South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-26
Like Mechanical
On erationS?S See
En- by the Film
Educational Feature on En-
CINE Lathe to be Shown
Thursday Evening.

The Society for Visual Education,
of Chicago, recently produced a
seven-reel film upon The Engine
Lathe and its Operation" The pic
lures were taken in the plant of the
South Bend Lathe works. and were
made under the supervision Of a
number of the greatest experts and
educators i'm the country
1t will be shown at the high school
auditorium Thursday night at T:15
o'clock Mr. Weber of the high
school urgently requests all boys in
terested i'm machine work 10 attend
this illustrated lecture. That means
every boy employed in local fac
tories who work on machines. The
lecture is free Of charge. Every
member OF the night school classes
Will be present This film is said 10
be the Way Down East Of edu-
cational films in that it is by far
the best kind ever produced.
Strictly Educational.
Mr. Weber declares that he can
do in one week with this education
al film what it would ordinarily take
him a year TO do under the old
methods.
While primarily produced for the
federal board Of vocational educa-
tion at Washington. for use in the
various rehabilitation camps
throughout the country for teaching
correct machine shop practice to
the soldiers. It will. however. prove
of inestimable benefit TO all en-
gineering. vocational and industrial
schools. 10 expense was spared by
the Society for Visual Education in
making this the very finest film OF
the kind ever produced. There is
absolutely no advertising of any
sort whatsoever in il, and strictly
educational features only are cX-
plotted.
This film Will prove Of great as
sistance 10 the machine shop in
struCtor relieving him Of a large
amount of preparatory detail, with
the additional advantage Of being
viewed by hundreds OF students al
a time. 1t creates an intense inter
est i'm the subject among the stu
dents. removing the seeming mys-
terry and difficulty of various opera
tions by presenting them in a. sim
pie and attractive manner
Show Smallest Detail.
The jobs shown We're selected 10y
a committee Of experts as being the
most practical for illustrating over
200 fundamental operations. The Op-
orator is a skilled machinist. and al
his movements are based on correct
practice. Special lighting effects
have been used so that the smallest
detail or every operation IS greatly
magnifed. and consequently pre-
scented. as one prominent educate
rcmarked-"in a far more COmpre-
hensive manner than could be done
upon tho actual machine
Again quoting from a statement
made by the director of one of the
greatest industrial Institutions i'm the
country-'In many respects these
films are better than the real thing.
They viii prove invaluable in teach
ing correct machine shop practice
and If frequently shown win pro-
duce skilled machinists in one-hali
the usual time"
A very prominent superintendent.
Of schools remarked uron viewine
the picture. Il must show these
films in our city. not only 20 the stu
dents. but 10 their parents. TO the
BOARD Of education. and the promi-
nent business men. think il viii do
more to stimulate interest in our
vocational programs than anything
else"