The Educational screen (c1922-c1956])

March, 193 0 89 Coach Dean, who produced the film King Basketball a few years ago, is also responsible for this contribution to the increasing supply of visual aids distributed by the Bureau. Recent Writings "Picture Study in Geography," by Lora M. Dexheimer, appears in the Journal of Geography for November. The writer believes that these two considerations alone should give illustration a place of large importance in the study, namely — "good pictures, probably more than any other phase of our subject matter in geography, put man and his activities in the place of importance to the child; they also offer detail often omitted in textual material for lack of space." The remainder of the article explains the various methods ot putting the pictures to profitable use and mentions several sources from which they may be obtained. est-Stimulating Device — The SchoolMade Movie." She describes how this interesting project in geography was worked out with the aid of an opaque projector. Scenarios written by the children were printed on small pieces of white paper which, together with p' tures, were pasted on the film. The film consisted of long strips of cardboard which fit the projector, pasted together with gummed tape. means of language. ■ In the same issue of the Journal o; Oeography, Grace Markwell contributes a little writeup by the title "An Inter "Experimental Evaluation of Classroom Films" — by Dr. Frank N. Freeman, of the University of Chicago, in the December number of School Executives Magazine, presents a history of the classroom film and the recent developments in the field as backed by the Eastman Kodak Company. Two series of film. Geography and Science, were made and supplemented by teachers' guides. Space does not permit exposition of the experiment nor any real statement of the results. Suffice it to say that the visual aid proved lo be an indispensable aid not to displace the teacher nor to take the place of oral discussion or reading, but to give the basic experience to be elaborated by "Visual Aids in the Teaching of History-Geography in the Primary Grades" — by Miss Mildred E. Tyson, appearing in the Baltimore Bulletin of Education for December, reiterates the truth implied in Dr. Freeman's article. "Through motion pictures, as in excursions, the child comes face to face with processes, activities, and realities. In the motion picture, it is true, he is denied a variety of sense contacts, but, on the other hand, he is exposed to a wider range of ideas and information." "Commercial Geography in the Forest Park High School" — by Chester H. Katenkamp, in the same issue of the Baltimore Bulletin, discusses the use of visual aids in revising the courses. "Pictures, lantern slides, moving pictures, and field trips are all considered valuable material upon which to build the understanding of any particular problem. These materials, though, are merely aids ; they do not form the most important part of the work, for the desired understanding is one of reaction to a problem and not one of acquiring processes or facts." MOTHER^/^ MIME , V "Many comments on the beauty of the picture Special for Lent "A WOMAN'S FAITH" Blinded. Daniel Steele loses his sight, his faith. But his sweetheart's faith prevails and a cure is effected at the Shrine of Ste. Anne de Beaupre. With a great cast including Alma Rubens, Percy Marmont, Jean Hersholt. and the suitability of the subject matter for use in our service*^ ^ says Eleanor R. Gregory, Assistant to the Pastor, Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, New York "Mother of Mine" has received many other commendations from civic and religious bodies. UNIVERSAL PICTURES CORPORATION Non-Theatrical Division 730 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.