Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-09-15 | Page 38 | German Songs Mar Texts of Local Children

I I I GERMAN SONGS I MAR TEXTS OF LOCAL CHILDREN School Board Finds Hun Melodies l in Books Bought I for Students I The city board of or education has Just I expended for music books for tor forthe forthe the public schools Many Ian of or the books particularly those for tho the upper grades contain favorito fa- fa German Gorman songs sonS's prominent among them being Tho Watch on the thc Rhine the German national hymn No 0 effort has been boen made so 60 far tar b by board supervisors or teachers to d de delete delete de- de lete ete tile tho German songs Tho books are aro new this year cor and under the contract contract contract con con- tract mu must t be bo used for live years When tho the matter was called to the attention of or Hugh IT Ir Dougall supervisor supervisor super super- vl visor or of or music In tho city schools he did not know whether tho the books contained con con- tamed German songs but hut upon In Investigation In- In found they did Ho lie said they must bo Le used for Cor five years cars and that the tho teachers would simply Ignore the Hun songs Th Tho texts used b by the sixth grade tb do not nol contain German songs simply sun sim ply ph because tho the voice of a student of or that ago Is not riot adapted to tho the Hun lIun melodies formerly former common hero here be before be- be fore oro the tho war I The Thc books bools used for the first time this year ear b by seventh se and eighth grade students contain The Thc Watch Vatch on the tho Rhine arranged t for r part singing and other German songs sonS's The texts were sere adopted In the spring of 1917 1017 after tho the United States had declared war The matter of or whether the they would contain German songs was not considered with tho the re result result re- re sult suit that whether tho the children sung sing tho songs or not they must see them when the they use the books Prominent publishing houses are put putting tint on the marl market et volumes from which German songs have havo been een de tie tie- eted