Education by Radio (1932)

W P A HANDICRAFT PROJECT *8601 MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN SPONSORED BY MILWAUKEE COUNTY AND MILWAUKEE STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE \ »• DISCARDED FROM THE MILWAUKEE PUBLIC LIBRARY f Education by Radio Volume Two Numbers i - 27 inclusive January 7 - December 8, 1932 VHE PURPOSE of the Committee* shall be to secure * to the people of the United States the use of radio for educational purposes by protecting the rights of educational broadcasting, by promoting and coordi¬ nating experiments in the use of radio in school and adult education, by maintaining a service bureau to assist educational stations in securing licenses and in other technical procedures, by exchange of infor¬ mation thru publications, and by serving as a clear¬ ing house for the encouragement of research in edu¬ cation by radio.-From the by-laws of the National Committee on Education by Radio. National Committee on Education by Radio 1201 Sixteenth Street Northwest Washington, D. C. 1932 TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME TWO 1932 Number Date Page Number Date Page 1 January 7—Radio Administration—at Home 20 June 23—The Illustrated Radio Meeting 77 and Abroad . 1 Censorship? 78 The Magnitude of Education by Commercialism or Altruism? 78 Radio . 4 Radio Aids Quacks. 78 2 January 14—Canadian Educators Speak 5 Wire-Wireless Broadcasting on Radio in Education 6 Power Lines 79 Radio Control in Australia 7 21 July 7—Nationally-Owned Radio Sys- 3 January 21—Commercialized Radio to be in- tem for Canada 81 vestigated 9 North Carolina School Broad- Wisconsin Gives Communication casts 83 Course . 10 Should Religion Aid Chains? 83 Pivotal Questions in Radio 11 Radio in Saskatchewan 83 4 January 28-—Federal Radio Examiner Pro- 22 July 21—The Radio in Supervision 85 poses To Interfere with Educa- Radio’s Value to Schools 86 tion in Ohio. 13 British Advance 86 Is a Radio Budget Justified? 14 Radio Commission Defends Ne- 5 February 4—The Weakness of American braska 87 Radio 17 23 August 18—Consider Publicly-Owned Sta- Going Over the Heads of Parents 18 tion First 89 Radio Lawsuits—Another Amer- Britain Honors Broadcaster 91 ican Monopoly. 19 24 September 15—Making Good Use of Radio 93 RCA to Obtain Control of Educator Leaves American RKO’s Capital 19 School of the Air 94 6 February 11—Ohio Rises to Defend Its People 21 Public Stations Enlighten Wis- 7 February 18—Radio Broadcasting in Europe 25 consin Citizens 95 8 February 25—The Music That Is Broadcast 29 25 October 13—Administration and Supervision 9 March 3—Teaching Arithmetic by Radio 33 by Radio 97 10 March 10—The Platform of Commercial Predicts Still Lower Standards Broadcasters 37 for Radio Programs 98 Commercial Broadcasters to In- Radio Chains Fail at Chicago 98 tensify Lobby 38 Radio Abroad 98 American Leisure 39 Radio Broadcasting in the Phil- 11 March 17—Radio in the Rural Schools 41 ippines . 99 12 March 24—I’m Signing Off 45 Evening Hours Preferred 100 13 March 31—The Problems of Radio Educa- Should Be Non-Commercial 100 tion 49 26 November 10—The Future of Radio in Ameri- 14 April 7—Free Air. 53 can Education 101 U. S. A. versus R. C. A. 55 Radio Debates for High Schools 104 15 April 21—Labor Seeks a Clear Channel 57 Another Radio Inquiry Proposed 104 16 April 28—Public Interest, Convenience, Bar Committee Repudiated 104 and Necessity in a Nutshell 61 Smut on the Radio 104 The Governors of the Forty- 27 December 8—A Congressional Investigation of eight States 62 Radio 105 Education Demands Freedom on Suggestions for Radio Teachers 106 the Air. 64 Iowa Psychology Series 106 17 May 12—Radio City: Cultural Center? 65 Backwardness of Movies 106 18 May 26—A Proposal for Public Ownership WSVS Broadcasts Travel Talks 106 of Radio 69 Radio and the School 107 19 June 9—An Appeal to Canada 73 Polluted Air. 108 University Broadcasts Opera 74 Education and the Drama. 108 Service or Profit? 74 Debate Government Ownership 108 The Radio and the American Nationalization Urged 108 Future . 75 Correction 108 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from Media History Digital Library https://archive.org/details/educationbyradio02nati INDEX TO VOLUME TWO Administration and Supervision by Radio (L. F. Deforest, Lee Jaccard, C. R. (quoted). 5 Taylor) . — Appeal to Canada, An. 73 Jensen, J. C. (quoted). 74 Adult Education — (quoted) . 53 Johnson, Albert (quoted). 49 — Value of radio to. Denison, Merrill (quoted). 108 Jones, R. G. Radio’s Value to Schools. 86 — See also . Dill, Clarence C. Advertising (radio) —■ Amendment of, to Resolution 129 (Couzens) . 9 Keith, Alice, resigns from air school. 94 — American broadcasters send to foreign countries — Decries the weakness of American radio. 17 Klein, M. R. Suggestions for Radio Teachers, . 106 by shortwave . — (quoted) . 17 Koon, Cline M. Radio in Supervision, The. 85 — Condemned (Herbert Hoover). 57 Drama, education and the. 108 — Controls radio education. 3 Dunham, Franklin (correction).... 108 Labor Seeks a Clear Channel. 57 — Danger of, in educational institutions. 50 Lafount, Harold A. — Dictates type of program presented to American — Figures on educational broadcasting, by. 53 people .29 — (quoted) . 105 — Direct sales campaign may lead to radio inquiry 104 Lambert, R. S. blames commerce. 106 — Disadvantage of . 93 How This Index Is Made League of Nations, The, contract of with Radio — Educational broadcasts, cheapened by. 100 Suisse . 27 — In the schools (editorial).... 18 Legislation, clear channel for Labor proposed. 57 rticles listed under author and — Unfair discrimination and favoritism shown 2 A Lewis, Clarence G. Radio in Education. 6 Aird, Sir John (quoted). 98 .title, are listed also under sub- Lincoln, Abraham (quoted) . 21 Allen, Frederick Lewis. Radio City: Cultural jectmatter heads when the title inade¬ Lischka. Charles N. Radio and the School. 107 Center . 65 quately describes the content. General Listener Reaction America Is Safe (Joy Elmer Morgan). 44 — Disappointment at interruption of Democratic American and European radio compared 1 subject-headings are colleges and uni¬ National Convention broadcast. 98 American Bar Association Communication’s Com¬ versities, editorials, periodicals quoted, — Educational Station First. 5 mittee meeting . 104 photos, posters, programs, resolutions, -— Evening Hours Preferred. 100 American Leisure (Stuart Chase). 39 — Philippines opposed to copying United States American radio, the weakness of. 17 stations, and statistics. Editorials are broadcasting . 99 American School of the Air, director of, resigns. 94 listed also under their titles in the — Protests by listeners may lead to congressional Anonymous, I’m Signing Off. 45 main alphabet. inquiry . 104 Another Radio Inquiry Proposed. 104 — Smut on the radio commented on. 104 Anti-trust case (USA vs. RCA). 55 Listeners indirectly pay the budget of the Federal Appeal to Canada, An (Lee Deforest). 73 Radio Commission . 54 Arithmetic, taught by radio. 33 Lyon, E. P. (quoted). 90 Australia, radio control in. 7 Editorials — Advertising in the schools. 18 Madrid Conference.80, 105 — Radio Industry, The. 73 Making Good Use of Radio (Ernest R. Hager). 93 Backwardness of Movies. 106 —- Radio station, value of, as an educational insti¬ Maris, Paul V. Is a Radio Budget Justified?. 14 Baker, Ida M. Teaching Arithmetic by Radio. ... 33 tution . 41 McCormick, Bart E. (quoted). 18 Bar Committee Repudiated. 104 — Winning Issue, A. 76 Monopoly Bettman, Gilbert, Ohio State University defended Education — Broadcasts by Colorado Agricultural College by . 21 —Drama and.. 108 interferred with by commercial. 100 Blanton, Thomas L. (quoted). 37 —Public, major radio function. 108 — Commercial broadcasters to intensify lobby. 38 Britain Honors Broadcaster.. 91 Educator Leaves American School of the Air. 94 — Commercial, increasing. Statement by land- British Advance (editorial, Christian Science Moni¬ England grant college department chairman. 89 tor) . 86 — American broadcasting commented on by. 11 -— Commercial interests may lead to radio inquiry. 104 British Broadcasting Corporation — Broadcasting in. a government monopoly. 29 — Commercial, prevents listeners from receiving — Musical programs of, compared with those of — Radio in the schools of. 42 Democratic National Convention broadcast . 98 NBC . 29 — School broadcasts in. 52 — Congressional investigation of commercial, sug¬ — See also. 11, 26, 69, 91 Europe gested by Ralph A. Horr. 9 Burbank, Luther (quoted). 39 — Broadcasting in . 25 — - Radio Lawsuits—Another American. 19 Burrows, A. R. (quoted). 19 — Listeners in, pay less for radio than Americans . 2 Morgan. Joy Elmer Business is Good in The Schools (Joy Elmer Mor¬ European and American radio compared. ... 1 — America Is Safe . 44 gan) . 12 Evening Hours Preferred. 100 — Business is Good in The Schools. 12 — Future of Radio in American Education, The . 101 Caldwell, Orestes H. (quoted). 78 Federal Radio Commission — (quoted) . 18 Callahan, John (quoted).. 2 — Advertising allowed by, to go into foreign coun¬ Music Canada tries by shortwave. 85 — Commercial idea of . 29 — Agreement of, with United States. 78 — Brief of, in re WNYC vs. ' Big Business”. 89 — Programs of, by the British Broadcasting Cor¬ — Plea for' (Sir John Aird). 98 — Examiner of, interferes with WEAO . 13 poration . 29 — Radio system in, nationally-owned. 81 — Interferes with education in Arkansas. 32 Music That Is Broadcast, The (B. H. Haggin). 29 Canadian Educators Speak (R. C. Wallace and WCAJ defended by, in Court of Appeals. 87 E. A. Corbett). 5 Federal Radio Examiner Proposes to Interfere with National Association of Broadcasters Canadian Royal Commission Education in Ohio. 13 — Letter to members of, in re Couzens-Dill — Personnel of . 72 Fess Bill, The Resolution . 38 — Recommendations, summary of. 72 — Text of, quoted. 53 — Opinion of, in re clear channel to Labor. 57 — Report of, on proposal for public ownership of — See also .13, 49 National Committee on Education by Radio radio . 69 Financial problems in radio. 50 — Beliefs of. 36 Canadian Special Radio Committee members. 81 Frank, Glenn — Commendatory letters to .

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