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December, 1 94} Page 375 Shape of Things to Come DAVID SCHNEIDER Evander Childs High School, New York A stimulating account of this school's vital classroom film production activity, ever on the alert and responsive to teaching needs. F(^UR years ago, when I was asked to take over the sponsorship of the Evander Childs Motion Picture Club, a re([uest came from the principal of the school to briefly outline the purposes and plans of this chib. Without any definitely prepared scenario in mind or on paper 1 hastily jotted down our intentions of jjroducing a film on tolerance and democracy, and one or two films on the work of the Biology Research Clulj—an activity which was closely connected with the school's honor class in biology. One of these films, Evandcr's Chicks, described in detail in the June issue of the Educational Screen. has now become an adjunct of the biology departments of the New York City high schools. Ten copies were ordered by the Film Steering Committee of the High School Divi.sion and distributed to as many of our film centers for circulation among the other schools. The film on tolerance and democracy. They All Go to Evander, described in the May 1941 issue of Education, and its scenario outlined in High Points, April 1941. has become not only a local suc- cess, but made some international history too. l-ast year officials of the Interctiltural Relations Bureau of our State Department in Washington saw the film and immediately ordered a copy for circulation in Latin- America, where it is known as La Segtinda Ensenanaa en los Estados Unidos. The film and scenario were also brought to the attention of the Motion Picture Division of the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. Not much time was lost in planning a pro- fessional made shorter version of this scenario. Soon thereafter, with the co-operation of teachers and stu- dents of Evander and a bit of guidance from nie, the photographers found their work outlined and sets ready for their cameras every day that shooting had to take place. A Portuguese sound version is now mak- ing the rounds of Brazil, and the films with the Spanish sound tracks are about ready for their journey into the other Pan-American Republics. It might be added that requests for our original, silent, school-made film still keep coming in from different parts of the coun- try. Frames from the K o da- chrome nature film, titled "All on a Summer's Day," made at Evander Childs High School. All that being but so much water under the bridge, I would like to venture further into the future possi- bilities of school-made films. I hope I may earn the leader's indulgence if I refer to film activities in the school I know best—my own school. I have always felt that with the overburdened teach- ing material in English classes most teachers find little time to u.se and less time to create visual aids to enrich tiieir les.sons. I remember distinctly in my freshman high school English the difficulty many of us had in committing to memory those beautiful lines from the "Vision of Sir Launfal'' beginning with "What is so rare as a day in June?". How much more enjoyable would we, tenement dwellers, have foimd "then heaven