New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-11
FOR BETTER COLLEGE MUSIC

foA BETTER COLLEGE MUSIC
"a 0amoTiass. Mass. Feb (speciap.-son,a,,,,.
ne" Is likely to happen 7, coI1aga -
Nsnooh or nifty years hence will rs-ba =.
e IecIy harmonized from cover 70 go p. a.
ara.a',- uensntrul. If inartistie hodgs-nodgs -
'eUR EFFORTS Along, at any rata co., = 0t
arrangement. Just announced bv 11bioL a., new
ITa haVs been established batwaa, - .n
Co,.oss' III cambridge. and the New-E,n1i,s
+on ny U Ndusc three miles away IN Roz-.
I'm me plan Of utilization "a said e. - = -
II isn't merger; It isn't IN a11- -, 70 EIque.
ION OF the leading American music acbool - -
oiuese american university. The consar-ra. Is
,I us !oehuty as school OF professton.I
music. IL Is Just the estabisbn,a,. 20 - -
W. % reciprocity for which so many pao,Ia a.
massachusetts,. Iowa and other States az $3.50 -
&c. Il Is also. SO the wise say a stem tho, -,
- poiio'e the honor Of the musical arts ypb,.Ls
mas Oeen commended for IN CAMBRIDGE go , "-.Os
L report was made 20 the u,iv.-zs,,, =
-Ionorary and immediate members OF the $780,. ~
ie',an 7ooaAty back in 1851 A plan was mr.. g..
at that time for recognizing music as an. =.
eeAeu PROFESSIONS. and setting I'D bush. "a
Dee.hoVen ana Mozart along with those OF Tyo-,.-
Dante and Shakespeare. The plan "a 49, S $3.50 "
10 De needed as never before
60 voHese music Is mentioned most peopl. a,
tnihA OF touring glee clubs banjo ana rnsn-
uoiln cluos Hasty Pudding theatrieals -oots-,,
celebrations and. above all % tb o,,. -OoNO@is
oook which occupies honored pos,tfo, - -
music rack In every middle class hor1s So 49,,
-lsA.'o ana 1rom St. Augustine to sitka These
are our real folk songs. so far as We hsva 49, a.
ms country Not very good music fndsad nn-
wi'h no lack Of popular interest In tbe1,, r. -
1, On account OF them IN the past thai tb.
o.lese BOY needed TO know Just a little biz aborr
- eOun'erpoint and orchestration so as to
90 doie IN more or less amateurtsh fashio, -
write Few notes and rests for such doevsrsI -
T T' IN, think -. Il Is no sin. SIR
And them oSt Lai-
To drive duh care avav 49,
.itI'les' indeed II happened in coIIeg. cIaszss
OF Few years ago that nobody could VIZ. So.
at all The proceeding then was 70 At $50 $50,
verses to an ancient nnelody-tus+ 90 CT,
aatu was written to the tune OF Tor, 49,
DeneVe me- II all these endearing young cb.rr,s.
toSt OF tne earlier college songs it IS said ot,
-Ia'eu outside Of the college walls a--,,,ar -
such favorites as There's 1TTsto =, sL 'ieSe
Doine, Landlord. Fill Your Flowing Bov1s on5
1hs hlng or the Cannibal Islands
u uuthfully never needed very much mn
80. Hio"4eose 10 compose music for tho coIIs~s
80 Siicai outbursts. such as 'sEIera.. 20 80
o,u taie. drink 1t down." or even for ~. e.
classic OF post-Revolutionary days:
In I FSss S %a GSi9Py gB dimes; =. Wiz,
Each Saturday night Wa used 70 ga, ,,-A.
A-pourins down gin sling - Se' usne.
.eri rom such beginnings. IN fact. came Who'll.
series OF college drinking songs down 70 ~ 41
FASHIONED invocation to aIl nm . h,1 49, - tas M
harvard. and at the same time nor ~ - sIi
~ at1o,Aer 20 MS true love- and ending IN tba -
ard o, strains for which the late anented Rich
a. ~ 1oEsy wrote the words and the Ia+a Ia.
SFeoerio Field Billiard the r,rst, '.,,t .14"eh'ed
song" with Its haunting: 4he stein
vSF It's always fair weather
with a $50 sI, fellows get together
And good song ringing clear
81" 70 'he popular mind Is the nat1re OF .bo,,.
1,-,o. HuSic-except few commemorative
lyrics or which nobody ever reper,bs-s t.t
words or the music The few DeonI. - 80 tns
tSiiiilar with the history Of American must, 80
tiat harvard. Yale. Columbia and other ,,,,,''
t.eS nave already made considerable contrihu+,o
through their professional courses 10, +ba ,
h'ene or the art In this country Harvard 49, -
one OF the leaders in this work From, 1Ss9 -.
the close or the last college year John Ero,
anne as professor Of music and head OF tbs ,,t
o~i department mas carried out IN fun spirit ~.
original desires OF the famous Pierian so5aIt. -
ganzed in 1905 and composed of ,,a O'-
mental players and those interested In f,,s+~.,
music During his long term OF service rbs 49,,
Der ana scope OK the courses at Harvard have basr
etauuaiy OUT s'eaaiy increased. so that at the
present time more than two hundred studa,ts 60
nually avail themselves OF the instr,c,i
now comes the present move by which s+,5.,+.
u 'n0 HNi 'aru musical department. gain tina on
poI'u'S u SNARE the advantages OF the big Oon-
servatory which. since its foundation a, rSzo =
Dr. Eben Tourgee. has gradually s,(,,tra, ssY
IONS ana equipment placing IL In the from ~a,L-
u 'ie "OFIus musical institutions E,sDscfar1,,
siice tne autumn or 1902. when the consar,o.,--.
,ooA possession OF its building adjacent 70 tha
nos'oh fehway. and provided with the finest con-
cert hall In Boston and other accsssoriss tbs 49,,
ot throwing these advantages open 10 Harvard
STUDENTS or music has been felt some three YEAR.
aso u w. chadwick. director OF the New-FrnglanA
conservatory offered 10 Harvard men, throush
me music professors and President Eliot an "A.
poftunity TO share certain of the schools facilities
A pr2eucal demonstration of the chance for co.
'perauoh was thus brought about which led to tn,
present alliance.
Harvard students hepceforth If they wish IN
begin the study OF music professionally Will hay.
me opportunity OF taking oe their work ae
ne conservatory. and count il toward theIr
iesFees or Bachelor and Master OF Arts inst a.
redits are ordinarily given for special laboratorv
work IN scientific courses. In particular the Har-
ard men will get chance at what the technical
writer describes the application OF rn,sI,
hrough performance IN ensemble" Even th.
ioung men who called upon to write must,
or club theatricals or for class day ceiebratiors
II IN celebration OF athletic victOries-If anv snon
occur again-will have had requisite traIrrs
through participation IN the work OF the conssrva
DRY orchestra and IN It's OF chamber p,ps,c
holr training and hturglcal music Indeed !, ..
Npected that members or the Harvard cOuDosttor
wn WILL now and then have these Performed nm
sr competent direction by the Orchestra snx
uoruA NJ the music school