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TWO MOVIES AMD RADIO! TO BE THE TUTORS OF FUTURE DAYS Science Makes Wonderful Progress j in Facilities of Education. New | Inventions Will Provide Knowledge! at a Low Cost. Lecture Courses! Hold Great Possibilities. By CALEB JOHNSON (Special Writer for The Democrat) | A few weeks aero three hundred leaders of education sat in a room ai the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh and watched four great scientists perform experiments, at] the same time explaining just what thev were doing and why. Three of the lecturers were = - thatlj moment in England, the fourth was! five hundred miles away, ir. Sclumec j tadv. But the audience got a clearer view of the experiments of Sir Oliver j Lodge, Sir Ernest Rutherford, Sir] William Bragg and Dr. Irving Langmuir. than they could have if these i men had been physically present in; the lectui e hall. They did not have; to crane their necks or strain their i eves to see what was going on. Au-i paratus which was too small to be j seen clearly at a distance of a fewj feet was magnified until it was plain- j iy visible across the room. Effects; which in an ordinjnv laboratory can ! be observed only through a micro- f scope were projected on the screen! so that hundreds could follow them clearly at one time. And the lecturers themselves were plainly visible and their voices clear and easily 1:11-1 .derafood. I Tou have guessed already that this j was a demonstration of talking mo- j lion pictures as applied to education. I And if you stop to think about it you will realize, as these educator? in that audience did. that the schools of the future will depend more and more anon the "talkies" and upon the radio for the instruction of their pupils. Today it is entirely possible for a; complete educational course. iuc!iul-j iac all o f the % essential l;,e1 e m en t arv subjects aiid all life v. avupunixr^TCrr higher mathematics. languages, sci-! once, histoiy and economics, to he put j on by means of the motion picture,! and radio programs already being! broadcast -.could lie: uso.f _to suppler j ment such a course, so that it is conceivable that a group of children ! living in the most remote rural <iis ! trie! could ho curried through school, from kindergarten t o post-graduate j university work. without ever leaving. then- home counties. And with the aid of travel films Sney would knowmore ajamit the \vovld they live in | than nint--lenths.Bflfiflftio uniyer.-ii.v j gradjiatns of today over learn, while, the v.oi ks of the great dramatist?. . presented' |?y > . mpcU-at actors en jl the Si*reel*.. would give them a cultural appreciatipJi such as many urii-i versity students never acquire. There is no room for doubt that \ the school" o^tti^uU^Xy'dV; jggg more and more heavily upon the inventions of today and tomorrow to' bring into the classroom the very! best teaching that is available anywhere in the world. Ami the result wilt not only be better Schools which will cost so much less than the best schools cost today that no community will nave any excuse for giving its children anything less than the best. Already it is, as I have pointed out. possible to cover almost the whole field of education by means of the motion picture and the radio. The only essential part of education which cannot be carried out in this way is the training of the sense of touch. There are certain things which everyone has to leam for himself if he is to be able to call himself educated. We learn through our fingers as well as through our eyes and oui c *.?*= uaTfSyouig ijuijjuse ui normal training classes is not to make artisans out of school boys but to round out their education by teaching them how things feel. To the eye a piece of pine wood and a piece of oak look very much alike. But the man who as a boy learned how to whittle, saw or drive nails into different kinds, of wood grows up with a very real knowledge of the difference between them. All of the modern systems of education begin by training the hands of the very jittle children. The whole kindergarten system and the development of ing children of two or three years old, tasks to do with their hands. Tliere are also sound reasons for believing that the motion picture is a more effective teacher than the school classroom methods of today. Most people have visual perception more highly developed than aural perception. That is. most of us are more readily impressed by seeing things than by hearing them. Ask i yourself the question: "Which do I remember most clearly; the thing, that I saw or the thing that I heard?"! Nine out of ten will recall the thing i they saw long after the memory of the exact words thev heard has faded. | mere ate available today motion pic-' tures illustrating not only every phase of natural historv but scientific research and knowledge of every imaginable kind. The greatest x^acners m the world have directed 1 t'S fHON N Y 'V< Ow p ?WVN"T .* MArt I | CAM ett WITH A l-RETTr CilKjJ, ! VP HE. ISM'T MARRIED jI 1 I TO WEr -T the making of many of these films. aSu now those same teachers are having their lectures recorded on the talking films. so that for all time rSaBienls may see them a ad hear their voices. A hundred veal's from BjDVn v :reat tearher like Professor Irving S? gSg for ^^m?k may [still be explaining to classes of young folks all over the world the difference between money and wealth, and illustrating his talk with charts and digrams which he draws on the blackboard before their eyes. Vale University has sponsored a great number of historical motion pictures. dealing especially with American history. beginning with the voyage of Columbus Today a fe\N learn history from these films; tomorrow millions may get all of their historical instruction in this manner. The United States Government one of the largest of all film producer.-. Government films illustrating every ns. fiii agricultural method, showing almost every Government activity frttin the manufacture of money to battle fleets in action, aie now avail!able to any Grange, pbambev of Commerce or other local organization which wants r?> show them, without charge except the cost of transportation. There is hardly art industrial process that has not been filmed; so that it is possible for everybody to see how pins. soap, automobiles, razor blades or anything cist are made. The only obstacle to the universal use of such films and the new ones as they come out is that they are not favored by the managers ..f motion picture theatres, and so spe ciai arrangements have to he made for their projection li) ?nv community. I>ut the school of the future i?vill have not only one room equipped with a motion picture projector but almost as many as there arc classrooms. They will not only take the place of some tea cite is. hut will bring into every school the very nest teachers, whose salaries most schools could never afford to pay. Radio is already supplementing the motion picture. Every really progressive school today has one or mure radio receiving set. In many schools special hours arc set aside for listening to the radio. The musical courses under the direction of Walter Da i'OSCU7 orcmviCast -by the National Broadcasting Company on certain days t very week, arc doing? more toward t"aching children what good music is and how to appreciate it than any local music teacher could possibly do. And the tenures and ~ information broadcast from Wash-: ington under the auspices of the U. I S. Department of Agrieulture and) othe. Federal ha rebus, "nave already! demonstrated the educational advai?-j tares < !" di::<< minuting information! and instruction. The sehbo! of tomorrow will In j 'it-- . difJfc cjin institution fvom the school of today. By "tomorrow" I mum. say fifty years, when modern itu tliod:- will haw heeu introOfficed everywhere. Talking pictures and radio wili occupy iwu-lldtds -of- the students' time. There will he books, hut they will be supplementary to the \ isu.al aho m ai "coiiij5?> btought in from all the world, books to aid the 'mnmi^vv 1.? ovnlain f11 tinamSii. tals. and not as original sour cos of information for the most part. And there will bo training- of the sense of touch, not only through the process of "making things," hut. through some such method as that which the schools of Japan use. In Japanese schools the children have move than 100.000 different' objects which they are required to hur dle and to take apart. They are made or school use, to teach children what is inside of the things they come across in daily life. Thus a school egg, for example, made of some composition. looks like an ordinary egg, hut the child can take it apart, remove the idiell, lift out the^white, and so get down to the yolk in the middle. All kinds of fVuirs, flowers, insects, little animals and plants, as well as manufactured articles, are thus reproduced for use in schools. The Japanese child grows up with a better knowledge of the inside of things and how they grow than most American children ever get. LIVE-AT-HOME PLAN WAS WIDELY BROADCASTj Incomplete reports' from the home and farm agents of the agricultural extension service at State College indicate that these workers alone reached approximately 100,000 persons dnrinir the ^live-at-home" week of February 10. Reports received from the farm agents by C. A. Sheffield, assistant director of extension, show that about 50,000 persons attended the various meetings held and addressed by these men and while there are fewer home j agents, they did much of their work | in the schools and at meetings of | women's organizations where it is j believed that another 50,000 persons i were acquainted with the principles | of the "live-at-home" movement. All of this is in addition to other work done by the school teachers and State and county organizations which took an-active part in the program. Early last week, Mr. Sheffield had received reports from '>9 counties showing that the farm agents had held 169 meetings at which there were 39,120 persons. When it is considered that there are 84 farm agents and two assistant agents at work in North Carolina, it is believed that the estimate of 50,000 persons reached is rather low or at least conservative. Not half of the agents had reported wlion tlmcn ? 1 , ...... JRV u^uica ivcie ^euureu. Sonic of the teen end tcompn report that they had never been thru such a strenuous period. In some eountic-s there were as many as four different meetings held on the same evening. The home agents say their j curb markets were better patronized than usual and that folks are beginj ning to understand that home-grown foods can be made into excellent menus for the home table or banquet supper. Green?What is a sense of humor? Brown?A sense of humor is that | which makes you laugh at something j that happens to somebody else which would make you sorry if it happened I to you. THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT- -E NEWS ITEMS FROM NEW LAND The Star rout*: mail carrier, from Pyatte. X. said hist Wednesday: "11X a pretty day, ain't it. People ought ter be farmin*, but they d rutlier be cussin* the President." When .iskcd he v.- he ?*ked the low necks and high cuts in the cities, he remarked. **lt puts no change on me. I grub thorns halt the day, and carry the mail the rest of the time. Well I've got to go; if it weren't for these old cat-hc-logs I would not mind hit." Mr. M. L Turlyfill has purchased two fine Jersey heifers, the additions giving him a total of eight animals in his daily herd. Mr. Turlyfill is a real fanner. The hom? of George Dean, who lives in the Hughes section, was destroyed by fire last week. Included in his loss was a < man tit y of meat, corn and other provisions. Ho had no insurance. Mrs. Yirdic Daniels \ln- who has been spending twelve or fifteen days in Grace Hospital, returned home on last Wednesday, bringing with her a bouncing ten-pound boy. Hon. Harrison Bvrd, who has been suffering with lumbago, is somewhat improved at this time. Dr. R. D. Jennings, who for yearsj has maintained an office at Banner Klk. has moved his office to Xewland. We are hoping that he will move his family here and make his future home. Mr. R- F5- Dill* who boo t'non fir Economic f BSCS I SA1 Ba r? G Vs^\ ?J-? Wide c ? 1925 F< Co Comes eq goo $ Bo BUY "OK VERY THURSDAY- -BOONK. N C. : sick for some time, is still linnet ing. Mis. T. A. Love is the owner of a new Ford. Rev. S. M. Pitlman and family, who moved to Nev.dale. X. C.. some i months ago. spent . last Saturday in ; New land visiting old friends." Dallas Hopkins, of Crossnore, spent | some time with home folks in Ncwland last Saturday. M?s. Sam \V. Blalock made a trip last Saturday to Johnson City to visit her daughter. Mrs: G- C. Miller, who is very siek. We were indeed glad to have W. H. Gragg and Albert Smith, two of Boone's live-wire citizens, with us foi a while last Tuesday. Mrs. John Carpenter, who has been making her home with her daughter. Mrs. Sherman Calloway, of Pincola, is a \erv sick lady, and very little hope is entertained for her recovery. \\ o are hoping that the good woman will be restored and spend many ! years with he)- friends. Of interest to friends in Watauga County is the announcemnct thai Rev. Kelley Carroll, who was reared on Hotr Elk (Watauga), and came to this section sonic twenty years ago. has just closed a meeting at Vale near here with a large number of convolutions. Mr. A. W. Ray had the misfortune of losing a fine Jersey cow last Wednesday. the only one he owned. Mrs. C. L. Jesse is suffering from a sprained ankle, but is reported to be improving at this time. at Transportati4* SALE starts J URDAY T=T* 'j ~i asnan Here is a I: this commi _t* 1 bargain set IV , , tijjt famous us? will be lonj Due to th< ^2^,1 Six, we hai -^^^4 clear our s sale prices . l \ Buy a cart K \ price! Loo quality an has been t to attend t hoice of fou CHEVRO a ia _a r Good tire modei for .tuick OAKLAN a Good coi rj good and Now offe FORD R l | | M A good tire ' Vi finish goc . ... CHEVRC jUipped With good run Tires am d tires v-nc. v Rt in pood < CHEVRC ?ood coi A sacrifi one CI BOONE, " USED CARS S. v". Braswe)) and family. of Xebn.J ; N. C? were in town last week visit-! | ing ol#i friends and relatives. Ahviivs J j glad to see them. PROGRESS BEING MADE IN TESTING POULTRY j North Carolina poultry growers] will ha - e at least iwO flocks which j have been freed from the Pullovuni, disease or baclllary white diarrhea i by the end of this season as the re- j '.suit of testing and culling work done! j by the department of poultry at State j College, co-operating with the State j j veterinarian. On February 10th there were 27,- \ 548 pullets; 12,611 hens. 2,049 cock-i ere Is and 703 cocks under test. This ( indicates, says C. F. Parrish, exten- j sibii poultry man, that too many pul- j lets sire being used as breeders and j this condition should be remedied j next season. Mr. Parrish urges those owners having their flocks tested, not to sell the pullets which have passed two negative tests, hut to carry them j over into next year for breeders. ' He also asks that these accredited ! pullets be supplemented only with ; birds from other disease-free flocks. s If the intensive testing work which < ; has been done this season is followed 1 : up next year, rapid accrediting should < be done and the State will have bet- 1 1 ter chicks and a more profitable ' S poultry industry in the future. IJ The poultry flocks at State Col| lege say that the statement that a * flock is accredited does not mean the 1 SPR CLEAF maSiS largain event without paralli unity! This great spring cleai ekers a once-in-a-li?etime opj id cars "with an OK that cow g remembered. ; tremendous popularity of 1 ;e an unusually large stock oi tock quickly, we offer these s that are nothing less than se luring this sale at many dolla >k to tne red "uk that counts d dependability. This tag si] horoughly checked and reco his sale early! ir and six cy LET COACH?1927 model Jgrr.r? $250 1! ID COUPE? 1928 Model, edition. battery and paint 0. K. all over ' red at ^ J | OADSTER?in good shape, s and battery and $125 I.F.T COACH?192? mode) I ? ning order C'JOPv i battery tfood . . <?LtLd<J LET COUPE?1927 mode) ?ondition, tires are $225 LET TRUCK?1927 model idition fi*"J OC ce at ?pX^O lievrole NORTH CAROLINA FROM A CHEVR< ? Orly 10 :-tY.-th> .v Old J | IlK 'iv'-vl S j|||3gg%* I.eprcfet Lo?<ec*\vho lives at the Masonic Home at Charlton. Mass., can remember twenty Presidents of the I'nited States and expects 2o live to 110. same thing: in all states. In North Carolina it means that the flock has passed the tests and that all dise:\<e. arryinjr birds have been lentQv ed. Therefore accreditation in this State lieans disease-free birds It m;?v "? ?* Dean this in the ease of other states. df ' rhcrcfore the prospective buy cm is jvged to investigate before obtainnpr chicks from outside of the State. 'INC 1ANCE f J3i3 el in the history oi ranee sale brings to jortunity to secure nts" at savings that the New Chevrolet ' fine used cars. To plendid cars at low nsational. rs below its normal " tag as proof of its Jnifies that the car nditioned. Be sure Under cars 928 Model! V Chevrolet Touring ir tires, and paint is fairly good $100 t Co. 3 let dealer: /
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