The talking machine world (Jan-Dec 1906)

16 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD. THE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION By Means of the Talking Machine Is No Longer a Dream But a Fact — It Forms One of the Features of the New Correspondence School Opened by the University of Wisconsin. (Special to The Talking Machine World.) Madison, Wis., Nov. 7. 1906. One of the most important features of tlie new correspondence scliool just opened by the University of Wisconsin will be the use of tallting machines. The leading professors will read their lectures into the machine, and the records will be sent to students at different points. The innovation will be first tried with German, in order to test the feasibility of accurately reproducing the pronunciation of different sounds. The new move has occasioned considerable comment. For instance, the State Journal, in an editorial, makes the following remarks on this subject: "University extension by phonograph. What limitless possibilities are suggested in this twentieth century idea. It is bringing the university home to the people with a vengeance. It is likely to Bostonize the entire State. No longer will it be necessary for the ambitious youth of limited means to come to Madison and spend four expensive years here. All he will have to do is to invest in a phonograph, send his rolls to the professor and when they return place them in his machine, light his pipe, lean back in his chair and listen to the melodious voice of the prof. No necessity of changing his jeans or taking off his felt boots. Education can go hand in hand with production at minimum cost of time and money. Instead of the family being obliged to listen to idle gossip or the rasping, metallic strains of "My Old Man," the dinner hour can be made uplifting and profitable with a lecture on organic chemistry or the sources of Browning's inspiration. And the beauty of it is that the lecture can be repeated and again repeated till the weighty truths are sunk in the mind to stay. Even to the professor the plan must have its attractions. If he likes to hear himself talk here is a way by which he can be gratified to his heart's content. Then, too. the music of the junior prom, of student recitals, etc., can be brought home. The next logical step will be the vitascope with its supplementary moving pictures to present the scene to the eye also. The possibilities are limitless indeed." LOOKS LIKE PROGRESS IN DENVER. A Splendid Business Worked by Malcolm B. Henry for the Columbia Phonograph Co. — Carries a Complete Stock. FREDERICKSON-KROH CO.'S BIG LINE. (Special to The Talking Machine World.) Oklahoma City, Okla., Nov. 10, 1906. One of the largest stocks of talking machines brought into the Southwest was recently placed in the new parlors prepared especially for that department in the basement of the Frederickson-Kroh Music Co.'s store at 221 Main street, this city. The company are handling both the Edison and Victor lines, including the Gold Seal records reproducing the voices of the famous grand opera singers. A series of Saturday night talking machine concerts has been instituted and they are expected to go far toward popularizing the new branch of the business. ENTERPRISING BROCKTON DEALER. L. R. Porter, the progressive talking machine dealer of Brockton,. Mass., had a novel window display recently in the shape of the first Victor talking machine ever made, with the world-famous Victor dog looking down the horn. The exhibit was placed on a revolving platform and the remainder of the window filled with the latest Victor machines, to which were attached the legend, "Buy a Victor, but look out for the dog." As an added attraction Mr. Porter advertised to give a sheet of music free to every visitor to his store, and also held talking machine concerts. Mr. Porter also handles the Edison line and claims to have in stock every record in the Edison catalogue. (Special to The Talking Machine World.) Denver, Col., Nov. 8, 1906. The branch of the Columbia Phonograph Co. in this city, under the management of Malcolm B. Henry, is one of the most progressive in the West, and are selling goods faster than fresh shipments can be received. The stock at this store contains BO.OOO records, 16,000 of them of the disc variety, and the balance, 14,000, "X P" or cylinder records. The sto»k of machines of all styles averages 100. The stock is said to be one of the most complete between Kansas City and Salt Lake. An item of interest is -that Mr. Hamilton, of this branch, took a flOO disc machine on the recent trip of the International League of Press Clubs, and it was played almost constantly throughout the journey of 1,400 miles. So pleasing did its music prove that a member of one of the clubs at the end of the trip purchased the machine, together with four dozen records. Mr. Henry, the manager of the store, was married on October 1-5 to Miss Myrtle McGowan, of Decatur, 111. He is well known to the trade, having been previously connected with the Hawthorne-Sheble Mfg. Co. and the American Record Co. He is an energetic exponent of the talker, as is evidenced by his work since he became associated with the Columbia Phonograph Co. on July 1. C. N. Hibbard, western manager of the commercial department of the National" Phonograph Co., with headquarters in Chicago, spent several days in Des Moines, la., recently, where he demonstrated the use of the Edison commercial phonograph in the store of Hopkins, the company's agents in that place. Mr. Hibbard succeeded in interesting a number of business menin the new system. The O. K. 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