BROADCASTS FOR THE MONTH:

 

On the Brave New World series of Latin-American broadcasts by the Office of Edu-
cation, the program presentations for the current month are: The Little Indians of
Mexico, January 10; A Caribbean Pilgrim, January 17; Highlights in a Century of Pan-
Americanism, January 24; Ariel and Latin American Idealists, January 31.

On The World Is Yours (Smithsonian Institution) series of broadcasts by the
Office of Education, the month's subjects are: Masters Behind the Mellon Master-—
pieces, January 9; Land Versus Weather, January 16; The Saga of the Sewing Machine,
January 25; Whales, Largest of Mammals, January 30. (See time schedules on this page. )

 

EDUCATION ON THE AIR
AMERICAN COUNCIL GETS GRANT:
"THE WORLD IS YOURS"
A grant of $135,000 from the General Edu-
cation Board for three years' support of
activities of the Committee on Motion Pictures
in Education has been announced by George F.
Zook, President of the American Council on
Education. With this grant, Dr. Zook points
out, a clearing house of information and ac-
tivity on visual problems, as they relate to
general education, will be established.

Smithsonian Institution
Dramatizations
Sundays, 4:30 p.m. EST,
Jovi pm. Col 2:00 p.m. MYT;
f:ou piw. FE
NBC-Red Network

"BRAVE NEW WORLD"

Latin American life and
Culture Dramatized
Mondays, 10:30 p.m. EST,
9:S0"p ot. UST, “Or50 p.w. MP;

As part of its functions, the Committee
plans to coordinate the work of other centers
interested in films. It will establish re-
viewing panels of experts in various educa-

tional fields to view and appraise educational
films which are now available, and outline
areas for needed film production; establish
experimental centers in various institutions
to study techniques related to the use of
films in educational programs; sponsor a
series of institutes and conferences in which

71,00 p.m. PT
Columbia Network

"EDUCATION IN THE NEWS"

Highlights of the week in
Education

results of evaluation and experimental ac-—
tivities will be made widely available to
teachers and administrators.

Eridayva, 6 p.m Bsr, 'o oO. mw
CST, 4 p.m. MT, and 3 p.m. PT
NBC—Red Network

 

 

 

90,000 COPIES DISTRIBUTED:

Further progress in furnishing services to schools is reported to me by the
Educational Radio Script Exchange. The Exchange has now distributed more than 90,000
copies of radio scripts and 12,000 Radio Manuals and Radio Glossaries. This service
has reached approximately 2,000 elementary and secondary schools and 400 colleges and
universities.

A catalog describing these services is availablé free of charge from the Edu-
cational Radio Script Exchange, Office of Education.

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