International Review of Educational Cinematography (Jan-Dec 1931)

— 394 — Accordingly, British schools are veryfar from showing a lack of interest in the cinema. The following notice shows that, on the contrary, they are contemplating the general use of films as an aid to teaching. Education (Elementary, Secondary, and Technical) (London, January 23rd) quoted a proposal by the Newcastle Education Committee that architects commissioned to build schools should provide in their plans for the possible construction of a cinema hall so as to avoid unnecessary expense later on. AUSTRIA The January number of the Educational Screen (Chicago) reproduced statements made by Herr Schober on the present situation of school cinematography in Austria. It seems that there are at present 46 cinemas in Austria — 14 in Vienna — exclusively reserved for school projection. Many of the films are supplied by the « School Cinematograph League ». Whith regard to the organization and operation of school cinemas in Austria we may refer our readers to an article by Hefr Schober which appeared in the International Review of Educational Cinematography (April 1930). BRAZIL Cineopse of Paris mentions a report by M. A. Vivacqua, secretary of the Educational Department for the State of Santo Spirito, to the effect that a collection of films on agriculture, hygiene, vocational guidance etc. has been established in that State. Further, training colleges and high schools have been presented with projectors and towns have been requested to hold weekly cinema shows for schoolchildren in accordance with programmes laid down by the competent central department. UNITED STATES In the United States the alliance between the cinema and schools is daily becoming closer, and more and more schools are adopting the screen as a means of demonstration. According to American Cinematographer (Hollywood, January 9th) Hunster College uses sound-films for teaching and, according to the Film Daily (New York, January 18th), Smith College at Northampton (Mass.) has also installed cinema apparatus for teaching These are no isolated cases, for, according to Movie Makers (New York, January), Miss Rita Hochheimer, assistant directress of visual education, says that the results of film demonstrations in New York elementary schools have led many other schools in the City to give their pupils at least one weekly film show. An article in The Educational Screen (Chicago, January) appearing under the signature of J. G. Sigman, Director of Visual Education at Philadelphia, says that here, too, film-teaching is making rapid progress. The same is the case at Boston, to judge by an article in the same paper by Mr. J. A. Hennessy, Inspector of Visual Education in that city. According to the Film Daily of January 4th, no Chicago schools make use of films for demonstration. Ill Visual Instruction News (No. 3, January) of Lawrence, Kansas, Mr. E. R. Washburn, emphasising the value of films for teaching natural science and history, cites as an example the film-teaching work of the University of Honolulu. This University has made a collection of 400 educational films, which it lends to 93 schools, thus enabling visual instruction to be given to some 40,000 children. Motion Picture Educational and Industrial (Jan. 10th) publishes an interesting table showing the extent to which the film is used to teach various subjects in 517 American schools. The Film Daily (New York, January 23rd), referring to an enquiry by the Department of Commerce, gives the proportion in which the different kinds of films are projected in American schools: art films 2 %, physical training films 7.22 %, natural science films 26.18 %, mathematical films 0.52 %, films for teaching