The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-19
NOT one MVGSLY PROFESSOR.
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Tho r T n ~ A. are going to elevate
d,e.Ine II anybody can do n. and they
.arsd In yesterday a, Mr Fors,'sto pu, In q
w.. 100 mo job There are ioi delegates
rrssep, sume from a. far away aa San Franz
dec, AMI every one II them haa voluntarily
.rn,.hrl Tho word professor" from his
hIsluc.. card and his academy sign beoause
thar s...Ihru was necessary before he or
sha could become a member 81 the new
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Tho dancing masters who stick 10 their
t.'r- -lv that the new organization IL made
up 4 ',,chors who couldn't secure mem
bersfIfs IN tho older associations. But
The members now In session say that they
all eDonged to the older societies and left
them in their search Of higher ballroom
ideals and a svstem Of teaching without the
laying on NJ hands.
The organ,2ation. which Ia now holding
It. fret session In this city, IL going to apply
10 Albany for Q charter on the following
basis
a. A society for the mutual exchange OF
thou ht and IDEAS,
,bi 10 Gle waite the art OF dancing.
&C., 10 AFFORD moral and financial assist
auce a. rs members in time Of distress.
ID To advise and protect legally the
interests Of its members in the legitimate
DISCHARGE Of their business.
~ 10 provide for its members. free OF
charge. theoretical and practical instruction
in the new dances. &c.
n To adopt new dances and exemplify
them and to enable all members to become
familiar with the authors version of the
dances adopted.
Nobody was in financial or moral dis
tress at the opening of the convention yes
terday and there were no new dances
adopted or exemplified, but Mr.. H. A..
Thompson of Boston snapped some thoughts
in fancy dancing with Mr.. Archie P. Morgan
Of Washi ngton. Pa, for some buck and
wing concepts, and Frank Wilson let 20
Of some Highland Fling and shean Trew
notions By way Of the feet after Mrs; L.
thought on the Spanish fandango. Those
who saw Mrs. Hon do Spanish steps at
Columbus, Ohio, q year ago, said yester-
day that she quivered much better than
R {;as re P Phd 5es Raven s911b who teaches NSa sd l1ish
Improvement to the earthquake.
But in every demonstration, as ex-Prof.
and now Mister Braun put 1t, the brain
had to know all the time what the feet were
doing. He might have added the activities
Of the knees and hips to the things that
the brain of the true master or apt scholar
should know all about, and, in the case of
some Of the Spanish dances, for instance,
II takes a fairly steady brain to keep from
Keeling and still be in shape after the demon
stration for the exchange Of thoughts as
called for by the charter.
We stand for dignity, grace and culture
Mr., Braun shouted to make his declara-
ton Of principles. heard above the roar
OF a passing lnlru avenue elevated train,
and dignity is first. That's why we are
not professors any more, Everybody is
a professor now. The BARRIERS are profess
sors and the horse doctors and the corn
doctors. 1t was a low trick Of the corn
doctors, especially, to take our title, because
want to dance gracefully and have to be
operated on. Way back we didn't nave
70 contend with anybody but the fellows
that had Jobs in colleges; you know what 1
mean, professor Of arithmetic or professor
that. We didn't mind that, but we couldn't
stand for the BARRIERS.
And, what's worse, there's a thousand
teachers in this city who call themselves
professors Of dancing who can't dance a step.
from them, because the American Associa-
u0n Of Dancing Masters is full Of people
who can't dance. We've got away from
them and they can't get to US because we've
got a board Of examiners to look into the
. sesGh1la n,sn adbilIity Y, the moral qualities u and
bership, We go in disguise tn their
academies, first to see II their pupils are
properly taught; then we watch their be-
hayltr to see if they are real gents and
Mr.. Forst is the member of the examin-
ing board who passes upon the social stand
ing OF the applicants.
Nobody who makes dancing teaching a
SIDE line can be a member" resumed Mr..
braun. That's the trouble with most of
mem, they run public dance halls and sell
drinks and call their places academies.
Nobody who sells a single admission
ticket for a fake lesson or has a bar can
be a true master. He is a professor. We
are thinking Of asking the police to take the
matter up and protect the public by dis
unguuishing between true academies and
public halls
We are also going to improve the sys-
TEN OF teaching 80 that we can impart to
a,young woman pupil all there is to know
2l the art without laying a hand on her.
Inc Eel lows that still call themselves pro-
lessons lay on hands too much. They have
q hauling around process that is vulgar.
ior the modest grace and dignity Of the
trie waltz they have substituted the turkey
uott which is very vulgar.
Inc new and true system is the line
system, with all the gents standing in
one row and the ladies in another. The
professor-l should say, the mister
sands between the lines and demon
.Irates the fine basic positions OF the feet,
me bend Of the knee and the stretch
Q, The leg, There you have all the elements
brewery dance. Then they all walk to music
ana before they know 1t they walk right
INTO the dance, after a lesson on the correct
and modest holds"
MisterH A. Thompson the song and dance
ieacher Of Boston, is the finest specimen of
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