Radio: Program Preview, Dec. 2, 1946

For the week beginning Sunday, Dec. 1. (All times are E.S.T., subject to change without notice.)

University of Chicago Roundtable (Sun. 1:30 p.m., NBC). Topic: Can We Educate for World Understanding? Speakers : U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Benton, University of Illinois President George Stoddard, two UNESCO delegates (from Paris).

William S. Paley (Sun. 1:30 p.m.; CBS). CBS’ top man starts off a series on radio’s problems and policies.

National Vespers (Sun. 2:30 p.m., ABC). The program’s first sermon by the Rev. Dr. John Sutherland Bonnell, pastor of Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, succeeding the Rev. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick.

New York Philharmonic (Sun. 3 p.m., CBS). Stravinsky’s Rites of Spring, Mozart’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in B Flat Major. Soloist: Pianist Alec Templeton. Conductor: Artur Rodzinski.

NBC Symphony (Sun. 5 p.m., NBC). Verdi’s La Traviata (first half). Soloists: Soprano Licia Albanese, Tenor Jan Peerce, Baritone Robert Merrill. Conductor: Arturo Toscanini.

Jack Benny (Sun. 7 p.m., NBC), who with an old format and older jokes pushed his Hooperating last week higher than any other show on the air.

World Neighbors (Mon. 5 p.m., CBS). A capsule history of Chile.

Jimmy Durante (Fri. 9:30 p.m., CBS). A fine comedian when he gags his gagwriters.

Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2-5 p.m., ABC). Moussorgsky’s Boris Godounov, with Ezio Pinza, Risë Stevens, Richard Tucker.