The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-11
EDUCATIONAL STUFF MEETS APPROVAL
 OF SCREEN FANS

Time was when ''readin' and writ in and 'rtthmetic'' were taught by plain, ungarnished methods. Grand mother 'toed the mark in a stuffy oIdfashioned school room and recited her spelling lesson in a meaningless. stngsongy voice. Geography was a matter of mem orizinE capitals and history was 9 daily battle with dates.
 Then came the time when educa- tiOn was made to resemble a sugar coated pill, with instructors striving to put a lure in learning School entertainments were given and stories Were read and acted about the for eign countries or historical topics of which the pupils studied.
 But the ''pill' still remained. in spite of it's sugar-coated attraction, and it may be the mission of the photOplay to remove the lingering bitterness from the taste for real,n- ing and to present the dose of znowI- edge in pure sugar form. minus the medicinal quality
 An editorial writer recently s1e- gested in a New York newspaper that by the establishment of a children's theatre ideas of the beautiful could be developed" both by well chosen pictures and by descriptive classic
 
 presented to the children. argues the writer, the less inclined they will be to follow prize fighting and similar pastju es."
 Realizing the part which the pho toplay can take in modern chiIdlife, Nice-president F. ". Hanimons of the Educational Films Corporation of America, agrees with the New York writer. And, while Dortraying ideas of the beautiful, facts which sound dry in the text book may be so presented that they are eagerly absorbed by youthful on1ookers.
 Through the medium of the screen foreign countries no longer rema in simply spots on the map. Hand irl hand with the cameraman, our boys and girls visit their European brotI2- CTS and are introduced to the '-can- nibal kid' and the heather savage to whom they give their pennies at Sunday school.
 Historical events of the day be- come actual realities because the ed ucauonal films Visualizes the most irIT.CrtaI.t news of the daiI5 papers Famous names are no longer Elpre words, the photographed facas Of the owners of those names smile ia niIarly down into the audiences. ECth science and nature study m fciG JTon the screen. While :ha by gone stCljoptican view pictur-d he subject of which the child s-Ji.-! as sti life. the II ction picture develops it before his wondering eyes ars5 t"ausfol ms instruction into vivid, living thing.
 Railroad fare to the Rockies or the seasho"e centers is the prt ,- ot a theatre ticket these days, w'tiIe trips may be caEtn through ini"stri i plants via the movie" and .,IGisrt es IIay see every :. D in the nj l,1t3ctur 2 of well-Ilrown subjects, from t-e "a. l. ection of the raw material tS the turning "u1 Ct he finished pcoGuCt. Net only are theatres denetn,ii,F educational fin 5, but tea :h-r& are taking Up the cry In an C'sr ir- creasing numr o~ of cities is tue school entcrcIirl5l- ent givin" Gay :, rhe weekly '1nov5e" perforrna % and thnugH GrardmCt ther, studying 90 Il onotOGa HsIy years ago, WOI:l1 nave 'narveIled at tnc classroom If ''ay, she would stare with wide, as cn.shr1 eyss if she were told what school life IT the future upn prom ..=s:' , t -''onc long r'ption picture show