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10
Visual Education
Photograph from collection of A. C. Vroman.
IN A MOKI VILLAGE
The negative of this picture is one of the prized possessions of the Visual Education
Division. It shows the Court and Ceremonial Chamber of a Moki Indian village in
Arizona. In the center is the kiva, or ceremonial chamber, where are performed the
sacred rites of the Snake Dance — a ceremony from which women are rigidly excluded.
Set No. 644 — Irrigation Projects in the United States. Colored.
Set No. 644A — The Reclamation of Our Deserts. Colored.
A printed catalog is circulated among the teachers interested, and those desiring bookings write in, giving the number of the set desired, the title, and the approximate time of use. Bookings are made from Saturday to Saturday. Sets are mailed out on Saturday morning and are expected back in time to send to the next school on the following Saturday morning.
How the Slides Are Mailed
Breakage when wooden containers were used was excessive, and they were too heavy into the bargain. A special container was therefore devised by the department, as illustrated in the accompanying photographs. This container, the result of long-continued experiment, has been found very satisfactory for distribution on a set basis.
After trying a variety of ways for sealing the packages, we finally settled upon the use of straps, which are found so convenient by the teachers that we seldom have any of the slides stolen.
Developing the Film Service
In the use of films the work has grown more slowly. After experimenting with free pictures we determined not to circulate any films except those owned by the department, the reason being that we wish to build up a service which will be dependable from year to year. We
wish the teachers to become familiar with the materials available and to feel that they may be had without question.
Among the best films so far circulated by this department are reels on the Yosemite Valley, Niagara Falls, the Hawaiian Islands, the steel industry, the manufacture of salt, paper, rugs, wool, glass, etc. This year we are beginning to experiment with the series entitled "Citizens in the Making" — the product of the Wythe Film Corporation. Experiments conducted by the Los Angeles City Department during the past two years have encouraged us to feel that these films are among the best yet produced for educational use.
Los Angeles City provided an operator and a projector, who went from school to school on schedule and presented these films as regular class lessons. Since this plan is impossible for the Los Angeles County office, our circulation of the films will be upon a booking basis similar to the plan used for slides.
Films to Instruct, Not to Amuse
For some time the work of the department, so far as films were
HOW THE FILMS ARE MAILED The simple wooden containers used in shipping films by parcel post are made by students in the Technical Department. Since all of the films distributed are prints on non-inflammable stock, this type of shipping container meets all requirements1 of the postal regulations, although it is not quite so convenient for the recipient as the metal cases which are used by commercial film exchanges.