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The Art-by-Telephone program, funded under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, involved rural high schools in Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah. The program was designed to offer art instruction from a master teacher to students enrolled in high schools with limited financial resources. Instruction in art was provided by joining a number of widely separated small rural high schools into a conference situation in which all units of the system, including the instructor, were served by a common, 2-way-communication, amplified telephone service. The necessary telephone lines were leased at a special conference service rate for 50 minutes per week. In accordance with a prearranged schedule, the telephone conference operator initiated the necessary line signals to bring all participating schools and a master teacher into a joined, open-line communication setting. Each school was equipped with a telephone amplified receiver and transmitter so that students in any area of their classroom could hear all conversation and could also initiate oral responses. In addition to the amplified telephone equipment, each participating school was equipped with an overhead projector, 35-mm slide projector, tape recorder, and projection screen. The program operated for 2 years and was considered a pioneering success for the Western States Small Schools Project. Eight appendices are included. (AL)

A collection of folklore and local history stories from Fearglass (school) (Fearglass South, Co. Leitrim), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Proinnsias Ó Floinn., Story / Whitney, Mary -- Old Story / Reilly, Angela -- Old Story / Kelly, Mary T. -- Old Story / Whitney, Mary -- Story / Reilly, Mary K. -- Story / Clarke, Michael J. -- Story / Colreny, Mary Ann -- Story / Ross, Mary -- Story / Reilly, Patrick -- Weather-Lore / Prunty, Wille -- Old Cures -- Digging Spudawn / Milton, Joseph -- Old Sayings -- Old Games -- Ghost and Good People / Kelly, Mary Thersa -- There is a fort in Joe O'Neils field and the people that lived there before them had a jolly cow and every time they milked the cow a child would start to cry and a woman would say keep quiet the jolly cow will soon be milked as soon as she would be milked no matter what they did she would spill the milk. / Bohan, Patrick J. -- There is a black woman at John J. Casseless gate. / Milton, Joseph -- There is a house in Cloontubrid called willie Prunty's and a room in it is always locked because there is a ghost in it. / Kirwin, Nell -- There is a fort in our land at home there were alot of fairies seen in it long ago. / Gray, John -- Landlords of he Locality - Gubadorish / Sorohan, Elizabeth -- Landlords of The Locality - Gubadorish / Bohan, Patrick Joseph -- Landlords of the Locality - Forosa / Clarke, Anna Rose -- Landlords of The Locality - Cloontubrid / Kirwin, Nell -- Lord Leitrim -- Lord Leitrim -- Landlords of the Locality - Lord Leitrim / Reynolds, Paddy -- Landlords of the Locality - Lord Leitrim / Milton, Joseph -- Landlords of the Locality - Fearglass -- Local History / Goldrick, Maisie Mc -- Local History / Ross, Mary -- Holy Wells / Whitney, Mary -- Old Crafts / Milton, Joe -- Travelling Folk -- Bird-Lore / Milton, Joe -- Old Story / Gray, John -- Lore of Certain Days / Milton, Joe -- Lore of Certain Days / Reilly, Angela -- Lore of Certain Days / Whitney, Mary -- Local Fairs / Milton, Joe -- Old Song -The Poor Irish Stranger / Bohan, Patrick J. -- Old Houses / Bohan, Patrick J. -- Old Fairies / Clarke, Michael -- Local Sayings / Gray, John -- Local Sayings / Reilly, Angela -- Food of Long Ago / Milton, Joe -- Local Sayings / Goldrick, Mike Mc -- Old Riddles / Reilly, Angela -- Riddles / Sorohan, Eileen -- Riddles / Gray, John -- Gortletteragh Church / Whitney, Mary -- Gortletteragh Church / Gray, John, Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.