§ Major CARVERasked the President of the Board of Education how many schools in purely rural areas in this country possess facilities for listening in to broadcasts; and whether the Board has suggested to the different educational authorities controlling such schools the utility of installation?
Mr. STANLEYAccording to information supplied to me by the Central Council for School Broadcasting, 1,290 departments in purely rural areas are at present listening in to school broadcasts. As my predecessors and I have said, the Board welcome the increasing use of wireless in schools and the new edition of their Handbook of Suggestions will contain references to the value of broadcasting as an educational medium.