Evening star., 1951-04-18
On the Air
|CuthoIic U.,
|WNBW Plan
| TV Project
By Horry Macarthur

Sn0p TO Leacn the Qrama StuQenJS
the fundamentals of television.
where many of them will find
their careers. is involved in the
plan. This is only one of its three
major facets, according to Father
Hartke and Mr.. McAndrew.
There also will be television
productions by the department
and. ultimately. some form of edu-
cation by television. 1t is possible
that the forthcoming musical ver-
sion of "One Punch Judy" Come
Out Swinging" might be tele-I
vised. at least in part. Or num-
bers from it might be used on
regular WNBW shows.
The speech and drama depart
ment's work in the education
field might work around eventu-
ally to c. U. extension courses on
television, or to series-some-
thing IN the manner of Johns
Hopkins Science Review
ing Washington televiewers the
university at work.
4 X X X
/ Nothing definite about the prof.
iect could be announced right now,
Mr.. McAndrew said, beyond the
fact that the university and
WNBW are starting to work to-
gether on it this week.
THE first thing we have to
do," Father Hartke said, ''is to
learn how to conduct a television
workshop. how best to teach tele-
vision. Then we can go on and
use that knowledge in learning
how best to use television."
This cooperation between c. U.
and WNBW is not a new idea just
conceived. however. 1t first was
being thought about as far back
as the summer of 1947, when the
university's speech and drama de-
partment adapted series of its
regular plays for television.
1t was, in fact. an original C. U.
drama, "All Gaul Is Divided, %
which was the first Washington
origination to the NBC-TV net
work. A half dozen other plays
were televised in that series, but
further television plans were
shunted aside by the press of other
business in the schools drama de-
partment.
Pressure for doing something
about television now came in a
large part from the c. u. drama
students themselves. Their enthu-
siasm for the new medium Is con-
siderable and they are aware that
theater neophytes are likely to find
more opportunities in TV than on
the Broadway stage or in Holly
wood.
| For the present, no extra credit
win be given by the university for
!. television work. That should come
in time, however. When the pre-
liminary work of learning how best
to teach TV is conquered, an out
line Of courses can be presented to
the board of trustees with the re-
quest that credit be- given for
them.
A television department is an
eventual possibility. In addition tc
the speech and drama department
which is highly regarded as ar
academy Of theater arts, the uni
versity has an engineering depart
Z ment Of high repute, with electron-
les among the subjects.
n All Of this may have no imme.
diate effect on the quality of tele.
vision you watch, but it could hav>
ia vastly salubrious effect severa
Il years from now.
: Programs and People: Anothe
of the stage and screen notable
| full Of enthusiasm for televisiol
& is Lillian Gish, who will narrat
and star in Birth of the Movies
81 Sunday night at 9 on ''Televisiol
3 Playhouse" CWNBW). "Televisiol
lis the greatest possible thing t.
i come in the home in years." sh
says. 1T is much more intimat
] and revealing than the movies
: You can't fool television. 1t
q psychic: sees right through you
3 No retakes. Acting on this ney
} medium frightens me, it is s.
wonderful". Baritone Cur
! Massey turned down the lead il
=a half-hour TV musical to b
Z filmed in Hollywood. Too close il
q formal to one his radio sponso
II is working on. Jackie Glea
son OF DuMont's "Cavalcade O
Stars" (WTTG-Friday, 10 pm.
: will do Sunday night Coined
8 Hour" CWNBW) show in the nea
= future. Jack Carter and Jerr
Lester also are "Cavalcade" grad
: yates. Yesterdays News
/ reel" moves from WMAL-TV t
WTOP-TV tonight at 7. Her
Shriner is the man now bein
8 mentioned as the replacement fo
= Arthur Godfrey this summer O
= Talent Scouts" (WTOP-AM-T
=I-Monday, $3.50 PM. Godfre
. will take an eight-week vacatio
B starting July 80. Gen. Mac
y Arthur's arrival early tomorro'
z morning will be covered by radi
. (WMAL, ,WTOP, ,WRC). His speec
Z before the joint meeting of Con
: gress tomorrow and the welcom
: ing festivities will be covered by
Z pool telecast CWMAL-TV, WNBV
=lWTOP-TV, WTTG) and be broad
: cast by all radio networks (WMA1