At the second of nine educational conferences to be held over the period of a week, the opinion was expressed in talks Saturday that radio and moving pictures aid in the instruction of English. The series of conferences is being held under the auspices of the Harvard Teachers Association, and the New England Association of Teachers of English.

Professor K. F. Mather, professor of Geology and tutor in the Division of Geology, predicted in his talk that all high schools will be equipped for the projection of sound pictures within a decade. He spoke of the possibilities of sound films and told of the use of motion pictures in scenic teaching. He felt that improvements in films and radio for educational use depend on the cooperation of educators, who must meet these agencies half way.

In another talk at the meeting, J. A. Hennessey '15, teacher of Visual Education at the Boston Teachers' College, pointed out that Boston has had a committee on visual aids in education since 1913. He told of the value such aids have in giving new experiences to children.

G. B. Beal, dramatic critic, speaking of the loss of literary value in mechanical transmission, declared that this is one of the most disappointing results of the invention and development of musical reproduction by radio and talking picture. This loss of literary value, he believed, was due to the "utter impossibility" of interpreting one art in terms of another. "In the various arts, through the ages," he said, "many such mixtures have been attempted, always with the same result, failure."