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Show BENEFIT OF CHORAL SINGING ! Equalizes Men, Creates Spirit of Broth-; erhood and Takes Mind Off Business, Busi-ness, Asserts Professor. Music gives utterance to something; within one which can never find ex- presslon in words or acts, In the opln-' Ion- of A. E. Westbrook, director of : music In the Kansas State Agrlcul-' tural college. Choral singing Is of 1 great benefit to a community. ' "Music is of great advantage to) men," said Professor Westbrook. "Iti equalizes them; creating a spirit of I brotherhood, and takes their minds off ! business. It gives them a new and t different insight, which is accomplished ! not by singing the common popular songs, but by really good music that1 can be appreciated. "The value of music In bringing together to-gether socially disorganized communl-; ties has never been fully realized. By : choral singing, people In any one lo-, cality can be brought Into certain sympathy sym-pathy with one another. Wherever there is a neighborhood there is a i chance for singing. A leader is needed need-ed who will select only the best music. Where neighboring groups have been singing the same kind of good music they will find in any large community i gathering that they have something in common and will be ready to take parti In choral singing on an even larger scale. "If an orchestra playing Beethoven played in a community unused to such mnslc, there would break forth from -the audience an unrestrained applause such as comes only from people who are really hungry for good music the kind of music that community musical societies will bring to them." |