Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-21
NIISIC TEACHERS
IN SELF-DEFENSE
Several Of Them Meet to Consider
The Question Of an Or
ganizatiOn.
SOME LIVELY DISCUSSION.
r.o, 10 Drive Out incompetent In
struetors and Rag Time Music
Bad For the Community.

r,ore was a well attended meeting
al evening IN the studio of Mrs Mar
a.. poylo King Of local music teachers
y. egsct. II possible, a state organl-
..por Of music teachers, to so con-
'o,ldote the reputable, capable teaching
lament. as to advance the standards of
ha ort and repress irresponsible, In
.a,oble (mls)lnstructors who throng in
olead the guileless youth unsteady as
,,ov ruin voices, and attempt to salts
20 Inc Youthful ambition with two steps
,rd oake-walks-for so much per les
can There we're present at last eve
,lrg's meeting, Mrs, King, Mrs. Wet.
al Mrs. Plummer Mrs. Loomis, Miss
r,mbourne. Miss Youart, Prof. Care
lsss Prof. Mcclellan, willard Nelhe,
II ". Dougall, S. NJ. Worthington, and
others; while assurances were received
grom Prof. Radcliff Prof Petersen,
p,of /. A. Anderson, Arthur Shepherd,
prof I.und and other prominent musi-
aans m and out OF town, OF their SYM
athletic aid In the proposed movement,
With regrets at being unable TO be pres
eat .,.,,
and MIR. DOugall secretary The CHAIR
nan made neat ana brief speech, stat
me the nature Of the CALL and the me-
cssslty for united action to save the
standards Of instruction from being
lowered, &c not demorallzed, by the
pesence Of incompetent talent The
Meeting was thrown open for discuss
son and It was no quaker meeting
ether
Mr. Welhe took a prominent part, and
Ms experience both IN this country ana
n Europe, enabled him 10 offer advice
and suggestions that were worm u.s.
nnng TO-.
Prof Careless and one or two other
sneakers had brought out the fact that
rot A few pupils proposed TO have their
am way as 20 methods Of instruction,
IN which they were aided and abetted
W fond and misguided parents who
thought that after Sadie or Johnnie
had taken lessons for two or three
months, 1t was time to graduate into
pake-walks And II the teacher object
"a there was a good chance Of losing
pupil who would 90 to some more or
hss alleged instructor willing to let
them do as they liked.--for so much per-
etc.
M Weihe arose IN protest against
he countenanclng Of any such methods,
holding that the qualified, capable In
snctOr was the COLE and proper judge
Of the methods 10 be observed In study
Mall times, and that the correct thing
to do would be for telChers 10 dismiss
muy and assuming pupils rather than
10 allow them TO have their own way.
This discussion was In Illustration OF
The tendency to Generalization In regu-
br study by the presence OF fakirs and
unqualified teachers who are contnu-
sly pushing themselves forward, and
the necessity OF concerted action in
cutting them on. Mr. Weihe, MI Dou~
SAIL Mrs King and others favored an
Immediate organization, Mr. Dougall
adNratng legislation fayorlng the
creation OF a state board OF examiners
who should pass upon the fitness OF all
PERSONS desirous Of giving instruction
IN music before they would be permit
ted 10 practise, the same as with the
Doctors, lawyers and BARRIERS, Mrs
Hummer thought II would not be at
al difficult to secure the desired legis-
aton,
1t was finally decided to organize first
The Utah State Music Teachers asso-
Gatl0n, and afterwards to determine
what policies might be best to pursue
The chair read part of a letter from
Prof j. A. Anderson urging state
hoard OF examiners, and the belief Is
that something after this nature win
result
II was decided to meet again in Mrs
Kings studio on the evening Of Jan.
20 when the Teachers association or
Banlzltion will be perfected and on
notion the chair viii appoint COM
mtee of Ave to act as u board Of adj
missions In the meanwhile an effort
VIII be made TO have ns general an at
tendance as possible In response to In
N6uon. Prof Mcclellan was con-
llnued IN the chair until perfection Of
The organization. The meeting Of last
evening, was entirely harmonious, and
much enjoyed, and Mrs. King proved u
very gracious and engaging hostess,