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Page 294 The Educational Screen 5. It was also recommended that the incoming President select some active member living in or near Washing- ton to serve as a medium of contact between the N.E.A. and the President of the Department. (Signed) Ward C. Bowen, Sec'y.-Treas. Minutes of Annual Business Meeting Boston, Mass., July 1, 1941 The annual business meeting was called to order at 3 :40 p.m. by President Paul C. Reed, with approximately 20 mem- bers present. The minutes of the annual business meeting held at Mil- waukee, Wisconsin, on July 2, 1940, were read and accepted. The Secretary-Treasurer gave a brief report on member- ship. The Treasurer's report for the period June 16, 1940 to May 31, 1941 was presented by the Secretary-Treasurer. Mr. How- ard A. Smith, Chairman of the Auditing Committee, then presented a statement approving the Treasurer's report. The following report on the balloting for officers for the ensuing year was presented by the Secretary-Treasurer, with an explanation from the President that the tabulation had been reviewed and verified by the Executive Committee: For President: W. Gayle Starnes 243, Abraham Krasker 151. For 1st Vice-President: Camilla Best 228, Ford L. Lem- ler 158. For 2nd Vice-President: U. S. Burt 215, Charles M. Milner 166. • Mr. Starnes, Mrs. Best and Mr. Burt were declared elected for the year 1941-42. Mr. W. T. Powell reported for the Nominating Committee that Nelson L. Greene had been nominated to succeed him- self as a member of the Executive Committee, and that Miss Marian Evans had been nominated to succeed Edgar Dale. On motion by Mr. Emmert, seconded by Mr. Smith, it was voted that the two nominees be declared elected. President Reed reported briefly for the Yearbook Commit- tee and the Committee on Teacher Training, no members oi those committees being present. -'Ir. Reed then reviewed the work of the Committee on Zonal Organization. It was then moved by Professor Archer and seconded by Mr. Falconer that the proposed Zone Plan amendments to the Constitution and By-Laws be adopted. During the ensuing discussion, minor changes in the word- ing were made and recorded. The amendments were then passed, 18 voting for, none against. It was then moved by Miss Kalal and seconded by Mr. En.mert that the proposed slate of officers of the ten zones be accepted. After brief discussion, the vote was 18 for, none against. President Reed reviewed the negotiations which had been made relative to closer affiliation with the National Education Association, including the proposal for a permanent Sec- retary in Washington. He reported that the N. E. A. had de- clined to accept the Department proposals, but that the way was still open for future negotiations. Mr. Milner presented the following amendments to the Constitution and By-Laws, to be voted at the next annual business meeting: 1. To amend the Constitution, Article VIII Appointive Committees by deleting a Membership Committee com- posed of one member from each state.'" 2. To .amend the By-Laws, Article 1, Section 5, by sub- stituting for the first sentence a new sentence as follows: "The membership year shall run from September first through August thirty-first." (Jn motion by Mr. Lemmon, seconded by Mr. Moore, it was voted that The Educational Screen be declared the official magazine of the Department during the year 1941-42. On motion by Mr. Falconer, seconded by Mr. Milner, it was voted that the Secretary transmit to Mr. Nelson L. Greene a resolution of regret at his inability to be present, with an appreciation of his labors in behalf of the Depart- ment. On motion by Mr. Kruse, seconded by Mr. Lemmon, it was voted that the President be authorized to appoint a Commit- tee on Nomenclature and Standards to which might be re- ferred all questions relating to uniformity of nomenclature and procedures. On motion by Mr. Waggoner, seconded by Mr. Childs, it was voted that an official statement be framed relative to the place of visual education in the national emergency. A pre- liminary draft of the statement was read at the time the motion WES made. Adjourned by motion at 6:05 p. m. (Signed) Ward C. Bowen Secy-treas. D V I Officers for 1941-42 President Starnes, promptly after the Boston Meeting, submitted to the Executive Committee his appointment of H. G. Daily, Director of Audio-Visual Aids, Lafayette School, Lexington, Kentucky, as Secretary-Treasurer of the Depart- ment of Visual Instruction for 1941-42. The appointment was promptly approved by the Executive Committee, and it is therefore possible to give below the complete list of DVI officials for the current year: 0£5cers W. Gayle Starnes, President, University of Kentucky, Lex- ington, Kentucky; Camilla Best. First Vice-President, Orleans Parish School Board, New Orleans, Louisiana; U. S. Burt, Second Vice-President, President, Zone VI, Member at Large, Oregon State College, Corvallis, Oregon; H. J. Daily, Secretary-Treasurer, Lafayette School, Lexington, Ky. Executive Committee James R. Brewster, President, Zone I, Harvard University; Ella Callista Clark, President, Zone V, Winona State College; L. W. Cochran, President, Zmie IV, University of Iowa; E. Winifred Crawford, President, Zone II, Member at Large, Montclair City Schools; Marian Evans, Member at Large, San Diego City Schools; Nelson L. Greene, Member at Large, The Educational Screen; Ford L. Lemler, President Zone III, University of Michigan; F. Dean McClusky, Member at Large, The Scarborough School; Charles F. Milner, President, Zone X, Member at Large, University of North Carolina; W. T. Powell, President, Zone IX, El Paso City Schools; Boyd B. Rakestraw, President, Zone VII, Univer- sity' of California; Paul C. Reed, Member at Large, Rochester City Schools; Lelia Trolinger, President, Zone VIII, Univer- sitv of Colorado. Notes from the Field By James D. Finn Washington The Bureau of Visual Teaching, Washington State College at Pullman, has the following helpful hint for this month . . . "Tufted pipe cleaners available at any tobacco counter make excellent and inexpensive clean- ing tools for projectors. Costing only a nickel for two dozen cleaners, they will get into cracks and behind sprocket wheels where your brush won't reach. As an added feature, they absorb loose oil and grease." Wisconsin In a recent survey of the pupils of South Milwaukee Junior-Senior High School, it was found that at each grade level the pupils preferred films to any other type of assembly program. The March of Time films were the most popular. Safety, educational, and historic pro- grams ranked next to the March of Time in popularity. Emery W. Learner, Director of Training, State Teachers College. LaCrosse, Wisconsin, reports that in one of their new buildings they have provided for pro- jection screens to be built in the walls of several of the classrooms.