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November, 193 5 Page 247 Edit oria THE appointment of Mr. E. C. Wag- goner as Secretary-Treasurer of the Department of Visual Instruction of the N.E. A., to succeed Mr. Ellsworth C. Dent, has just been made by the Execu- tive Coniiuittee. Mr. Waggoner, Head of Science De]iartment and Visual Edu- cation, Elgin High School, may be ad- dressed either at Elgin, Illinois, or at 64 East Lake St., Chicago—headquarters ad- dress of the Department of Visual In- struction for 1935-36. FOR the current school year The De- ])artnient of Visual Instruction of the National Education Association is ])lan- ning a nation-wide effort to secure from the visual field some definite data which have long been needed, freely guessed at, but never known. It is hoped to enlist the cooperation of various other national organizations specifically interested in this phase of education. A unified and system- atic effort by these organizations, pro- vided they can have full cooperation from American schools, should bring results of high significance and value to our actual knowledge of what the visual field really is, and is to be. A detailed announcement of the ])lan will probably be ready for the December issue. IX THE September issue we declared our intention to see to it that every ad- dress on the program of the Department meetings at Denver last July should be available in ])rinted form—the first time that this desirable end was ever achieved. \\"e have done our best and the results stand as follows: There were twelve addresses on the program. Two ]3apers ( Kooser and Bishop) were not read—leaving ten. Two pa]iers (Larson and Ream) were printed elsewhere—leaving eight. One address ( Shaw) consisted of com- ments on a film ])rojected, hence could not be effectively reprinted apart from the picture—leaving seven. Eive papers (Trolinger, Collier, Hell- stern, Meola, Dudley) were run in the October issue—leaving two. One paper (Fox), delayed for cuts, appears in this issue—leaving one. (^ne pajjer ("The Role of a Visual .\id and Sensory Technique Course in Teacher Preparation for the New Day", by Klon- ower) is the only one still missing, and our good intentions therefore have scored something over 8% failure. Better luck, we trust, for the next meeting. Nelson L. Greene Educational Screen Combined with Visual Instruction News NOVEMBER, 1935 VOLUME XIV NUMBER 9 CONTENTS A Discussion Concerning the Proposed Annerican Film Institute. Edgar Dale _ 249 A Vv'Ide Area Visual Instruction Service. F. Wilcken Fox..252 Vitalizing the Curriculum by Homemade Slides. Mrs. Mary A. McGady .255 Some Ne.glected Factors in Visual Instruction. Charles F. Hoban, Jr.. 257 Among the Magazines and Books. Conducted by Stella E. Myers. ....259 The Film Estimates — 261 The Church Field.. 262 News and Notes. Conducted by Josephine Hoffman 264 School Department. Conducted by Dr. F. Dean McClusky 266 Film Production Activities. Conducted by The Staff 270 Among the Producers 274 Here They Are! A Trade Directory for the Visual Field....276 Contents of previous issues listed in Education Index. General and Editorial Offices, 54 East Lake St., Chicago, Illinois. Office of Publication, Morton, Illinois. Entered at the Post Office at Morton, Illinois, as Second Class Matter. Copyright, November, 1935 by the Edu- cational Screen, Inc. Published every month except July and August. $2.00 a Year (Canada, $2.75; Foreign, $3.00) Single Copies, 25 cts. THE EDUCATIONAL SCREEN, Inc. DIRECTORATE AND STAFF Herbert E.SIaught, Pres. Nelson L. Greene, Editor Ellsworth C. Dent Evelyn J. Baker Josephine Hoffman Stanley R. Greene R. F. H. Johnson Marion F. Lanphier F. Dean McClusky Stella Evelyn Myers