Evening star., 1934-05-06
OOW|LL DISCUSS
RADIO AS CULTURE
,TWo-Day Conference Brings
Together Leaders in Many
Endeavors.

Approximately hundred leaders In
education, Government and civic af-
fairs will take part in a two-day con-
ference beginning tomorrow in the
auditorium of the Interior Building on
"The Use Of Radio as a Cultural
Agency in a Democracy"
The conference will be held under
auspices of the National Committee
on Education by Radio and was called
for the purpose of directing attention,
thought and discussion to subject
which has received little If any real
consideration in this country. Out of
the conference, it was announced,
should come q better appreciation of
the possibilities and limitation of ra-
dlo and general agreements that will
aid in charting the future course of
radio broadcasting.
DR.. Morgan in Charge.
DR.. Joy Elmer Morgan, editor of the
journal of the National Education
Association, is chairman of the COM
mittee; DR.. John Henry MacCracken,
associate director of the American
Council on Education is vice chair
man. The committee consists of rep
resentatives Of the following nine edu-
cational groups: National Association
Of State Universities, Association of
Land Grant Colleges and Universities.
National Council of State Superinten-
dents, American Council on Education,
Jesuit Educational Association, Ma
tional University Extension Associa-
ton and Association of College and
University Broadcasting Stations.
The opening session tomorrow morn
ing is to be devoted to the topic, "a
National Culture-By Product or OBJ
jective of National Planning?" DR..
George F. zook, United States COM
missioner of education, will preside.
Among some of the speakers will be
DR.. Jerome Davis, Yale University
Divinity School; Dean Thomas E.
Benner, College of Education, Uni
versity Of Illinois; Dr. Morgan, chair
man of the committee, and DR.. James
A. Meyer, director division of univer-
sity extension, Massachusetts, State
Department of Education.
The National Committee on Educa-
tion by Radio is giving luncheon at
noon tomorrow at the Cosmos Club in
honor of the conference.
Discussion in Afternoon.
During the afternoon the discus
sionS will be continued. Hector
Charlesworth of the Canadian Radio
Broadcasting Commission and Dr.
John Dickinson, Assistant Secretary
of Commerce, will be on the program.
The former will discuss Radio in
Country of Vast Areas, Diverse Com
munities and Small Population" DR..
Dickinson will speak on Radio and
Democracy"
DR.. George F. Bowerman, librarian,
Public Library. Washington, also will
be speaker on the program Others
include prominent radio officials and
educators. DR.. William John Cooper,
former United States commissioner
of education and now professor of
education at George Washington Uni
versity, will preside.
Group meetings will occupy the
time of the conference tomorrow night.
Government Regulation" will be dis
cussed. Other subjects include "Cul-
tural Values of the Air." "In Whose
Hands Should Radio Broadcasting be
Placed?" and Protection of the
Rights and Provision for the Needs of
Minorities."
The group meetings will be held at
headquarters of the National Educa-
tlon Association, 1901 Sixteenth street.