cost is likewise deducted from his tuition. Each set comes with a copper ring indoor UHF antenna. If this is not satisfactory, he buys his own outside antenna. VENEZUELA ETV-RADIO POSSIBILITIES STUDIED A $30,000 program to study the possible use of TV and radio in education in Venezuela has been an¬ nounced in New York by the Broadcasting Founda¬ tion of America. The study will be made by a committee of Ven- zuelan educators with John Winnie, associate pro¬ fessor at the Television Center, University of Iowa, serving as technical advisor. It will be financed by a grant of $30,000 from the Creole Foundation. The latter was established by the Creole Petroleum Corp., a United States firm, said to be the largest petroleum producer in Venezuela. 10 NEWSLETTER