Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11

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sufaoe to distribute motion pictures from Holly
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many times multiplied. The next age Is the age
of electronics the age Of Intangible contacts
Of man with man, and over channels against
which physical obstacles win have little effect"
'Television made practical" says Commits
sio0er Cooper "wiu be an additional device in
Che field OF education, the exact value Of which
it ia impossible to estimate at this time. In
common with other visual devices It win pre-
sent educators with the problem Of what topics
may best be presented to the eye rather than
to the ear and the correlation Of other methods
of teaching. Also it viii involve additional
expense, for the device win not suppIant meth
DDS already IN use.
"As two Of our greatest industries motion
pictures and radio broadcasting. are brought
close together for the practical development
Of teIevision we win have then a kind Of triple
alliance between three Of the greatest mechan-
ical powers for influence ever conceived. On
certain people will devofve the responsibility
for seeing that this power Is not misused. and
that It Is used for the furtheSt good The
thought Of that responsibility Is staggering.
International broadcasting, both visual and
audible, will, Of course, be developed on large
scale. 1t may work for greater harmony or
the reverse depending upon how it Is handled.
It can and should be made positive factor
for good will. There Is significant lesson to
be derived from the Latin word hosts. In the
singular 1t meant the stranger, one with whom
are not acquainted But the plural form,
hostes meant the public enemy the destroy
ing host army. Television should enable
him who has no time or money for foreign
travel q chance to get acquainted with the
stranger"
Lewis r. Alderman, chief Of the division Of
adult education, is watching with keen interest
the efforts to mobilize the genius of the Amert@
can radio amateur. I'm addition to a hard
i1O nj - he find
delving into this adventurous new phase Of
radio science thousands OF experimenters. IN
vestigatorS and natural-born mechanics. fired
with all the inexhaustible curiosity and am
bition of youth, pooling their experiences. ideas
and discoveries to the common end that space
may be Shrunken to the point of neglibility.
vision by radio" says Mr.. Alderman, sis going
to add something akin to another dimension
to life. Then we all will have Travelled: We
all will have been to the North Pole. #.
over it, under it; we all will have shared very
emotionally in such things as the SantO Do
mingo hurricane Life viii become real! The
Bible prophecy will practically be fulfilled,
Nothing shall be hidden that shall not be
revealed 1t will become increasingly hard
for the criminal to escape. With justice pur-
suing him on the track of the lightning he
may learn, sooner or later, the faIseness Oe
some Of his former notions as to what made
for his happiness. It viii be the arch-criminaI.
the more mental type of criminal, who will sur
Vive. All our values viii have shrunken and
former concepts viii have changed. We arc
at an interesting stage In the conquest of mind
over matter. Radio vision coupled with audible
broadcasting is going to step up life to many
times its present tempo.
Large corporations are now working quietly
with this new science. To the Iayman teleVisiOn
viii probably come suddenly Universities OF
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