The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-08-05
Favor movies" as Educational

hONleS pTOHhS6S soon 10 become
fad in Ohio. In fact, the state de-
partment of public instruction has
given official recognition to the
plan through the announcement that
1t purposes to make itself a clear
ing house through which films used
by one school may be borrowed
by others. At the present time NOV
ing pictures are only used spasmodic-
ally in the schools and in isolated
cases. There is no statewide plan for
the utilization of the movie as an ed
ucational medium. Schools here and
there on their own initiative, however,
have bought or borrowed cinemato.
graph machines and make the display
Of films part of the instruction. But
there is no concerted action, and when
a school uses its films 1t neglects them
and oftentimes they are wasted Now
comes in the proposal Of the state
superintendent Of public instruction,
Frank W. Miller. Mr.. Miller wants to
become the clearing house for the
used films. He would simply pass
them on to other schools or exchange
them for others that might be in use
in other schools. Thus he would off,
cially recognize the movie as a valu-
able asset in education. Mr.. Miller's
idea is that the few films now used are
really wasted. Il propose to establish
bureau" he says, that will regulate
the shipping of films from place to
place. Each film will remain the prop.
erty Of the school board which pur-
chased it originally and it will come
back to it after being shown in other
places. Films eventually will be bought
by the state department of public in.
struction and will be distributed to
local boards of education. OF course,
they will be educational films entirely
and will be highly instructive. There
are many industrial films of educa-
tional value and in many cases they
will be donated to the state exchange
by manufacturing or commercial in
terests. We could get scores of pic.
lures from food or machinery makers,
or furniture manufacturer, or from in.
terests backing certain educational
Auditor BIames the State.
Auditor of State Donahey blamcs
the state and not the board for find.
ings of $500 returned against the
members of the state board of embalm-
ing examiners and which they are
called upon to return to the state
treasury. These findings were made
by State Examiner A. B. Dawson in
the first examination made of the
boards affairs in the IL years of its
existence. There was no curb upon
their expenditures, and, being only or
dinary business men, they proceeded
on the assumption that they had au-
thority to do such things as seemed
desirable" said the auditor in COM
upon the members acts. The
findings against the members were for
expenses covering the cost of bringing
their wives to Columbus, expenses in.
Cured in making trips to Columbus to
lobby for legislation in the interest of
charging more than the
legal maximum of $40 day for hotel
bills, paying more than cents per
mile for railroad fare, expenses in.
Cured in attending conventions Of un.
dertakers, tips to walters and porters,
and bar and cafe bills. The findings
returned are: R. E. Jones, Columbus,
$401; w. M. Bateman, GAINESVILLE,
$7S8; c. J. Krupp, Sandusky, $6S2;
George Billow, Akron, 1904; C. H.
Shearer, Alliance, $48; c. o. Probst,
Columbus, $40; w. F. Cary, Millers-
burg, $139; H. H. Shaw, Columbus,
$205; board as a whole, 1903. The
present members of the board are
Shaw, VINO is secretary, Cary and ]. L.
Arnold Of Canton. The examination
covers period before Arnold became
a member and does not involve him.
Election Cost Rouses Villagers.
The residents of the little village of
Marble Cliff in Franklin county are
piping hot over having to pay nearly
SIS for every voter who cast ballot
at an election just held within the
community. 1t happened this way.
Some weeks ago reform element
arose within the village and after agi-
tating violently succeeded in getting
enough petitions for a change in the
form of the village government to the
general manager plan. But after the
petitions were filed the 35 voters in
the little incorporation became disin.
terested, it would seem. When elec.
tion day came Just seven Of them
turned out to express their views. Two
Of them voted for a change and five of
them against, so, after all, the whole
affair had been for naught. But that
wasn't the worst of it. The election
of the village, moving for a
whole day, had created an expense of
S100 and had made the agitation a
costly bit of luxury. For every ballot
cast the community had paid a frac.
ton over $14.
Plugging Must Stop.
plugging" on the part of insurance
men must stop, so declares State Supt.
Frank Taggart. He has just revoked
the license of ]. J. Rockford of Toledo,
general agent for a large insurance
for engaging in this prac
lice. Plugging" consists of employ.
ing men to drum up business on which
they are paid a commission. Roch,
ford admitted that he had done this
'or years and that he had paid men
IS for each policy he would get as a
result of their efforts. "Pluggers"
work without obtaining a state license.
Obtains 11e,Ooo Names Quickly.
Two constitutional amendments are
% be submitted to the voters at the
all election and the number may be
to three. The dry amend.
nent already has enough signatures
md the Constitutional Stability league
ust announced it had obtained $4,000 |
lames and would file it's amendment |