The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-29
SUPERVISORS Of MUSIC


| ldIS. 1He lOiOWllJB tOiiliiAittNS VA -
manent organization was appointed L
L. Roberts OF Utica, N. y, f. q. Haen-
del of Orange, N. j., j. FL. humphrey
of Burlington, VT, Miss Nellie Dee oil
Waterbury. Miss M. NJ Hodges OF
Grand Rapids, Mich, Miss Gertrude l.
Knox of LeWisburg, Penn. Sterrie A
Weaver, Miss Julia r. Crane OK Pots-
dam, N. Y, and Hamin e. CogsWell
of Syracuse, N. Y, were chosen com
mittee to arrange the programme
The subject what Shall be Done
With Boys During the Period of Muta-
ton" was discussed, opening with an
interesting paper by Miss Crane.
The second subject of the afternoon
session was What Shall be the Rela-
tive time to rote and note singing in the
lower grades and Should Teachers Who
Are Unmusical Attempt to Teach a
Rote Song" Hamlin E. Cogswell OPP
ened the discussion. The subject prov
ed too broad and at the evening session
Miss Hedges of Michigan opened the
subject, "rhe Teacher Who Cannot Sing
! With Expressions; the Teacher Who
Sings Too Much and the Teacher Who
Sings SpasnodicaIly." AS the result of
this discussion the sentiment of the
conference was unanimously expressed
in the following resolution: Never
sing with the class and but rarely for
them except in rote work.
Upon the unanimous request of the
conference Mr.. Weaver presented his
method of giving an individual sight
singing lesson. There followed a dis
| nF ba of i1diui6na1 In
struction. Nearly all Of the supervisors
present made use Of individual train
| ing.
| At the morning session Friday, the
| 7th the committee on permanent or
ganization reported and the Following
bylaws were adopted. These officers
were elected. 1t was voted to hold the
next conference in New York in Au-
gust, 1900, the programme to be ar
ranged by the officers.
Continuing the discussion, e. A.
Gowen of Buffalo, N. Y. read a paper
on the subject, "What Has Been the
Experience Regarding the Use of Time
! Names?" which was followed by gem
| eral conference. Time teaching was
next discussed by Mr. Cogswell, Mr..
Weaver, Dr. Rix of New York and Miss
! Crane. At the afternoon session the
subject How Long Should it Require
to Teach all the Difficulties of Notation
Beginning With the First Year." was
discussed and W. Seymour TWitchell of
Paterson, N. j., gave an explanation of
his interesting and original system of
presenting the subject CT notation. The
conference closed with business meet
ing. Votes of thanks to the secretary
and treasurer were passed. DR.. Rix,
Miss Hodges and Miss Dunn, commit
tee, reported the following resolutions
which were adopted; Resolved" that
the thanks of the society be extended
to the Y. NJ C. A. of Utica for the
use of their rooms and for their kindly
courtesv
The conference adjourned to meet in
New York, August, 1900
BY agreement of the officers the meet
ing place of the society was changed to
New Haven 49A
There is no SET programme for the
convention. but topics of interest will
be taken up at each session and some
one will be assigned to open the dis
cussions on those topics.
Yesterday afternoon after the opening
exercises the members exchanged ex-
parences in personal work in the field.
Professor Jepson told Of the beginning
of musical instruction in the New Ha-
ven schools some thirty years ago. He
told Of a petition headed by President
WooIsey OF Yale and signed by a hun
dred or more prominent citizens seven
ty-five years ago asking that music in
structi1n be introduced into the public
schools. He said that he had not been
long in the work before he realized thai
there was a mission for music teachers
in the school to teach something be-
sides songs by rote. He referred to men
whom he knew In the profession when
he started, among them Luther Whit
ing Mason, Henry Holt and Professor
Hodgden of ST. Louis. He spoke of the
methods of those days and mentioned
some of the prominent singers and mu-
sicians who had been his pupils in the
New Haven schools, among them Har-
ry Rowe Shelly and Ericsson Bushnell
Those present at the convention yester-
day were President Weaver, Miss Julia
A. Craig of Pottsdam. ~ Y, T. L.
INODeTlS Oh bllcd, IN. L - fdlpn l., BdlQ-
win of Northampton, Mass, F. E. How
ard of Bridgeport, Richard B. Lyon of
New Haven, Everett Moves of SIAM
ford, Miss Josephine Fletcher of Will
mington, Del. Miss Frances e. Quitting
of Winsted, w. H. Minor of Nauga-
tuck, A. Stanley Osborn of New Platz
N. Y, Mrs. Kate Marvin Preston of |
Wallingford, Professor Benjamin Jepson
of New Haven, Miss Mary j. Maltby |
of Northford, Miss Carrie A. Weeks of |
West Springfield, Mass, Mrs NJ A |
GTiggs of Ansonia. "A. j. Meaand of |
Greenfield. Mass.
An adjournment was taken at 4:30 |
yesterday afternoon and no evening ses-
sion was held. The convention recon-
venes at the Hillhouse high school at |
$3.50 this forenoon. All persons interest
ed in the teaching of music in the pub
lie schools are invited to be present at
the sessions of the convention.
RACES LABOR DAY.