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

MICHIGAN A-V CONFERENCE BEGINS ON JANUARY 28TH ♦ 1 he Ihiid Miiliij;;m AuilinA isuul (lonfereiicc is annouiitcd lor Jaiiu- arv 28. 29. and 30. 1948. It is spoil- sored bv tlic .Stale riadicr Training Institutions, ilif .Miihiuan State De- partment of Piil)lic Instruction, and I lie Department of .\iidio-\'isiial In- siniction ol the N.F.A.. and Avill be held at the Horati- Rackliani Ediiea- lional Memoiial. 60 Fai nsworlh Sireel. Detroit. .\Iichii>an. .Miss Mar\ .Xteti. general )jrograni diiidor ol the Conference, has an- noiuueil a program which \vill be ,ittraeti\e to |)rodiicer, educator, tlealer. and librarian. Such topics as: What .\re Classroom Films? Ho^v Should Films Be Distributed? School Projector Needs. Distributing Edu- cational Films lo the C:omnuinii\. I sing Audio-X'isual .Materials in the l.ibrarx .md School, will be spoken oil b\ such nationalh recognized speakers as Flt)\de Brooker. Edgar Dale. Paul Reed. Charles Siepman. julien Bryan, Roy Robinson, .\rthiir Siiiiius. Olson .\nderson, and others with whom negotiations are still be- ing carried on. For further information commu nicate directly with Marv .\ceti, 12800 Kelh Road. Detroit 24. Mich- igan. ADULT EDUCATION STUDY COMPLETES FIRST PHASE ♦ The Commission on Motion Pic- iiires in .Adult Education is now completing the first phase of its long- term program of evaluation of 16mm films suitable for the educational programs of adult groups. Morse .-\. Cartwright, Director of the .Ameri- can .Association for .\dult Educa- tion is chairman of the 18-nian (■ommission. To date some 400 films-chieffy theatrical short subjects and ex- cerpts from longer productions- have been e\aluated by re\iewing groups working under the Comniis- sitm's direction, and over 150 of these have been recommended for use in adult gl-oups. .\ preliniinar\ catalogue contain- ing the appro\ed tiliii titles and an evaluation of each, as well as ex- tensive content descrijition and sug- gested application in building programs, is now being prepared and will soon be readv for distribu- Tbe Editors of SEE & HEAR bring you the highlights in NEWS of the MONTH tion. The produciions approved thus far are distributed b\ Teach- ing Film Custodians. Inc., and will be available to comiiumitv groups through se\eral edutaiioiial film libraries, public libraries, and .\s sociatioii F"ilms. The second phase of the (Commis- sion's work—concentrating on the evaluation of ncjn-theatrical produc- tions-will get underway early in the vear. Cooperating oigaiii/atioiis in ihe program include CChicagcj Film Workshop, George Williams CCollege. Columbia I'niversitv. I'CI.A. the L'niversitv ol \\ iscmisin. and llie I'niversitv ol .North CCarolina. .\dditioiial information iiiav be se- cured from the Commission's ofhce. Room 1414. 19 S. LaSalle St.. Chi- cago .S. or from the .\.A.\E. .")2.") West 120th St.. New York 27. MESERVEY ON ACTIVE DUTY ♦ Lt. Colonel Douglas .Meservev. executive vice-president of Simmel- .Meservey, Inc., producers and dis- tributors of educational films, has been recalled to the War Depart- ment for 90 days of active duty. The Lt. Colonel will be stationed in Washington. D. C. FORM PUBLICITY GROUPS FOR THE FILM COUNCIL ♦ .\ newh organized regional com- mittee of the Film Council of .Ameri- ca met in Chicago last month to organize plans intended to stimulate general public knowledge and inter- est in the use of educational fdms. The Committees work will hel[) intensifv the FC.A's overall effort to use the motion picture screen as a channel of communication. .Arthur H. Motley, president of Parade Publications, was chairman of the meeting. 'Other |)articipants were: .Margaret Carter. National Film Board of Canada: Donald White, executive secretary. National .\ssociation of \'isual Education Dealers; Otto H. Cloelln. Jr., publish- er of See & He.ar and Business Screen: Laurin Healy, Encyclopae- dia Britannica Films: Robert Faber, CioroiKi Instriu lional F'ilins: Paul Wagner, Bell ,<: Hcjwell Co.: Edward Myers. Educational Screen .Maga- zine: and Patricia O. Blair, .-\nieri- c:ui I.ihiarv Assoc iaiioii. N. Y.'S TEACHER TRAINING ♦ Under the auspices of the Board of Su])ei intendeiils of the New ^ork Catv Board c»f Education, twenty-six thirtv-hour courses in ;iudio-visiial instruction are being given" to the teachers of ihis educational system. .Almost 1,100 classroom teachers are registered for these courses, two ol which deal with |)lioiographv and one of which is an advanced work- shop group. CALIFORNIA'S A-V TOUR ♦ University of Calilornia exten- sion classes in audio-visual education are scheduled to o|x.'n in seven soiiihern Calilornia towns during the week of Februarv Ki. 1948. ac- cording to Dr. F. Dean McCHusky. head of A-V insiniciioii lor ihc Vn\- versity Extension. .Sections of the classes, which are designed to acquaint teachers with the theories of visual instruction and lo furnish experience in the use of audio-visual aids, will meet in Los Angeles. Baldwin Park. Glendora. Long Beach. Pacoima. San (iabricl, and Sania Monica. CLEVELAND FILM COUNCIL HOLDS OPENING SESSION ♦ 1 he icciiilh-iiig.iiii/iil t.ltveland Film Council convened for its initial meeting last month at a dinner held in the main dining room ol the Automobile .Association. .Apjiroxi- mately sixtv peo|)le were in attend- ance representing the Cleveland Board of Education, the Public Li- brary. Chamber of Commerce, Fed- eration of Women's Clubs, Cleveland .Museum of Natural History, motion picture distributors, and the city's newspa]jers. Highlight of the meeting was the address bv I hurman \Vhiie. execu- tive director of the Film Council of America, urging a ]jlan c)f action for the Cleveland group. J A N U .V R \ 19 4 8