Radio varieties (Sept 1940-June 1941)

Visiting the Little Red School House (Continued from page 3) The School of the Air does not attempt to supplant the teacher in any sense. Rather, the use of radio in the classroom will make the teacher more important in s?iaping the educational destiny of the pupils. The School of the Air is presenting five series of twenty-six programs, each in five major core areas of the public school curriculum of Texas, namely, language, arts, social science, natural science and music and vocations. Each class room broadcast has been planned by competent educators and so designed as to be good radio and good education; each program is produced by a trained and efficient director. The University of Texas is presenting the language arts series; the Dallas Radio Workshop, the social science series; North Texas State Teachers College and the Texas State College for Women, the natural science series; Agricultural and Mechanical College, the vocational series; and the State Department of Education, in cooperation with various music organizations and institutions, will present the music series. Since its inauguration the Texas School of the Air has received thousands of letters from boys and girls and their teachers in many sections of the Lone Star State. Much of the credit for the ether-school's success is due to the untiring work of two men — L. A. Woods, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and John W. Gunstream, Director of enterprise. These popular educators realize fully that radio promises to fill a real need in education, but the realization of this promise depends upon intelligent and purposeful use of radio programs by the teacher. In the meanwhile Little Johnny and Mary, 1940 models, ore getting much helpful schooling from the Texas School of the Air every week-day at 1:15 p.m., when their school radios are tuned to Station WBAP and the other ether giants comprising the Texas Quality Network. RADIO VARIETIES — FEBRUARY Cugat The Cook Xavler Cugat sampling ■ stew In his "private" corner of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel kitchen in New York. The NBC-Red Network maestro's hobby U cookina> King Of Bluff Frank Morgan, "King of Bluff", will spiel his Intricate yarns of personal exploits over NBC again when he returns on Jan. 2 to "Maxwoll HeuM Can— Tim*." 562 lbs. of Musical Glamour (Continued from page 6) "BERTIE," standard guitarist and sings plaintive range ballads . . . began the study of guitar at 13 . . . enjoys eating fried steak sandwiches and reading fan mail ... is an expert swimmer and horseback rider . . . can twirl a mean lariat and aims to catch herself a certain man come next Sadie Hawkins day ... Is 5'6" toll, weighs 102 with her guitar and shoes . . . has brown hair and dark eyes . . . closes her eyes when she sings, "just to get in the mood." "SALLY," bass player ... interested in arrangement at the age of three when her mother applied the hair brush as "reward" for "Sally's" re-orrangement of the furniture in the family music room ... is an accomplished pianist of the concert variety but "learned the bass in two weeks to earn a living" . . . also tickles the vibrahorp artistically and takes an occasional turn at the organ . . . likes horseback riding . . . hobby: collecting phonograph records . . . favorite food: banana splits ... is no jitterbug but likes ballroom dancing ... Is 5'8" tall, weighs 1 02 . . . has blond hcdr and baby blue eyes ... an expert at making puns and cooking buns. Wowl And that brings us to Master of Ceremonies Tonahill. Scooter's quick wit and stage presence make him an ideal emcee for a radio or vaudeville show . . . has had ten years radio experience beginning with a regular announcing stint at a Waco, Texas ether factory and graduating to KGKO several years ago . . . favorite hobby is his trick fox terrier, "Little Man." ... Is 5'9" toll, weighs 160 pounds, brown hair and brown eyes. On personal appearance trips he fixes flat tires (auto), tends to ticket distribution and arranges the programs in addition to his emcee task. And just in case you're wondering where we got the title, "562 Pounds of Musical Glamour," add up the weights of the Cowgirls. We hope you get the some answer we didi Page 13