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j THE DARKEST DAY IN HISTORY •r— By A. B. CHAPIN | QMAT MEVER.-Ti>-BE-FORGOTTEN HALLOWEEN WHEN 'THE eang ♦ HAD PLANNED FOA WBE K8 To HAVE LOTS OF FUN AND, AT THE LAST ' MINUTE,YOUP MA WOULDN'T LET YOU 60 - f I SAID NO f YOU CAnY fro OUT SKYLARKIN' with that rough crowd op Boys — ther.e's mo tellim ' WHAT mischief they'll Get j | | lV You INTO THE GREAT AMERICAN HOME. SO'KA I / OV€RCC.-\ TWRee SEASONS VcAR'5 mat, SHOES THAT WAVS. 8£€M TAPPED TWICE* A,M' WAITIN’ To 6GT A SLANT at bills for th* things ^uVe cot/ Kin DA ‘Tough FOR WUBBY-* I \y St//a// A 1 10 i (XKC6 i vo . UlC.* tr' tiniitlli) . */<'t‘ /v1* us Quieter, o Factor in School Work of the Futu I A Atwater rent Adoption of radio as a necessary ► art of school equipment, forecast >y A. Atwater Kent, of Philadel phia, pioneer in practical radio de velopment. seems rapidly ap proaching realization. Tests now being made with ra dio in school work, not only as an Adjunct to classroom instruction but in stimulating and broadening the interest of pupils, parents and '■eachers alike, promise to estab lish school broadcasting, in the ,'iear future as one of the most ef , Active as well a? most economical -Whods of instruction, i A hile a number of local and sec ; >ai tests "of radio in school work i *re being made, notably in Califor . ’JL? Connecticut ami Chicago ”du- i .Atlanta Giuswws csctt.ng classroom .m^troctjon „,/5 cators are centering their interest particularly on Atlanta. Ga.. where the most complete and compre hensive schedule of school radio programs ever undertaken has lust speakers ’ •- ' -orhone installed in the othiM i the superintendent of schools is connected by wire with Station WSli ot The Atlanta Journal through which the senool programs are put on the air A dailv period of 30 minutes, from 10:30 to 11 o’clock, is de voted to a systematized program representing everv branch of pub lic school education The orograni ir varied each dav to fit the needs of the different grades each grade in the nrimarv and the lunior qnd senior high schools having one ra dio neriod each week. tn addition to this daily class room period, a program for moth ers arranged bv the Atlanta Par ent-Teacher Association, is broad cast dailv from 11 to 11:30. and a “public school of the air” for parents and students alike, is put on each evening at k o'clock. This neriod is devoted *r -uch topics as (correct spelling —emmatical er roi? iette_!_ t*” ,r __ ^gcj^d hooks her: i t.u wh wale i Atlanta’s seventy olcred as well as :<r.iipped with At ,',ving sets and simple arithmatic anu other een-* eral subjects. In addition to the direct use oi radio in instructional work. Super ! intendent Willis A. Sutton says it already has proven of inestimablil value in effecting a closer organi zation of the city’s school facilities j “We can now”, says Supt. Sut ton. “assemble all our teacher^ 01, short notice and discuss important problems directly and comprehend sively. Similarly, we can save days of time and hundreds of dollars by assembling the children of various classes and presenting topics ap ojying to all. thus giving super'* visors and department heads fan more time for their duties. On4 ten-minute message through Stai tion WSB may easily accomplish what would require several weeks of a supervisor’s time in calling upon individual classes. “Distinguished educators anj men of national prominence, when they come to Atlanta, will be abli to give the schools and the gen eral public the benefit of theif nresence. Opportunity to hear these men has heretofore been dei nied most children. Extra curril cula activities, health programs, faculty work, in addition to in structional addresses, will ba stimulated and made doubly effect tive by the^ use^of radio."_ , Byrd Touring U.S. in Polar Plane f'any cities and states will have the opportunity to see the 1 '< . . -making plane that Commander Byrd used to fly over the Pole. Floyd Ben net will accompany Byrd on the trip, which t' narked by the Guggenheim Aviation Fund. * Hero Friend of Forest VTOCAgTER I; George Ashford, numbed with cold was hanging from a rope ladder beneath soaring plane. See ing his danger Lester Kirk (photo, above) took off in another machine —jockeyed underneath and grab bed Ashford, while guiding with but one hand. This heroic rescue happened at Evansville, Ind. A- W. L*ird of Potlatch, Idaho, is president of Western Forestry Conservation Assn., and head of committee that ealled on President Coolidge to discuss the problem of saving our great national wooded .lands—that are facing destruction. • PUBLISHED • AUTOCAST£B service mo. u.s.PAf.oma VJE.LL THIS SuRE \S A VAAPPV WAY TOR ME — VM OUT OF DEETT AT LAST ~ AND i'M GOING to STAY OUT— NO MORE" MILL STONES AROUND NY NLCW'— NO ’blREE / I’VE A lil' sop?1 RlSH ) Annie /—PA\c, c ft tub LAST'O THE MORTGAGE/ we’ve got oor noses ott GETNO STONE AT LAST NOW WE CAN T>0 SOV\E SAVING > CTHE /'WATS \ ■ WOWDER-C r -AndI got a SURPRISE YOU Too —'i. ?op : WOW Voo uu<^ w new fop coat? —-~ir