The educational screen (c1922-c1956])

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Editorial s nothing to one that is not owed to all; and we have nothing to sell ourselves. It is, we trust, quite needless to add that it will not make a dollar's differ- ence in the income of this magazine whether the individual inquirer buys one machine or another, rents one company's pictures or another's, follows the advice we give or ignores it entirely. We receive no "commissions," no "subsidies," and we have no "understandings" with any branch or phase of the great industry; but we believe in their product, especially in their ultimate product, and in the great need for that product in the schools, churches, clubs and community centers. We are in a unique position and intend to stay in it. Only so can we realize our aim to be the impartial medium between the schools and the pro- ducers, a medium that can be trusted by both sides. Only by close and cordial relations between these two economic elements (producer and consumer) can the cause of visual education advance to the fulfillment of its rich promise. □ ■ □ IN various quarters readers have already anticipated our invitation. From Georgia comes the request for reference material to be used in preparation of a paper to read before Women's Clubs; a Texas university student wants data for a thesis on the influence of the movies on public opinion; an Iowa principal wants us to recommend sources for renting slides; a West Virginia professor asks who produced certain important films now running in the theatres; an Indiana superintendent -requests our frank and personal opinion as to what stereopticon will best suit conditions in his school; an Illinois principal writes, "Our school is in the market for a moving picture projector, which will give satisfaction in auditorium with throw of 60 feet, and in an ordinary classroom where the throw is less than 30. . . . Can you recommend such a machine?"; a prominent bureau of visual instruction in a western state asks advice on projectors and adds the follow- ing: "Our purpose in getting a report from an unprejudiced authority is to aid us in selecting a make of projector to sell in this territory. It is important that we have a machine which will give entire satisfaction. We want to get the agency for a semi-portable and a portable machine for use in schools and churches." Does this suggest why we issue the above invitation? Does it sug- gest any use to be made of the invitation? If so, we shall be glad to hear from you and return a careful reply. There are Two Important Announcements on page 9