The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-07
movies" IN THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Blackfoot Makes Big
Stride in Advance
ment of Education

During the past decade the NOV
ing picture has been developed to a
point where 1t has now become one
of the leading industries in this
country. It ranks third in the total
expenditures of money among the in
dustries of this country being sur
passed only by the farming industry
and the steel industry. The amount
of money spent annually in the de-
velopment Of the moving picture has
long ago passed the billion mark and
until within the past few years the
moving picture was used only for
pleasure, but lately the world has
come to realize that in the moving
picture there is great field for do
ing good. They are now being rapidly
introduced into our churches, lodges
and schools. The moving picture
contains some of the greatest possi-
bilities for knowledge that is known
in the field of public education. 1t
has only been within the past few
years that moving picture concerns,
together with the leading educators
of the country, have gotten together
for the purpose of making use Of the
moving picture in education. Today,
there are on the market large num-
Der of films that have been, purposely
made to be used in the class room.
Henry Ford was one Of the pioneers
in making use of the moving picture
for educational purposes. The Ford
educational films, together with his
movie library, are today being used
thruout this country of ours. Films
may be secured from the Ford factor
les along almost any line Of educa-
tional activities. Numerous indust-
ries have been filmed and the various
processes in the manufacture of num-
erous articles of food and clothing
together with all classes of machin-
cry are now available for use in the
class room.
In the field of history and Iitera-
ture there are to be found untold re-
sources for the development of the
moving pictures. You are now able,
not only to read the novels Of
Churchill, Dickens, Longfellow, Haw-
thorne, Irving and many others, but
also you are able to see the films Of
these novels thrown upon the screen
and witness the actual Interpretation
of the meaning of the author as III
terpreted by the leading movie art
lists of the world.
Recently, the Blackfoot public
schools purchased movie lantern
which is being used in the class room
for illustrative purposes. There is
some little expense to the obtaining
of these films. The prices ranging
from no cost whatever for the reel, to
SO per reel. In addition to this, the
schools are required to pay the ex-
pressage both ways upon the films.
In order to meet this expense the
Blackfoot public schools will occas-
ionally run film that is entertain
ing as we'll as educational. The first
of these films to be run will be "The
Courtship of Miles Standish," by
Longfellow, this being one Of the
classics that is most often used in our
English classes both in grades and
high school. The film consists of five
reels. Besides this film one reel on
the silk industry will be run. This
first movie entertainment run by the
public schools will be held in the
high school auditorium Wednesday
evening, February 9, beginning
promptly at 7.45. These films will
be run but once so in order to get the
full story you should be on hand at
the opening at 7.45 The admission
for this program will be 10 cents for
school children and Is cents for
adults, the proceeds being used to
pay the expenses as aforestated Of
those films in general class room
work. Everybody is cordially in
vited to attend and see how the mov-
ing picture is being used in the edu-
cational field.