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Show THE CITIZEN 16 4 . Natttaall E&adlil U. S. RAILROADS LEAD WORLD IN AGGeumMy & TRAVEL SERVICE National Radio Assembly, supply background and inspiration. American travelers are demandwhich will be broadcast for use in It can bring the voices of our statesschools throughout the country next men and civic leaders into the classing and receiving more in service, d room with fall, according to a recent announceexplanations of safety, luxury and convenience than the ideals and workings of our civic the travelers of any other land, acment by Sam Pickard, Vice Presi dent of the Columbia Broadcasting life. This will supply a motive for cording to F. S. McGinnis, passenthe study of social problems. It will ger traffic manager for Southern System', marks a new epoch in edusend pupils to their textbooks and Pacific. cational broadcasting. The new serinto the school libraries with invice will present, by radio, extenThe American tourist, McGinthe nis said, has become a travel consive subjects not hitherto included creased zeal and well in the normal curriculum. With ref- work of expert classroom teachers. noisseur. Each year our trains beIt should be emphasized here that come more luxurious as a result of erence to their attitude toward radio in the schools, educational workers radio can never take the place of this growing appreciation of com- may be roughly divided into three the classroom teacher. It cannot forts and conveniences. In no other groups : conservatives who believe take the place of creative activity country is there such thorough obthat radio has no place at all; vis- in the classroom and laboratories. It servation of safety, either in train operation or in heavy steel equip- ionary enthusiasts who see for it a cannot replace meditation and organization of thought material within ment. much larger place than it can posNot only does the tourist demand sibly fill, and sane thinkers who the mind. These come to the pupil realize that it is a desirable tool to through direct contact with the and receive safety and luxury but be adapted to school use as fast as trained and inspired teacher. Nor he also demands adequate return in can radio take the place of the afsuitable arrangements can be wisetravel interest for every dollar and fection of the teacher for the pupil every hour he has to spend upon ly worked out. The plans for the National Badio or of the pupil in later life when he travel. When the modem tourist Assembly as promulgated by the must meet difficult social situations. plans a vacation trip he, or she, The school people will await the wants to know in advance every deColumbia Broadcasting System in collaboration with the National Educompany of the National Badio Astail of the trip. with much interest. Many cation Association, provide for the sembly Whereas we once issued tourist schools will equip themselves with broadcasting of the very finest mawestterial by the most experienced au- radio just as they do with textbooks, travel folders principally for issue thorities on the subjects treated that as tools of learning. . Others will bound tourists, we now must Paalso for tourists from the come in later and the rapidity of the them the country affords. cific Coast who spend vacations Music will have a large part in development will depend on the exin the East. The most rebroadcasting for schools. America is cellence of the programs and the traveling cent of these folders, called Tour on the eve of a great musical reability of the radio industry to hold Great Routes to the East describes the confidence of parents and vival. There are now literally hunand pictures the scenic and historic dreds of school bands of much ex- teachers. cellence. Music appreciation and The National Education Associa- spots along the principal transcontinental travel routes. From these group instruction in music produc- tion will give its advice and help in books the prospective tourist plans tion are spreading rapidly. There the development of radio service to education just as it has done to the his itinerary so that he may be able is a growing emphasis on the importto see just what he wants to see. ance of education for leisure. press and other agencies of public School radio can also do much to character. The first-han- re-enfo- rce Columbus 1492 brings tele- phone subscribers into connection with the Knights of Columbus Club Hotel in New York City. The historic associations suggested by the number are considered valuable by the fraternal organization, and special efforts were made to obtain its use. Stalin explains that he exiled Trotzky because the latter organized a party of his own aiid refused to obey orders. Some liberal government that is. Under similar circumstances in the recent election here the Republicans might have exiled Baskob and the Democrats might have exiled Bishop Cannon, while actually the worst they could do was denounce one another over the radio. The only way we could get our internationalists to agree on something purely American would be to mark it Made in Europe. HEALTH AND SMOKE HISTORIC NUMBER A recent investigation in Chicago showed that house heating plants are responsible for more soot and smoke in the air than are large manufacturing plants. A fuel expert, Professor S. W. Parr, President of the American Chemical Society, declares that the pneumonia ratio in congested centers is in direct proportion to the smoke density; the more smoke, the more pneumonia. In the modem home the smoke evil is being offset by the rapidly growing practice of substituting oil or gas in place of coal or other smoke creating fuels. In addition to cleanliness and efficiency, the modem oil or gas burning equipment requires a minimum of attention to give a maximum of service. y fJIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIg SEND IT TO THE I LAUNDRY 1 . Hyland 190 5iiimiiiiiimiiiiiiiiimu A |