Evening star., 1951-04-15
On the Air
Students Watch TeIevision
For These Michigan u. Courses
By Harry Macarthur


Brig. Gen. David Sarnoff is an
outstanding man in a field where
it takes some doing to get ahead
OF the man next to you. The
chairman of the board of RCA has
made himself noted for his great
enthusiasm for television. a con-
siderable achievement in a busi-
ness full of people whose enthu-
siasm for television hasn't shown
any bounds yet.
"TV is life," he told Abel Green
of Variety the other day, land
people want to see the march Of
life. That's the big difference
between video and radio. Radio
relied too much on entertainment
and amusement. That's not going
to be true with television. TV
brings the action of life into the
|home-sports, the U. N. in action,
Congress-political rallies, investi-
cations like Kefauver. It's a
closeup on our contemporary life
as we live it. :"
Part of living this contemporary
life is. of course. learning more
about it as we go along and tele-
vision already is taking several
tentative steps in this direction
The latest Of these to be heard
from is a project of the University
of Michigan. which is conducting
a series of "telecourses" on WWJ-
ITV, Detroit.
The adult education experiment,
to give it its most forbidding
name. was started in November
with a one-hour weekly program,
televised Sundays at / pm, in
|cluding 20-minute sessions IN hu-
man biology, living for later years
and photography.
A 14-week course in Land and
Peoples of the Far East" is now
being offered, along with a seven
week course, Home and Contem-
porary Living" When the latter
concludes this month, it will be
followed by another seven-week
course. Retailing for the Gus
TONER"
There are 1000 enrolled "stu-
DENTS" according to an Asso-
ciated Press report from Ann Ar
bor, though the total audience is
much larger. The 1000 are those
who have paid ($2 for IA weeks
or 81 for seven weeks) for the
printed aids provided by the uni
verSity.
Prof. Garnet r. Garrison. the
university'S director of television
has found the program to be in
tensely appreciated. One studen1
at home is quoted by the AP as
calling the "telecourses" lone oi
my most satisfying hours of the
entire week" Another wrote:
Personally I think this is 9
fine and noble idea, due to the
fact I feel it will be an assist tt
many like myself, age 80, to keeI
people like us from growing ole
uselessly and give us an incentive
to try and make a comeback II
our fading years and die grace,
fully and more satisfied with our.
selves by carrying on an indie.
pendent decline"
Less BosebolI on TV,
But Rodio Will Garry All
Televiewers, as you probably
know already, will find their base.
ball all-in-the-living-room consider.
ably curtailed this year. There
were n Washington Senator'S
games on TV last year. but only
q will be televised by WTTG thi.
summer, starting with tomorrow.
opener. Seventeen of these viii
be night games.
The Mats will have full cover.
Iage on radio. however. With play.
play by Arch Mcdonald ant
Bob Wolff (who. will be alternat.
ing as in the past between radio
and television), WWDC will carry
the full 154-game schedule of day
and night games, at home ane
away. FIN listeners can hear Sen.
ator games on WOOK-FM. which
also will originate them to sta.
tions of the United Broadcastine
Co. outside of Washington.
WTTG viewers will be able tt
see games with New York on Apri
16. 81, August Is, September /
Philadelphia on April 26, May %
Boston on May IL, July 2, Angus
II; Detroit on May Is, is, Juns
%, July "a; st. Louis on May Is
June 20; Chicago on May 81. Jun,
| 13, and Cleveland on May %. JUNE
Is, Is, September Is.
The WTTG schedule will be al.
tered tomorrow in order to carry
baseball through the summer
The stations time on the air viii
be reduced because it is televis.
ling some games for Baltimore
broadcast in addition to the 81 tt
be seen here. It will necessarily
shut down when equipment is Al
the ball park for that.
Starting tomorrow. WTTG viii
Sign on with Headline Clues" al
noon. Midday Chapel" will bt
moved to las pm, with Ar
Lambs "TV Disc Jockey" coming
up at 2. "Your Civil Defense" i.
knowing from Wednesdays to Mon.