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Show IN TUNE WITH ALL THE WORLD In the materialism of present day civilization we must not forget for-get to cultivate the aesthetic side of human life. The arts have had their part in the development of civilization, and music has probably prob-ably played the greatest part of all. Music is instinctive it is universal. uni-versal. You maypierce the thickest thick-est jungle to come upon the set-t!ement set-t!ement of some savage, trbe, and there you will find these aborigines aborig-ines experiencing the joy of prim-itve prim-itve music from the torn toms near the tribal king. In fact, their lives are practically governed by music. It is their call to battle, their radio, their telephone, their newspaper. With it they, send messages, and give outlet to all their feelings. It plays an important im-portant part in their- religious rites and festivals. With music they express their thanksgiving for deliverance from danger or famine, and with music they make their lamentations for the dead. Then you may journey to the very seats of culture and learning, and yon will find the cream of civilization enjoying the music of j the world's greatest' composers. As humanity has advanced, music , has kept pace with it, and it isi ttill used to express the com-j plexities of the human soul its. aspirations, its loves, its sorrows,! its bewilderment or exultation, j Fortunate is he who can release j his emotions through the medium of music, and fortunate is he to whom music brings solace or in-spiratiom, in-spiratiom, or merely the glorious expression of the joy of life. Music the universal language that needs aio interpreter when soul speaks to soul. We in this community should give music its rightful place in our lives. Within uts all there exists a fundamental something that responds to music -a something some-thing that may be coarsened or refined according to the aesthetic influences wih which we surround sur-round ourselves. A musical community com-munity is a delightful place to live in, and there is no need for anyone in this community being without music in some form. We can all be in tune with the world. |