 Your coca-cola bottler presents Claudia based on the famous play and novels by Rose Franken Brought to you transcribed Monday through Friday by your friendly neighbor who bottles coca-cola Relax and while you're listening refresh yourself. Have a coke and now Claudia David hey wait don't walk so fast. I left my breath behind Now here we are now. Oh and this darling is the site for the new schoolhouse. Well Now this is what I call a beautiful view. Is that what you call it standing right here and looking out Didn't you use this for a view? Well, I happen to be building a schoolhouse not a country estate Well, I don't see why a schoolhouse shouldn't have a beautiful view a beautiful view from where David don't ask silly questions You are telling me not to ask silly question beautiful views in the windows, of course Oh, what do you think of beautiful views? No, I don't know. I would have as many as possible What views windows? Oh when oh and then I think you should have Darling, you don't mind my giving advice about the schoolhouse. Do you know but you know Claudia Sometimes I have a sneaking suspicion that you have never been in a schoolhouse What would I have done in a schoolhouse played hooky probably anyway, David make it a beautiful schoolhouse Give it a view give it a view just look at the slope of the hills out there Now why shouldn't it be built to face that way? There's no reason my love except that that's exactly the way that I planned it I knew a man with your soul would see it my way you did You weren't even hard to convince. I wasn't oh Darling, this is going to be the loveliest schoolhouse I don't think I'd even mind going to school here myself much and you'd mind going to school in Buckingham Palace Well, I'd hate anything in Buckingham Palace You know the main trouble with school David is that when the weather is nice There are better things to do you're going to be a fine influence on our son I will be sympathetic, but nothing else. I don't intend to forget my childhood forget it What I'm worrying about is that you're ever going to get out of it. You say the sweetest things Papa George Reynolds would get here. He said meet me here at 9 30 I'm gonna catch that 11 o'clock train to New York trouble with you my good man Is it there should be two of you to one to design this school build it in Eastbrook other to carry on your other business in New York? David you cannot go on cutting yourself into two parts like this Well, there'll be plenty left for you. So stop worrying. I hate to see you working. Sorry. Well, I like it Just because you like something don't get a stomach ache Yes, mama anything else mama. Yes, Papa. Is this gonna be a red brick school house? Could be Certainly be proud sending our children to the school at their own father built won't you wait? Will you see it? I don't have to see it. I'll be proud. I know I Wonder what it would be like to be married to a man who isn't an architect Probably the only difference would be that your children wouldn't go to a school at their father bill. No, no, no, there'd be lots of differences who Say if you're cold, why don't you go home? It's your idea to come remember? I'm not cold. I don't want to go home My idea to come was an excellent one. Yes, but you just shivered. Well, I was just thinking of all the other men in the world I'm glad I'm not married to you ought to tell them they'll be flattered I guess I'm a sort of a one-track woman who only wants to be married to the father of my child and that is very sweet Now we said George Reynolds would get here. You're always changing the subject David We're wondering why George Reynolds isn't here as a much better subject for talking about on the street than all of the other men That you haven't married not half as interesting darling, but if you insist Go on tell me more about the school. I didn't insist. You've hardly talked to me about it all We've talked about it continuously for the last three months you and Roger you and George Reynolds you and your blueprints Not you and I darling, so come on start talking all right now just exactly what is it that you want to know I want to know what kind of a school house is going to be you're the authority not I The only authority on a school house are the the people who use it School teachers. I mean no, I think school children Wonder why I hadn't thought of that before David stop standing around rubbing your chin. Tell me what it is. You hadn't thought of before my channel I thought you always thought of what everything before Why not ask a child just exactly what kind of a school he'd like to go to Well, it's too late. Isn't it? I mean I should finish to your blueprints and plans I don't suppose I'd have to change anything radically, but they come on while we're waiting for George Reynolds Let's find that kid that I saw down the street and now listen. Maybe you you better not why not well you're Plans are so nice and pretty your blueprints are so blue Well, it just might be a shame if you had to go and start all over at the beginning You mean that you don't think that any school building that I would design would suit a kid. I didn't say that you not only said it You're thinking it's not what I'm thinking. I do think it's too late to think anything Rubbish, all right rubbish if you like but hello there Louder Dave a shop Louder, he won't hear you am I not even allowed to shout the way I please anymore poor poor man He's already where you please only shout louder. Hello there You busy just now Stay where you are. I'll come over to you. I'd like to ask you a few things if you don't mind The first thing you better ask him is why he's here fixing his bicycle instead of being in school Seems to me it is 9 30 of a Tuesday morning. Hello there son My name's David Norton Hi, yeah Did you say you were David Norton? Yeah, that's right. This is my wife. Mrs. Norton. How you do? Oh, sure. I know you a friend of mine is a pal of yours. Oh, you mean Jimmy. That's right I'm Tim Tim Mills from down the other side of cream hill. Oh, Tim All right, Tim, you go right on fixing your bike now. Don't let me bother you. I Um, I just thought we might have a talk together What kind of a talk? Well, it happens. I'm designing a new schoolhouse Yeah, I heard something about that Seems to me mr. Norton that you could build a lot of better things in school houses. I Um, I don't mean to be nosy Tim, but shouldn't you be in school now? me I'm quarantined. You're Quarantined I had the mumps Quarantine is off tomorrow. I feel fine. Oh Don't be thing to get the mumps. Maybe lose out on basketball But I'll be okay for spring baseball. So no use beefing. Nope. Never any use beefing Hey Tim, I think you'll find that if you put that spoke in from the outside of the wheel first it'll fit better Oh, yeah, I see what you mean. Yeah, slide around there. Yeah, that goes in easy now. Thanks, mr Well now Tim You just said that you didn't think that Eastbrook needed a new schoolhouse Well, it ain't up to me, but heck where are grown-ups always building schoolhouses? Maybe it's because they've been out of school so long Maybe like you for instance and just because I've been out of school so long time I I thought that you could tell me what the new schoolhouse ought to be like Well, I don't know I said take it that you think that the whole idea is not so hot is it it well school does interfere with an awful lot of things I bet it does like um football practice for instance hunting and sleigh riding about it School puts an awful crap in a kid's time. I imagine. Do you realize a kid's got to spend practically all day in school? Yes, I see what you mean. This was your idea David. I shot and You'd prefer spending all day every day every day in and out playing football Sure all the year around mind you 12 months of the year Well for a while I would oh I see for a while. I I guess though for the rest of the time you've got to have a school I Suppose a fella has to know how to read and write to But then we should have shorter classes and more time in between say Tim I think I have just the plan that would suit you How would you like school to be from 12 to 1 every day with an hour off the lunch? Yeah Hey, you pull my leg or something. It's sort of what you said, isn't it? I wouldn't go that far But you can say that I prefer shorter classes. All right that much we admit One of the troubles is that our classes always got to get out of the gym to make room for the next class's gym period Oh to gymnasiums. That's what you want. Gee well occurs if we add to gyms Swimming swimming could be a heck of a lot of fun swimming pool. That's what you want with a high 20 foot springboard probably Boy, oh boy some school. Well, there you have it David your new school house It consists of two gymnasiums and a swimming pool. It would be something new studying history and a swimming pool and learning algebra and Latin on a Trapeze bar No Classrooms to you don't say Classrooms don't have to be too bad if they're not too big so you can see the maps well and hear the teachers easy I see if there are a lot of windows to look out a nice view out the window here that yeah Something cheerful so that when you're locked inside You don't feel as if the world isn't going to be there when you get out a school with a view Hmm Sure is a shame a kid's got to go to school. Well as George Bernard Shaw once said It's a pity that youth is wasted on the young Yes, Tim. I couldn't agree with you more. It is a shame, but what are we going to do about it? You and I Know what we can do mister. I've been asked to build a school house You're going to be asked to go there. I guess I guess we'll have to do what we're asked to do Oh, it's not so bad. I guess well just the other day. I was wondering what I'd do if I didn't have school Guess I'd have to help mom around the house a lot running errands for and get chores for pop School isn't improvement over that believe you me. What do you think so? We got a swell bunch of guys and some of the stuff we learn ain't so bad It isn't I guess mister when you stop to think about it could be a lot worse I don't see why it should be so bad. Well, Tim the school that isn't so bad That will be the kind of school school. We'll try to get you Look there's George Reynolds coming down the street. Oh, yeah, so well, thanks for the talk and your advice, Tim Don't mention it, mister Say you know something. What's that? I kind of think the school you'll build will be swell And he said if you see jimmy tell him I'll be back with the guys tomorrow. All right And see you Tim. Right. Bye. Bye You know something else david I think the school you're building will be swell too Mr. Oh, you do that. Yeah more than ever I wouldn't have my children's father be anybody else than the man who built the school with a view All of us do our share of waiting around in shops. We wait in lobbies Waiting for service or waiting for friends Whenever you have to wait, here's the suggestion Look around for one of those friendly red coolers Slip a nickel in the slot have a nice cold coca-cola and wait refreshed Coke brings you the pause that refreshes Anytime anywhere say either swell guy, isn't he yes, Tim? All of us around here think that he's a pretty swell guy Talking to him is almost like talking to the one of the gang. It's hard to think. He's so old david old Tim Wait till you're his age. You won't think so then What if you want to see somebody really old You ought to see jared tucker Jared tucker well, I've seen him around But uh, you can't discuss him because nobody's as old as jared tucker What do you mean? Well, uh, it's just that if Uh, well, it's hard to say what I mean, but uh, in spite of what I say I don't think anybody is as young as jared tucker is either I still don't know what you mean. Well, you got me kind of balled up here, tim, but uh I mean that there's a great sympathy between the very old and the very young Why it might just be that jared tucker at 86 and david's baby son at seven months would hit it off perfectly Oh go on Well come around tomorrow when jared tucker babysits for the noddens and see for yourself Every day monday through friday claudia comes to you transcribed with the best wishes of your friendly neighbor who bottles coca-cola So listen again tomorrow at the same time Now this is joe king saying or of war and remember Whoever you are whatever you do wherever you may be When you think of refreshment think of coca-cola Or coca-cola makes any pause the pause that refreshes And ice cold coca-cola is everywhere This broadcast of claudia was supervised and directed by william brown maloney And now here's a word from your friendly neighbor who bottles coca-cola