A smallish and ullagistic crowd showed up on a rainy afternoon for “Through the Blackboard,” our third public outing.  We started late (there were screens and projectors to wrangle), but after that, all unfolded smoothly.

After a few introductory remarks, Doug opened up the ullage: this time, a Belgian Trappist ale, which was presented to Geoff and Lynette, our hosts at Jalopy.

Doug then performed two of his cranky songs, “Get on the Grid” and “Alphabet,” both, arguably, educational.

Lisa followed with a talk on children’s games and songs; Doug with a talk on school lunch programs in the 1920s; and Lisa with a talk on fraternal and occult societies.  After that, Doug demonstrated a dubious science toy from his youth, by showing moiré patterns on the overhead projector.

During the intermission, the audience was invited to squint through stereoscopes at vintage instructional images selected by Anthony.  Doug also circulated with a Flash-X: a 1969 classroom gizmo that shows simple line drawings at 1/25 of a second.

After intermission, Anthony and guest presenter Mark Newgarden screened two old classroom films, “Emotional Maturity” and “The Thunderbolt Hunters.”  Then we packed up and left to blow the take on dinner, another Ullage Group event fading swiftly into time’s chalk dust.  But there will be others.

(Posted by Doug Skinner)