Show THE importance OF 0 F MUSICAL M U TRAINING IN ALL PUBLIC PUBIC SCHOOLS 1 contributed ity 0 OA A laker concluded from froin last is isue sue the chief inspector of tile educational system of england says ays s A musical atmosphere in education dev develops lops the higher ideals abid brings tho the child into closer touch with nature tile spring with its flowers ll ower tho alio st summer I 1 finier with its fruitage the A autumn I 1 with its harvest inn vest nit and golden glow tile tho r avith its snow tile the rain rain and the sunshine the darkness of night and tho starry heavens leavens above us its tile coming coining of tho the morning the noonday the setting of tile sun slit tile glowing twilight and the deepening night cun call only ile be interpreted to children ill in ill song and instrumental music this is what philander P claxton blaxton Ol axton tile the U S commissioner of education said before tho the N li A hist suni summer nier if I 1 were making lak ilig it a public school curriculum I 1 would put lit in a little read ing writ big a lattio arithmetic little history and geography and a great doal deal of music it mr air ton said on oil an another cither occasion tile addressing a body of teachers next to reading and writ concluded on page 0 6 THE importance OF M SIX TRAINING I 1 AL PUBLIC SCHOOLS contributed ily 0 A whitaker im ins L ven ali aenid vitI of writing and next to tile the power to count simplest things in arithmetic is tile the most practical thing ill in our seh schools 11 we weare aru n reed that music is of if practical value in the follow fiig ways first no church mer MID vice would lo be 10 coni complete without anusic iii wu we must leavo lave clio ello irp find i liere inest bo be congregational i ginging as well as choir if in order to give inspiration to on service und and put ua its in it brunic of mind and soul to be by it we ca cannot got along without music in our sunday schools and meetings it t is tin tilt one part paiton of the it in which ull all can join und which I 1 gives unity to tile ext and as dr Tali nago once remarked IA A is ft a living gro growing flug thur cli 11 second it is or of practical front from a social standpoint no social meeting would be satisfactory without music of soine kind we ive have to give inspiration to our political meetings and every nation lias has its patriotic ic songs I 1 in 11 at an I 1 address on tho industrial life of america a well voil known journalist remarked ked we would secure much better rt re stilts in ill our industrial life if we were to teach good music per pertaining mailling to all tile trades and occupations MIS of tile the people third music is of practical value front from an altruistic altru islic standpoint in III tile the singing of a song whether it be if a religious reli giol is POC foe ial moral or patriotic nature all experience the sanie same emotions and unite in expressing the saine game thought and alil are thus bound together by a experience fourth cupic is practical front from the standpoint of mental training g and discipline there is no study in tile eliat requires atholl than that of reading music from frolli tilo printed notation the eye tho ear tile power of memory and discrimination ciscil in ill filet fact nearly nil the mental and physical faculties are called into play biffle the rhythmic performance is an all element OIL anent of discipline be over estinia estimated ted fifth music is practical from froin a cultural standpoint if all record of bunian history whether written or traditional should brt be conle come lost or forgotten for gottell wo we might still read the history of tile the race in ill its music music ahiel conics to us from any ally pel period il in ill tile the worlds jerlds history reflects tilo the in ill tel kocial and moral conditions of alic people the folk songs of the various nations reflect clio hopes ipes joys trials and ambitions of the liuigi an all race at ull stages of its development in ill brief I 1 elal haw e endeavored ore to set cortil some reasons rea solis wily music should bo be regarded as a practical study of jf tale blost vital importance in tho training of a elliad the children of box elder county liall nil joy tile teacher who places music on oil equality with tile sendy of reading and writing will and arithmetic and tilo board of education is end endeavoring cavor to place teachers coni competent potent in ill music in ill overy every grade of our public schools ir r 0 A whitaker of music |