Educational screen & audio-visual guide (c1956-1971])

velopnient of microgroovc recordings and vinyl discs. Remember the old 78 rpm shellacs, thorn needles, hand vv o u n d phonographs, mechanical sound reproduction? Some of us do, hut we are all used to and demand todays modern vinyl disc, pressed to high standards of perfection with microgroove (45 and 33.3 rpm) sound etchings, to be reproduced by electronic amplification excited by a jeweltipped stylus. And the beginnings will lead to an endless and as yet undefined future. What's coming next year? We don't know. We have been told tliat Enrichment Materials will produce eight new titles in their American history series. There will be one recording on the Articles of the Confederation and this will be backed up by a recording devoted to Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address. Further, for the first time in almost New/ NO MORE BROKEN TAPES Sup e^ Magnetic Recording Tape du Pont I'A-mil MYLAR This is a Professional, Extra Heavy Duty Tape — Practically Unbreakable — withstands extreme temperatures — is immune to humidity — will not dry out — remains Silky-Smooth forever — can be re-used for years on end — will not squeal or become brittle with age — leaves no deposit on heads or pads. Exceeds High-Fidelity and other Professional Specifications. Thousands of Satisfied Users. Satisfaction Guaranteed or Your Money Back. Sample 5" reel $1.50. — INTRODUCTORY OFFER — Carton of 12 5", 600 ft. reels. Cat. No. 600-M $15.00 Carton of 12 7", 1200 ft. reels. Cat. No. 1200-M $21.50 Order as many cartons as you wish, but Please Hurry! This Offer is Limited! Enclose your check and mail to: SUPER TAPE SALES P.O. Box 145 Gaithersburg, Maryland Aud4A C>IRD>IIOG® Record Reviews on Cards Box 1771— Albany 1, New York D Please enter. 1 year subscription (s) to Audio CARDALOG, including the FREE Audio CARDALOG Directory of Record Producers. 400 cards10 issues-$25.00 D Please send us full information about Audio CARDALOG. Name Organization or School Address City and State Free offer expires September 15, 1961. Price for Directory $5.00 thereafter to subscribers. a half century (Arizona was the 48th state, admitted in 1912) we have brought two new states into tlie union. Hawaii and Alaska will be the subject of new Enrichment Materials recordings which will deal with the acts of Congress enabling these areas to seek statehood, as well as the history of the areas and the presidential proclamations making them states. Alaska will be further emphasized with a recording of an adaptation of Ala.tka Gold Rush, originally published as a Landmark Book. In addition, three odier Landmark books will be adapted for recorded presentation. These are Guadalcanal Diary to back up the story of the Alaska gold rush, and Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross with the story of the First Transatlantic Cable on the flip side. There will be new language records. Cabot is planning early fall releases in both their Gateways and Let's Sing series. The former will follow the usual pattern, and be largely travel oriented. Tlic latter will be applicable to some levels of elementary language instruction, and will contribute to the pleasures of language study in the elementary schools. Of course there will be more. We anticipate several new editions of the Audio-Lingual Digest possibly on a regular basis. Based on the thesis that an audio magazine in a foreign language can contribute to in-school and home instruction, this new idea has a huge service potential. The 'first editions' were well received in a variety of critical and official quarters and there is every reason to anticipate these recordings as a distinct development which may make newer avenues for learning imminent. If a regular audio magazine is suitable for language study, why not for current events, history, geography, economics, English and the gamut of other subject areas which our students are called upon to study? Indeed, the field of science and exploration is progressing so rapidly that our courses of study cannot keep pace, and the recording industry with its short time from script to market may be the keystone of progress of schools. Are these the teaching machine materials of the future? Electronically, the visual machine' and the record can be linked and indeed the tape recorder can be so built that, until a 'correct' answer is offered, new material will not be presented and the student is directed to retrace his steps and repeat already heard material. This is for the future, but the future may be here sooner than any of us know or guess. 354 Educational Screen and Audiovisual Guide — July, 19611