NAEB Newsletter (September 1930)

The Association of College and University OFFICERS President: R. C. HIGGY, WEAO OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLUMBUS, OHIO Vice President: H. V. CARPENTER, KWSC STATE COLLEGE OF WASHINGTON PULLMAN, WASHINGTON Sec.-Treas.: B. D. BRACKETT, KUSD UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA VERMILLION, SOUTH DAKOTA Broadcasting Stations Office of the President Columbus, Ohio September, 1930 BULLETIN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE First Zone: W. J. WILLIAMS, WHAZ RENSSALAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE TROY, NEW YORK Second Zone: J. B. HASSELMAN, WKAR MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN Third Zone: B. C. RILEY, WRUF UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA Fourth Zone: J. C. JENSEN, WCAJ NEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY LINCOLN, NEBRASKA Fifth Zone: PAUL V. MARIS, KOAC OREGON STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE CORVALLIS, OREGON A REGULAR BULLETIN The Association meeting in Columbus, July 1 and 2, of which Secretary Brackett’s minutes are a part of this Bulletin was Believed By those present to Be a very successful meeting, and stimulated a keen interest in following each others work. Many of those present stated plainly that they Believed the Association should Become much more active and wuys and means By whiclr this could Be roug aBout were discussed, four President agreed to conduct a bulletin + n+T I^ood as possible during his redlining term of office, providing he had substantial coop¬ eration from the membership as to their activities and work, tfoth present and future. This requires that each ..ember college or university send at frequent intervals, news, programs and reports of their work and £ - ctlT1 ^® 8 ; ^le to make possible Bulletins of real value from which nearly every one will Be able to secure suggestions and information. The limited funds and facilities available co not permit constant solicitation of material from individual Rations, hence th success of these bulletins will be squarely up to the member stations. You requested to forward as much material as possible regularly. OUB JULY T-EETING Although they give an accurate account. Secretary Brackett’s minutes do not convey the enthusiasm expressed at the meetings in Columbus in Ju y. t percent of last year’s membership in numbers present, it wa~ clearly cvldu ^ everyone was eager to exchange experiences ~nd information and to aiscuss the poli- cie S y followed d the various college stations. It was thoroughly agreed that there w-s n acute need for _n active Association, with the first work to be to keep tn members informed of each others work. To this end a new Constitution was proposed "voted upon. Further, it w.s generally thought tint the Icaoc! £*« present time could not attempt to exert any imluence on the part of colleges in dealing with the Federal Radio Commission. Information reveded liX present Sntu. the Association could carry no weight in its -co^ndn- tions ; nd would actually weaken the c-so of any maividuu.1. Until such time ^s the colleges and universities can organize together to better a van oei-tion lipved th t our efforts should be confined to eroding - more active Association tha (Twill demandhigher respect. Your President -t the opening of the meetxngs ex¬ pressed his view that if we only -ocoaplished two thing s during the Balance of this ye- r -e should Be well satisfied. These are to provide for a regul-r -nnnal ^Otim nd rr nge through a Bulletin, or By the -ppointent of an active paid, executive secretary, for „n interchange of infornution between^ In the Ohio State University education. 1 radio conference, college ,^ thod ^ generally criticized for their complete ignorance of the -ctivi.ie - tsed By their Brother st.-tions end this was even given a. a re-son £r n^uoh stations not Being more successful. Progress has been m-de on the fir-t.n.med