St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-10
fered in discussion be as practical as

| fered In discussion be as practlcal as
| possible.
Miss Margaret Morris then read a
| paper on Music as Factor in Educa-
tion." She showed how that music
from earliest times having been aSSoci.
ated with religious exercises implied
its ethical yalue-its power to turn the
mind by means of rhythm and har-
mony towards contemplation of what is
elevated and impassoned. That it APP
peals to the emotional rather than to
the intellectual side of our nature is no
disparagement, for symetrical mental
development requires the fair and
proper exercise of both. Health OF
body largely depends upon health OF
mind, and mental tone depends less
upon environment than upon mental
resources. BY providing recreation
which is neither exhausting nor
depressing in its effects, music rests
tired body and elevates and cheers a
weary mind thus adding to the vitality
instead of Subtracting from it. The
speaker read from the Boston Musical
Herald to show that singing was
an aid to those who had consumptive
tendencies. Music enabled one to better
understand and appreciate the beautl.
full in music. Music cultivates the fac
ulty for comparison. A pupil should
not have his notes sung for him that he
may acquire tones from simple compari-
son, and yet care should be exercised,
for voice culture should not be neg
lecled. Individual effort at tone pro-
duction must be wisely guarded or the
result will be anything but gratifying,
for this reason quality of voice is pre-
ferable to quantity. A pupil attains
Self-reliance i'm direct ratio to an indi-
vldual effort that teaches him the value
of independent observation and action.
Instruction in music should be promoted
as power to develop fine moral char
acter. All great poets have recognized
the power of music in its worth as
factor in character making. An educa-
ton that will fit men and women for
practical life, if it means anything,
means to insure for them such SYM
metrical development, that under all
circumstances they may find resources
within themselves to cope with every
problem which life may offer for sOlu
tion. Advance in civilization is marked
by a corresponding advance in general
musical training. and higher degrees of
culture, refinement, aims, and deeds
are to be realized.
After song, "The Shaking Quak-
ers," by children in costume, Prot.
Congdon made brief remarks OH the
ouUJOCl vi OlIlSIuS NY UHO
Masses" in which he said that he could
heartily recommend his topic for adop-
tion. 1t could not be said that persons
living in this country were intellectual
who could not read and write the Eng
lish language. neither could a scholar
or the masses have a full education
without music, The voices of the pu-
pills could be cared for better in sight
singing than by rote. The breathing
and tone could be better cultivated by
his methods.
1t was we'll to give the puDil the nOta-
tion from the beginning. While they
are learning and thinking sounds. let
them haye the notes before them to aid
them, as in piano playing the hand and
mind and eyes act in unison. He then
gave Illustrations of his methods in
sight singing by the first and eighth
grades inclusive from the public
schools, the notes being placed in their
hands being such as they had never
before seen, as the sheet music was just
received from Boston. The result was
wonderful, and at the request of those
present the exhibition continued q half
hour after adjournment. -sf7