The educational screen (c1922-c1956])

September, 194i Page 275 For prompt delivery, S.V.E. requests that schools submit orders with a priority rating. The automatic rating procedure under CMP-Regulation 5A may be used on orders for less than $100.00 worth of equipment. Orders must be accompanied by a certification stating that the school has Pre-Iiiduction Training Courses, sign- ed by the officer in charge of tlie courses. Further information may be secured from any S.V.E. dealer or from the Society for Visual Education, Inc., 100 East Ohio Street, Chicago (11), Illinois. Filmstrips Presents the History of Aeronautics A 35nim film strip covering the evolu- tion of flying is available from Visual Sciences of SufFern, N. Y. Beginning with the mythological contribution of Daedalus, the work portrays chrono- logically every important milestone in aviation history, including a frame on the 1943 Heliocopter. The last half of the filmstrip shows the various U. S. Military planes and ends with two frames showing the wing and tail markings of the planes of the Allied Nations as well as those of the enemy. "History of Aeronautics" should serve as fine introductory visual material to courses in pre-induction aviation. Each of the forty pictures in the roll includes its own explanatory title and may be pro- jected without comments from the teach- er ; or as each picture is flashed on the screen, the instructor may add his own commentary or even invite questions from the class. The roll sells for $2.00 post- paid. New Science of Opti-Onics In discussing the wartime production activities at the Bell & Howell Company, Chicago, manufacturers of motion picture equipment and optical devices, Mr. J. H. McNabb, president of that organization, declared in a recent interview that "out of the greatly accelerated technical and research developments of this war period is coming a new science. This science of Opti-onics is not optics; it isn't elec- tronics ; but it is a combination of both, combined with precision mechanical de- sign. "It would be inaccurate to describe the work this company is doing in this over- lapping region as either electronics or optics. Hence, the new term, Opti-onics. A good example of the necessity for com- bining certain portions of these two sciences into one is furnished in television. The electronics engineer can devise a system electronically which transmits and receives a visual image on the fluorescent surface of a cathode ray tube. But here the optical engineer must take over and devise an optical system which will en- large and reproduce this image to a usable size and form. The work in the two fields must be co-ordinated. This co- ordination and combined work on the part of our research staff of engineers, to be truly de.scriptive, must be called Opti- onics." Mr. McNabb predicted unique but highly practical devices for entertain- ment and service for the postwar world to arise from the field of Opti-onics. "Eye School" Established By Jam Handy The Jam Handy Organization, Detroit, recently opened the "Jam Handy Eye School No. 1", a model school room fully equipped for integrating slidefilms and motion pictures with routine methods of teaching. This School will hold a series of visual instruction clinics devoted to experiments in the utilization of visual aids, the results of which will be made available from time to time to schools, colleges, and others interested. A wide range of studies will be conducted in the Eye School, with the cooperation of pro- fessional teachers and educators, and groups of average pupils, in order to de- termine the most effective methods of using motion pictures and slidefilms in teaching and training programs. A primary objective of these clinics, also, is to determine ways in which the picture screen may help ease the labors of the teacher, and to help alleviate the present teacher shortage. The sponsors of the School point out that, providing fundamental knowledge of subjects under study more rapidly, visual aids saves time for the instructor and frees him for the supervision of more detailed phases of study. Bird Pictures in Color An interesting and informative set of fifty-six paintings by R. Bruce Horsfall, picturing one hundred and eighteen birds, have been reproduced in 2" x 2" slides and on stripfilm in Kodachrome color by Colorcraft Studios. To assist teachers, bird lovers and lec- turers in the use of the slides, a beauti- fully illustrated maimal has been pre- pared by William Ayres Eliot, author, lecturer and life time student of nature. A copy of this manual in book form is supplied with each set of 2" x 2" slides of stripfilm. The manual covers dis- tribution, habitat, common and scientific name as well as the feeding and nesting habits, calls and songs of each bird. Catalogue giving full particulars will be furnished by Colorcraft Studios. 2174 N.E. Multnomah St., Portland 12, Ore- gon. Two Views of the Eye School Texas Visual Education Co. Changes Name Effective September 1, 1943 Texas Visual Education Company, 305 West 10th Street, Austin, Texas, changed its name to Visual Education Incorporated and moved to new quarters at Twelfth and Lamar, Austin 21, Texas. The officers are C. R. Reagan, presi- dent ; George H. Mitchell, vice-president and general manager; and Roy Reagan, secretary. News Publications No. 1, Volume XV', of DeVry's Moz'ic Nezvs is just off the press. The twelve pages of this "E" edition are packed with interesting pictures, comments and data I)ertinent to Audio-Visual education. Persons interested in the role motion pictures are playing in the drive for vic- tory, and the part they will play in the post-war era, can obtain a free copy of this monthly magazine upon request to DeVry Corporation, 1111 Arniitage Ave- ime, Chicago, 14. The first issue of Ampro News having met with cordial response, a second num- ber, dated July, has been published by Ampro Corporation. Readers will be par- ticularly glad to get the "Priority Infor- mation on Maintenance, Repair and Op- erating Supplies for Projectors," which therein. Those desiring to be put on the mailing list of this publication, should send in their request to Am- pro Corporation, 28.S1 N. Western Ave- nue, Chicago.