International Review of Educational Cinematography (Jul-Dec 1929)

boys. The girls rarely go alone to the cinema, whereas the boys go there more frequently by themselves than with friends. In any case, the significance of this question has considerably diminished in consequence of the regulations governing the admittance of children to cinema shows. 6th and yth Questions. When ? The pupils of the Lausanne Elementary Schools go to the cinema mostly on Sunday. Those of the Derriere-Bourg School and the boarding school go there more often during the week. This very likely depends on the different social spheres to which the children of the several schools belong and the fact that among the working classes Sunday is the usual day for going to the cinema. Some of the children answer that they choose rainy days to go to the pictures, or that they go there on holidays or when there are special shows for children. It should be noted that no question was put with respect to special shows for school children. As regards the question « whether in the afternoon or evening?)) most of the children reply that they go there in the afternoon. 8th Question. Do you like going to the cinema ? This question was asked of 964 boys only out of 1693, owing to the fact that 729 boys had to reply to questionnaire No. 3, in which this question is lacking. This fact accounts for a disproportion between the girls' answers and the boys' answers, a point which we beg the reader to bear in mind. The answers obtained may be tabulated as follows: — Girls Boys Total 998 684 1682 like going there 138 55 193 don't like going there 83 45 128 indifferent 300 180 480 No answer Total 15 19 964 2483 Mile Jung concludes that the children do enjoy the cinema, since 71 % of the boys and 66 % of the girls answer in the affirm — 643