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

Ne\vs people organizations events I Wisconsin College Gives Master's in AV Now under way at Stout State College, Menomonie, Wise., is the only master of science degree program in audiovisual instruction at any college in the state. To obtain the new master's degree in audiovisual instruction, graduate students, after having taught a minimum of one year, are required to enroll in three basic courses: research procedures, applied research, and educational statistics. These students are also required to obtain a minimum of eight semester hoiu-s and/or a maximum of 15 semester hours from a hst of 20 recommended graduate courses. For example, students may select advanced photography, audiovisual administration, applied electronics, motion picture production, to name a few subjects, as well as more general courses in curriculum, conference leading, psychology of learning, supervision, and administration. Upon completion of Stout's $925,000 shop-laboratory-classroom building now under construction, the audiovisual center will move to enlarged, renovated quarters in space now occupied by the Stout printing department. Officials of the college foresee considerable interest in the course. Australia Library Has Large Film Archives The Commonwealth National Library at Canberra, charged "with the responsibihty of collecting and preserving Australian historical records," has a film division which has published a catalog of 1,537 documentary and educational motion pictures from 388 Australian producers and sponsors, some 800 of which are already in the national library's film collection. According to its preface, "this catalogue is only part of the film division's project to compile a complete record of Australian film production and, wherever possible, to obtain prints of all significant films for deposit in its historical film collection." Feature films are omitted from the catalog although efforts are being made to acquire copies of early productions of this type. Eugene W. Castle 1897-1960 "Gene" Castle, one of the most dynamic figures in the non-theatrical film field, was best known as founder of the film line that still carries his name. The company was started in 1924 with a reported investment of $10,000. By 1947, when it was sold Cover Scene A glimpse of tlie activities of a 6th grade class during a week at school camp. Chaparral Classroom is a 19-minute color film produced by Los Angeles City Schools and distributed by Bailey Films, Inc. Three facuhy members with prominent roles in the establishment of the master's program in AV instruction at Stout State College: (from left) Dr. Ray A. Wigen, dean of graduate studies; Silas S. Stamper, assistant professor of audiovisual education; Dr. David P. Barnard, professor and head of the audiovisual department. to Universal Pictiu-es, Castle Fil had grossed $130,000,000. After disposing of his holdings, > Castle spent much of his time travel and in campaigning agai what he considered misuse of gove ment funds in foreign aid and miso ceived propaganda efforts. His dea after surgery, came on Feb. 9 in N York City. His only immediate sin vor is his wife, Mildred Kuhnhe Castle. Chicago Teachers Get TV Science Instruction The Chicago Pubhc School systi has entered another term, its foui semester of instructional programs teachers over WGN-TV in Chicago The Monday through Friday p: grams, extending from FebruE through May, are tided "Science Our World Today" and are devoted improving instruction in science in t elementary grades. Previous ser have been devoted to improving struction in reading, arithmetic a social science. Teachers watch the pi grams on television receivers install in Chicago area schools. The new science series brings television many of the outstandi scientists and engineers in this are All facets of the science curriculum a covered by specialists in their respe tive fields. AV Director Lectures at Journalism Meeting Carl B. Manner, director of tk audiovisual department of the Vallej Calif, for Vallejo Unified School D:' trict spoke at the California Collegia Press Conference March 11, 12 at Si> Francisco State College. Also speaking were George Leonar San Francisco editor of Look magazii and Jack Fields, San Francisco fr« lance photographer, who exploring t} nature of photo-joumahsm. Manner gave a lecture-demonstrr tion of the Polaroid Land camen (Continued on page 216) 214 Educational Screen and Audiovisual Guide — May, 19fl