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September 1945 Radio-Craft
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Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics.
See articles from Radio-Craft,
published 1929 - 1953. All copyrights are hereby acknowledged.
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I have never seen study-at-home audio-visual (AV) physics courses offered by
Albert Einstein or AV courses on chemistry promoted by Ernest Rutherford, but I
can now say I have seen study-at-home AV courses offered by electronics pioneer
Lee de Forest. This full-page advertisement for the de Forest's Training, Inc.,
company of Chicago, Illinois, appeared in a 1945 edition of Radio-Craft
magazine. The vaunted (at least by the company) "Syncro-Graphic" training was an
early attempt at the paperless classroom. The student watched films reels of instruction
rather than "frequent flipping of pages to refer back or ahead to illustrations
mentioned in text." It would be another 50 years before useful computer-based-training
(CBT) courses became available for home use, but you have to give the "Father of
Radio" credit for being ahead of his time in instruction techniques.
de Forest's Syncro-Graphic Training Ad
 Train now for the postwar Radio-Electronic
job opportunities which wartime needs and experiences are developing! Use your free
time today to store-up practical knowledge and experience for good-pay, tomorrow!
Trained men will be needed for the huge postwar requirements of Radio and Electronics,
Broadcast Radio, Aviation Radio, Sound Picture Equipment, etc. - in manufacturing,
merchandising, installing and servicing.
Earn Extra Money - While You Learn
When you learn Radio as de Forest's teaches it, you cart start a Business of
Your Own - be your own boss, if you prefer! Even while learning, you may earn extra
money doing Radio Servicing with your home as your "office." Get the facts about
this fascinating home ,training in Radio-Electronics.
Dr. Lee de Forest supervised the preparation of de Forest's Training.
*"Syncro-Graphic" Training
Makes learning easier because all lesson diagrams and charts are printed on sheets
that fold out - keeping illustrations constantly synchronized to text. Eliminates
confusion from frequent flipping of pages to refer back or ahead to illustrations
mentioned in text. An exclusive de Forest's feature.
Only de Forest's Offers You the Advantage of Movies
To Help You Learn Radio-Electronics
Faster-Easier
... At Home
(A) "Learn-By-Seeing" Movies
To help you master important Radio Fundamentals, you use the more interesting,
easier-to-understand, Visual method of Movie Instruction ... with a genuine DeVry
Movie Projector and Training Films!
(B) "Learn-By-Doing" Experiments
You make 133 Fascinating Experiments with 8 Big Kits of Radio Parts and Assemblies.
You build modern Radio Receiving Circuits, Electric Eye Devices, an Aviation Band
Circuit, Public Address System, Wireless Microphone, etc. ... all in your spare
time, in your own "Home Laboratory."
(C) 90 "Syncro-Graphic" Lesson Texts
Prepared under the supervision of Dr. Lee de Forest, the "Father of Radio," inventor
of the Audion Tube, and holder of over 300 Radio-Electronic patents.
Employment Service
de Forest's also provides an Effective Employment Service which helps you get
started in this opportunity field of the future!
de Forest's Training Includes Instruction in Motion Picture Sound Equipment,
FM Radio and Television...
E. B. DeVry, President de Forest's Training, Inc.
2535-41 North Ashland Avenue, Dept. RC-B9
Chicago 14, Illinois, U.S.A.
Please send me your "Victory for You!"
Book and Equipment Folder
Name ________________________________________ Age ____
Address ______________________________________________
City __________________ Zone ___________ State ___________
o If under 16, check here for special information.
o If a veteran of World War II, check here.
Send for Free Information!
Get "Victory for You!" book and Equipment folder. See how de Forest's Training
can help you towards good pay and a better job in a permanent industry, Also ask
about de Forest's Residential Training in the modern Chicago Laboratories shown
at left. Mail coupon today.
de Forest's Training, Inc.
Chicago 14, Illinois
These articles and advertisements involving Lee De Forest appeared in
various issues of vintage electronics magazines.
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Posted May 3, 2023
(updated from original post
on 7/3/2014)
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