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THE BROOKYLN DAILY EAGLE EDUCATIONAL' DIRECTORY SECTION, '8 nearby township discovered on that recent Sunday evening has, in a way been discovered by a number of oui leading educators. These gentlemen have found after a few experiments School Movies Give Old and Young Natural Instruction likely to offer much more In the way of pleasant (and often instructive) er.tertalniient. The movie theaters, of course, got the attendance. Now it seems to mo that the foregoing ought to furnish something in the way ol a moral. Like the far-seeing preacher, the Board of Education should acknowledge the greater "box office value" of the motion picture over both the lecturer and the lantern slide.

For purposes of dynamic and succinct Instruction, the films are without a rival. To Augment Textbooks. Motion pictures have already been shown In the public schools lot tle benefit of the boys and girls, but the program should be vastly extended and a serious survey of all the possibilities of "visual instruction" should be made, To aimment the services of. say, Horsemen of the Apocalypse" (this several years ago), while both rexes In New England and the girls In the South gave the palm to "Way Down East." The boys in Dixie, how-ever, rolled tip a majority for "The Hlrth of a Nation." It will be gathered from the foregoing findings that boys and girls of high school age, contrary to general belief, are not of a frivolous turn of mind. Each of the pictures selected as "best" contained the element of Instruction as well as of entertainment.

Moral Guidance, This, It occurs to me, is signal evidence of the possibilities contained In the motion picture for educational and moral guidance. When I speak of "moral guidance" I do not refer, of course, to those pictures which depend upon sensationalism or sala-ciousness for their commercial ben-cflts. For every motion picture con-structed along these less admirable lines, I am confident that there arc 10 which contain material for social improvement. It is of the latter, and lerger, group that I speak when I think of Uie motion picture as a powerful Instrument for the advancement of learning, manners, and morals. records of remote places in Africa and, yes, even films of the Arctic regions.

There are, moreover, such enlightening pictures on the subject of natural history as Mr. and Mrs. Murtln Johnson's cinematographic expeditions In quest of big game and Ufa's scientific films, which trace the habits of the Insect world. As regards industrial and agricultural instruction, there are the score or more film productions which have been made for the United States Department of Agriculture at Washington. Recent Survey.

To further support my contention that young Americans are ardently Interested in motion pictures and thai they will become even more actively enthusiastic with regard to animated kctuies in tho schoolroom, I quote from a recent survey made by the Russell Sage Foundation in conjunction with the National Board of Review Some of the more Interesting hlyh lights of that report are herewith piesented. The findings are those of the principals of over 200 liigh schools In 76 cities: In recording their opinions as to the best picture they had ever seen, (lie boys and girls of the Central Eastern and Western States gave an overwhelming vow to "The Four mat adults and children alike actually like to watch animated figures parade across the screen, that they have no objections to being "preached to" or "lectured at" when the sermons and lectures are presented In the form of motion pictures. It Is a known fact, fully established by the report of the 1929 Budget Committee to the Board of Education of this city, the success ot evening lectures given In various public sclu as a program for "adult education" has been diminished to a startilnc degree during the past year. Indeed, this "university of the people," which at one time provided oral (and occasionally steracptlcon) Instruction for upward of 1,000 persons, has been attended during I he past year by only 50,000 persons. This failure to appreciate the 236 lectures provided by (he Department of Education hat hardly warranted the continuance of the system.

It is entirely probable that the cause of this decline in Interest on the part of the public lies in the competition which has been created by popular-price motion picture tha-ters. Where the evening lecture courses were enlivened in some (but not all cases) by lantern slides of questionable attention-holding quality, the neighborhood movie parlor was Br SAMUEL BARON, Manager St. George Playhouse. In a little town not lar from New York an enterprising minister recently announced that he would present a program of motion pictures In conjunction with his Sunday evening services. Not, to be sure, such motion pictures as provide "starring vehicles" lor Clara Eow, Esther Ralston or Pola Negri, but pictures of a seml-cducatlonal type and, for pleasant contrast, a comedy of the less violent variety.

When Sunday evening came around the enterprising minister was not altogether surprised to ilnd that his attendance had increased about 50 percent. He was Inclined not to deny that all sermons and lectures were, in the main, dull affairs. He, therefore, had prepared to give his conreeatlon something that would hold their Interest and at the same time improve their minds. What the alert clergyman In that historical textbooks, such historical screen subjects as "The Covered Wagon," "The Rough Klders," "The Chronicles of America" and other pictorial chapters of our national history could be displayed on the screen. Does the board desire to Instruct Us classes along geographical lines? There are such commendable units as the travelogues, which take the spectators Into faraway corners of the globe; such informative films as Will Rogers' camera tour of Europe and the Messrs.

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1 AND EVENInJICH SCHML gJt30H3 SSYDER AV." COrt-BEDrOlU) AV Ef) THE PROSPECT SCHOOL FLATBUSH Farrajul Road and Kcnilwortli Flace A DAY SCHOOL FOR BOYS ESTABLISHED 1899 A Co'Educational Academy offering the best in Mental and Physical Training. Fall, Spring and Summer Sessions. PRIMARY GRAMMAR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE PREPARATION Motor Sennet to AU Pints of Flutbueh, Midwood, Flatlamla Regi.tration After September 3. Write or Telephone for Booklet 9 WILLIAM K. LANE, Principal.

Tel. Mansfield CURRICULA Two courses of study are offered in both the Academy and Preparatory Evening High School: 1. The college preparatory course is based upon the entrance requirements of (he college to which the student expects to go. 2. The Academic Corns: which leads to a special diploma, is planned for those students who do not expect to enter collcue.

In this course the only required subject is English; the student plans the rest of his course ic suit his purposes and tastes. ADVANTAGES OF COLBY 1. Colby emphasizes the individual. Each student's program is planned In the light of his needs. There are no required groupings or minor courses.

The small classes, averaging 12 students, enable the faculty to keep in close touch with individuals. The Dean, Dean of Girls, and some member of the faculty are always free to give special assistance, and those Academy students who desire extra class-room practice may attend the Prepaiatory Evening rligh School courses from time to time. By special arrangement backward students may receive individual assistance from their classroom i-ncWs after school. STUDENT ACTIVITIES Social and athletic activities are an integral part of the ACADEMY organization. They are sponsored by the Dean of Girls, the Faculty Adviser and individual teachers.

The Economics, History, Modern Language, Science and Barry-more Clubs supplement and further humanize classroom instruction. The office of the Spirit of Colby, the school paper, Is the center of many of these activities. The athletic teams of the Academy are coached by two of the leading high school coaches of the city. ENGINEERING and CHEMISTRY OFFER THE BIG OPPORTUNITIES TODAY High School Graduates Can Fit Themselves for the Mechanical, Electrical, Civil and Chemical Engineering Professions In Brooklyn'a Thoroughly Equipped COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING THE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE PARKE R. KOLBE, President Day and Evening Courses, Beginning in September Send for Information, Including the Annual Catalog, the Evening Bulletin or the Illustrated Bulletin, to: ERNEST J.

STREUBEL, Dean OFFICIALS OF THE SCHOOLS Walter S. Meyer, Headmaster. Florence W. Mcver, Dean of Girls. Kcnn Stryker-Rodda, M.A., Litt.D., Dean.

Reynold Garrison, B.S., B.A., DC, Faculty Adviser. I INQUIRIES AND REGISTRATION Further information may be obtained by telephoning Flatbush 0438, or by writing to the Headmaster in care of the school. The executive officers are at the school daily from 8:30 A.M. to 2 P.M., and Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 10:00. Special appointments may bi made by telephone.

An interview affords an opportunity to visit the school, to discuss educational problems with an expert, but incurs no obligation, o.i the part of the student. I a Livingston Street, Brooklyn, N. T. A 1 A A A A A A A 1 1.