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it can be taught. I t has been taught many times in the past. It can be taught to the growing child, slowly to be sure, but certainly, until everything taken up is taken up with the determination to make it yield that joy. No scheme which we can put into effect in our teaching in chemistry, or any other subject for that matter, will secure general interest on the part of the students except in so far as we are successful in teaching the joy of accomplishment. This is very difficult if it is postponed until the student enters college. Our young people should be taught to reason, they should be taught to work and, above all, they should be taught the joy of doing worthwhile things with all their strength.
AVAILABLE MOTION PICTURE FILMS The "Story of Dynamite" is the title of thelatestaddition to thelist of educational motion picture films distributed by the Bureau of Mines for the purpose of visualizing various phases of the mining and allied industries. The film, which was produced in co6peration with one of the larger explosives manufacturing companies, depicts vividly modern methods of the manufacture of high explosives and illustrates the importance of dynamite in the mining, industrial, and agricultural life of the country. The mining and transportation of Chilean nitrate, the manufacture of wood pulp used as an absorbent, the various chemical processes involved in the preparation of ammonium nitrate and the conversion of sodium nitrate into nitric acid, the manufacture of nitroglycerine, chemical testing of the various ingredients, methods of transportation, and various uses of high explosives are included in the film. Copies of the film may be obtained from the Bureau of Mines, 4800 Forbes St., Pittsburgh, Pa. A new educational motion picture film called "Through Oil Lands of Europe and Africa" has just been completed by one of the larger petroleum-producing companies for inclusion in the library of industrial films distributed by the Bureau of Mines. This film is divided into three parts of three reels each. The first part features the oil industries of Germany, France, Spain, Morocco, and Algeria; the second deals with the oil fields of Italy, Hungary, the Danube, and Raumania, while the thud part features the Palish and Egyptian fields. In addition to showing the operations of the petroleum industry in the countries named, many interesting scenes portraying the life and customs of the inhabitants of the regions are shown. Any of the three parts of the film may be obtained from the Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, Pa. The following films dealing with rubber are now available: "How to Make a Rubber Tire," 1 reel, Ford Motion Picture Laboratories, Detroit, Mich. "Rubbering in Selangar," 1 reel, National Non-Theatrical Motion Pictures, New York, N. Y. (Rubber Industry in the Malay States.) "Rubber of Yesterday," 1 reel, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio. "Fiji Does Its Bit," 1 reel, Pilgrim Photoplay and Book Exchange, Chicago, Ill. "The Conductor," 1 reel. General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y. (Transformationof raw materials into finished lamp cord.) An interesting 1-reel picture "Science of a Soap-Bubble" may be obtained through Pictorial Clubs, Inc., New York, N. Y.-News Edition, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
