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

See & Hear CIRRENT NE\XS.E\'ENTS FROM THE FIELD OF AUDIO- VISUALS Texas Educators Form State Audio-Visual Directors' Association ♦ Meeting in San Antonio, a group of professional educators including directors of visual education, cur- riculum coordinators, and supervisors of instruction organized a profes- sional association called TEXAVED I Texas Audio-Visual Education Di- rectors I. The primary purpose of this new organization is to bring ahout a wider and more effective use of audio-visual instructional materi- als in the elementarv and secondary schools, colleges, and universities and adult groups throughout the state of Texas. This follows a tradition of state audio-visual organizations. Similar groups have formed organizations in Oklalioma. California. Rhode Island. Illinois. Michigan, and Indiana. Officers of TEXAVED are: Presi- dent. Dr. Ernest Tiemann. Director Visual Instruction Bureau. The Lni- versity of Texas: Vice President. Mr. Hugh Proctor. Audio-Visual Con- sultant. Texas Education Agency, Austin. Texas: Secretary, Miss Au- drey Hebert, Director Audio-Visual Education. Beaumont Public Schools, 2405 Xeches St.. Beaumont. Texas: Treasurer. Dr. Robert B. Toulouse. North Texas State College, Box 5086 N.T., Denton, Texas. TEXAVED has submitted a formal application for affiliation with the Department of .'Vudio-Visual Instruc- tion of the National Education As- sociation. ■?^ -s * University Film Producers Elect OfTicers; Announce 1953 Meeting * The Lniversity Fihn Producers As- sociation recently elected Herb Far- mer, as president and Harry Webb, secretary-treasurer, at their fall meet- ing, held at the University of Syra- cuse. Dates and locations for the next two meetings were also voted on. The meeting for 1953 will be held at the University of Southern California during the third week in August. Ohio Slate I niversity- was selected as the meeting place for the conference in 1054. ♦ .At the fall meeting of the Lniver- sity Film Producers Association at Syracuse a resolution was formu- lated and adopted to abolish the Film Award Contest formerlv held bv the membership. Frank Neusbaum. Penn- svlvania State College, chairman of the awards committee presented the resolution after extensive discussion b\' the committee members. The contest was established three years ago to give incentive to Lni- versity Film Producers to improve their production techniques and film qualitv and to give recognition to praiseworthy educational films. Films were to be submitted bv the member units to a screening committee which was responsible for selecting the bet- ter films in each of three categories. These films then were to be shown to the membership and the best film, in each category was to be given recog- nition in the form of a certificate and plaque. The resolution to discontinue the contest was submitted on the basis that 1 I showing films under contest conditions may lead to dissensions among the group instead of har- Mionv: and 21 contest conditions ap- Meet the Executive Committee of the newly-formed Texas Audio-Visual Educa- tion Directors (see Col. 1) : front row (I. to r.) Mrs. Evans; Miss Audrey Hebert (secy.); and Miss Koch. Back row (I. to r.) Rex Shellen- berger: Hugh Proc- tor and Erne.st Tie- mann. president of TEXAVKI). peared to hinder rather than further the free flow of hcl|)ful information among the members. Some members felt that tlicre was incentive to produce better films com- ing out of the preview sessif>ns thai are such an important part of each conference. These sessions were or- iginalh set up for the free discussion and exchange of ideas by all partici- pating universities. # » * A-V Coordinators Elect Officers ♦ The Audio-Visual Coordinators of Oklahoma recently announced elec- tion of officers for the coming year. Officers elected are: President. Claude Harris. Curriculum Coordinator and Assistant to the Superintendent at Muskogee: Vice President. Mrs. Jewel Askew. Director of Visual Education. Red Oak. Oklahoma; Secretary, Miss Iris Covev. Curriculum Coordinator. Sand Springs. Oklahoma: and Treas- urer. Ford Michael. Director of Vis- ual Education. Norman, Okla. * * * Students Donate A-V Equipment ♦ The National ."^tudent Association of the New England Region has be- gun a special project to ])urchase audio-visual equipment for Patzcuaro, UNESCO's fundamental-education center in Mexico. Midwinter Issue