See and hear : the journal on audio-visual learning (1945)

Washington's A-V Conference: ♦ \\'ashington slate members of the Department of Audio-Visual Instruction will attend an Instructional Materials Conference on the University of Washington campus and at the Hotel Meany in Seattle, November 4 and 5. On the first day the program features an open house at the Instructional Materials Center of the University, followed by a banquet meeting at the Hotel Meany. The banquet meeting will feature a talk by Dennis Williams, vice-president of Encyclopaedia Britannica Films and a group discussion on films for' the I public schools. The general meeting will be held the following morning in Smith Hall on the University campus and will present Floyde E. Brooker, U.S. Office of Education; Godfrey Elliott, Young America Films; and Mr. Williams. '< This session will be followed by a panel discussion led by William Gnaedingcr, State College of Washington. A luncheon meeting at the Hotel Meany, featuring Mrs. Pearl Wanamaker, state superintendent of public instruction, Olympia, will wind up the conference. 1 New Jersey Group Meets Nov. 11 ♦ Guest speaker at the annual meeting of the New Jersey Visual Education Association, Atlantic City, New Jersey, November 11, will be Walter A. Wittich, See and Hear editor and director of the Bureau of Visual Instruction at the University of Wisconsin. The meeting, to be held in Convention Hall, will be presided over by Dr. Lawrence R. Winchell, president of the association. A feature of the meeting will be a demonstration of the techniques of using audiovisual aids in classroom teaching. The state a-v group will hold its twenty-fifth anniversary breakfast at the Columbus Hotel, November 13. Atlanta's Film Council Sets Pace With Full Year's Program ♦ The Atlanta, Georgia Film Council is sponsoring a year's series of programs designed to show the newest and most effective ways of using audio-visual materials in education and sales promotion activities. In the first program which was held this month, color filmstrips of Sight and Sound of the News NOTES AND COMMENT ON PERSONALITIES AND EVENTS the year's planned programs ivere shown and a panel of educators discussed the subject "Putting Vision in Education." Also Mrs. Ruth Hinman Carter of the educational division of Field Enterprises, Inc., spoke on the topic "A Parent Views the Educational Scene." The Atlanta Film Council is a non-profit organization composed of Atlanta business leaders and educators. It is affiliated with the Film Council of America. This year programs will be held every week through May 28, except during the Christmas season. University Film Prodtuers Hold Annual Meeting at Penn State ♦ Pennsylvania State College was host to the third annual workshop of the University Film Producers Association which was held August 22 to 27. The program principally dealt with critical analysis of films produced at universities represented. About 27 university productions were previewed. The new film Princeton was shown by Julian Bryan of International Film Foundation who also outlined the problems encountered in producing public relations films for educational institutions. One day of the program was devoted to demonstrations of new equipment by commercial companies. New officers elected were: Don G. Williams, S)Tacuse, president; John Ross Winnie, University of California, vice-president; and John Mercer, University of Nebraska, secretarytreasurer. The next annual meeting of the UFPA will be held at the Uni\ersity of Oklahoma in August, 1950. School Broadcast Conference Meets in Chicago for Annual Session ♦ The thirteenth annual School Broadcast Conference was held October 18, 19 and 20 at the Sherman Hotel in Chicago. Speakers and demonstrations stressed problems and techniques of the use of radio, television, transcriptions, recordings and other technological-electronic aids in the classroom at all grade levels. The role of commercial and educational radio stations and the utilization of both for school was discussed. Indiana A-V Directors Hold Annual Meeting Elect Officers ♦ The annual meeting of the AudioVisual Instruction Directors of Indiana was held in Elkhart September 29 to October 1. The program included observation of the use of audio-visual materials in the Elkhart Public Schools. The organization supported a measure permitting third-class operators, including students and staff, to operate low frequency radio stations. New officers elected were: Wes Felmlee of Elkjiart, president; McCabe Day of Huntington, vice-president; and Carolyn Guss of Bloomington, secretary-treasurer. The AVID also outlined plans for a pamphlet covering answers to some of the major problems in the audio-visual field. International Convention Signed ♦ An audio-visual convention to permit the duty-free movement of films, recordings and other teaching tools, was recently signed by Warren Austin, representative for the United States. The con\ ention was proposed by UNESCO and will become effective after ten member nations approve. Final United States action depends on approval of the convention by Congress. NBC Stages TV Health Program ♦ The uses of television in public health education were demonstrated this month to the more than 5,000 health and medical leaders attending the annual convention of the American Public Health Association in New York. The program, staged by NBC, included puppetry, drama, cartoon and song techniques. The dramatic portion was a one-act play titled "The Man Who Cares," produced in co (CONTINUED ON THE NEXT PACE) October • 1949