Show THE SILENT TEACHER The simplest element clement of ot kindergarten teaching is that a child chUd learns by br what I ho he objectively sees much more quickly than by what he lie reads This Tills fundamental fundamental fundamental funda funda- mental principle applies quite unvaryinglY unvaryingly throughout the tIle entire course of ot in instruction instruction instruction in- in from kindergarten to college so it Is not at all surprising that motion pictures have come to be an ally of or the teacher teach r. r While none except tIle the most progressive schools have ha yet availed themselves of ot the silent teaching of at the tIle screen many schools particularly In New York City are using motion pictures with excellent results Taking a sample lesson in geography for tor example our example our own Western country California or the Dakotas or oi some of ot our natural scenery like Yellowstone park Niagara falls tails or the Hudson river may seem very abstract to the child Inthe in rn inthe the pages of ot his textbook but bu If ft in studying N North rth Dakota he can see on the screen the general topography of ot the state some of Its undeveloped sections section as well as its present progress and its city and country life that child has i definite knowledge which It could never have otherwise except by going there Or If t h he sees Yellowstone National ti 1 par pan yg with i ti i its wonderful d colorings n the great i I geysers and its magnificent hotels It al almost 1 most seems to that child chUd that he has been rl riding about on tIme the stage coaches of ot the tile park or tramping from geyser to geyser geser waiting for tor the waters to spout which they do only at periodic intervals |