Wid's year book (1919)

Educational Purposes Expressions from several notable collegiate heads on the importance of pictures from an edu¬ cational viewpoint. Value for Direct Teaching I have no doubt of the high value of the motion pic¬ ture for educational purposes and I do not mean simply for general education but even for direct teach¬ ing. Of course, it will take time to develop this and the motion picture interests would undoubtedly do well, if they have not already taken the step, to asso¬ ciate with themselves for this purpose representatives of the various branches of education. j CYRUS ADLER, Acting Pres. The Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Valuable to New Courses I should think that motion pictures would be a most valuable adjunct to educational work in a number of our courses, especially science. The subject is so new that it is difficult to give a general expression of opinion in regard to the value of motion pictures. I should think that their value would be settled by the professor of each particular department. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, W. S. Carrell, President. Films Need Improvement While most educators realize there are great possi¬ bilities for the moving pictures in the field of educa¬ tion, a great deal remains to be done in improving the films that are before the public before they can be of any service in advancing public taste and stimu¬ lating serious thought. CARNEGIE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Schenley Park, Pittsburgh. A Coming Necessity Undoubtedly our schools and colleges will soon come to regard the moving pictures as just as necessary as a few years ago the stereopticon was thought to be. KENNETH C. M. SILLS, Bowdoin College. Pictures Will Be Indispensable The schools and colleges of the country are only beginning to appreciate the educational value of mov¬ ing pictures. As our educational processes are devel¬ oped and perfected this value will be more and more appreciated, until the moving picture machine will be considered an indispensable adjunct to every high grade institution of learning. HENRY LOUIS SMITH, President, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va. Proper Kind Have High Value I consider that motion pictures of the proper kind have a very high educational value. W. S. CURRELL, President, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. Needs Interest from Big Men It seems to me that the moving picture business is now in the transition stage. I feel sure that its pos¬ sibilities for sound education as well as amusement will inevitably take it out of its present rather flam¬ boyant and sensational condition. It seems to me that, speaking broadly, at the present time it has altogether too much of the sensational as well as the undesirable particularly from the standpoint of youth¬ ful minds. In watching moving picture audiences I have been impressed with their interest in expositions of things with which they are familiar and particu¬ larly their interest in anything that illustrates the habits of animals or that otherwise demonstrates natural processes or is explanatory of phenomena which come to the attention of everyone. I feel sure that if a few earnest men would take hold of one end of the moving picture business with the idea of making it a most useful instrument for education that they would not only meet with finan¬ cial success, but that they would demonstrate the stability of moving pictures. I feel that the mov¬ ing picture can be as instructive and of as much per¬ manent interest as the daily paper or the weekly illustrated journal. RAY LYMAN WILBUR, President, Leland Stanford Junior University. F. I. L. M. Clubs and Managers * Associations Film Exchange Managers’ Association of Atlanta, Atlanta, Ga. New England Film Exchange Managers’ Asso¬ ciation . Boston, Mass. Motion Picture Exchange Managers’ Association, Buffalo Chamber of Commerce . Buffalo, N. Y. F. I. L. M. Association of Chicago . Chicago, Ill. Cincinnati Exchange Managers’ Association, Chamber of Commerce . Cincinnati, O. Board of Motion Picture Exchange Managers, Chamber of Commerce . Cleveland, O. Denver Film Exchange Men’s Board of Trade, Denver, Colo. Board of Motion Picture Exchange Managers, Detroit Board of Commerce . Detroit, Mich. Kansas City Film Board of Trade. . .Kansas City, Mo. Los Angeles Film Board of Trade. .Los Angeles, Calif. Minneapolis Film Board of Trade. .Minneapolis, Minn. The Jesters . New Haven, Conn. Omaha Film Board of Trade . Omaha, Nebr. Northwest Film Board of Trade. .Seattle, Wash., Portland, Ore. F. I. L. M. Club of Pittsburgh . Pittsburgh, Pa. Northwest Film Board of Trade . Seattle, Wash. San Francisco Film Exchange, Board of Trade, San Francisco, Calif. Intermountain Film Board of Trade, Salt Lake City, Utah St. Louis Film Board of Trade . St. Louis, Mo. Exchange Managers’ Association. . .Washington, D. C.