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RADIO NOTES AND NEWS.

Wireless to Broadcast School Leasons.

Stirring passages from Shakes-demonstrations. In the six sub- peare performed by great actors, joats ohosen there in, however, a illustrated talke on. music, common. Intorost and niatorial narratives of travel and short for a most striking experiment. lecturos on science, history, and natural history by the mont ominent authorities are shortly to bo broadcasted by wireless from the several stations in Britain to schools within their rospective aroun.

THE PARENTS' OPPORTUNITY.

The B:B.C. In taking this de- volopmont with great seriousness. We shall employ for those educational transmissions only' the best mon in the country, and no pains will be spared-to-soo: that children of all sections. of society derive the greatest pos aible advantage that these trans- of meeting in London of a missions afford, said an official National Advisory Committee of the company yesterday. formed to guide that company in this important development.. Amongst those present at tho moeting were :~

This docision has been takon by the

British Broadcasting Company rocently as the result

Dr. Sir Henry Walford Davios, Director of Music at the Univer- sity of Wales:

Sir Benjamin Gott, Socrolary of the Middlesex Education Com- mittee':

Mr. Percy Sharpe and Mr. A. E. Pickles, directors of education for Sheffiekland Burnley rospectively;

Rov. D. J. Thomas, M.A., J.P., representing the Association of Educational Committees ::

Mrs. Clordon Wilson and Mr. G. D. Dunkerley, representing the Joint Committee of the Four Secondary Associations and

An inspector of the Board of Education, who was watching the proceedings in an unofficial cupa- oity.

The Private Schools Associa tion has also been invited to co- operate in giving advico.

TO BEGIN BOON.

According to the present plans, each of the British broadcasting stations will not apart an hour on six successive Fridays, commen- cing in about a month's time for tho transmission, to school of experimental programmnON

linus indicated alove. At thu conclusion of

The wookly programme each school listoning in will be invited to send roport on the success or otherwise of the transmission.

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RADIO QUEEN.

Miss Mathilda Brooks of Cincinnati,

declared WAS winner in the first beauty contest over staged by radio. Fans throughout the country picked her from a list of four contestants whose individual charms were flashed-through the air. Voting was done by toldgraphi.

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SHUT-IN, BUT CHEERS OTHERS.

IMIES, Josephine Tisher, 75, of Omaha, Neb., has had to remain indoors, an invalid, for the last 64 years. Yot she uses the radio to breath- cast happiness to other shut- ins. With her telephone and hor radio recoiver shu anys she has the world at her ears.

"We anticipate that tho Friday afternoon scholars' hour will be

| followed closely in the homes by paronts. For the first time in history they will have the opport- unity of heing as-well informed as their chiklron."

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The B.B.C. believos that, if ad- equate precautions are taken against loent interference, most schools within a radius of 40 miles transmitting station should find very little difficulty in socuring uninterrupted recaption on lond speakers in the class-rooms. In many cases this distance will be exceeded.

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land station at Davizes.

In the ordinary way they would have been deciphered by an It appears to be generally operator at Dovizos and then agroad in aducational circles telographed to London. Instead there are immense possibilities in they wore automatically trans- these school-time transmissions, ferred from the aorial of the and that if the development station to "telegraph wires and is properly handled the school flashed into the telegram receiv. children of 1924 onwards, willing department at the General have great advantages over their Post Offico, Hore they were spelt out automatically by means seniors.

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ing by their regular masters. The experiment, it is under- and mistresses, but they will be stood, was not a great euccess; afforded the opportunity of hear, but further trials are to be made. ing what has hitherto been If this automatic systom can be doniod, on account of oxpouso, perfected, its principal advantage and lack of suitable machinery will bo the delay avoided by the elimination of the servicos of the the voices of the greatest ox- ponents on their sovoral subjects. operator at Dovizes in decipher The problem for the B.B.C. has, ing and rolaying the messages, - boon tho selection of subjects

likely to have a common interest

to all classes of schools. Tho

MISS MOSWINEY'S PROPHEOY, Addressing a publlemesting teaching of Fronoh, for instance, at Roscommon recently, Misa whilst a subject of interest to Mary McBwiney said the Ro public, private and secondary publicans, although they nokow --tho- ceasefire" schools, would be yalueless ledged

to elementary schools, as order, never surrendered Eng it is not yet included, in land would soon be at war the curricula of these shools. again, and then would come Other subjects which might be Ireland's opportunity: The Irish considered to be of common in Brotherhood was disgenood for terest cannot be dealt with ade the part it took in the so-called equately without diagram and Treaty

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