The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-10-03
N SCHOOLS
Writer Sees Vast Possibilities for
Moving Pictures.
Ivls1alized Geography and History
Among Subjects Which Would
Claim the Eager Attention Of
Pupils Of All Grades.

Visualized geography, 1t Is believed.
will beat the maps a good deal fur
Their than q live bird beats q stuffed
one.
Likewise, visualized history. 1t is ex-
pected. will beat the narratives Of the
books. which we sometimes say, when
they are written by a graphic writer,
make the dead past live again. But 1t
Is %visualized history that will indeed
picture can make a scene that is past
and gone real again. For these terms,
visuaIized geography and visualized
history. are used with reference to the
possibilities and the development of
the moving picture.
The president of n Of the big o
ing picture companies has been talk.
Ing very ~elcquently about the use Of
the film In the schools aad surely he
brings before our Imagination a thou
sand school rooms full. not of languid
but OF eager pupils. Educators are
thinking about the same thing. and we
may be thankful that they are. for
more of fact. information and instruc-
ton In the Aim service 20 this age.
and less Of hysteria, ~emotionalism.
cheap farce and thrill is a desideratum.
asserts Omaha World-Heraid.
The classes In geography will see
the mountains. the plains. the rivers.
animated by such life as Is peculiar
to them. They will see the natural
products Of various countries being
cultivated or gathered. Before them
will appear companies Of the inhabit-
ants of each. In front of the eyes will
troop the wild animals Of which they
sec only the fat prints In the books.
They will see exports moving out and
imports moving IN, the work at the
wharves. the carrying to the seaboard.
the laden ships blowing the ocean. II
will be like taking them travelling over
the earth to learn what 1t looks like.
and they will get the vivid impression
that Is made IN the eye, and their
persona! recollection.
AZ foI. history, millions have been
able to see On the Screen the momen-
tous history that has been in the
making during the last few ~yeers-the
caT:bS and cantonments. the marching
columns. the moving e transports.
the busy %shlpyards, the construction
and factory work Of the war, the bat
teries In action, the destroyed cities.
the flight of refugees, the command
ing figures whether on the field or In
the government cabinet-all the scenes
OF war, Of war-swept countries.
Elimpses Of w~retchedness and the min
istrations Of comfort and mercy. Here
after q Aim record OF the nOta-
be historical events will be kept for
what will be both the entertainment
and the instruction Of after genera
lions. c.~sGt9a4XETTcEns
1t is going to be a big work to get
the moving picture Installed as a com
mon equipment for educational work
lin The ecs2c:ls; Schools yilI haye t2
MAss the fiims and Che lachlnes, and
they will require men. teachers Of not,
to operate them. This signifies that q
great development of moving picture
facility will have to be made In all
the appliances and technique connect
ed with the exhibition of the pictures.
The moving picture will overflow from
the theater into the schools, for It
would he impossible for the theaters
alone to do the work. 1t will also be
necessary to improve the production
Of the pictures on the screen so that
there will be NJ problem Of vision and
no over-strainlng OF the eyes Of chill
dren-a difficulty not yet overcome
save when equipment and operation
are the very best.