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Three talks by R. H. Macmillan of the Department of Engineering,
University of Cambridge
3-The Present Impact and Future Prospects of Automatic Control
The speaker considers the economic implications of automatic control and possible future applications, and examines the relevance of control theory to other fields of knowledge.

Contributors

Unknown:
R. H. MacMillan

Ernst Jiinger
Talk by Erich Heller
Before 1939 Ernst Jiinger had come to be regarded as the spokesman of a nihilistic generation in Germany who felt that the experience of war had given the lie to all traditional beliefs and ideals. His work illustrates, says Professor Heller, a typically Germanic perversity of the spirit. Yet when, in 1939, he published On the Marble Cliffs it was immediately suppressed by Hitler's censors, who rightly regarded it as an attack on the regime. His more recent work seems to suggest that Jiinger has abandoned his former heroic nihilism.

Contributors

Talk By:
Erich Heller
Unknown:
Ernst Jiinger

Benno Kusche (baritone)
Ernest Lush (piano)
Othmar Schoeck
Abcndlandschaft; Nachklang; Abschied: Mit einem gemalten Band; Dichtersegen; Wein und
Brot Richard Strauss
Lelses Lied; Das Rosenband; Heimkehr; Du meines Herzens Kronelein ; 0 silsser Mal; Schlechtes Wetter; Ach weh mir ungliickhaften Mann

Contributors

Baritone:
Benno Kusche
Piano:
Othmar Schoeck
Unknown:
Brot Richard Strauss
Unknown:
Herzens Kronelein

(Pampinea's Tale on the Fifth Day)
Sixth of twelve stories from Boccaccio's Decameron in the anonymous translation of 1620 Arranged for broadcasting by Sasha Moorsom and Rayner Heppenstall
Produced by Rayner Heppenstall

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
Sasha Moorsom
Broadcasting By:
Rayner Heppenstall
Produced By:
Rayner Heppenstall
Pampinea:
Lydia Sherwood
Knight:
William Devlin
Anastasio:
Richard Hurndall

Illustrated talk by Randolph Quirk Helge Kokeritz 's book Shakespeare's
Pronunciation is a comprehensive attempt to describe the way Shakespeare and his contemporaries spoke English. Mr. Quirk, Reader in English Language and Literature at Durham University, speaks about the methods of historical linguistics and illustrates the present state of knowledge with recordings made by Daniel Jones and Helge Kokeritz.
(The recorded broadcast of Dec. 9)

Contributors

Talk By:
Randolph Quirk
Talk By:
Helge Kokeritz
Unknown:
Daniel Jones
Unknown:
Helge Kokeritz.

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