Atlanta Daily World

Representative Of RCA Visiting City's Schools

Dallas A. Martin, who is making a nation-wide survey of Negro educational institutions of RCA Victor featuring audio-visual aids to education, is in the city for two weeks of demonstration and lectures. He spent the past week contacting heads of local schools. Main office is located in Camden N J. While in the city he located with the RCA district office.

Martin will appear at Jackson, Inc., Monday night at 7:30 o'clock Tuesday night, at seven o'clock he will appear at Sale Hall, Morehouse College, and nine o'clock Wednesday morning and in the afternoon will again appear at that institution. Friday morning at ten o'clock, he will appear at the Clark University chapel period He is residing at the home of Dr. X L Neal 1052 Harwell Street, N.W. while in the city.

A generation ago the phonograph became a fixture in the up to-date school," Mr Martin observed in a visit to the business district Saturday. It revolutionized music appreciation instruction and it provided music for a variety of other activities in and out of the classroom. RCA Victor pioneered this aid to education, and has been busy improving on the original idea ever since

"Now the modern phonograph greatly improved, has numerous assistants. Slides and motion pictures, both with and without sound accompaniment, have been put to work to assist in teaching many subjects. The radio has come to the aid of the teacher in bringing special school programs into the classroom, and in bringing the voices of the world's leaders, and first hand news of the latest events into the current events and history classes."

Mr. Martin pointed out that modern audio-visual aids to education have been playing a larger and larger part in teaching practice The latest is a sound system connecting all classrooms the gymnasium, lunchroom, etc. to a single control unit Recorded music, radio programs, special announcements need better programs may be sent daily or full the roll.

Every craftsman uses the best tools he can procure and the teacher is no exception it Carefully, prepared educational material has been provided, and the very sensitive eye-gate and ear-gates of the students receive it with enthusiasm

Mr Martin said that, while many Negro schools are using such modern helps, many others have not taken full advantage of the possibilities.

RCA Victor is anxious to discover how it can be of greater service in enabling our schools to secure modern teaching equipment In the pioneering spirit that first placed phonographs in the school, the Company is making every effort to expand its service still further.