Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-01
MICHIGAN CARRIES.
RADIO EDUCATION
University Co-operateS With
Station to Broadcast Its
Programs.
BY MARTIN ID

ANN ARBOR, Mich, June Here
at the University OF Michigan All excel
lent example Is furnished OF the way
an institution Of higher learning IS
able to cooperate with commercial
broadcasting stations " carry n Snlal-
tering OF college life and VI higher edu-
cation to the citiZcnry. Rather THAN
erect a station of its own. as about ~
other colleges and universities vi the
country have done, The University VI
Michigan gets It's programs direct from
the campus to the people VIA "a remote
control connection with Il station at
Pontiac, near Detroit, about Az miles
away.
In view Of the keen interest mani
tested at the conference on radio III
education held last week In Washing
ton, at the call OF Ray Lyman Wilbur.
Secretary OF the Interior, the success vi
the Michigan broadcasts and the ex-
perience of other schools merit at
tention.
The educators at the Washington
meeting evinccd particular interest Ia
using existing broadcasLing facilities
for educational programs, since IL Is
physically impossible 10 allow more
stations to go Oh the air. To enable
education to establish Il broadcasting
system Of its own, the mp VI the
University OF Michigan boasts u small
but up-to-date broadcastlng studio
equipped with all the necessary ac-
countermeIIts.
Small Broadcasting Room.
1t measures only l6X20 feet. but Is
big enough to seat tAc famous MiciIl-
gan varsity band Or the unlVerSItys
65-piece orchestra, Its walls are VI
sound-proof material and acoustics
are insured by ~ large sound-absofb-
ing panels. The studio Is at one end
of the former residence of u professor
of philosophy, which has been re-
modelled for band practice and for
broadcaSting under appropriations from
the board OF regents and from the pub
licity fund OF the university.
Every Thursday night the 3U0-pound
remote control equipment, which the
university has not seen fit " purchase
n install permanently Is hauled up
TO the studio II Installed with micro
phones. The programs are carried over
leased telephone lines To station WJh.
The programs generally consist VI
music by the varsity band OF orchestra
and Institutional talks by members OF
the faculty. The talks are incorporat-
ed in bulletins which are mailed " NIL
who apply for them.
Michigan's Graham McNamee' Is
well known over the State. He is q
NOutlS ptOlGSSOI Vi IllClOiCl MAJ. ~
bott, son Of the anou Journalists;
Willis John Abbott.
"Aggies" Make Best Use.
The Engineering College Ut the UnI'
verSity OF Michigan. one Of the coun'
try'S best, has = group VI electrical
students highly qualified 10 bald trans
uniting equipment and probably ge
college credit ia the process. Yet tti'
university has never elected to go lnts
broadcasting Oh its own. The Michigan
State College at Lansing, Oh the othe
hand. has q 500-watt station which
operates under n Federal license dur
ing daylight hours.
AS a general rule. the agriculture
and mechanical colleges have show
more of q prediction for regula
broadcasting han the State universitie
and smaller collegiate Institutions, al
though there are State universities viii
their own stations.
The "agsie" schools. as the. forme
Uuited States commissianer edu