Variety (July 1958)

34 ItAIUO-TEEEVISIOX NYU Profs ‘Stand By’ For TV Continued from pise 21 ).; video teaching, will present “Clas¬ sical Civilization HI,’, a history and literature course Monday, Wednesday and Friday Horn 6:50 to 7 a.m. Warren A. Kraetzer, di¬ rector of NYU’s Office. of Radio- TV, will produce this course. , • Dr. Cooley, professor, of math, will make, with the . figures . in J “Mathematics Nl” Monday, Wed-! nesday and Friday- from 7 to 7:30; a.m. Richard J. Porter will producvi j Porter is also producing the cur¬ rent Casson course on Greek and Roman drama in “Sunrise Semes¬ ter.” Dr. Greene will handle “English H5,” a “Great Books’* course on Tuesdays and Fridays from 6:30 to 7 a.m. and Saturdays from 7 to 7:30 a.m. This is the first time that lessons will be given on Saturday. Thomas J. Brophy will produce this one. !•'” Videogenic, Too Dr. Ayearst, associate prof of government, and said t5 resemble the late Leslie Howard, will teach “Government SI.” an analysis of the governmental process with em¬ phasis on American theory and practice. This course will be trans¬ mitted Tuesday and Thursday from 7 to 7:30 a.m. and Saturday from 7:30 to 8 a.m., thus affording stu¬ dents an opportunity to sleep a trifle longer: Ralph Rourke will produce “Government SI.’- Dr. Thomas Clark Pollock, dean of the college, pointed but yester¬ day (Tues.) that “Sunrise Semester” now makes it possible for a stu¬ dent to enroll for a degree pro¬ gram via tv. It’s possible now to begin, complete or supplement one’s education and earn degree credits without leaving home, he •aid. Sam . Cook Digges, general mana¬ ger of WCBS-TV, who helped: spark the idea of “Sunrise Semester,” indicated that „ additional courses would be presented in the spring 1959 term on the CBS-TV flagship station. Video scholars taking all eight courses during the year and pass¬ ing exams will have 24 academic credits toward a B. A. degree. The Zulli .and Casson courses will hive given them, an additional nine credits. It is necessary to. rack up 128 academic credits to' get the B. A. sheepskin at Washington, Square College. Those seeking cer¬ tificate, credit will pay $25 for each course offered in' the fall. As in the past, several text books will be required for each . course and NYU’s downtown branch is- setting up a special telephone trunk line to take. Care of antici¬ pated queries for the forthcoming subjects. News of the Zulli course produced 10,000 inquiries via phone and mail. NYU reports that its “Sunrise Semester” has been getting virtu¬ ally unanimous acclaim from edu¬ cators throughout the country ano that the electronic classroom will certainly play more and more of an important role in future edu¬ cation, particularly on the adult education level. The pedagogs, it seems, regard 30 minutes on tv as the equivalent of 50 minutes of classroom teaching. The task of roll taking, throat clearing, window shutting and opening, and sundry other classroom distractions take up a great deal of time, problems seldom present in the transmission of education on the video lanes. . The six-hour-a-week schedule of ‘Sunrise Semester” will start Sept. 29. Foreign TV Followaps S 5 S Continued' from page 27 of numbers which didn’t rate her as anything special in the vocal stakes, but a later stint, where she rendered “I Belong to. Glasgow” and did a Will Fyffe takeoff,.rated much praise. The Carlu Carter Trio, a dancing act made up of two guys and a gal, made for good viewing with a novel ballet routine. Jackie Rae who, apart from emceeing, pleasantly sang several songs, had a bubbly boyish personality, which tended to become just a little tiresome. The 1 excellent resident song and dance UARtETY . line, the Granadiers, turned up trumps once more with two sock] entries “I Feel a Song Coming On” and “La Golandrina.” The Peter - Haigh orch completed the lineup and maintained its reputa¬ tion for high standard. Bary. Tele Reviews Continued from page 27 work the keys on speed, accuracy and imaginative arranging; later sang and played “Hallelujah,” with rich orchestral background of the Gimby group, plus Bushkin’s tinklings on the minors for hefty piano effects., Ann Marie Moss, only femme on the program, was excellent on vocals to the musical intros, particularly: in her “Yester¬ day” and the “Summertime” finale. This is hot music for hot wea¬ ther and rates a viewer-how across the couhtry, with Bill Walker en- 1 gaging as emcee and commercials unobtrusive. It was a fine teeoff by all concerned. McStay. Relicensing a Continue d from page 23 ingin terms of retiring about half the library m repackaging the cine¬ matics for a second, licensing go- around throughout the ^. country. That distrib already is piling up a rating history on his pix in order to come out with balanced pack¬ ages. Some of Metro’s short term deals are. due for renewals, deals made for a year to two, BUt in those cases, only part of the library was bought, so Metro hasn’t as yet faced the problem of. repeat li¬ censing in particular markets. Perhaps feature distribs will take a cue from syndication, in their op¬ erations, "and set up a separate Sates department for rerun product, or slice the division even thinner in . the future, a department de¬ voted to selling weaker reruns and one specializing in the stronger variety. That may prove to be the pattern, for unlike the half-hour syndication field,, there Won’t be as much fresh cinematics to keep a department solely devoted to their j sale. *. : Wednesday, July 1 6, 1 958 Radio and tv swiftly mobilized yesterday. (Tues.) to give listeners and viewers thorough coverage, of the Mideast crisis. NBC, CBS, ABC and MBS carried extensive accounts , of UN Security Coun¬ cil sessions throughout the day as well as comment from Wash¬ ington and other news-breaking centres here and abroad. Top execs at the nets early decided that preemptions were the order of the day to keep on top of the Iraq situation. WNYC, Gotham’s municipal outlet, , fed UN speeches to flock of indies as well aS to MBS affiliates. At press time, the networks were plan¬ ning to stay with the story on an ailout emergency basis. rent certification “the television networks would be deemed em¬ ployers of all freelance talent em¬ ployed on network television pro¬ grams . . . regardless of whether the immediate employer was the network, advertising agency or an independent contractor.” AFTRA Code, in other words, is limited to ^‘talent employed on network tele¬ vision programs produced at net¬ work studios and facilities,” where¬ as proposed unit would embrace all employers. Existing Contracts a Bar 3. Both AFTRA’s existing con¬ tracts and SAG’s contracts bar creation of such a unit. Conflict Is created because AFTRA “seeks certification for a unit which differs sharply from that established in its current, une xpired conflict.” Moreover, AFTRA has never “en¬ gaged in collective bargaining” on a multi-employer basis with motion picture producers who may pro¬ duce commercials on tape, yet they would be Included in the multi- employer unit. At the same time, SAG already has contracts with the pic employers and such con¬ tracts would constitute a bar to the proposed unit 4. Historically, the AFTRA-net- work relationship has been such j that agencies have been able to sign Letters of Adherence to both! the AFTRA Code and the SAG-Pro- ducers contracts because the same employment would “come, under the one or the other, depending on! whether the commercials involved: are produced at facilities of the television networks or stations on the one hand, or at motion picture studios on the other. The units established under these two sys¬ tems of collective bargaining con¬ tracts, therefore, need not and do not conflict. •‘The proposed bargaining unit, if established, would, however, create such conflict, since it would cut across bargaining units histori¬ cally established and include in a single ufiit, all talent employed in the production of recorded televi¬ sion commercials,., regardless of who the employer may be, in what employer unit and with what em¬ ployee unit he previously bar¬ gained, or where the employment occurs. Petitioner’s counsel frankly admitted at t he p reliminary con¬ ference that AFTRA has decided to ‘jettison’ all of the bargaining units established by its own bargaining history, as well as under its vari¬ ous collective bargaining contracts, including even the current, unex¬ pired contract under which it is presently engaged in bargaining with the television networks. Such action, at the expense of overturn¬ ing existing contracts and settled methods of collective bargaining in a complex industry, ought not to be allowed.” Cleveland — Cleveland Browns football games will be Carried by WJW-TV as part of the CBS sports jamboree. Ken Coleman and Jimmie Dudley will do the six out- of-town pro grid tilts with Carling Brewing Co., Sohio and Marlboro again picking up the tab. AVAILABLE-NOW-AT CHANNEL 5, NEW YORK reproducing television sight and sound for immediate play-back! VIDEOTAPE RECORDERS NOTE TO 5 will be using these miracle Ampex machines Anv/rnTirrnf' to improve its service to viewers in many ways. They are ADVERTISERS available to you as a Channel 5 advertiser, to help you achieve finer quality and greater flexibility in your commercial messages. 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