Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1895-12-20
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thereof.
The motion is this: Resolved, That
Condor have music school.
The need Of such a school is, think,
apparent to all. We have plenty Of tai
ent, good voices and musical bent, but
it lacks the, power and effectiveness :
which comes from training. 1t needs
development and cultivation. Our
young people, and we may say many
older ones, are desirous Of. and even de-
mand it. II this just demand is not
met, the flower OF onr youth viii drift
away, and be lost to the town. This we
cannot afford, unless we want TO see our
town retrograde instead Of advance. In
order to build mp the town, rs its impor-
tance as the county seat demands, we
must not only restrain all the people we
have, but attract other worthy and de-
sirable people to us. This can be done
in no way SO effectively and certainly as
by providing every possible opportunity
for the cultivation and betterment Of the
! people.
The excellence Of our public school is
being recognized by the people Of the
surrounding country, as is shown by
their moving to town to enjoy it, and
more would come if houses could be
found; and if while attending the public
school they could have access to school
of music, where both vocal and instru-
mental music was taught by compe
tent instructor, these people coming
here and getting homes for themselves,
would be building up our town, and
this should be considered by the citizens
and business men.
Then again, the home should be the
center of our thoughts and aspirations Of
our youth, II we would keep our boys
and girls from frequenting those places
where their lives would he turned into
the wrong channel and their finer sensi-
bilities dulled, we must make the home
beautiful, pleasant and refining and con-
sequently more attractive to them than
any other place.
What is more refining than music2
What is more beautiful and helpful,
than to see, as the evening shadows
draw around us, the labors and cares of
the day are done. father, mother and
children gather around the freside, and
with voice and instrument, forgetting
the care and toll Of the day, they WOO
the sweet angle Of slumber by rendering
some pure and inspiring song?
\ Why send our children away from
\ home for their musical education, thps
J. depriying ourselves Of their help and
companionship, to say nothing Of the
heavy expense, when by little en-
terprise and push we can have music
school at home? There are other rea-
sons, but let this suffice for the present,
as my object is to simply bring it before
the people.
But some will say that to start such a
school would require quite sum Of
money, and that times are too hard" !"
While it would, no doubt, be good
thing to have money to start with, yet it
is not absolutely required Some Of the
finest schools and business in the conn
try have been started with but little
Il capital As to the hard times" they
are, think, rather favorable to the en-
terprise. The experience Of the past 2
or years, would induce eeonomy--a
thing very necessary in the beginning.
Besides, the hard times have SO shrunk
the income that We have not the means
to send our children away--at an ex-
pense of from 1900 up, per year. These
things being trne, the fact remains for
us to face that unless our children get
this education at home, they must be
deprived OF that which is thought so
essential to entrance into society. This
is not at all pleasant thought to any Of
us.
4 Let the school be started modestly,
and it will be stronger in the end. A
room which would suffice for the present
could be secured in some Of the build
4 ings in town. That which will make
4 the school success, is students These
are more important than fine build
ing, at least to begin with.
i Now seems to be the opportune time,
the golden moment, as it were for Con-
don before some Of our neighbors take
hold and we are left out in the cold.
And especially is this true. as am told
that music teacher Of considerable ex-
perience is looking this way, and may be
here shortly to interview US on the sub
ject.
Who will second the motion? Let
those Of Us who have children to edu-
cate think on the matter, and do the
most we can to fit them for life's active
duties. Who will say something on the
subject? A CITIZEN