The educational screen (c1922-c1956])

330 School Department The Educational Screen The ZENITH Motion Picture Projector THE simple, always c dependable, standard Projector for churches, schools and places where clear, steady, sharp projection is important, and portability is an advantage. Uses ANY standard film, any distance up to lis feet. Easily operated by anyone anywhere. Equipped with Mazda lamp, and universal motor adaptable to any standard lighting current. Stereopticon equipment for projecting slides. Moderately priced, light in weight although ruggedly built, and absolutely safe. Please mention this magazine. SAFETY PROJECTOR COMPANY 310-312 West Second St. Duluth, Minn. eration of preparing one of our best known brands for market. No objectionable advertising matter detracts from the excellence of the reels, which are most helpful for school classes in general, and sufficiently interesting for any audience. A 3-reel treatment of the same subject is also available from the American Sugar Refining Company. MISCELLANEOUS The Dahlia (Prizma). A reel for garden lovers, picturing most eflfectively in color a number of different varieties of this widely cultivated flower. The picture was filmed at the Peacock Dahlia Farms in Berlin, N. J. — where millions of blossoms are raised each year for market. A remarkable panorama shows the extent of this garden-farm, and details of planting and cultivation .are explained. Strong field roots are set out, and when the plants have come up, all but the strongest shoots are pinched off. When the buds have formed, all are plucked except the terminal bud. Artificial pollenation crosses a number of different plants, so that great variety of blossoms results. Many of these varieties are shown in a series of beautiful close-ups, astonishingly perfect in the reproduction of color they display. Workers cut great armfuls of the blossoms and carry them to the storehouse where they are kept for a few hours to condition them for shipment. Views of the packing house show how the blooms are sent to market — at the rate of 50,000 a day during the height of the season. The Forest King (Bray). A Canadian background, and the chief actors the moose. The reel is the narrative of a camping party's journey from Montreal into the moose country, and records as well some of the wild scenic beauty of that section of Canada. Some unusual and beautiful pictures of deer are included, as the animals are discovered in a placid lake, standing out in all their graceful beauty against the dark evergreens on the shore. Mr. Leonard PoTver, president of the National Association of Elementary School Principals, writes: I must mention what wonderful results we are getting with the new TransLux Daylight Screen. . . . From now on we shall go right on with our pictures with better visualization than ever before, with all the curtains up and windows open. I regard the invention of this screen as one of the big steps forward in visual education. Darkened Classrooms Abolished! The TRANS-LUX DAYLIGHT SCREEN can be used in daylight without darkening the room, thus avoiding poor ventilation and the expense of satisfactory window coverings. It can equally well be used with artificial lighting conditions when desired. The TRANS-LUX DAYLIGHT SCREEN IS non-inflammable, can be cleaned and rolled up without damage. It is made in any size for any purpose. "^H And What Do Its Users Think? f^ For the sake of finer and more economical projection, ask further details of Trans-Lux Daylight Picture Screen INCORPORATED 36 West 44th St. New York City And Rev. Newell Dwigrht Hillls, nationally known as the pastor of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, comments! At the beginning: we were somewhat skeptical as to the results. ... I am writing not only to express my gratitude to you, but to say that without a single exception the lecturers and ministers who have used the screen, both at every hour during the day and again at night, pronounce it the best screen that they have ever used. It Is quite beyond any words of praise.