. Bell telephone magazine . erialavailable to schoolshad been prepared pri-marily for adult con-sumption. The success of filmsand demonstration ma-terials in military in-struction during WorldWar II has given anew impetus to the useof these so-called au-dio-visual aids not onlyin industry but in theschools as well. Major school sys-tems now have audio-visual depart-ments, and several educational pub-lications specialize in this demand for telephonefilms and other material is indicativeof their usefulness to schools. But,since they were made for use withadult audiences, their t
. Bell telephone magazine . erialavailable to schoolshad been prepared pri-marily for adult con-sumption. The success of filmsand demonstration ma-terials in military in-struction during WorldWar II has given anew impetus to the useof these so-called au-dio-visual aids not onlyin industry but in theschools as well. Major school sys-tems now have audio-visual depart-ments, and several educational pub-lications specialize in this demand for telephonefilms and other material is indicativeof their usefulness to schools. But,since they were made for use withadult audiences, their treatmentmakes them less adaptable to theelementary grades, and school peo-ple were beginning to ask for filmsmore closely geared to the childhoodlevel. The decision to honor these re-quests was not as simple as it mightappear on the surface. School auth-orities guard zealously against at-tempts to use the classroom for ul-terior purposes. In common withAmerican industry generally, the BellSystem has respected this attitude,. Smoothing down the plastic wood head of a marionette recognizing its importance in a freesociety. Only on rare occasions havewe sought permission to enter theschools, and then only when the re-quirements of the public service, suchas during cut-overs from manual todial service, suggested it. On the other hand, many educatorshave felt the need tor first-hand in-formation about the complex indus-trial world which they are preparingthe child to face. Where can wego, they have asked, for authenticteaching materials about industry—except to industry It this point ot view—at least asapplied to the telephone industry—were as widespread as the post-warstraws in the wind appeared to indi-cate, it would seem to be simply amatter of good citizenship for the 54 Bell Telephone Magazine SPRING Bell System to give all reasonable as- project, this benefit must of coursesistance to the schools. be secondary to the purposes of the In considering the production
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