Show High Hi jt School Will Tutu Future re Music 1 When the musical aptitude ot of PU i is properly fostered b by means of mj u- u j si sic courses which will bring out I latent musical ability we wo may en look to th the high schools for our guidance in matters musical l s sis la is tho the optimistic outlook for the as seen by George H H. Gartlan ln dl of or music in the Now ew York City Cily cho In ha a recent article on the music situ tion In the educational system He b be lIe cs that the possibilities In the tho At dt of or musical talents mon i I Ithe the tho students during their high course ourse ha have haas as yet barely beca bea ea tapp tapped lf Summing up the tho former status of o music In high school and contrasting It with that of th u present and Immediate future Mi Gartlan Ba says I Until a n few V c. years ago music In t to tb high school meant one period perlo per pr Wt devoted to si sight ht singing n and nd chori cho- I practice for all classes of or pupils with with or without musical After Arter hours the talented student wh received his musical training outI of ot school hours was expected to devot devota a great 1 al d al of or his life to choral an nii orchestral practice which to the schools school's credit but for tor or which h in received no credit By a a. process t education the hi high h standards set an maintained are arc now giving ivins- our tras the nucleus about which the tho m mu mm musical L talents in the school can gathe I and the they offer their members the sani opportunity for tor Individual prominent as 95 It given the athletic stars Blare Mr Gartlan looks to the thc e establish ment of or classes In all aU the Instrument of ot the tine orchestra so that from tines the and th tIns the school ensembles mn may later laler b t recruited tho the players for the tho man many mu mi mu and other symphony orchestra which now so lar largely eh draw their me men from foreign sources If t tin school orchestras alter after studying t tl th various compositions could then hatho ha hax tho the benefit of hearing them there interprets interpret Interpret by a n. professional proCessIonal organization of or hig standing their training would be beat vale at ably supplemented This Is already t bt Ing done for the high school orches orchestras tras in New ew York with the aid of or tt tl New York symphony society and tl I Philharmonic society |