Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-07-25
1.-THE ACCOMPANIES"
Lecture by DIR. A. E. Winship
Thursday night, at Com
mencement Hall.

thS SVAoiSts Nut LtdHeT anu the At-
eompanist-Dr. Winship Has Great
Admiration for the Leader, but II
Possible. Greater for the Modest.
Unknown Accompanist.
DR.. A. E. Winshep gave his public
lecture, 1.-THE aecompanistn at Com
mencement Hall, Thursday night.
A good and appreciatiye audience was
there ION time" the last half dozen
coming while Mr.. S. A Smith render
ed most acceptable solo on the pipe
organ. Dr. Parinton lead in prayer
and then informally introduced DR..
Winship, referring to the charm of
his utterances and the inspiration Of
his mind. I"
DR.. Winship said in part; the story
of all the Ages has been the con-
test between the emphasizing of the
individual and the emphasizing of
the Importance of society. There has
been continual ebb and flow between
the two forces, working toward the
supremacy of society as a whole.
The tendenacy for the past four years
has been universally toward the sup
preston OF the individual for the good
of society. How TO find and get the
most out Of both is the goal at which
we should aim.
My talk on the subject shall be
grouped about three words, the SOLO
ist the leader and the aceompanist.
The soloist is spectacular success.
/ like the soloist because she gets ready
to do things and does not try TO be
original. The soloist practices.
Any Of you who have ever managed
church choirs know the difficulty in
getting these organizations to practice
There is only one way and that is TO
arouse SEINE new interest. A Airta-
ton in the choir will bring out every
member promptly for practice. A
public performance, or an opportunity
for promotion will bring the highest
endeayer of which the soloist is capa-
bic.
| once gave six dollars TO hear Patti
sing Coming through the Rye;
nothing original about it but just
her whole self put into the old song
/ would give the same thing to hear
her to- morrow 1t is the personality
put into the mastepeces-the new
dress for the old song which.give set
ting and power.
George Rowland, bachelor school
superintendent, read Longfellow's
Eyangelin for class of boys. He
read it in monotone, but the Ital-
ian boy who heard 1t said the way
that man read made me think of God
He put his individuality into the read
ing and he read with power. When
you hear Sousa's Band play your eye
is upon one man who does nothing In
the performance, that is Sousa. Your
attention is riveted upon him, you
can't help it, 1t is because he is the
leader-the power that brings out all
the music from the association of
players.
The teacher who does nothing is the
leader but he must have power to
make other people do.
He gave an illustration Of power in
the great singer e. o. Excel At
dedication in college town where he
was one OF the speakers to an audi
ence of fourteen hundred people, a
crowd of fifty football enthusiasts en-
tered the hall to take revenge on an
other speaker who had said some
things derogatory to the game of foot
ball. They rushed to the galleries,
to rafters. and began such a
howl that the intended speaker was
terribly embarrassed. The president
OF the institution was powerless.
The mob had control. Finally man
who had seemed to be asleep on the
platform arose and asked the whole
audience to sing with all their might
and then said, ''boys that's enough y
There was no more disorder The
man who had this power over a crowd
Of college athletics was the noted
singer E. O. Excel. But my lecture
was to be on the accompanist
The accompanist is genius. She
is the buoyant factor in sustaining
force. She must protect the soloist
and must be able to transpose under
action. She gets no credit for any
part Of the performance, the world |
does not know her, but she is the
power who directs the soloist, the
leader.
The Accompanist may he the wife,
the mother the father, unknown to
the world, but sustaining the leader
who gets all the praise. The soloist
has lots of grief. She must endure |
many failures, many Disappointment
at not being able to do her best. The
accompanist has the happiest lot. II
she only has someone to love her, to
with her in her modest |
station, she is the happiest creature
10 the world.
If | could persuade my bearers that |
the noblest thing on earth is TO be an !
! would feel that this |
talk has not been in vain.
DIR, Winship Will lecture Friday |
night on "Boys This viii be his
last public address here His lectures
are so full Of earnest thought. no on
should miss this last opportunity to
hear him. Commencement Hall |
should be filled with people tonight.
Popular Excursion to Pittsburg and |
Return, Sunday, July % Baltimore