The educational screen (c1922-c1956])

Page 64 The Educational Screen "A . / #\ pictoiiaL o-k tk e J^ a c i k i c'\ COVARRUBIAS REPRODUCTIONS have been called "first rate works of art," by Fortune magazine. This set of six famed mural maps by Miguel Covarrubias represents a painstaking study of Pacific ethnology, economy, art, botany, zoology, native housing and transportation . . . scientific accuracy is combined with artistic directness. Unusual versatility makes these maps decorative, as pictures; important as visual education; stimulating, as an insight into a vital world area. VtrUa n for further details. SCHWABACHER-FREY CO. Q n c I I a 735 Market Street San Francisco, Calif. Peoples of the Pacific, 38x25 in 2.00 Flora and Fauna, 38x25 in 2.00 Art Forms, 38x25 in 2.00 Economy. 38x25 in 2.00 Native Dwellings, 25x19 in 1«50 Means of Transportation, _ 25x19 in - ••SO Set of all six of the Covarrubias Reproductions in mailing tube.... 8.30 Sets of all six of the Covarrubias Reproductions in portfolio with pamphlet edition of explanatory _ . text T.OS symbols of all the teachers in the school system; the school or schools used might be referred to as "one of our schools" but probably would not be named specifically; members of the community who appeared would serve as Mr. and Mrs. Doe. For instance, the woman and child mentioned above would symbolize all the women and chil- dren affected by sugar rationing. 7. Don't make it too cut and dried. Vary the approach to each section of the script. A touch of humor should be injected to make it typically American. For example, the man who has just obtained sugar ration books for five children when one of his boys rushes in to tell him that a sixth has just arrived at the hospital! (Yes, it actualy happened.) Four or five well-planned close-ups would tell this story. 8. For special sequences, such as that just mentioned, the shooting can be done after the stress of the actual activitj' is over. Get the background and general scenes, crowds, etc., on the spot. Detailed work can be done later, with a selected cast under controlled conditions. Even now, months after sugar rationing, you could "fake" any supplementary scenes needed. Don't try to "get by" with what you have if you know that a few additional "touches" here and there would improve the final result. We hope that this discussion will enable your committee to start working in earnest now, with definite objectives and according to specific methods, for you have a big job ahead of you. Ger your personnel organized, get your material organized, do your shooting deliberately and according to plan, and fear not the face on the cutting room floor! We are confident that your results will amply repay you for your trouble, and that you will have a picture which is a credit to you, to your teachers, your schools, and your public. Pre-induction Training Course Outlines A series of five manuals for use in pre-induction training courses have been prepared by Army cur- riculum .specialists and practical classroom teachers, under the joint direction of the War Department, Civil- ian Personnel Division, and the U. S. Office of Edu- cation, and have been distributed to school superin- tendents and principals throughout the nation. The courses are designed to be offered as electives in the last two years of high school. They may also be offered in evening schools to j'outh and adults whose induction mav be expected in the near future. These courses cover: Fiindanicntals of Auto-Mechanics, Fitndamentals oj Electricity, Fundamentals of Machines, Fundamen- tals of SliopH'ork, Fundamentals of Radio. They make it possiI)le for youth in high schools and colleges to prepare for wartime duties, by providing the funda- mental scientific and technical understandings neces- sary in the rapid training of soldier specialists. They are designed to serve all three divisions of the Army— the Air Forces, the Ground Forces, and the Services of Supply. The content of the courses is based on technical and field manuals of the War Department. The teaching outlines designate recommended text-books, lecture data, work project materials, work equipment, demon- strations, and pertinent films and slidefilms. Pre-induction mastery of these course materials will enable the Army to cut the post-induction training period, and help the student to select the particular branch of the service which he prefers, or for which he is best fitted. The schools of the nation are making a real contribution to the war effort by the organization of courses based on these pre-induction outlines. As the need for other training courses becomes apparent, it is expected that other outlines may be developed. Copies of the printed outlines may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents for 10 cents each. Projecting a Jam Handy filmstrip in a PIT course in "Fundamentals of Electricity"