New Britain herald., 1929-08-13
''TALKIES' PROVIDE
 CANNED EDUCATION
Colleges Plan to Use Sound
 Films in Extension Work

New York, Aug. 13.-Canned edu- cation is the latest device to lower the high cost of learning. and the talking picture is making this pos sible.
 Just how far the talkie may revolutionize the teaching meth ods and the school systems Of this country in the next decade, nc one is willing to hazard, but edu- cators and producers agree it is bound to bring improvements to everything from the kindergarten to the post graduate department.
 ITO be sure, the talkie nevo, can replace the professor" said Dr. II. D. Kitson, who himself is a professor of education at Col umbia University He has just produced, in cooperation with the educational research deparemen, of Western Electric, the first talk ies of filmed education - with sound.
 Cheaper Method, Too
 But there is no doubt that il can make the teachers work ln- finitely more effective. and extend it's reach to an infinitely greater audience, and that It can and will reduce the cost of education," he went on.
 Say, for instance, we should film Dr. Einstein explaining his theory of relativity, and record il with sound. This could be showr to anyone Tn any part of this country. Possibly that illustra ture is not so good since the lee. ture would be in German, but takt any of our great scientists, say Prof Nicholson - let him explain in sound picture, his theory oI light.
 At the present time, only { few doctors or students are able to attend the worlds famous clln ics to watch marvellous example! of surgery. However, it is per fectly simple matter to film al ] I planation just as the surgeon would give it to a group of stud ents, and then show this film il ! every medical school in the coun 1 try. By means of slow motion , and repetition, every step can b. more easily understood than b, ! actual observation, since speed i such an element in an operation 1 that often the eye cannot follow the processes"
 Another Important Phase
 In university extension work 1 canned lectures by leading pro fessors would be invaluable, sine most colleges are unable to mee the demands for their professors in smaller towns.
 The first picture, directed b Dr. Kitson, is one to aid in voca tional guidance. It takes a youn man through a factory, a news paper plant, banking firm, an various other industries, and g the interiors and workers ar shown, an accompanying lectur on the possibilities in each IS re corded in sound,
 There IS another reel illustra' ing the ideal method or ,eachin history. Mussolini gives a lectur on Modern Italy. Bernard Sha contributes talk on English Ii erature. So far, only a demor stration is aimed at, to show whi can be done.
 Films have been used schools for several years," sat Carl E. Miliken. secretary of u
 Motion Picture Producers Ass
 tiation, commenting on the con
 mercial side.
 "The large motion picture con
 panies today are not oblivtous
 the educational possibilities
 talking films, but that is not u , line they are interested in deve oping. They are in the entertai : ment business.
 About six years ago, Will Ha l realized the educational value al . appointed a committee to work ) collaboration with the Nation , Educational Association to fiji
 just what schools wanted al = could use, and what part of y could be done for them by the pi I ture producers.
 1. After survey of two yea,