The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-01
THE TERM MUSICIAN


There IS = difference between the term
musician ard that of pianist. singer
vio-lnist. etc They are people who can
neither sing or play note. and yet are
musicians There have been cases where.
after acquiring great proficiency as per-
formers on some Instrument have
through Illness or accident. lost the power
they once possessed, but il their theo-
reticaI knowledge, has equaled their
technical ability, they remain musicians.
though unah,e 10 play on any instru-
ment. or use their voice. II also happens
that pianists and singers. rs well as
organfsts. viOlinis;s. may have marvel
lous technical ability, and yet are not
musicians. because OF lack of general
musical knowledge. \ truly musical IA
ture would never he SATISFIED with simply
being able TO perform on some instru-
rnen;; bur TO be musician such as
Beethoven. or even 10 emulate lesser
celebrities, in the musical line, is worthy
OF all the time. study. or sacrifice it may
require
FROM GREENLAND'S ICY NOUN
TAINS
\ lady in Savannah, 6eogria. was i'm
pressed with the beauty OF Bishop Heb
eT's noble hymn. but she could find no
tune for II, that would unite the beauty
of the words. She remembered the young
bank clerk Lowell Mason. who had
gained quite 4 name as a musical genius
So she sent her son To ask him To write
a tune, that would go with the hymn
In just half an hour the boy came back
with the music and the melody dashed
off in such haste. is - this day sung
with that song. DR.. William Mason. Of
New York. who is called the dean" of
American music teachers. is a son of the
Lowell Mason. who wrote the tune To
''Greenlands Icy Mountains" He was
also the composer OF the music 10 Boyls-
ton. Hebron. Olivet. Bethany. etc. II Is
said that Greenland Icy Mountains
has been translated and sung in more
languages than any other sacred hymn.
MUSIC MIND
The study of music may he made
fine mental exercise, but only TO the
student whose mind has already been SO
thoroughly disciplined that he or she can
enter into the hidden ten,hs that lie so
deep in music. Music Is philosophy-but
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asite as there has been no method de-
vised by which, the organism can De cul-
tivated outside of the body. To prove the
relation OF "A bacteria to a disease Koch
said that ii must be obtained in pure cul-
ture. inocuIated into susceptible animal
and obtained from that in a pure cul-
ture When the organism cannot be cul-
tiyated other experimental work must be
done to prove the relation OF the organ
ism must be regarded as the agent caus-
ing the disease.
From the work that has been done on
the subject IL seems that small pox and
vaccina (cow pox) are caused by the
same organism In small pox the organ
ism the scientific name OF which is
Cytoryctes vaTicla Is found in the pro-
toplasm Of the cell and in the cell
nucleus while the organism causing
vaecina. which Is called Cytoryct.s
vaccina. is found only in the protoplasm
of the cell 1t seems that this very slight
difference in the position in the cells or
the skin Of the organism makes the great
difference In the two conditions. one
called small pox and the other called
VACCINE. the latter being the slight dis
turbance caused in man when he IS vac
cinatcd to protect him against the for
mer