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Show EMERY COUNTY PROGRESS. CASTLE DALE, UTAH YOURSELF f and YOUR BOD WILFRl CRENl THE PUMP AND PIPES AOfcTAw MAIW PFPE t eooy BlQ.VALV$.BMPTV: ALONC. MrWE.CUSfO .valve Ewt. Chamber jfLLfriQ.UP.VV'lTB CUrAN.kQOD VEIM FROM HSAfcT.WlfH 4 IFTEEN hundred high school young sters, heads up, shoulders back, feet clicking In rhythmic step. Haiti Fifteen hundred Instruments poised, fifteen hundred pairs of eyes trained on a single leader. The flourish of a baton and the biggest band In the world burst into music When the echo of the last note of "El Capltan" had died out In the distance, Osbourne McConathy, the conductor and America's foremost musical educator, turned from the vast field of bright-eyeboys and girls and voiced the verdict of the multitude that stood spellbound listening to the music: "The Jazz age can't do anything to a nation that can muster youngsters like these. Their music will doom the 'flaming youth and will put strength Into the social fabric bf America." This scene was enacted In the city park of Council Bluffs, Iowa, the last Saturday in May, when twenty-thre- e champlcn bands played as a massed concert ensemble under the direction of each of the Judges to give a colorful finale to the iNauonai scnooi iwmu euniesu mtre wcm imuua there from as far east as New York, as far west as California, as far north as Minnesota and as far south as Tesas. Joiiet was awarded the national championship by nosing out the Abraham Lincoln high school band of Council Bluffs by a fraction of a point The Modesto (Calif.) high school captured third place, and fourth place went to the Nicholas Senn high school of Chicago. The national championship for Class B bands, limited to schools having enrollments under four hundred, was awarded to the Princeton (Calif.) band. Second place In this class was won by the band D. Ida Grove, la., was third, from Vermillion, and Cleveland, Okla., fourth. In addition, honorable mention for fine performance even though they did not win a prize, was given by the Judges to the school bands of Qulncy, I1L; Marion, Ind.j Lockport, N. Y and Flint, Mich. The several winners In the contest were awarded prize tablets by the National Bureau for the Advancement of Music, which also rewarded the director and members of the first two winning bands In each class with silver and bronze medals respectively. Jollet still retains the national trophy which must be won by the school three successive times to be kept permanently. The Judges in the contest. In addition to Mr. McConathy, were Herbert Clarke, director of the Long Beach (Calif.) municipal band; Taylor Branson, leader of the United States Marine band, Washington, D. O, and Joseph E. Maddy, supervisor of music In the Ann Arbor (Mich.) public schools. school band contest The first really nation-wid- e was held in 1926 in Fostoria, Ohio, although previously there had been a number of sectional and district contests In various parts of the country. Thirteen bands, from ten different states, contested in this event The contest at Council Bluffs bands, this year brought together twenty-thre- e almost twice as many as the year before. To state and bring these bands together, twenty-si- x sectional band contests were held, each of which, in turn, had an average of twenty bands to vie for the state or sectional honors. It has been estimated that approximately $300,000 was raised this year by high schools, parents, clubs, business groups' and Individual business men to send these bands to the section, state, and national contests, which have for their object the raising of the standard of music in the schools. Within the next decade, Mr. McConathy prophesies, music will be as much a part of the educational equipment of the high school boy and girl as reading, writing and arithmetic. They will be able to elect courses in Instruction on their chosen instrument Just as they elect to study Latin or Spanish, or choose between the liberal arts, a business or a technical course. And they will get the same credit for music that they do for any other subject "Because I ara myself a musician, J think of music first of all as an ?xprs!on of beauty, says d a " this eminent educator. "But the high scnooi band Is one of the strictest schools of discipline a boy or girl can go through. It teaches team work, for In assembly playing every man has to do his own work and do It right It curbs the ego, for the boy or girl who wants to be the whole show has little chance In a band. He learns to know his , place and fill It It teaches the lesson of sen-iceto to the for the band must be quick respond need for music In any school activity. And, even more so now that the bands are meeting for these national contests, it teaches good sportsmanship, Just as does the football and baseball team. "There was one little band at the Council Bluffs meet whose story tells vividly what band discipline does for boys and girls. It was a Class B band from the Princeton (Calif.) high school. Princeton Is a town of four hundred inhabitants. There are one hundred and three students In Its high school. And 73 per cent of them are studying music. Six years ago, the band' In this high school consisted of three boys who played a mouth organ, a trombone, a saxophone and a girl pianist They all played by ear. Today they have a forty-seve- n piece band that has carried off the Northern California championship four times, won the championship three times, and this year took top honors as the best Class B band In America. "But It was a long trip from California out to Iowa to the national meet When Princeton was declared state winner over Areata high school, Its long-tim- e musical rival, this little band began scrambling around to get the money for the trip. They gave concerts. They appealed to the citizens of Princeton. But they could not quite top the rise. At the eleventh hour came the Areata high school. 'We will help you out, and into the bands of the Princeton musicians they put their own d dollars. And the Princeton band came to the national contest That is the kind of spirit you find in these boys and girls in the bands. "The boy who can square his shoulders and blow big, full notes on a trumpet or horn Is a healthy boy. He has got to be. No shallow-chested weakling can survive In these pick bands. And greatest contribution of all, each player has found a threshold Into the great realm of musical literature; he is developing the cultural side of his life. He may forget the date of the discovery of the Pacific ocean; he may never be able to solve an algebra problem. But he can never forget his music. That is the one thing he will carry with hira Into the great world Nor is Mr. McConathy alone In his views on music In the schools. The other three Judges In the contest were amazed at the splendid discipline and performance of these Juvenile bands and at least one expressed himself as of the opiuion that there are not more than ten or a dozen professional bands in the United States who could measure up to the standards of these school bands. C. M. Trematne, director of the National Bureau for the Advancement of Music, and secretary of the instrumental affairs committee of the Music Supervisors National conference, under the --joint auspices of which the state and national band contests are held. Is convinced not only of the value of the school band as a builder of character, but also feels that the band boy is a better student than his unmusical schoolmate. "After listening to the performances of these Juvenile bands," said Mr. Tremaipe, "I am more than ever Impressed with the importance of music In the lives of our young school people. It demon-etrate- s team work, discipline and perseverance and gives evidence of what this playing In a band does for the youth as a builder of character In addition to Its cultural advantages. "The spirit of playJng in this national contest is Just another proof that boy musicians are just as eager to win band laurels as the members of a football or basketball team are to win achievements in athletics for their schools and themselves. A school Is as proud of its band when it wins ita state, section or national contest as when It takes home a trophy won on the gridiron or the baseball field. all-sta- te hard-earne- d, short-breathe- Cllhti 1 "Music Is a healthful influence and parents not! are learning that the band is better than tna 'gang for their youngsters. Music is a fine mental stimulant and In a survey recently made in on middle western school, it was found that children who studied music averaged considerably higher in all lines of school activities than those who did not "Association with other young musicians Is another great benefit for the boy or girl band member. No matter how much the child may put his heart Into practicing at home and playing for his own and others' enjoyment he Is missing a great deal if he does not learn to work with others In the production of great masterpieces. It Is absolutely essential for each member of the band to take his definite place In the group, to give others a chance, to come In at Just the right beat and to drop out at exactly the moment he is no longer needed. Temperament, sulks and overaggressiveness have no place in the band and the good director knows how to inculcate these lessons along with the other instructions. "Health might also be mentioned as one of the beneficial aspects of learning to play an instrument and becoming a member of the school band. Correct posture and breathing must be insisted upon. Physicians often will recommend a wind Instrument for the boy with the undeveloped chest Then, too, music steadies the nerves and has a relaxing effect on pupils who tend to be too high strung and undisciplined. "Where a certain standard of scholarship considerably above the minimum for passing is required for participation In the school band for representing the school In a contest like the one held In Council Bluffs, this stimulus is often effective in bringing sagging grades up to the mark as It does with the boy trying to make the football eleven or the baseball or track team." Mr. Tremaine's views on public school music has the enthusiastic indorsement of the department of superintendence of the National Education association, made up of the representative heads of public school systems throughout the United States, which at its recent Dallas convention adopted this resolution: "1. That we favor the inclusion of music In the curriculum on an equality with the other basic subjects. We believe that with the growing complexity of civilization more attention , must be given to the arts, and that music offers possibilities, as yet but partially realized, for developing an appreciation of the finer things of life. We, therefore, recommend that all administrative officers take steps toward a more, equitable adjustment of music In the educational program, Involving: Time allotment; number and standard of teachers; equipment provided. "2. That we favor an Immediate extension of music study to all rural schools, in the belief that no single development will so greatly Increase the effectiveness of their work and so greatly lessen the extreme differences now existing between rural and urban education. We recommend as a guide the "Course of Study for Music in the Rural Schools" approved by the Music Supervisors' National conference. "3. That we believe an adequate program of high school music Instruction should Include credit equivalent to that given to other basic subjects, for properly supervised music study carried on both in and out of the school; moreover, the recognition of music by the high schools as a' subject bearing credit toward graduation should carry with it similar recognition of Its value by colleges and other Institutions of higher education. We recommend further that the department of superintendence favor a study of present practices as to music credits. "4. That recognizing the great interest manifested at this meeting toward making music a more vital element in education, we recommend that this subject shall continue to receive the attention of the department of superintendence and be included in tlie discussion groups of its acnnal program." UT father, how does the lymph get back?" "Every time you move a muscle or breathe, you squeeze It out of the spaces which end In openings Into special little vessels. Valves keep it from ever getting back. So on and on it has to go into a large pipe, which empties at last Into the blood through a big vein in the neck near the heart. It Is pushed on also a little by the heart and sucked on by the current In the vein. Moreover, it Is helped along by the fact that It Is different in composition from the other fluids, and so passes out Into any fluid next to It This process is called diffusion." "But, father, what makes the blood the cells?" "I don't wonder you ask. That Is a real Job, isn't It? For, you see, the cells cannot live as we can, on meals three times a day. They must get air and food brought to them day and night and all the time. So long as they get that, they do not care where they are, and they will therefore grow outside the body Just as well ag inside, If you also keep them warm. Then yon must remember what an awful lot of pipes we must have to reach all the cells, and what an awful heap of pumping we shall have to make our pump do. Moreover, ours are far the most wonderful pipes In the world. They grow bigger or smaller Just as they are told. "There is a trap In the pipe. What makes the trap shut? Why, because it is a valve or trap which opens only one way, and the rubber, springing up again, sucks or pulls up the lid, and when you squeeze down, the lid closes again, kerplunk ! It Is exactly like the trap-doo- r of our attic; and don't you remember the one we made to pump out our boat, with a wooden flap, a leather hinge, and a heavy coat of lead fixed on the trap-doo- r to shut It down. Doesn't that work well?" "Splendidly." "Well, the heart has Invented far better valves for Itself, and it has built two bulbs to make it throw stronger than it could with one, and to give a more even flowing current ; not one that Jerks. "We'll take the best pump in the world a good heart. So we have two engines, as you see In the picture. One set pumps the Impure blood into the lung, and the other pumps the pure blood into the body. This pure blood carries the food and air. The pumps He side by side and are Joined together, making a shape something like the ace of hearts. They throw twenty tumhlerfuls In a minute, and all the blood in the body in one and one-haminutes. But if you run a race or climb a high mountain all the blood In your body may pass through In one minute. The first pipes are large and are called arteries, or 'air thoroughfares.' They get smaller, and smaller, and smaller, like Alice In Wonderland, till they are mere hair tubes, or capillaries, and then these join together and get bigger and bigger again, till they are pipes called veins. "The arteries are strong nnd thick and very elastic. Can you guess why?" "Because the heart pumps hard right Into them?" "Tes, that is part of the reason. But there Is another, and a verv clever reason. You know those squeaker toys with elastic bags that you blow up, don't you? What makes them go on squeaking so long?" "Oh, the elastic bag squeezes the air out slowly through the pipe." "Exactly so. That Is why the arteries are so elastic; because in between the strokes of the dudid. thev 'are squeezing out through the pipes tne blood which was forced into them The splendid result is that the stream go round to all er lf flows onward evenly all the through the hair tubes into the va and back again to the heart on round. The veins are I and have thin walls, but they h fine valves to help the blood not! rush back Into the hair tubes. never-endin- g "Sometimes those valves give I They are not very strong, and t have a heavy weight on them if tl happen to be in the legs of a fat A son. Then what happens is this: blood does run back, and leaks everywhere, and the legs swell up a turn blue and hurt and the poor nl cannot get his boots on. "Where Is your heart? Can you q j It?" "Surely." "What is It doing?" "Thumping." "How many thumps to the minus Here is my watch. Count them. St enty? "Now lift this chair up five timl Now count again. How many thum now? Eighty? Right Every bit work, you see, gives our hearts mnj to do. If you listen carefully you ci hear that the pump rests for a fri tion of a second after every two heal That's all the rest it ever takes lei houi than ten minutes In twenty-fou- r Like every other pump, we shall ha to grease it ; otherwise it will get hi and jam, like the engine. Th "We will hane It in an will help also to keep it in Its pi a The bag Is slung by fine ties inside tl box made by the ribs. Inside the U there Is a beautiful soft, moist HnirJ very thin, and covered with the sanj cells which prevent blood clottlni the pipes. The cells lining the otl-must, of course, manufacture their or oil. I wish the lining of our gasoua tank would do likewise. "Everv doe has to have a name tell It from other dogs, and all thei narts of the body have Latin names f Greek ones. They are very easy if m know Latin and Greek. But we do n really need them. "The big pipes which are elastic r moln nnan on1 are full Of air Slier HI tl body is dead, because, of course, o elastic has squeezed all the blood of them. But that made doctors wum m yof fhav nlwflva carried air. and and 4 them called they still call them by the old name, ju as the first bulb of the heart Is call ear . the auricle (which Just means vei the and the second bulb is called trlcle (which only means belly). Tin loni tb pipe to the lungs is called the oil-ba- 'alr-terle- s, tr and pipe or pulmonary artery; the who to blood carries that pipe carrier. body is called the aorta, or lor. "For the heart's guidance hoth in and on Its wai SP Some messages come direct by cemr. wires all the way from the office in the brain. These long wirj are called the Wanderers (Vagi). ijnf message it odd, these only bring exact y m brother 'Go slow, say. shirt o the slang phrase 'keep your messages or 'keep cool'? All the come from oj speed up' or 'hustle' flees close to the heart, and Mnnec! wires in tni directly with th. bigthe art spine, right alongside ne "The hair tubes are siae . thousand takes two to three side, to measure one xq -- get old the and break easny. " HeT - oxic- J lJj nnS w has breken insiae the brain, and tne drowned. Just so.the be ' " , a t .""m toxin- nally. But i res overeat, and ir there U 0 poisons like alcohol, son that the pipes hundred years easily." . B by tut B.1I sy4l |