The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-21
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erary classics as Shakespeare, Ger
vantes. Dickens, Dante, Thackery
have all been prepared by the camera
man and the hlm manufacturer and as
vet the movement is in its swaddling
clothes
Frederick X. starr OF Chicago uni
versity thus expresses himself: i
have seen the Niagara thunder over
her gorge in the noblest frenzy ever
beheld by man. have watched
Queensland river under the white light
Of an Australian moon go whirling and
swirling through strange islands urk-
ing with bandicoot and kangaroo; ]
have watched an English railroad train
draw into a station, take on passen-
gers. and then chug away with its
stubby little engine through Yorkshire
Dells. past old Norman Abbeys silhou-
cited against the skyline, while a clus-
ter OF century-aged cottages loomed
up In the valley below, through which
a yokel drove a flock of Soathdowns
/ have beheld fat old Rajahs with the
price of a thousand lives be-ieweled in
their monster turbans and the price
of a thousand deaths sewn in their
royal nightshirts as they indolenly
swayed in golden howdahs, bourn up
on the backs Of grunting elephants /
saw runaway horse play batredoor
and shuttlecock with the citizens and
traffic of a little Italian village, whose
streets had not known such eommo-
ton since the sailing Of Columbus ]
know how the Chinaman lives and
have been through the homes of the
Japanese; i have marveled at the dar-
ing of the Alpine tobogganists and ad-
mired the wonderful skill Of the Nor
wegian ski jumpers; I have seen
armies upon the battlefield and their
return in triumph; have looked upon
weird dances and outlandish frolics in
every quarter of the globe and | didn't
have to leave Chicago for a moment.
No books taught me all these wonder
full things; no lecturer has pictured
them to me; simply drop into the
moving picture theatre at various
moments of leisure" Thus the pro-
fessor is amused while being educated,
and he is only one out of many
An ordinary reel can be used five
hundred times before it is useless and
can be used in five hundred different
public school and neighborhoods. A
boy can manage the lantern which
each neighborhood could with benefit
entertainment procure.
Pupils would find diversion, instruc
ton and training in the preparations
OF scenes to be photographed. Geo
graphy lessons would become JOY
rides" Trips could be afforded om
citizens covering every interesting
nook and corner of our state from the
wilds of the Kiamiehi mountains to the
fertile plains of the west; every in
dustry on top of the earth and th'
mining districts under the earth-tht
soil the vegetation, the cities, the un
touched resources of our state al
could be flashed before our eyes in
course of films such as a university
department, devoted to this work coult
easily secure and distribute to us This
movement is coming, Why should no
Oklahoma take the lead in this uni
versity extension movement as sh
has in other modern reforms for thu
happiness and welfare of her citizens
Sweden has already endowed a NOV
ing picture theatre for presenting he
historical scenes, thus recognizing tn
value of this new force in fosterinI
patriotism.
Let is introduce this new educatlona
force in our state university covering
every possible branch of learning an'
by the cooperation of superintendent
teachers and pupils extend free educa
ton to the masses as it has never beel
extended before and which shall en-
able the people to attend universlt'
for lifetime. to see the world, am
behold the Orient. the occident, th
land of eternal summer, the region
of perpetual snow, without leayinl
their home city; to keep abreast tn
great inventions and movements o
the time. to be entertained and t
know eventually as much as the grad
uate Of Yale or Harvard remember
four years after he graduates. A uni
versity film department would do al
this and more.
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