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February, 1936 Page 3 5 Edit oria The St. Louis Meeting Present jirospects for the winter meet- ing of the Department of Visual Instruc- tion at St. Louis. I'^ebruary 24 to 26, are excellent. (The full program appears on page 51 of this issue). The opening luncheon on Monday noon at the Mel- Ijourne Hotel seems already assured of record attendance. Further reservations can be acce])ted u]) to the last minute. Perha])s the outstanding feature of the l)rogram is the Sym])osium on Sound and Silent Films in Teaching, with Professor Frank N. Freeman presiding. Sound films are in the limelight today and a live discussion is inevitable. This Sym- jiosium occupies the entire session Wednesday afternoon. It should not be missed. The only item to be omitted from the program as printed in our January issue is the lecture-presentation by Arthur C. Pillsbury. Despite long effort, it proved impossible to bring St. Louis into Mr. Pillsbury's nation-wide speaking sched- ule. Several other features have been added, however, since the January print- ing. As it now stands the program offers an interesting and thoroughly profitable two days for Department members, friends and visitors. "Be in St. Louis on l<"ebruary 24 to 26" seems sound ad- vice to the visual field. Two Signs of Progress L'ntil 1936 the admonition, "Know Thyself", has meant little to the visual field. It is excellent evidence of "grow- ing ])ains" in the visual instruction move- ment that the field as a whole now aims to find out the facts about itself. Never before January, 1936. had a detailed sur- vey of visual equi|)ment and activity in American schools been attempted on a national scale. In that month began two such surveys whose combined results should spell progress. The Washington Qusstionnaire The United States Office of Education, and the American Council of Education, have launched a very significant effort. On January 27 and 28 were mailed from Washington some 21,000 elaborate ques- tionnaires to Superintendents of Schools throughout the country. The document is exhaustive, is exceedingly well planned, and the printing arrangement on both sides of a single sheet makes for desirable compactness of record. This sheet calls not only for summary information on present equipment but adds many perti- nent questions on technique, sources, ad- {Continucd on page 41) Educational Screen Combined with Visual Instruction News FEBRUARY, 1936 VOLUME XV NUMBER 2 CONTENTS Experiences with a State Cooperative Film Library. Russell T. Gregg 39 The Opaque Projector Applied to Written Composition Work. Donald R. Bosley.. 42 Large-Group-Instruction Through the Use of Visual Aids. F. Marshall Worrell. 43 Why a Department of Visual Education? D. C. Thornton 46 Among the Magazines and Books. Conducted by Stella Evelyn Myers ....47 The Film Estimates 48 The Church Field. Conducted by Mary Seattle Brady 49 Department of Visual Instruction. Conducted by E. C. Waggoner 51 Film Production In the Educational Field. Conducted by F. W. Davis 52 School Department. Conducted by Dr. F. Dean McClusky... 54 Current Film Releases. 58 Among the Producers 64 Here They Are! A Trade Directory for the Visual Field 68 Contents of previous issues listed in Education Index. General and Editorial Offices, 64 East Lake St., Chicago, Illinois. Office of Publication, Morton, Illinois. Entered at the Post Office at Morton, Illinois, as Second Class Matter. Copyright, February, 1936 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. Slaught, Pres. Nelson L. Greene, Editor Ellsworth C. Dent Evelyn J. Baker Josephine Hoffman Stanley R. Greens R. F. H. Johnson Marlon F. Lanphler F. Dean McClusky Stella Evelyn Myers