http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/05/predictions-for-educational-tv-in-the-1930s/ A history of the future that never was Fri, 17 May 2013 21:40:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/05/predictions-for-educational-tv-in-the-1930s/#comment-588 Terry Fri, 08 Jun 2012 11:48:53 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=2727#comment-588 @Kathy, Actually, I think I see one female (blond) on the far right towards the front of the class. A far cry from today, where females outnumber males on college campuses. @Kathy, Actually, I think I see one female (blond) on the far right towards the front of the class. A far cry from today, where females outnumber males on college campuses.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/05/predictions-for-educational-tv-in-the-1930s/#comment-573 Kathy Wed, 30 May 2012 19:32:17 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=2727#comment-573 The second to last picture showing the university class made me laugh. The class looks to be all male and they're wearing suits. My guess is most professors these days don't wear suits to class. The second to last picture showing the university class made me laugh. The class looks to be all male and they’re wearing suits. My guess is most professors these days don’t wear suits to class.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/05/predictions-for-educational-tv-in-the-1930s/#comment-569 Matt Novak Tue, 29 May 2012 20:10:06 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=2727#comment-569 @Benjamin Maybe "almost confrontational" is too strong, but as your link notes they "cheerfully sparred." You're right, it certainly wasn't nearly as vicious as talk radio today. @Benjamin Maybe “almost confrontational” is too strong, but as your link notes they “cheerfully sparred.” You’re right, it certainly wasn’t nearly as vicious as talk radio today.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/05/predictions-for-educational-tv-in-the-1930s/#comment-568 Benjamin Tue, 29 May 2012 20:00:34 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=2727#comment-568 One little correction, Matt: University of Chicago Roundtable wasn't a "confrontational" radio talk show as we've become accustomed to nowadays. Instead, the goal was to get people from different viewpoints on an issue to come to a consensus. See here: http://mag.uchicago.edu/arts-humanities/fighting-fair. One little correction, Matt: University of Chicago Roundtable wasn’t a “confrontational” radio talk show as we’ve become accustomed to nowadays. Instead, the goal was to get people from different viewpoints on an issue to come to a consensus. See here: http://mag.uchicago.edu/arts-humanities/fighting-fair.

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