Moving Picture Age (Jan-Dec 1921)

July, 1921 MOVING PICTURE AGE 15 National Academy of Visual Instruction Convenes at Des Moines THE SECOND annual convention of the National Academy of Visual Instruction will open July 5, at Des Moines, Iowa, and will be in session for three days. Greetings will be extended in the opening speech by Charles Roach, Visual Instruction Service, State College, Ames, Iowa, and the main theme of his address will be the progress in visual education in Iowa. Among the other addresses are : "New Factors Introduced and Progress Made in Visual Instruction during the Past Year," G. E. Condra, University of Nebraska ; "The Visual-Aid Requirements of Formal Classwork and Informal Mass or Group Instruction," J. H. Beveridge, Omaha ; "The Film and Slide in the Work of the Church," Rev. E. A. Thompson, Quincy, Illinois ; "Contribution of the Museum to School Work," C. C. Rathmann, St. Louis ; "Types of Community Organizations That Function through Visual-Education Work," E. G. Ingham, University of Kansas. The evening of the first day, Tuesday, will be devoted to the demonstration of films adapted to three classifications of service : films for community meetings, for community work and for the classroom, and for strictly classroom purposes. Among the latter will be pictures for use in studying literature, geography, history, zoology, and physics. On Wednesday morning the chairmen of the Academy committees will report as to what has been accomplished by their groups, and in the afternoon the Academy will adjourn to meet with the Visual Instruction Section of the National Education Association. The program of the latter group includes the following addresses : "Teaching the Common Branches," J. W. Wilkinson, Logansport, Indiana; "Some Schoolroom Results of Visual Education," L. W. Mayberry, Wichita, Kansas ; "Instruments of Visual Education," W. J. Hamilton, Oak Park, Illinois; "The Pedagogy of Visual Education," C. H. Garwood, Pittsburgh ; "What Are Educational Films?" W. F. Russell, University of Iowa. Thursday morning will be devoted to demonstrations by representatives of various commercial organizations in the field of visual education. In the afternoon the business meeting will be held and new officers elected. Committees of the National Academy of Visual Instruction Several educators have requested that the list of working committees of the National Academy of Visual Instruction be published. The committees are : Research and Standardization in Visual Instruction : Professor J. V. Ankeney, Director of Visual Education, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri ; F. W. Perkins, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. ; Director H. L. Crandall, Department of Lectures and Visual Education, Board of Education, New York City. Projection Equipment: Superintendent S. G. Reinertsen, Alta, Iowa ; Director Dudley Grant Hays, Board of Education, Chicago ; Principal M. C. Palmer, Columbus, Wisconsin. Motion Pictures for the Classroom and for Community Service : Principal R. E. Offenhauer, High School, Lima, Ohio ; H. W. Norman, Bureau of Visual Instruction, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana ; Reverend R. E. Akin, First Unitarian Church, Louisville, Kentucky. Lantern Slides for the Classroom and for Community Service : Professor Mark Burrows, State Normal scenes, has announced his intention of reassembling some School, Greeley, Colorado ; Miss Mira E. York, Bureau of his pictures so that they may be used in conjunction of Visual Instruction, University Extension Division, with educational courses in oceanography and allied University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin ; Miss studies. Florence Taylor, Department of Surveys and Conservation, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. Literature on Visual Instruction : Professor W. M. Gregory, Cleveland Nprmal Training School, Cleveland, Ohio ; Reverend Roy L. Smith, Simpson Methodist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota ; Mrs. Claire Thomas, Bureau of Community Service, Raleigh, North Carolina. Museums and Exhibits : Curator C. R. Toothaker, Philadelphia Commercial Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; William W. Reed, Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, Buffalo, New York; Professor W. M. Gregory, Cleveland Normal Training School, Cleveland, Ohio. Community and Group Service: Professor J. W. Shepherd, Department of Visual Education, University Extension Division, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma; Elwood Street, Welfare League, Louisville, Kentucky ; Assistant Director Alfred Powers, University Extension Division, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. Legislation : Director A. P. Hollis, Visual Instruction Department, State College of Agriculture, Fargo, North Dakota ; Director G. E. Condra, Department of Surveys and Conservation, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska; Professor U. F. Handschein, Department of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois. Development and Publicity : Director J. H. Wilson, Department of Visual Instruction, Board of Education, Detroit, Michigan ; Secretary Edward Mayer, Department of Visual Instruction, University of California, Berkeley, California ; Charles Roach, Visual Instruction Service, Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Ames, Iowa. Nomenclature: Director F. F. Nalder, General College Extension, Pullman, Washington ; Director H. G. Ingham, University Extension Division, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas ; Professor L. J. Alleman, State Normal College, Natchitoches, Louisiana. Submarine Films for School Purposes J Ernest Williamson, the president of the Submarine Film Corporation, and famous for the remarkable underwater productions he has filmed with the assistance of his patented devices for taking ocean-floor