US GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES New U. S. Office of Education Publications How to Build a Unit of Work. By ing Office, 1946. 48 p. (Bulletin 1946, Prepared as a source bulletin to help teachers select, prepare, and carry through units of work which fit the needs of the children in their groups. Numerous suggestions are offered so that a unit of work may be modified to fit the needs of individuals and groups as to time, organization, level, and difficulty of content, and types of activities. Education in Colombia. By John H. Furbay. Washington, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1946. 111 p. illus. (Bulletin 1946, No. 6) 25 cents. One of a series of studies on education in a number of Central and South American countries undertaken by the U. S. Office of Education to promote an understanding of educational conditions in the American countries and to encourage cooperation in the field of inter-American education. High-School Credit and Diplomas Tells how different States are providing education and evaluating credit for those who are past high-school age, but still wish to earn secondary-school credits. Useful for those who are advising young people in their educational and vocational planning. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Go to Grass, prepared by the Forest Washington, U. S. Department of Ag- A graphic presentation, with numerous DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Facts About Child Health, 1946, pre pared by Children's Bureau. Washington, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1946. 31 p. (Bureau Publication 294). 10 cents. Presents the facts which should be known Information for Educational Institu- poses. Washington, Department of Labor, Re- Designed to indicate to schools and uni- New Publications of Other Agencies various types of surplus property. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION Personnel Administration and Civil Service: A Selected List of References, compiled by the Library. Washington, U. S. Civil Service Commission. processed. 32 p. Single copies free from the Library as long as supply lasts. Bibliography covers materials on the broader phases of the subject published within recent years. 32 DEPARTMENT OF STATE The Economic and Social Council of Washington, U. S. Government Print- A report to the Secretary of State, by the Organizing the United Nations. Washington, U. S. Government Pr ing Office, 1946. 57 p. (Publicatis 2573). 25 cents. A series of articles reprinted from the partment of State bulletin, to present zi tual background to the Charter, and the litical, economic, social, and legal funct of the United Nations. Restatement of U. S. Policy on Gr many. Washington, U. S. Government Pra Understanding Among Peoples-Ho A brief statement of the problem, a cise account of what the United Nations.. the United States are doing towards its s tion, and a short summary of the respec bility of individual citizens. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Atomic Power, prepared by Eilene". loway, Legislative Reference Ser Washington, Library of Congress, 14 123 p. processed. (Public Affairs B. letin No. 44, Legislative Refere Service) Free, but distributed onl;" libraries. Using original sources, presents the is involved in the problems resulting frea discovery of atomic energy, together with entific background and administrative hist Orders for the publications listed 68 this page should be addressed as fel lows: Requests for cost publications should be sent to the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C., enclosing remittance (check or money order) # the time of ordering. Free publice tions should be ordered directly from the agency issuing them. SCHOOL LIFE, December Instructional Problems GLENN O. BLOUGH, science. HELEN M. MANLEY, health instruction and physical education. Education of Exceptional Children and Youth SECONDARY EDUCATION GALEN JONES, Director. MARIS M. 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EMARKABLE increase in FM frequencies in the 88-92 megacycle nd set aside exclusively for educaonal radio recently has been shown. ate-wide networks are being planned Alabama, California, Connecticut, orida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, wa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, ew York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklama, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, ennessee, Texas, and Virginia. These ations operated by the school systems the universities, as the case may be, 11 supply programs for the schools d colleges, and for listening at home well. Wisconsin is already in the building ge with two frequencies-one at Madison and one at Delafield-assigned for transmission to the greater population areas of the State. Louisiana is also in the building stage with the frequency of 91.7 megacycles assigned to the University, at Baton Rouge. Michigan, with a 50,000-watt station at Ann Arbor, represents to date the most powerful transmitter equipment planned for reception over a large area of the State. Maryland, on the other hand, is planning 5 stations, strategically located over the State. cated over the State. Coordinated direction of these is administered by a State Educational FM Planning Committee with headquarters at the State Education Department in Baltimore. A summary of the present plans shows that 23 of 40 actively interested States will have sufficiently powerful and wellplanned transmission to cover the entire area of their respective territories. Commissioner Comments In a statement made at the close of the school year, Commissioner StudeThe 20 baker said: "FM has come. cleared channels provided by the Federal Communications Commission are fast being taken up. It began with great city systems like Cleveland, New York, Chicago, and San Francisco, and universities like the University of Illinois and the University of Kentucky. Last spring licenses were also granted to individual school systems, universities, 3 and colleges that were ready to get into operation. Joining the vanguard are city systems like Kansas City, Buffalo, Newark, Detroit, Sacramento, El Paso; and universities like Columbia, University of Iowa, University of Southern California, Michigan State, Louisiana State, University of Oklahoma, The Oklahoma Agricultural College at Stillwater and many others. For years radio was brought to the schools. Turn about is fair play. Now we are bringing the schools to radio and the record to date is a good one." Since the report of the Commissioner, the record has been considerably enlarged. There are now, according to the Federal Communications Commission's official report, 21 stations under construction, besides the original 6 which have been operating on the old 42 megacycle band. These 21 stations are: KSUI, State University of Iowa; KUSC, University of Southern California; WCAH, Board of Education, Buffalo, N. Y.; KIER, School District of Kansas City, Mo.; WATX, Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.; WBCO, Board of Education, Newark, N. J.; WPIL, Providence Bible Institute, Providence, R. I.; WCUV, Columbia University, New York City; KOKU, Oklahoma State University, Norman; WLSU, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La.; KOAG, Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, Stillwater; WDTR, Board of Education, City of Detroit, Mich.; WIUN, State Radio Council at Madison, Wis.; and WIUV, granted to the same applicant at Delafield, Wis.; KSCU, Sacramento School District, Sacramento, Calif.; WDWD, School District No. 4, Lane County, at Eugene, Oreg.; KIDE, The Independent School District of the City of El Paso, Tex.; WDWH, Grant Union High School, North Sacramento, Calif.; WSHS, Sewanaka High School, Floral Park, N. Y.; KCRW, Santa Monica School Board, Santa Monica, Calif.; and KCVN, College of the Pacific, Stockton, Calif. Widespread Applications Applications to the FCC on hand include Fordham University, New York City; the City of San Bernardino High School District, San Bernardino, Calif.; Indiana University, Bloomington; Michigan State College, Lansing; Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind.; Iowa State College, Ames; Board of Education, Atlanta, Ga.; Pennsylvania State College, State College; Junto, Inc., an old literary society at Philadelphia, Pa.; Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, College Station; Board of Education, St. Louis, Mo.; University of New Mexico, Albuquerque; Board of Education, Toledo, Ohio; State Teachers College, West Chester, Pa.; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; University of Houston, Houston, Tex.; City of Jackson Schools, Jackson, Ohio; and the Oklahoma City Board of Education, Oklahoma City, Okla. There are also 20 additional applications in which full requirements for acceptance have not yet been met. They are: Menlo School and Junior College, Atherton, Calif.; San Diego School District, San Diego, Calif.; San Mateo Junior College, San Mateo, Calif.; Ventura County Schools, Ventura, Calif.; University of Tampa, Tampa, Fla.; Evanston Township High School, Evanston, Ill.; Indiana Department of Public Instruction, Indianapolis; University of Kansas, Lawrence; Bay City Schools, Bay City, Mich.; Michigan College of Mines, Houghton; Northern Michigan College of Education, Marquette; Central Michigan College of Education, Mount Pleasant; Mount Pleasant Schools, Mount Pleasant, Mich.; Minnesota Economic Foundation, Minneapolis, Minn.; School District of Clayton, Clayton, Mo.; William Woods College, Fulton, Mo.; University of Nevada, Reno; North Carolina State Department of Public Instruction, Raleigh; University of North Dakota, Grand Forks; and Southwestern Institute of Technology, Weatherford, Okla. Nor does the list stop here. Dozens of applications are still in the hands of applicants, who are completing engineering and programming surveys or waiting for appropriations or actions of boards to be taken up at early meetings. These latter institutions or school systems in many cases, represent groups who have had long experience in radio and have consistently pooled their experiences at this time to own and operate their own educational stations. them this year and are ready to exters to every new station the fullest cooperation and personal services of sta in solving the individual prle which are bound to arise as tras tions are completed and stations goi operation. Meanwhile, the bull FM in Education, has been revised bring it up-to-date, and no effort be spared to increase the scope of work and further the extent to *. the frequencies assigned to edasi will blanket the country in the years. This is the goal that has set up, and the U. S. Office of E tion and the Federal Radio Ed Committee are eager to cooper every possible way with the planned networks and individ tions. |