Educational screen & audio-visual guide (c1956-1971])

HAVE YOU HEARD? News About People, Organizations, Events NAVA Convention Great Success With an appropriate send-off by a telegraplied message from President Eiseniiowcr, ttie I'JtIi Annual Convention and Exliibit proceeded to hold the largest and most successful meeting in its history. Attendance was up eleven percent over any former year, in excess of 2,500. Keynote speaker Charles H. Percy, president of Bell & Howell, warned the audiovisual industry of our country's extreme educational crisis. He placed much responsibility on the industry's shoulders for overcoming this cultural and technical lag. National survival, said Percy, is dependent upon re-evaluating our educational aims, making the necessary sacrifices to attain them, and finding faster, more thorough means of communication. The annual Audio-Visual Worship Service was conducted by Dr. James K. Friedrich, president of Cathedral Films. The hymn singing, readings FOR YOUR CLASSROOM THE lASY TO USE * Theoter Quality 16mm Sound Projector * Film Safety Trips * Easiest to Use * Lowest in Cost * Lightest in Weight * 50,000 Users Can't Be Wrong * Lifetime Guarantee THE EDUCATOR'S FRIEND Here's a professional projector for your educational and entertainment films. Precision built with rugged construction throughout. Weighs only 27'/2 lbs. Complete $349.50 NAVA President P. H. Taffarian and Executive Vice-President Don White read telegram from President Eisenhower extending best wishes for a successful convention. I Write for Free Catalog ItheHARWALDcoJ a 1345 Chicago Ave, Evanston, III. . Ph: DA 8-7070 ' and music were visualized in a demonstration of religious applications of audiovisual materials. Exhibitors reported exceptionally fine results from their showings, revealing greater interest and enthusiasm titan ever. Language laboratory equipment received considerable emphasis, as did rear and overhead projection equipment. Newly elected N.\VA president for the coming year is William G. Kirtley, president of D. T. Davis Company, Louisville, Kentucky. Serving as officers are First Vice-President Harvey W. Marks, Visual Aid Center, Denver; Second Vice-President Mahlon H. Martin, Jr., M. H. Martin Company, Massillon, Ohio; Secretary Harold A. Fischer, Photosound of Orlando. Orlando, Florida; and Treasurer Robert P. Abrams. Willams, Brown & Earle, Inc., Philadelphia. Immediate Past President P. H. Jaffarian is now serving as chairman of the Board of Directors. Industrial Film and A-V Exhibition This year's Industrial Film and A-V Exhibition will be held from Sept. 28 to Oct. I at the Trade Show Building, 500 Eighth Ave., New York City. Many exhibits and demonstrations will be given of tlie varied uses of AV materials, as well as an extensive lecture program, headlined by Fred A. Niles and Ott Coelln. The Metropolitan New York A-V Association will construct a model classroom and present lectures and demonstrations on the uses of instructional materials and closed-circuit TV. Dr. Irene F. Cypher will preside over the .Association's business meeting. The Industrial Audio-Visual Association, Tlie National Visual Presentation .Association and the National Association of Educational Broadcasters will hold regional meetings. Additional attractions at the Show will be exhibits displayed by the U. S. -Army and the U. S. Naval Training Center, showing the place of audiovisuals in their operations. Continuoi:s screenings will be held of recent international prize-winning films, and the w'inners of the First Annual Industrial Film Awards, sponsored by Industrial Photography, will be shown. 460 EdScreen & AV Guide — September, 1959