Educational film magazine; (January-December 1920)

EDUCATIONAL MOVIES IN MINNESOTA CHURCH Special Friday Matinee? for School Children and Mother- Are a Feature Bv Rev. Dr. E. C. Horn pMior. Mrthodiat Charrh. KcKood Fall' T HE government of the I niteil State* and many in- dustrial corporations have adopted moving pictures as the quickest and best means of imparting instruc- tion to employes. Government specialists, according to reports, have ascertained that a course of instruction requiring ten weeks in the old way can now be given in fifteen minutes by the use of pictures showing the actual processes involved. Contracts have been made for educational moving pic- tures to be screened at the Methodist Church auditorium. Redwood Falls, Minn., every Friday evening beginning at 7:45 o'clock, the presentation to consist of from five to eight reels of the very best moving pictures of an educational nature procurable. The strictest cen- sorship will constantly be main- tained so that objectionable features will be reduced to the verv minimum if not entirely eliminated. Lp to date several thousand feet of film have been returned to the film exchanges unused because these particular pictures did not measure up to the high standard that has been set. About S800 have been expend- ed in the purchase of moving picture projector, booth, screen, and blinds for the windows, in- stallation, and no expense will be spared in securing the best and highest class films to be pro- cured. Two contracts for film service have been placed in New- York City, one in Chicago, one in St. Louis, and five in Minne- apolis. For the benefit of the school children and parents who cannot attend at night, the entire film service will be presented every Friday afternoon at 4:15, the teachers as far as possible coming with the pupils and sitting with them. As the films are purely educational and not sectarian, this service will prove to be worth thousands of dollars annually to the public schools from an educa- tional standpoint, proving that a church auditorium may be made to minister to the upbuilding of a city on week days as well as on Sundays. Admission is free to all though a collection is taken to meet the expense of the film service, the use of the audi- toriiun. fuel and light being given by the church without charge. p EV. DR. E. C. HORN, who has been pastor of the Meth- -^ odist Church, Redwood Falls. Minn., since 1917, gives the following biographical data about himself: .\Iumnus Ohio North- em L'niversity and DePauw University; doctorate in divinity, Nebraska Wesleyan L'niversity: instractor for two years in U, S. Grant University and two years in DePauw University; special ••.\round the World" press correspondent; inspected missions in Japan, China. Philippines, Malaysia. India. Africa. Turkey and Europe under special appointment of the Missionary Society of World.' and "Mazes and Marvels of Wind Cave" ijow in sixth edition; for three years vice president of the International Sunday School .Association; pastor Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church. Minneapolis; president State Epworth League since 1914. Films Contracted For The following are among the films that have been con- tracted for and are suggested as samples of what those attending will see: Cold Pack Canning: Fight the Fly: Making Mother's Work Easier: Tractor Farming; Making Shoes: Royal Gorge of Colorado: The Great Volcano in Hawaii; Story of a Box of Candy; San Fran- ci?c<i: A S<iiiare Deal for His Wife: Fountain Pen Making; A Wild Goose Chase: Cleveland. Ohio: Yellowstone Park; Mining Coal; American Wonderlands: Canning Lessons: a Brush with the Enemy, • •r Care of the Teeth: A Day in Dogdom: Mt. Wilson: Making Rope: The Presidents of the United States; Visit to Luther Burbank: Roosevelt Dam; Fighting Fire: Los Angeles, California: Electricity: A True Fish Storv-; Making a Newspaper; Safety First: World at Work (10 reels, serial' : Tour of the World • 10 reels, serial I : Fergus Falls Cyclone: .Amer- ica at Play: Glacier National Park; Official War Review Tyler Cyclone; Northern Minnesota Forest Fire; Pathe News Weekly: and others, in- cluding The Crisis. Among the classics to be screened will be "Scrooge," by Dickens; "Treasure Island," Stevenson: "The Adventures of LTvsses," by Homer, also "The Fail of Troy." In the realm of history will be seen: "The Land- ing of the Pilgrims": "The Mid- night Ride of Paul Revere": "The Boston Tea Party." Espe- cially for the children the fol- lowing are listed: "Little Shep- herd and Golden Locks" and ■The Three Bears"; "Nature's Children, Lions. Alligators, and .Monkeys": "The Pied Piper of Hamelin"; "The House that Jack Built"; and scenics permitting those attending to visit almost everywhere. The destruction wrought by the cyclone at Tyler and Fergus Falls and the North- ern Minnesota forest fire will be The most important news items the world over are pho- tographed each week and filmed. gi\-ing all an opportunity to see what has required space on the first pages of the great dailies of two hemispheres. Rev, C, R, Montague, of Tulare. California, has installed a new Simplex projector in his church. The Fresno. Cal., Republican, commenting upon this fact, says "he has the system for bringing his congregation to church an<! away from the theaters.'* Kev. Howard A. Talbot, pastor of the Presbjterian Church, De Pere, W-.-.. recently installed a Mazda Simplex projector in his church. He is .isirg it for leeture work and various church gatherings. 15