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

FOR SCHOOLS: COMMON-SENSE DESIGN This is the ATC 400VR/8, a 12-watt variable-speed transcription player and PA system of unadorned simplicity, devoid of consumer frills, distinguished by honest capability. It is typically ATC— intended solely for school use, and showing in every common-sense detail a basic virtue. CONVENIENCE: Simple, easy-to-grasp controls, clearly identified by a permanent deep-etched aluminum panel; variablespeed control with lighted strobe for language or dance instruction; automatic 45-rpm adapter built into the turntable, always in position but never in the way; brightly illuminated post-type pilot light visible from any place in the room; 8 standard phone jacks for group listening; 22-lb portability, light enough for any school child to carry. DURABILITY: Metal pickup arm with built-in shock moiuit; positive limit stops to prevent needle from hitting motorboard, case, or knobs; rattle-free die-formed metal speaker grill; pre-stressed metal motorboard; %" plywood scuff -proof case reinforced with metal comers and knees. FIDELITY: High-quality plug-in ceramic cartridge; dual-cone wide-range 12" speaker; feedback-controlled amplifier; separate bass and treble tone controls; precision wound Triad transformers. These common-sense features are available in other ATC transcription players from 20 to 45 watts, classroom-designed by the only manufacturer of audio equipment Send now for a complete for teaching exclusively. ^. catalog of ATC audio ATC 400VR/8 ^tp ■ i |\_J»^vl equipment for schools, (less headphones) X\J J^ NET°°^ 400VR/8 $164.40 list ALL PRODUCTS ARE TRANSFORMER POWERED FOR COMPLETE SAFETY AUDIOTRONICS 11057 WEDDINGTON STREET, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA AUDIO hy Max U. Bildersee Something Old .... "Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety." Thus spoke Enobarbus of Cleopatra in Shakespeare's play, Antony and Cleopatra. And it seems that, with due apologies, "Age cannot wither nor custom stale his endless popularity." For Shakespeare must again be considered as the most prolific writer for recordings, the most prolific creator of material which is suited to and popular in the record field. Someone should offer the man a "Golden Record" symbolic of his accomplishments! In recent months more than a halfdozen Shakespeare records have appeared on the market! In the 'unabridged' department— or at least full length for all practical purposes— there are two offered by London Records (New York). Jimior high school students, senior high school students and all their elders can enjoy Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (London A 4349) as it is performed by the Marlowe Society with the support of selected professional players. Members of the cast are not identified, but we are told that the performance was directed by George Rylands under the auspices of The British Council, and that the musical director is Thurston Dart. This is a complete and uncut performance in the text of The New Shakespeare edited by John Dover Wilson. Suffice it to say that the characters are as we know them and as the author intended that they be presented. Suffice it to say, too, that the music adds to the presentation, serving the functions of botli backdrop and diaphanous curtain as the mood of the play requires. Shakespeare's "Timon Of Athens" (London A 43.50) offers the same virtues. It, too, is complete and uncut in the text of The New Shakespeare edited by John Dover Wilson. The Marlowe Society supplies most of the players and they are supported by professional actors. George Ryland directs. The performance can be used by mature students studying the pla>' in 270 Educational Screen and Audiovisual Guide — May, 1962