Business screen magazine (1959)

(CONTINUED FROM PAGE THIRTY) sity, East Lansinjr. Michigan i, vicc-cliainnan; Emily S. Jones (Educational Film Library Association, New York, N.Y.I, secretary. Executive Committek (in addition to otticers): Anna I.. Hyer (Department of Audiovisual Instruction, NP^.A, Washington, D.C. i ; Don White ( National Audio-Visual Association, Fairfa.x. Virginia i. Purpose: A joint committee of nine national organizations concerned with the improvement of instruction through wider .anji better use of audio-visual materials and methods. The Commission has prepared and distiTbuted several publications including "Telling Your A-V Story." "Gateway to Learning," "A Crisis in Education," "A-V on the Air," "Launching Your A-\' Program" and ".Audio-Visual Facilities for New School Buildings." and "The Case of the Curious Citi/.en." a color slidefilm tape recorded presentation of a good audio-visual program in action. In proces.s is a study of school A-V budgets. g' CATHOLIC AUDIO-VISUAL EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION .Addrkss: Piox (ilS. Church Street P. ()., New York 7, N.Y. Officers: Very Rev. Monsignor Leo McCormick, Ph.D., president; Reverend Michael Mullen, CM., vice-president; Reverend Sister Ignatia, C.S.J., secretary; Reverend Joseph Coyne, O.S.A., treasurer. Purpose: To further the use of Audio-Visual equipment and materials in Catholic education and to encourage production of suitable films for Catholic school use. Annu.\l Convention: CAVE is coordinating its eighth Annual Convention with the National Catholic Educational Association national convention March 31-April 3, 1959 in Atlantic City, N.J. Audio-Visual equipment and materials may be exhibited at this joint convention. No registration fees are required. Official Publication : The Catholic Educator. DEPARTMENT OF AUDIO-VISUAL INSTRUCTION NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION Office: 1201 16th Street N.W.. Washington 6, D. C. Contact: Anna L. Hyer. e.recutive secretary. Officers: Charles F. Schuller (Director, Audio-Visual Center, Michigan State Univei-sity I, president; Walter Bell ( Director, AudioVisual Education, Atlanta Public Schools), president-elect; Clyde K. Miller (Director, Division of Audio-Visual Education, Ohio State Department of Education ) , acting vicepresident; The Executive Committee: J. Roy Barron ( Supervisor, Instructional Materials, Santa Barbara City Schools i ; Robert E. deKieffer (Director, Audio-Visual Instruction, University of Colorado; ; Elizabeth Golterman ( Director, Division of Audio-Visual Education, St. Louis Public Schools): F. Edgar Lane (Supervisor, Instructional Materials, Dade County, Fla.. Board of Public Instruction!. Officers to be installed at 19.59 DAVI National Convention: James D. Finn (Professor of Education, University of Southern NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE AUDIO-VISUAL FIELD California), president-elect ; J. J. McPherson (Chairman, Department of Audio-Visual Education, College of Education, Wayne State University ). vice-iircsidcnt ; dcleiiates-atlart/e; Lee E. Campion i Director, \'isual Education Depai'tment. Cooperative School of St. Louis County i ; \'ii'ginia E. Kelly ( I)irect(u-. Audio-Visual Education, Kanawha County West Va. Schools ) ; Horace C. Hartsell ( Audio-Visual Center, Michigan State University. Principal Committees: The program of DAVI is carried out primarily thnjugh standing committees, such as: Evaluation of Secondary School AV Programs, F. Edgar Lane, chairman; Adult Education, Kenneth Mclntyre, chairman; Archives, Abraham Krasker, chairman; Building and Equipment, A. J. Foy Cross, chairman; College and University Programs, Ralph Hall, chairman; County and Cooperative Programs, Joel Benedict, chairman; AV Instructional Materials, T. W. Roberts, chairman; Legislative, I. C. Boerlin, chairman; Professional Education, L. C. Larson, chairman; Radio and Recordings, Ralph Hall, chairman; Research, W. C. Meierhenry, chairman; School Service Corps, Fred Winston, chairman; Teacher Education, William Fulton, cliairman; Television, Raymond Wyman, acting chairman; Armed Forces Section, Norman E. Oram, cliairman. Purpose: The improvement of instruction through the better and wider use of audiovisual equipment, materials and techniques. The membership consists primarily of directors and specialists in audio-visual in colleges and universities, state departments of education, and county and city school systems. School supervisors, classroom teachers and audio-visual specialists in the armed forces, in industry, and among religious groups are included in the membership. Activities In 1959: National Convention with exhibits, April 13-16, Olympic Hotel, Seattle, Washington. Series of leadership conferences and seminar on educational television: a field service program which provides consultants to assist school systems and colleges and universities in the impi'ovement of their instructional materials programs. Continuing series of publications in the area of administration of audio-visual programs, school buildings, television and research. Publications: The Department issues two regular publications. Audio-Visual Instruction, 10 issues, September to June inclusive — a magazine intended to help the audio-visual specialist and the classroom teacher. AudioVisual Communication Review, a scholarly quarterly reporting the latest trends, research needs, developments, and research projects in the field of audio-visual communications. "Graphic Communication and the Crisis in Education," a special issue of Audio-Visual Communication Review, analyzes barriers to effective use of audio-visual methods and materials and integrates the findings from A-V communication research into the organization of a theory of learning. Other important publications of the Department are the series Planning Schools for Use of Audio-Visual Materials; Nation Tape Recording Catalog. I«!|' FOR YOUR BUSINESS A NEW ERA IN PICTURE PROJECTION the new LenHcular RADIANT SCREENS For Lighted as well as Darkened Rooms A new reflective surface thai is in effect .1 Lomplctc shvct of lenses — optically engineered to control reflection completely. Provides greater brdliance, increased clarity, improved color — over greater viewing area. Extremely effective for projecting in darkened rooms or even lighted rooms where no extreme or unusual lighting conditions exist. 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