New-York tribune., 1905-02-21
MUSICAL EDUCATION. ,
Il WOmGn Predicts Great Results
from It IN Future.

Mrs. Mary Gregory Murray in her lecture at
Brooklyn Institute yesterday conveyed the i'm
preston that the proper study OF music will serve
al the purposes Of q liberal education. Education
by and through music. she claimed contains posi-
oHtes OF physical. mental. moral and spiritual
culture
'It trains the ear. eye, voice and hand 1t culti-
Yates the power for action, the Instantaneous re-
sponse 10 the wil-one Of the most important ele-
ments OF success n any line
IT makes the direct connection between think
ing and doing. Il embodies the perception In i'm
mediate action II trains both the brain cells
which perceive and those which act It establisbes
standards OF positive accuracy II leads 10 thar
Kind Of discrimination and Judgment which should
prove OF mestinable value, whether auplied N
Preparation for college. to the comprehensive de-
TAI OF business affairs the regulation of ones
daily life
Education is not a bequest; IT is e conquest It
must pe acquired 1t cannot be given by instructors
Or textbooks Education cannot be administered in
capsules and trusted 10 do its work while the
brain sleeps. There must be action growth dA-
velopment OF power the part Of the brain itself
instruction is poured in by the ton and the result
ant action comes out by the ounce This shows
mat there Is vacuum in the brain somewhere.
This vacuum we intend 10 I'LL with musical edu-
eauoa- The twentieth century viii see an applca-
ton Of the study Of music TO educational rfrnosas
Iaat the word has never known. Every one likes
MUSIC Every one would like 70 make music II he
oO1-o- properly taught musical study becomes a
JOY. an enlightenment. q DEVELOPMENT
The amount Of tine study and effort devoted
20 acquiring facility in any branch of music in
Sne past has borne less results than that expended
- aAy OlI-er art science or branch of educafion
Ihe twentieth century will change ali tha+ ~
PROVED conditions Of music, improved methods Of
teFe-opllg mat conception IN the pupil are going
% make Il possible for students TO produce music
alrlng the first year Of study
MUSIC teaches concentration. We paad p,ro
IeSsor Ear! Barnes says that we are in the vaII5e
F-le sge. ,Nothing longer than one turn can hold
Sr 1Iiishuon Il develops observation "a pidity ot
-SScoB51-Llon ara the constructive qualities One
VINO mas the true musical perception can tell the
character rom the touch upon the piano The
touch reveals II the player is earnest honest CON
s-sssIssnt, persever1ng OF the opposite.
AlOslcal therapeutics is now an accepted fact. II
has been demonstrated by Of vour own Dhysi-
clans. An audience listened TO a programme in
which compositions Of different character were
gwen trained nurse had her finger on the pulse
q each listener The pulse rose and fell with the
character OF the music. This line Of Investigation
VIII be followed until a order Of things comes
n an order in which the seat Of disease will be
reached through the mind and emotion instead Of
tnroCgh the stomach; through music instead Of
through drugs; with great added enjoyment to the
patient and relief 10 the coats OF the stomach