The Educational screen (c1922-c1956])

April, 1930 present day scale of mass production in the particular line of business activity shown in the motion picture projected during the class session. The majority of large concerns are very willing to lend their reels of films to educational institutions without charge. The schedule of text book assignments and motion pictures covering the year's work follows: A SURVEY OF BUSINESS Management IS and 16 October 1 and 3 Chapter I "Agriculture" A Trip Through the International Harvester C o m p a n y's Tractor Works Motorizing the Farm Mechanical Cultivation of Virgin Soil Business Management Applied to the Farm October 8 and 10 Chapter II "The Lumber Industry" The Forest and Wealth The Forest and Water Telephone Poles as a Part of Commerce Preparing Telephone Poles Commercial Cedar Lumbering in British Columbia October IS and 17 Chapter IV "Foreign Trade" Carrying American Products to Foreign Lands Laying the High Speed Ocean Cable Inspecting Foreign Food Products Inspecting Foreign Plants Pipes and Cigarettes in the Making October 22 and 24 Chapter V "Mining" Ford Way of Coal Mining Anthracite Bituminous Salt Mining Twelve Points of Safety in the Mine The Wonders of Anthracite October 29 and 31 Chapter VI "The Copper Industry" The Story of Anaconda Copper Oxygen Breathing Apparatus November 7 Chapter VI "Lead" The Manufacture of Paint November 12 and 14 Chapter VII "The Metal Cutting Industry" Speeding Production with Carboloy Grinding as a Part of Industry Cutting to the 1/20,000 Part of an Inch Use and Abuse of Twist Drills November 19 and 21 Chapter VII "Power" Water Power Sveam and Electricity Power Transmission From Coal to Electricity November 26 Chapter HI "Manufacture in Special Fields" Manufacture of Standard Plumbing Equipment Manufacture of Canned Milk Manufacture of Stetson Hats Manufacture of Hosiery December 3 and 5 Chapter VI "The Steel Industry" Making Steel Making Seamless Sltel Tubing Steel Ties December 10 and 12 Chapter VIII "Cotton Industry" Selecting the Cotton Seeds The Manufacture of Cotton The Textile Manufacturing Plant December 17 and 19 Chapter IX "Paper and Rope Industries" Manufacture of Paper Another Use for Paper The Manufacture of Rope Oxygen and Its Uses January 2 Chapter III "Manufacture of Meters" Manufacturing the Electric Meter January 7 and 9 Chapter X "Printing Industry" Making the "New York Times" Making a Book The Historic Development of Books January 14 and 16 Chapter XII "Railroads" Manufacturing a Locomotive The Electric Locomotive Freight Car Distribution Transportation February 6 Chapter XXIX "Radio" Manufacture of the Vacuum Tube Manufacture of the Alkaline Storage Battery February 11 and 13 Chapter XIII "Banking in the United States" History of the New York Stock Exchange The Federal Reserve System Making a Bank Note Modern Banking February 18 and 20 Chapter XV "The Petroleum Industry" Petroleum and Its By-products February 25 and 27 Chapter XVI "Research, Science and Invention" The Life of Thomas A. Edison Electric Heat in Industry March 4 and 6 Chapter XVII "Chemical Industry" The Story of Dynamite March 11 and 13 Chapter XVIII "Department Store Merchandising" 105 Retail Management Manufacture of Rayon Silk Manufacture of Flour Manufacture of a Pencil March 18 and 20 Chapter XVIII "The Rubber Industry" The Manufacture of Rubber Manufacture of Linoleum March 25 and 27 Chapter XIX "Meat Packing Industry" Inspecting Animals Inspecting Meats Preparing Animals for Meat Sorting Cattle Manufacture of Leather (Chapter XII) April 1 and 3 Chapter XX "Building Construction" The Manufacture of Alpha Cement The Construction of the Western Electric Company's Plant The Manufacture of Sulphur April 8 and 10 Chapter XXI "Laborand America's Century of Industry" Waste Elimination in Industry Accident Prevention in U. S. Steel Plant April 15 Chapter XXII "The Electric Industry" Making Gray Iron Castings Making Mazda Lamps Making the Largest Power Transformer Automatic Arc Welding April 22 and 24 Chapter XXIII "Telegraphy and Telephony" The World's Telephone Workshop Manufacturing a Telephone Mass Production in Telephone Manufacture Making a Lead Covered Cable Planning Telephone Production April 29 and May 1 Chapter XXVI "The Automotive Industry" Manufacturing a Spark Plug On the Proving Ground, General Motors Manufacturing of the Willys-Overland May 6 and 8 Chapter XXVII "Motion Pictures" Making the Motion Picture Film Motion Picture Industry Men and Management May 13 and 15 Chapter XXVIII "Aviation" Construction of the Aeroplane The Aeroplane— Its Place in Commerce An examination of this schedule will show that approximately fifteen years of experience are summed up in about thirty weeks.