MEN AND MACHINES.
The telephone, telegraph and typestriter and all our time-saving, distance-killing devices are demanding their price of us, it appears, as Samuel Butler said they would. Still, if the machines are moulding us, it is we who are the makers of the machines. Their influence is but by proxy and we still have the last word in directing it. Conse- quently the American Academy of Arts and Letters does well to turn its' attention to inquiring how the influence of both the " talkies " and radio may be turned to good cultural account. The Academy has begun by placing its imprimatur upon the art of radio announcing by recognizing its increasing influence and establishing a fund for a medal to be awarded annually to the announcer who " employs the finest tone, the best diction and the most agreeable accent " while engaged in the regular discharge of his duties. * * * *
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