The Educational screen (c1922-c1956])

Page 26 The Combination of Art and Visual Instruction The Educational Screen THE COMBINATION of art and Visual Instruc- ' tion offers unlimited possibilities. Certainly the visual-minded are more artistic and appreciative. That they be creative is not necessary, because art for the average person will consist in the appreciation of the beautiful, and in the selection of commodities, furni- ture, draperies, rugs, china, glassware, and dress. We may add to appreciation and selection gardening, sew- ing and kindred crafts. The fact that the creative ar- tistic people are visual-minded seems not to be disputed. The combination of the two departments x\rt and Visual Instruction under one Director in school ac- tivities is desirable. The art classes in our Bakersfield City Schools have efficiently made the following con- tributions to the Visual Instruction department: 1. Mounted several thousand pictures taken largely from the National Geographic. TALKING PICTURES FOR CLASSROOMS Series "A" for High Schools Series "B" for Grade Schools FREE CIRCULAR ON REQUEST Also entertainment and educational 16 mm. and 35 mm. motion Pictures, both Silent and Sound; Glass Slides, Film Strips, Pro- jectors, Stereopticons, Screens, Accessories. Ask for supplement. IDEAL PICTURES CORPORATION 30 EAST EIGHTH STREET CHICAGO, ILL. For Making Home-Made Slides GLASSIVE — an abrasive for making: your own ground glass slides from plain cover glass for a fraction of a cent each. 50c a packasr«' CELLOSLIDE—Eliminates the necessity of writing on glass. Takes ink better than glass. 500 sheets for $1.00. (Dealers Wanted — Write for terms) TEACHING AIDS SERVICE, jamaicaplain.mass. I6mm. M r^ V T F Q Silent Sound-on-film lYl W V 1 Hi O |6 mm. Write for free descriptive lists. We are determined to maintain the lowest rates in the U. S. A. AH programs unconditionally guaranteed. Organized for service — not for profit. 409 McAlphin Ave., Clifton THE MANSE LI BRARY. Cincinnati. 0. For Perfection in Projection \ BAITf-LITt TRUVISIOM portable prqjedion screens Regarded universally as the world's standard 16 mm. Motion Picture Screens, Britelite - Truvislon Crystal Beaded Screens are scientifically con- structed and provide the maximum illumination that can be obtained from your projector in Black-and- White and Kodachrome ... A wide variety of styles includes Folding De Luxe "A" as illustrated, back board, metal tube, and easel models ... in siies for every requirement from small exceedinqly portable types to models adequate for auditorium and lecture hall purposes. Send for complete literature on Screens, Reflec- tors, Projector or Film Storage Cases or investi- gate Britelite-Truvision Products at your dealers. Motion Picture Screen & Accessories Co. 524 WEST 26th STREET NEW YORK BRITELITE-TRUVISION 2. Bound booklets. IMuch of this material is from the Geographic, also. 3. Dressed a set of dolls in the costumes of different countries. 4. Constructed a portfolio of block prints of Cali- fornia wild-flowers. 5. Drawn and mounted map slides. 6. Mounted dainaged stillfilms between glass making- slides and thus saving the material. 7. Drawn slide pictures illustrating various countries. 8. Constructed large books in activity and social science classes, which have later been placed in the Visual Instruction department. Examples are: America Historical alphabet Safety Asia Product of North Birds Africa America Indians Mail Health Kern County 9. Constructed large projects in activity program. At the close of the semester these were removed from the building to a room in a vacant school building which we have converted into a museum. Classes and teachers visit this museum and obtain ideas. 10. I have collected many samples of children's work and placed them in portfolios under the following titles: Figure drawing Crayola lessons All over designs Christmas Flower drawings Free hand cards drawing Spatter Block prints Printing Pencil Posters Water color Pen and ink Borders The following list contains the material which the Visual Instruction department provides to assist with art work: 1. Set of glass slides of famous pictures. 2. Mounted pictures with the following titles: Animals Children, Art maps Babies Attractive Trees California Wild Design for Cartoons Flowers Upper Grades Children by Japanese Prints Costumes Masters Miniatures by Pictures by Color Studies Masters Whistler Craft, Upper Craft, Lower Ships Grades Grades Interiors Landscapes Portraits 3. Portfolios with the following titles: Carving Story Illustration Perspective Indian Material American Printing samplers