The educational screen (c1922-c1956])

138 The Educational Screen taking home lanterns and slides weekly for showing in their homes. During the winter they have Sunday afternoon lectures, for example, to which their own children invite the children of the neighbors and one of the youngsters reads the lecture while the others discuss the pictures. As the phonograph and the player piano oc- cupy a legitimate place in making the home attractive and bringing to the rising generation the talent and skill of the great artists of music, so may the projecting lantern occupy a legiti- mate place by the fireside, bringing home the faraway scenes of the world and the wonders of science. Second, organizations. There is a large de- mand from clubs and societies whose entertainment committees are often hard pressed for suitable attractions. In many cases some member of the club has traveled in foreign lands or is interested in some particular branch of science and by borrowing some of our pictures, is able to present his per- sonal experience and observation in an attractive manner. Third, Schools and Teachers. This is a class so fa- miliar to you all that it requires no explanation here. The Scout Masters find our material very useful in their work. Fourth, Churches. Several thousand carefully selected slides on religious subjects are on hand, and the churches are frequent and intelligent borrowers, some using our slides on religious subjects for purely devo- tional meetings, many of the churches borrowing weekly slides on travel, using them in Sunday evening service and during the week to encourage al tendance. A complete catalog, revised yearl} is provided. New sets not included i the catalog, as acquired, are listed o a set of large cards suspended on th walls of the circulating room. Eac set of slides going out is secured by card which is signed by the borrowei On this card is printed a space for ca number and title, date borrowed, dal due and date returned, above an agree ment to suffer all penalties under ou rules. These cards are then filed, a< cording to the title of the sets, Mot day's cards being filed under Wedne< day, this being the date when a Monday's sets are returnable. As tr. sets are brought in, the corresponds card is taken from the file, checke and filled out with the return dat whereupon it is placed in an alph« betic "set returned" file. At the end c the month it is a simple matter to g through this file and prepare tr monthly report. The cards indical the times loaned for each particuk set, and the number of times each si has been used during the month entered in a total column. As soon c these entries have been made, whic of course indicate the total circulatic for the month with simple countin the card is then filed permanent] under the name of the borrower. Th makes it possible for the Gounte Clerk to immediately produce for ar borrower his cards indicating whic sets he has already had, in case it ma