The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-14
USES OF MUSIC
IN PUBLIC SCHOOL
Miss Emily C. Jessap Delivers Adj
dress on the Subject,
ILLUSTRATES WITH SONGS
SAYS CONDUCT FOLLOWS pEVEL-
oPMENT OF FEELING.

A lecture was given last night at the
Lafayette school on Music in the Pub
lie Schools" BY Miss Emily c. Jessup.
a teacher in the local schools. Miss
JessUp was assisted by W. a. Wetzell.
supervisor of music Tor salt Lakes
public schools, who accompanied her
on the piano. There We're present q
number of teachers and many parents.
The address was interspersed with bits
OF songs when the speaker wished 10
illustrate her point.
In Introducing her subject Miss Jes-
sup dealt with the value of music in
the public schools, characteriZing it as
AN agent in the cultivation OF the
FEELINGS She pointed out that in. the
lower grades music lessons might be
more welcome than with more advanced
students. The fact that THE immedi-
ate interests of the pupil are the key
note 10 the restoration of song as an
art. was particularly emphasized
Miss Jessup spoke in part, as follows:
Music in the schools is the united move
ment Of all children, and that Which
promotes unity and supPresses any eX-
or the public schools Athletics is the
only other subject in the schools simi-
lar TO the chorus in this respect
The value Of music in the schools IS
It's dtHNlEtlC DISABILITIES IA the Realm
of feeling; its social character In pro-
noting unity in the schools; in giving
immediate pleasure and recreation, and
IN giving "a general education to the
child which may lay a foundation Tor
q specific one after leaving school
Uses Of Music in Schools.
Music is an agent in the cultivation
of the feelings. Train the. thoughts and
Meetings, aud conduct will take care Of
il Rf
thoughts of the Individual, for his every
dag existence, his emotions, his higher
thoughts should be SO fostered that he
may be fitted 60 take part IN the ethical
problems OF civilization. Some may say.
'Of what use are the fifteen minutes
day during which children sing the
scale and a few exercises
The answer is that, by awakening the
imagination, the feelings, the emotions,
IN their songs, and by being able 10
listen mtelligently 10 good music, they
are laying foundation for the higher
duties of life. which. iii the long run.
override the sOrdid part OF the lives 81
nations.
With this point in view. We will try
10 see how our end can be accomplished
At the cud OF SIX or eight years of ms
sic study the child should be able 70
sing a piece with more understanding
OF its subject than that il varies a few
degrees i'm difficulty.
'En Heste Rnrg, by Martin Luther
should have more Significance than Pull
for the Shore The different terms OF
musical forms should have meaning 10
ADMINISTRATIONS OF fugue, canon, ballad.
choral etc. Sketches of the lives OF
composers for the upper grades. Ele-
mentary harmony and the simple uses
of chords can be taught so that the stu
dent can better study the works of the
masters. The character and significance
of the songs can be developed from year
TO year. until at the time of leaving
school the children have the same study
OF the subject that is now given as
special course in higher institutions.
Sometimes a Recess"
Correlation: Even now music is some
times taught IN an Isolated manner. II
is sometimes "a subject pUt in the mid
die of the afternoons programme as a
recess aud Pertains 10 no other subject.
In the higher grades the music Is APT
to go with less spOnIuneity and lie imam
ia the lower grades. Does il rot seem
that this comes through lack Of con-
tact with other interests of the pupil.
What does the average boy care for the
sentiment Wide Ger the world, thro
field and fold, the wind means cold ana
high in sadness Some more magma
tive children might feel the color, bur
none would understand the meaning.
The inclination is not dead, however. as
Witnessed by his love Of singing college
songs and the attraction of rythym III
street songs.
are the keynote 10 the restoration OF
song as an art. The other subjects IN
the curriculum are, or should be. closely
connected with his life
Union Of Speech and Song.
Songs should be tdlked-tbe singer
should have something 10 tell his audi
ence. In the middle ages words wcI"
of more Importance than the melody.
Epics, chanting and recitatlve, We're the
first vocal forms. II the pupil under
stands the story of the song, or the sig
nificance of the words, as Ia patriotic