TEACHING BY PICTURES.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17701, 1 March 1923, Page 10

TEACHING BY PICTURES.

NOVEL QUEENSLAND SCHEME. (niOK OTJB OWH COBMSFOXBEST.) SYDNEY, February 21. For the brightening of the lives of the children of outback Queensland the Government is inaugurating a novel scheme of education by pictures. \ Cinematograph machines were proposed, but- was the difficulty, as most c 1 tho itinerant State school teachers cover there huge districts by motor-cycle. Further enquiries, however, resulted in the discovery oywhat ia believed to be a suitable substitute,. in the form of a mechanical contrivance for throwing" pictures on a screen: It is called the Baiopticon, is described as 1 a very handy, ingeniously ootnsferudied • appliance, possessing all th e eptfcal pad mechanical features essential so the correct projection of pictures. It can reproduce in clear"nnd excellent perspective at distances up to 15 feet" pictures of a size up to sis square feet. In addition to showing tho ordinary lantern slides, the Baiopticon can also project pictures from boots and magazines without making at necessary to tear out any page, and also pictures from post-cards, as well as reproductions in magnified form of small objects such as botanical specimens, insects, etc. Queensland is the first State in Australia to adopt this form of instruction for i children in wayback districts.