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Show ariea they had received. If they couh have gone the lack of c ompHmeiiturie! wouldn't have kept them away. I was a:i natural for them to he glvei complimciitarlcs as it was for tin editor. One of the professors says that cvei In as large and musical a center a: Salt Lake the musical recitals of prof Coop, a highly finished musician, wen poorly attended, and proved unsatis 'factory. It is a new line of work tin Interest In which appears to develo slowly, so that Hinckley does not necessarily nec-essarily show a lack of bruins, cultun and appreciation lu not responding quickly to the first series of recltab they ever had. Prof. Moencu says he can recall but three Interrupt lolls to the series ol twenty-four recitals, and they were entirely unlooked for. He thinks thi speaks well for their encouragement III a school where so many amusementi and activities are going on. We are glad to publish this expluua tlon, for we do not wish to do an In Justice to the faculty. We recognize that each one has his work to do, and cannot neglect his department to en Joy the exercise In the musical do pnrtment. We are glad to know that It was this rather than a lack of ap preelallon that prevented them attend ing pie recitals more often. We think, also, that some of them may have thought that Mrs. Ilroaddus' recitals were given unusual prominence promi-nence In the Chronicle, and that other departments were quite as deserving of some notice. Hut this Is easily explained. ex-plained. The recitals were a new thing for the academy. Mrs. Ilroaddus was anxious to arouse interest in them and make them a successful feature fea-ture of the academy. She didn't expect ex-pect to make money out of them, but only to cover the expense involved. She furnished the Chronicle with the program and gave hucIi publicity to them as she could. The editor would toff'glvon .o. m, iuMlowui. th work tiCay Mother dtprtaiit If n lun tMt0u 'X m ttf wants the faculty to do that here after. Tell us about any new equip mcnt you have; any new line of work; any special exercises, any exceptional work by any of the students. The musical department Is no more Important Im-portant than any other. All the departments de-partments working harmoniously together to-gether develop the students Into cultured cul-tured and practical young men and women. It bas been Intimated that Mrs. Ilroaddus furnished or inspired the article critlcl.ed. Of course we knew she was disappointed In the attend-unce. attend-unce. The subject of writing It up ame first from two young ladles whu sere regular attendants at the recitals ind regretted their small attendance, ind proposed discontinuance. They imposed to write a letter to the I'hroniele to try and arouse interest, hieh tin' editor agreed to publish, rhey olso gave hliu some particulars 1 1 mi' t the recitals. They didn't find line to write the letter so the editor ook (lie matter up himself. In view )f the hot water he got Into over it hey are probably glad they didn't rlte. I rHE ACADEMY FACULTY AND THE , RECITALS. We learn that the academy faculty las taken exception to a recent item n the Chronicle In which we stated hat "the small Interest taken In the ( ecitals by the faculty and the people ( f Hinckley did not Justify the large ( imount of time and labor required In ( heir preparation." They state that , luring the first semester both Prof. ( daughan and Miss Homer attended as ( egularly as possible. The editor re ( nembers seeing them and Prof. ( doench at one of the recitals, so that lis statement that he never saw any ( f the faculty there Is incorrect. ( During the second semeMer tbe re- , Hals were arrsnged for the afternoon, . ,l which time, Prof. Moen-n ex , duius, every one of the faculty had , lasse and work which made it Ini osible for them to attend, no matter iow much they might have desired j do Whether every member of the fac- ilty was i-ftered or accepted romplt- nentary titkets to the recitals ha ' i esrlng on the subject. If other duties tept them ay ttiey couldn't have , :..ue nu matter how many loiiiplunen'- |