El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-04
PICTURES ARE 4
SCHOOL FACTOR
New York Editor Says the
Movies Are Most Demo
cratic and Useful.

ried 10 by certain censorship boards
W ere explained to the members Of the
Kiwanis club by ". Stephen Bush. of
New York. editor of the Exhibitors
Review, at the club luncheon held
Thursday noon in Hotel Sheldon grill.
THE motion picture is the most
democratic. useful and important in
dustry of the goth century," said Mr..
Bush. 1T is an industry regulated
by the people Of the country. There
is not a single industry which IS more
directly in the hands Of the people.
The men who conduct the theaters
come face TO face with the heads Of
families. their sons and daughters
night after night and therefore. that
clean sets Of pictures must be thrown
on the screen rests upon the shoulders
Of the people who attend the pictures.
President Opposed Censorship.
Last October 1 was q member of
a committee which called on presi-
dent Wilson at Shadow Lawn and
asked him to define his views re-
garding censorship Of motion pic
lures At that time there was bill
before congress to appoint a federal
commission to censor motion pictures.
The president said that he was op-
posed to censorship as being undem-
Ocratic. Texas is one state which has
not censorship on motion pictures
UpIift Is Constant, Says.
There has been in the last five
years growing uplift both officially
and artistically in the production of
pictures. Aiming at a purified screen
an effort IS being made by the men
who are producing pictures TO make
them more varied and attractive
have travelled the world over in the
last five years and everywhere I have
noticed that the men in pictures are
constantly aiming to achieve a higher
class of pictures
Pictures Good For Students.
i am sure the time VIII come when
the educational power Of the screen
in thought transmission viii be used
more extensively in the schools of the
United States There is nothing that
leaves d more vivid or lasting impress
sion on the mind than picture in mo-
ton Give me a child who has had
his instruction in history, in geOgra-
ply or any other course for four or
five years and place beside him an
other child who has had his school
ing IN the regular manner OF instruc-
ton and that child who has been edu-
Gated by motion pictures will have a
more vivid and more lasting impress
sion Of what he has learned than the
other In North Carolina, Arkansas. Z
Wisconsin and other states motion
picture instruction is being used gen
orally in the schools.
Example of "SeriOuS PurpoSe.-
AS an example of the censorship /
which has been established by law in
three or four states. In PENNSYLVANIA. /
a rustic lawyer is chairman Of a CEN
sorship board and this board recently I
ruled that "A motion picture comedy I
must be animated by a serious pur-
D0EaN raErr1f . ms 80
in which dogs were sent into one end
or the building alive and appeared on I
the screen at the other end OF the /
mill as sausages was censored ap6 1
the mill scene or the comedy cut OUT 1
Defines Length of a Kiss.
In Kansas, Pennsylvania and Ohm 4
the boards have ruled on the length /
or kiss in motion pictures. In one
foot OF film there are Is exposures
and foot Of film is flashed on the
screen in the rapid movement of a 1
him through a motion picture ma
chine for the slightest second. In |
Kansas this regulation length OF /
motion picture kiss is one foot. It |
matters not whether IL is the elderly 4
mother kissing her son. middleaged I
husband and wife kissing one another
or Wnether they are SWeethearts. all /
kisses must conform to the arbitrary
length OF one foot. N ohio three I
feet are allowed for a kiss. In Kan
sas. producing a picture. a director
yells at the company. Camera. 20 to
T. Roemo kiss Juliet Stop, enough
lOr Kansas"
Gives Mining Stock shares.
Britton Davis presented each men,
Der Of the Kiwanis club at the lunch
con with a share Of Verde Combina-
ton Copper Company" mining stock.
with the compliments Of Davis <
Smith He read a telegram from
David Morgan. general manager Of the
property, saying that the stock was
worth 81 per share and that a strike
vas expected at the mine in Arizona. /
Buy-a-HOme Campaign o. X
F. 5 LaZenby, chairman of the buy
a-hOme campaign. inaugurated by the
Hiwanis club. reported that his COM
nittee was meeting with great sue
,ess in instituting the campaign. He
said that q campaign for essays had
been started By the committee among
he school children Of the city and
prizes would be awarded in this con-
est.
President J. ". Kirkpateick urged
he members TO secure prizes 10 slim
llate the campaign. Window cards
With the slogan. Buy Home" were
TO the members to be dis
played in store windows.
George c. Franklin reported that
he agricultural committee appointed
o cooperate with R. E. Hines OF the
.hamber Of commerce committee
which is instituting a campaign for
more extensive agriculture III Ell PasO
o meet the war needs, was cOperat-
ng in every way with Mr. Hines.
OrEnn Committee 10 Report.
P L divers committee, which viii
all on the school board TO determine
ONE means of raising funds for a
.ipe organ for the high school, viii
make its final report next week.
DR.. willard s. Sample presided at
he luncheon
Cash Prizes For Essays.
At a meeting of the prize and con-
est committees Of the Kiwanis clubs
uy-a-home movement Friday morn
az il was decided that in addition
0 the grand prizes offered by the
cal estate board. the Kiwanis club
-ould offer a cash prize Of at least
so for the best essay from eacn
rade Of schools in city and county.
The plan is as follows Each grade
as two divisions. but these viii be
onsidered as one grade Each year
! the high school has two divisions,
ut these viii he considered as one
Justification. \ cash prize of $50
III be given for the best essay from
fth. sixth. seventh and eighth grades
the grammar schools. making
,tal OF $500 in cash 10 be divided
nong these grades. The best one
these four essays will receive the
rand prize offered by the real estate
lard. a building site, and then the
.cond best essay in the grade that n
reduced the winner Of the grand 7