NAEB Newsletter (July 1957)

taught by Prof. T. J. Crawford of the University School of Business’ office training department. “Classes,” which started June 17, are held from 1:30 to 2 p.m., Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Viewers in the WTTV area who are enrolled, received their instructional material through the I. U. Division of Adult Education. No college credits are offered for the course. One group of university students participates in the TV course while another group is taught in the classroom. At the end of the summer, both groups’ typing skill will be compared to test the relative ef¬ fectiveness of each instruction method. ^ The Educational Television and Radio Center in Ann Arbor, Mich., reports having contracted with WCET, its noncommercial affiliate in Cincinnati, for the production of a series of programs introducing science to youngsters from 4 to 7 years old. Pro¬ duction of the twenty-six 15-minute programs, en¬ titled Uncle Wonder s Workshop, was estimated at $23,000. ^ The University of Nebraska has been offered a grant of $115,050 by the Fund for the Advancement of Education to continue its TV-correspondence in¬ struction in Nebraska high schools. The grant will enable the expansion of a “first- year algebra” course now offered by KUON-TV to six high schools. If formally accepted by the Uni¬ versity’s Board of Regents, the new financial support will probably be used to offer additional courses in plane geometry, American history and “senior English.” ► The nation’s oldest ETV station, KUHT, at the University of Houston, Tex., has extended its services to include the animal kingdom. In a weekly series of 15-minute programs, Harvey B. Richards, American Kennel Club licensed obedi¬ ence judge and experienced trainer, offers a course to dog owners in how to train their pets. Richards uses his titled obedience-trained Weimaraner and Minia¬ ture French Poodle for his demonstrations. ► Beginning July 7, WBJB-TV in Roanoke, Va., will inaugurate a church school of the air to supple¬ ment classroom instruction in churches. The project, which was hailed by the National Council of Churches and TV industry spokesmen as a “precedent for the nation,” is the first attempt to teach church school by TV. —N A E B— The New York University received a plaque from the Federation of Hellenic American Societies for its TV series “ Our Nations Roots" The series depicts the contributions of immigrant settlers to the growth of the United States. TV TECHNICAL TIPS NO. 34 —Cecil S. Bidlack NAEB TV Engineer News of the month centers around publications of the Engineering Service. A two-page mailing of additions to the NAEB Test Equipment Inventory was sent to all chief engineers on our mailing list on June 12. The June Engineering Newsletter is at the printers and should be in the mail by the end of the week. Included with the ENL is a four-page list of ad¬ ditions and corrections to the NAEB Technical Di¬ rectory. This brings the February 1 directory up to date as of June 1. We urge you to help us keep this directory up to date by keeping us informed of changes on your technical staff. Many times, the only notice we have of a person’s departure is the return of mailing by the post office. When this happens, we delete the name from our mailing list. The June ENL also features an article by James R. Leonard, chief engineer of WCET in Cincinnati, Ohio. He gives constructional details of an electronic sync device for double system kinescope recordings which is incorporated in their Stancil-Hoffman S/5 Magnetic Film recorder. ***** A second issue of a Staging, Lighting and Graphic Arts Newsletter was also mailed this month. This we published with Dick Lawson of the WILL-TV staff. The June 10 issue contains an article by Bob Peary of the TV staff of the University of Alabama on the “Selection of Title Printing Equipment for TV.” It also has a revised edition of an article by George Murphy of the TV Studios of the Alabama Polytech¬ nic Institute on “Slide Making for Television.” We know that our mailing list of staging, lighting and graphic arts personnel is far from complete. Ad¬ ditional copies of this newsletter are available which we’ll be glad to send to those interested. If you wish your name on the mailing list, we’ll be glad to include it. ***** During the past month we’ve received copies of the thirty-one technical papers presented at the 1957 NARTB Broadcast Engineering Conference in April. If any if our readers are interested in the list, we’ll be glad to send them a copy. Most of these papers are available from the authors upon request. ***** The new Spectra C-3 Brightness Spot Meter, just announced, should prove to be a very useful tool for TV studios, especially for those making a serious at¬ tempt to control brightness ratios. This instrument is entirely self-contained, being battery operated. A maximum battery life of over 400 hours operating time is claimed due to an automatic switch in the 6 NEWSLETTER