Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 294, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1919 — “MOVIES” AID INSTRUCTORS AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY [ARTICLE]

“MOVIES” AID INSTRUCTORS AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY

Bloomington, Ind. “Teaching the young idea to shoot” by means of motion pictures is the latest innovation on the campus of Indiana University. Under the supervision of the local unit of the Reserve Officers Training Corps, military training in the university includes target practice,, both indoors and on the rifles and ammunition. Considerable difficulty has been found in getting the cadets to handle the rifles correctly. This has been partially solved by the introduction of motion pictures by Major O’Brien, commandant. Junior and senior companies of the cadets have been given this instruction. Motion pictures, furnished by the war department, are shown the companies in the auditorium of the Student building, illustrating the correct manner In which a rifle is aimed, how the trigger pulled and a'so methods of cleaning the piece. Later it is expected to use pictures taken in France to give the cadets visual instruction of the action of troops under fire.