NAEB Newsletter (June 1, 1961)

NEWSLETTER NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTERS VOL. XXVI NO. 6 JUNE, 1961 Grants-in-Aid Winners Announced The Grants-in-Aid Committee met in Chicago May 8 and 9 and picked the following to receive grants: • Empire State FM School of the Air. Spanish Today. Re-production of sixteen 15-minute programs,' original production of fifteen 15-minute programs in beginning Spanish for school use. • Western Michigan University, WMCR. Where Minds Meet. Thirteen 30-minute programs dealing with communications in various aspects. • The University of Texas, Radio-Television. Speaking of Mexico. Twelve 30-minute programs, “twice-produced” discussions dealing with Mexican problems for American listeners and with American problems for Mexican audiences. • University of Wisconsin, WHA. Smoke? Six 15-minute programs dealing with the teenager’s de¬ cision about smoking in the light of contemporary medical and technical knowledge. New NAEB Magazine to Appear Members of the NAEB Board, meeting in Co¬ lumbus in April, decided that it was advisable to look into the possibility of issuing a monthly maga¬ zine, with advertising, to include some of the articles arid columns which now appear in the Journal, as well as expanded versions of some of the items which now appear in the Newsletter. Pictures will be .an important part of this publication. A pilot issue will appear instead of the Septem¬ ber Newsletter. If the amount of advertising and the enthusiasm of recipients seems to warrant it, this will probably become a monthly publication as of January, 1962. The NAEB Journal in that event will become a quarterly publication. The “Wash¬ ington Report” will continue to be issued as usual. ARTICLES NEEDED Please send possible articles for this publication by July 1 to the NAEB Publications Editor, 119 Gregory Hall, Urbana, Illinois. The more photo¬ graphs included for selection, the better. Attention, Individual Members! This is the last month for Individual members to pay for NAEB memberships at the current rate of $7.50 per year. As of July 1, dues become $10 a year. Members, or prospective members, may pay for as many years in advance as desired at the $7.50 rate, if payment is received in the Washington office before June 30, 1961. Network to Inaugurate Lecture-of-the-Week [Ed. Note: The NAEB Network Acceptance Commi- tee has taken up the challenge outlined by O. Leonard Press in the May Newsletter. Following is the result of this committee’s deliberations on his second recom¬ mendation—and this is an initial step toward full implementation of his ideas.] The NAEB Network plans to air some of the good single lectures recorded at member institu¬ tions. These have seldom been submitted to the Net¬ work, but almost all stations record single lectures given by their own faculty or important guests. Each radio station is asked to send to Bob Un¬ derwood, at Network headquarters in Urbana, two things: • One such locally recorded lecture (not from a series), on any subject, either by a local lecturer or a guest. • A list of other single lectures on the station’s shelves, which might be tapped at a later date. Regular submission forms may be obtained from the Network office. Please include full information on the lecturer, his title and position, his topic, the length of the lecture (between 45 and 60 minutes is preferred), and whether or not permission has been obtained for national distribution of the lecture. The Network acceptance committee will audit the lectures and make selections for the lecture-of-the- week series, which will be offered as soon as a safe backlog of lectures has been built up. Lectures will be judged on: 1. Prominence of lecturer. 2. Importance of subject. 3. Quality of recording. 1