The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-11-25

suggested 10 the intent, fnat the PUPILS
may habiiuate themselves 20 study, aHd
respect the value OF work Of art. and
10 treat II eccordi ngly when able to SC
il without abusing L. For txe amateur.
whose name - legion, who baA MT the
fainiest understanding Of the essential
conditions Cf tone and touch. must first
learn 10 au1erstani aud respect bis ia
strumsut ere be can nope to attain the
affection, devotion and power tina.
please tim uucooscioIslY in the touch
Of mss.er. From the dEst time vis-
tied the Territorial [ University ! conceiv-
ed profound respect ami affection FIR
that institution OF learning. The Pres
ident, Ne Anderson, honored me with
al Introduction to Professor Newton
Mccoy. A Il, in whose class / Listened
TO q scholarly rendering of Horace
(Horatli Flscci Lib | Carm XXI Tie
ineffabie power aud tenderness of the
poem toucaes nightly. AMI wildly re-
minded the Of twenty three years ago,
When last l sang in chorus with eight
hundred fellow students:
( 'JHte1ey rita scelertsque PRrps.' etc to
the accompaniment of tbs grand old
organ in the cathedral o; MunEer,
( WestphAlia)
Apropos OF the cost OF the Universsty
Grand. | believe the people on Puget
sound would gladly contribute, each
his mile; but would it MT lie pretera
bic 10 obtain public good in the same
busi.ess like manner ss a private one
must DO Obtained by working for ii?
Especially 20, since the sciol children
who are IN the future to b9 most bene-
fitted by it. should not DO robbed OF the
proud Consciousness that they have
worked for and earned the University
Grand. The culture of singing ia pub
lie schools il OF the utmost importance
to the physi.a moral and intellectual
development OF a rising generation. A
concert IL easily arranged OF eli the
school children combined. to slag no
thing bnt peoples music, at once the
-simpIest aud gsandsst. anthems, Choir
ais. aud melodies, national aud reli-
gioos. and familiar TO everybody. Two
or three such concerts in Seattle ut pop
alsr prices, say twenty-five cents nd
mission. would. | believe, clear the
price Of the Grand. The result Of So
popular proceeding presented by the
proper suthOrities to Messrs. Steinway
81 sons would most assarediy induce
those gtntlemen tn reduce the price Of
the Instrument 10 The mere cost of man-
ufaeture, and probably less They have
often given away Concert Grands on
similar OCCASIONS.
Such a children's concert would is
rablish a new musical departure IN this
country, a precedent that would ulti.
ma,ely eclipse similar efforts success
fully carried ousin England and Ger
many. 1 have repeatedly witnessed
such concerts in 81 Peuls Cathedral,
London. where once year the child
ren of all the schools of London assem-
bic. rich and poor. and choir of many
thousand voices send up to Heaven a
chorus In unison OF religions and pa-
tIonai aOthems--anthem and melodies
old as the hills and well known TO the
common people--a chorus, whose
matcbless simplicity and grandeur,
whose pressiveness, dignity aud beauty
beggared the proudest o;atorio per.
formance. While the children, under
the Leadership of DIR Goss, the organist,
and without the aid of either chancel or
cathedral organ, warbled the impas-
stoned notes from their Innocent hearts,
have observed strong men struggling
in vain to join their voice To this majes-
tic choir. but were overcome by emo
tons of which no honest man need be
ashamed.
Respectfully submit the above sug-
gestious as thanksgiving to the people
on Puget Sound for the courtesy and
hospitality they have shown me and
my fellow colonists, and will thank fully
wait the leisure or convenience Of the
people for any action they may please
10 propose in the matter.
FaEpERIoK NlTscuKE,
Secretary Newell Colony, B.C.C.A.