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THE WORLD'S ADVANCE 



MOVING PICTURES HELPING 

 EDUCATION 



A recent canvass made by a New York 

 newspaper of thousands of schools and 

 colleges throughout the United States 

 discloses that these institutions are 

 unanimously in -favor of using films for 

 educational purposes. And this is not 

 surprising, in .view of the fact that any 

 one familiar with the problem of educa- 

 tion has noticed that the eye is able to 



grasp facts with greater speed and pre- 

 cision than the ear. Furthermore, the 

 impression received by means of the eye 

 is found to be of longer duration. 



It is rather unfortunate that scientific 

 films have not found greater use in 

 American schools. A large number of 

 educational films on many different sub- 

 jects have existed for a long time and 

 are available for the use of schools, 

 among these being reels on geography, 

 history, science and natural history. 



NEW WIRELESS TELEPHONE IN THE "MOVIES' 



Aside from being a very interesting serial film, the "Exploits of Elaine" 

 deserves no little credit for introducing many scientific inventions in a startling, 

 yet instructive, manner. There is hardly a single new device that has not made 



its appearance in the reels of this Pathe serial. A striking example is presented 

 in a recent episode in which a wireless telephone system of new design is em- 

 ployed by Craig Kennedy, the detective, who is the hero of the story. 



