Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-12-22 | Page 44 | Music

j Musi; Is Factor ' in Reconstruction ! One of the t-.-fctnual duties w.ilch th: War Oiurip Community service it. called upoir to perform, for Li it nf .t fow months, at Uast. is tho re.'luirts of sobers for IoiviIUn liffl. 'lhla dutv Prc-Weut WiUon recfcntiy dt-senbed an "tho pr mpjif of a craft or honor winch t, U ni'ft'J Stat-1?; aou-iO'd.-J v. hen it s.eiucred tii-- man and took them In their healrn and urensth lo i i srn t th ba.rrs of r.he nation." The nithoda of refittm? our soldiers A ar s n-:.my av' vh,v1 as the coiu-4 coiu-4 rn unities to whi.-h thv are rfc:i:ruin. j One essential wnich Is a tread y unde;- wa v j, h: the ue of umfi.-. i-juth nj h!p:n? tfio , :o!diera to a new v,ay of fmrmns s hv-in'-c ;.ud in a?Mj,Mni the doctors or' the ' rountry to iuin? itbour. n. stw.dv i-n(yi;'(r,-y from shell KnoU-:. Dr. Oorfie M. Pinker, lormftrly head of the clinics for mend I ;md norvous dhvns in ST. Vincent's and Roosrv.i-lt h pi r a is in New York t'iry, w consulted by the War Community .rvlce. on the value of music in the treatment of shell nbod;. He replied: "One of the chief ifeets of war on the mind la the enormous increase of our primitive emotions. Many of these have been deeply buried, such aa intense tear and an ir or. Conflict and fierce danger t. bring thes to the surface find the ii.di- vldual, rn:iny fimcs, is disorganized hy them, esith' lally uhtn they have been too much reprurised previuutly. "The muscles and voice are peculiarly basic, because of their value in cxpros-Mn:; to others our reelings and impulses. HoTice, whoever may use muscles and voice is certain to release in a cultural v-ay the pnmirive. .Music docs itv.s with rhythm and tunc. To use this cou.'cioujj-lv, cou.'cioujj-lv, then, would be a therapeutic necessity dii-e.-ied toward a definite eroul." The. question of providing a new means ' of livelihood along miiFial lines has been taken up by the Brooklyn Music School settlement, located at 5-5 Grand avenue. In an outline of the plan submitted by Kendall K. Mussey, director of the school, to Or. C. A. Prosper, director of the federal fed-eral board of vocational educa tion Mr. Mussey said: h "VVu strongly t'e.-l thai music has a place in re-edu-n i.ional work. . There is r a I'oiisiderable number of very fair ama-f ama-f t.iiir musicians, besides the professionals. ' ' now in service, and those whose musical I education has been Interrupted bv uar f would, after havinsr received additional j tralnmcr, be able to make an excellent liv-I liv-I j iner as members of orchestras In theaters, motion picture houses, hotels, restau- rants, and, nussinly, tiymphonv orchestras, as well as piano tuning. A man fitted for I such work would earn more than in many 1 of the other occupations and trades which I ho nurht take up. If desirable, this work . could also furnish clinicial facilities for observation and experiment in , tho effi-I effi-I ciency of music for treatment ' of nerve- shock cases." . Dr. Prosser has given the plan his hearty approval, and. at the request of V his department, the settlement has de-1. de-1. cid fed to provide a house to be used as I a eonva'escent home for the men while , training at school. It has been arranged i with the Broql-clyn bramTi of the New i York War Camp Community service and j the Brooklyn National League for Woman's Wom-an's Service that they will conduct and furnish this house jointly, includmsr the . canteen. The use of the house, for as Ion? as fs necessary, is a sift from the school. In order that the house and , school be together In a more central loft' lo-ft' cation, it has been decided to purchase new quarters near the Academy of Music ' In Brooklyn, and a considerable amount of money has been subscribed by mem-' mem-' bers of the board. To quote furihc-r from tho. nlan sub-f, sub-f, mitted by Mr. Mussey: ; "The necessity of providing technical piusical training for two classes of men in the service is very apparent. The two ,. 'classes are. namely: - First, professional musicians who have been disabled in such a. manner ihatt hey can no longer plav the Instrument they formerly did. These A-men still remain musicians, and it 7 therefore only just that they be enabled to continue in their highly specialized profession. In order to make this nosi- j , ble, their general training will be "made L,;f; bails I'jV inbti-K''! ion u. on a ncv. In-,(,n:l!ent In-,(,n:l!ent fri.'M! tlit lJ :sa b i li' does not bar them. 7:ic sei.-ond - 1j.je tor j11 talented a m .I'.-ur;; v. ho aro diiabltd in such a ma '.:-! i .-:--(. t mo;.' ' -tnaor ro1. urp to their foi in'.;- vo'-'j nor::.. Th:s cleti will pi-ob.oly r.'-;,, ,,:n a loiter purled in training, train-ing, out it .'-'I'.ie th'-r jii agre-.iolc and cofi'iiiu"; 1 profession ror t!ie r:i of u.-Ai- lives and one which will at ford much so-a:-", fo:- tneir injuries. "instruction win be offered in ihp Brooklyn .vi.iool in all instruments of the standard u:vh'?:-tra brasb, woodwinds, s t ci n g s or o e r c u - i o n as we j 1 as pi a no, voice, harmony, tneorv, ear training, ensemble en-semble playing and French. The we!!, known compoer-pianisi'., Frank La Forge, has volunteered as a lecturer, and Eld v. in Franko Goldman, who conducted the summer con ::-iii; at. Columbia uni-ersity in l'.'lS and is now leader of ine; w York police bauii. will supervise the i brat.L and reed liitirument instructions."