Show i I I ITH fall plans ahead and plenty of ot time Um to think out W WITH details lils of ot work It would undoubtedly un Uli- bo ho o profitable to do doa a little reconstructing of methods A thorough thoro analysis will do dono dono dono no harm and your our methods ma may bo greatly improved ed thereby It Il is the tho easiest thing in the thc world to become a slave to certain modes of teaching and wh while He those same Came little tactics ma may be beery bevery very ery r effective It docs does not always hold I that the they will ill continue to be so for tor all time One Ona of ot tho the things 8 assured us b by progress is change chang of ot methods not methods not necessarily for tl tile tho e better but changes nevertheless Knowledge of or pedagogy o will m bridge bril c cover over man many difficulties of or this kl kind d. d be because because because be- be cause there are pro provisions made for just such mch emergencies The art urt of ot presenting must be cultivated even more assiduously b by teachers than the theart theart art of or playing for or poor elucidation is the secret of present da day inattention to fundamentals of music lc One Ono of t tIle the surest signs of ot Inefficiency Inen- Inen clency is the feeling of oC uncertainty or ora ora ora a tendency to avoid questions from Crom pu pupils uI uI u- u I pUs pils If l you ou are aware of or a R. disposition I I to puss pass over O even the smallest inquiry I of ot a a. pupil It Is high time for you ou to brush up so that your footing tooting will vilI he secure for tor the fall Call work werle A summer course even if it it be a very short one onel will help to correct pedagogical blunders blun- blun blunders blun 1 ders and to Increase tho strength th of your our teaching qualifications At t At the tho present time thousands of or students are arc turned loose upon the thc world each year ear who expect to earn a living by b teaching te They Thc have never been taught how to teach toach and will be forced to learn how by experimenting on those who go to them for or lessons One ma may have studied for tor years cars and be bea a brilliant performer r and yet et know little little lit lit- tle tIc about teaching says sa 5 F. F A. A Will Will- lams iams For Instance one of ot the essential things thing in piano teaching tea is to know how to grade the pupils pupil's work werk so as to give Ive each pupil the right thing at the right time This Is where many young oung and inexperienced teachers are apt to tomake tomake tomake make the greatest g mistakes cs This fault is often the outcome of ot an effort to get set pupils along too fast b by giving them music which Is several grades too dif dif dif- A proper training training- In would reconcile young teachers to the Idea of ot artistic growth the growth the only possible pos pos- sible method of ot acquiring results Afe A Afew few fe suggestions u on how t to teach beginners beginners begin begin- ners and what material materia to use uso for tor pupils pupils pu pu- pu- pu puI I pils pUs In the different grades rades would be bethe bethe bethe the means of ot saving young teachers man many years cars spent In acquiring the knowledge through experience It tt w would uld also spare man many of ot those weaklings weak weak- lings hugs of ot the musical world whose failure fail fail- allure all all- ure nrc after years ears of study is due to mad mad- teaching In tho the bc beginning from Crom some inexperienced though conscientious conscientious conscientious con con- teacher A normal course In music teaching will never take tako the the place cf experience of ot course but it will help young teachers to economize their Hmo in acquiring experience The Thc ability to Jet brains save the feet is one of the qualities which has lana dope done the most to develop the world orld and it would be an awful slam slain on humanity to give gho out the impression that there are arc more feet teet than brains In the world The case casc is parallel Let your brains and Improved cd methods save I your time and you ou will have hae more of or both DC DI r. r |