The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08
is
FIRST TO Get
COMPLETE SET
Atwater Kent Outfit Is In
stalled; School of Air
to Be Received.

ikC LAtASDt ~
ating with the H. T. Electric Com
pany, is placing radio sets in local
high schools for reception OF the
daily program from station WLW,
directed by the education depart
ment of Ohio State university.
The WLW programs are known
as the School of the Fir" and are
an innovation in educational circles.
The Times has been interested in
having pupils receive the programs,
but found there were few radios IN
the schools.
A Model 46 electro dynamic At
water Kent set with a, Model FL
dynamic speaker was placed in
Shortridge high school this week,
under direction of George Buck,
principal.
E. H. Kemper McComb, principal,
favors placing of The Times-H. T.
Electric Company radio in Manual
high school The project probably
will be completed next week, when
the Indianapolis Power and Light
Company installs. an alternating
current line to the auditorium,
wired now only with direct current.
P. T. A. Gives Approval
The Washington high school Par
ent-Teacher Association placed its
approval on installation of "a radio
at a meeting Thursday. The At
water Kent machine will be put in
the building. today under direction
of Walter Gingery, principal.
All sets are being installed oy
William A. Jacoby, Times radio IN
reference man.
Adolf Wagner, president of the H.
T. Electric Company, 612 North
Capitol avenue, in describing the
sets to be used, said: 1.-THE new
electro dynamic sets are the latest
model of the Atwater Kent COM
pany. There are seven tubes and a
rectifier. which gives a large volume
with a fine tone. All notes on this
set are clear, the high and low ones
being Just as distinct as the middle
tones"
The project of The Times and the
H. T. Electric Company in placing
the radios in the high schools has
the approval of Mrs. Fred r. Boke-
lob. I116 North Hamilton avenue,
state chairman of music of the In
diana Parent Teacher Association.
Bulletin FavOrs Move
In a bulletin to P. T. A. groups,
she said: "Our largest endeavor
this year is to be in the field OF
radio which offers so much that
can not be had in any other way.
The r. C. A. has engaged Walter
Damrosch to give a series OF chill
drens and young peoples concerts
at 10 a, m. every Friday over the
NBC system.
'aThis is an opportunity for
schools with radios, and it is only
one of the valuable musical treats
as well as educational lectures be-
ing broadcast.
ssWould it not be wonderful to
have a radio in every school. VIII
YOU not work to have a radio IN
your SCHOOL," Mrs. Bokeloh asked
parent
The school of the Air" program
next week:
Gan Time P. M
Monday
12:s0-"I Cover Every Cough and Sneezee,~
DR.. A. C. Neal. Ohio State health
,a.4s-S Current Events. Harrison sayre.
i:00-History Dramalog. BENJAMIN Frank
lin, Ohio State Radio Players
Tuesday
i2:45-First of series of art appreciation siIsT[
i.on-"CiviI Government BY Those Who
Govern" an Ohio state official.
,aan-storv teli MsdP for first. second and
,a4s-s shdT9 E foT fourth. fifth and sixth
grades. "sandhsrg.' RooVaOagS'
ioo-s sSag 0 for seventh. and eighS5h
grades. "Hiawatha." E. Ger'ru0e
Thursday
1a.so-Drama, GAS You Like It. last
half. Schuster-Martin and stuart
100 Mslker bIay trayelog, "south America
Its Lights and Shadows, Ut. W.
R. Mcconnell.
In the absenceof Walter Dam
rosch, on vacation, program Oh an
entirely different type will be pre-
sented during the RCA educational
hour through the NBC system at IL
a. m, Friday, Feb. Is. Early amer
lean music by vocal and inStru-
mental artists from the National
Music League will take the place
of the usual concert OF classical
symphonic numbers.
Alice Keith. in charge OF the al
vision of educational for the Radle
Corporation of America, will intro
duce the artists during the first
half hour.
Folk Music Demonstrated
The second period, for the boys
and girls of high school age, DEM
onstrates various types of folk mu-
sic heard in the early days OF
Americas history, including melo-
dies based on Indian themes, q
nountaineer tune, the song OF .
cowboy as he rides along on hi'
pony. rounding up cattle, and some
of the most beautiful folk music
ever sung-that of the Negro
George Gartlan, supervisor of mu-
sic in the public schools of Greater
New York, will introduce these
numbers.
The complete program:
First Half
america the Beautiful
Robert Eiwyn, tenor, and Radio Audience
Yankee Doodle"
ssThe Girl Left Behind Ne"
Piccolo and snare drum
Joseph Lubalin and Samuel Borodkin.
ssDon Juan Minuet' ...:......... Mo1arl
Flute and piano.
George PosseM and Madeline Marshall.
tsMinuet in Major. .Hande
Violin and piano.
Leon Goldman and Madeline NarShaH'
sir Roger de Coverly
Violin and piano.
Leon Goldman and Madeline Marshall
My Days Have Been SO Wond rous Free.
Ger the Hills"
Tenor solos. Robert Elwyn.
Second Half
America. the Beautiful
Robert Eiwyn, tenor. and radio audience