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

ly her admiration for Woolcott knew no bounds— and her characterization of him in her writings was entirely complimentary. But Dorothy Parker was not always as kind to lesser mortals. And sometimes she directed her scorn at those of us who, with alleged innocence, set out to hurt others. And who has better voice to express Dorothy Parker's sentiments than Shirley Booth? Caedmon combines these superior talents in one recording, "Dorothy Parker Stories," Caedmon TC 1136, and we are privileged to hear relish and hear again Dorothy Parker's "Lady With a Lamp," "The Waltz," "Cousin Larry" and "A Telephone Call." This is not for the younger set. This aduk material draws upon the experiences and reactions of each of us for full appreciation. High school students can hear these and enjoy them, college students can hear them act wisely, but adults can fully appreciate them. Libraries might schedule a "Dorothy Parker Evening" and rely on this one recording to bring in many interested listeners, admirers of Miss Parker and potential borrowers. There is an opportunity for service here that is yet to be fully explored. Celia Johnson is another reader who can take the author's words and give them vitality. She reads two Katherine Mansfield short stories on Caedmon's recording, catalogue number TC 1133. The stories are "Bliss" and "The Garden Party." Again— adult material for fuU understanding and appreciation— but material which can be effectively used in secondary schools and in colleges, particularly in classes studying the short story. Miss Manfield was a great and respected practitioner— a perfectionist—in this area and we do well to introduce her writings to students though the audio medium. Happy New Year It is that season of the year, too! But more important to each of us— it is that sea,son of the year when teachers have their best opportunity to participate in that annual scramble called budget making. Now is the time to make our instructional wants and needs known— and we must be specific in requesting instructional materials ■ 1 i i to TAW tfm (•« tCatIN — n f-,, «<Hcki|, TTPfWIITTfN MESSAGES lAOIO-MAT SLIDES OHni kWIII «IIIM MAKE YOUR OWN SLIDES on your own TYPEWRITER by using RADIO-MATS • m Suriostrrif Tif SdEEH ; Regular size 3'Ax4 or th Sold by Audio Visual, Supply Dealers. For FRI RADIO-MAT SLIDE 222 Ookri'dge Blvd., Dt > New Duplex 2x2. Photo & Theatre E SAMPLE write— CO., Depf. V, lytona Beoch, Flo. PpJlowLiNG Pictures 4\vifj^ To All I \^ *"li«*i/ Our Friends In i AudioVisual A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS 509 SO. BEVERLY DRIVE BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. aixatKaaist^MMiMkatKkaiStatkatkaiatS)^^ I /lu(£ia CARDALOG® Record Reviews on Cards Box 1771— Albany 1, New York n Please enter_ .1 year subscription(s) to Audio CARDALOG, 400 cards — 10 issues — $25.00 D Please send us full information about Audio CARDALOG. Nome Orgonization or School Address Cty and State which can be used effectively in our classrooms. From every standpoint it is much easier to delete an item which calls for "audiovisual materials" than to treat similarly a detailed request for specific sums to secure named instruments and materials! How much easier it is to deny a request for "Recordings" than to deny the same request if specific titles are listed. How simple to 'redpencil' generalized items— how far simpler to accede to demands for the specific! This is the season for budget making. It behooves each of us to comb every source and to discover materials —and to list these discoveries on a line-by-line basis— materials which can be effectively added to the storehou.se of instructional materials in classroom and library. Storerooms should be locked, and the keys thrown away! It is our responsibility, as effective teachers to be sure that we do request materials that we can use effectively; and then it is our equivalent responsibility to use effectively those materials that we request. It is the season for this job! It is the season for looking ahead to the new year— the new calendar year and the new school year. It is the season for making our needs known— and for helping school administrators develop an atmosphere of acceptance which in turn helps us to be more effective teachers. This is not a burdensome cycle— it is an expression of the cylic nature of pressiues within a democracy, an expression which gives us each the opportimity and the responsibility to take every possible step to assure that children next year will have greater opportunities to learn than did the children this year! Yes— growth can be steady! It is time to comb the back issues of EDUCATIONAL SCREEN AND AUDIOVISUAL GUIDE as well as other publications and .sources of information to select carefully those materials which, in our professional opinion, can contribute to education. We can request them. And— if we are specific— we can get them! And as we get them and use them effectively in instruction— .so wc assure for ourselves, for the communities we serve and the children who look to us for leadership and training, A Happy Neto Year! Comments and materials for review should be sent to the Department Editor. Mr. Max U. Bildersee, 65 Palmer Avenue Larchmont, New York. 730 Educatio.nal Screen and Audiovisual Guide — December. 1962