The Newtown bee., 1908-06-12

them. It is of the sort that shapes thu
 whole future life and effort of those
 who are so fortunate as to become i'm
 bued with it. Pupils will be assigned
 to classes that are nearest in grade tc
 their attainments. Private lessons car
 be had by those preferring individual
 to class instruction. The classes in
 Musical History will be open to the
 entire school. Dr Cows identifca-
 tion with the Brookfield School was as
 unpremeditated on the part of the
 management as upon his own. In the
 summer of 1904 he appeared as one of
 the group of lecturers. Instead of re-
 turning to Vassar the next day, he
 remained for ten days, studying the
 methods and participating in the work
 of the school. In 1905 he returned to
 Brookfield and remained through the
 entire session. His experience as an educator, together with his untiring
 enthusiasm. was an inspiration to the
 students, and marked an awakening to
 the deeper significance of musical
 thought and study. In 1906 the accus-
 toned course of leAtures by celebrities
 not belonging to the school was dls-
 continued and Dr Cow gave instead "a
 sequential series on musical history
 and analysis, which proved of the high
 est value to the students. At the ses-
 sion of 1908 he will resume his attrac-
 tive lecture course, in connection with
 which review of his year of historical
 research in Europe will be presented.
 For reasons quite applicable, the modern Summer School idea is associat- ed with high pressure scheme of crowding as much as is possible into a limited time. One imagines series
 of lectures, recitals and concerts fol- lowing each other in quick succession in the whirl of which one occasionally grabs private lesson, and, presto, school is out, the pupil is tired out, and he sets out for home where he is supposed to digest the feast of culture at his leisure. Since from the very nature of the art he cannot be served | with predigested musical culture, the result is too frequently a serious indi- gestion. As we have said elsewhere, we don't believe in the rush sys- tenn. Schools holding only a three or five weeks session, where the students are not members of the families of the fall short in the pivotal ad- vantage of summer training. We be- lieve that the personal element is tremendous factor in the development of musical character; that quiet is es- sential to progress; that a limited num- Der ot students, held together for two months under sane conditions, will count more for the general uplift of the lrt than crowded school in a short session. Our number is limited to fifty, including the professors and their antilles. It is this feature of exclu- iveness, and the opportunity for ,rowth while at the school, which has von an enviable reputation for the 3rookfeld Summer School of Music. With us the individual is the first con- iteration. We welcome to the School hose who earnestly seek to progress n Music and Art. Who wish to keep i breast of the times in methods of 2 eaching. Who value health and love he out of doors. Who enjoy the com adship of students with purpose. Who prize the association with capable nd enthusiastic instructors. The rookfeld School answers to their . eeds; to such the work and play will e congenial. The plan of combining elpful, and practical instruction with a harming environment, which is also avorable to health and recreation, has cen tried and is successful. Success Il because it is what intelligent teach ts and students want. They have felt ? le lack of it, and have been waiting 5 ,r just such a school. The whirl of B aiety in summer resort is not con- t lctive to progress. The heat and tur- oil of city are not fit atmosphere ,r summer work. The absolute quiet the little Connecticut village is fa- orable to concentration, and affords l le right conditions for physical as : ell as artistic development. The resi- V ,ntial facilities of the school consist five houses: The Homestead, the acklog, the Summer House, the Sun SC, and the Sunset. The two last lc lmed were erected in the spring of ir 03 to meet the requirements made by 1T e rapid growth of the school. The 7. lnrise contains the dining room, with A capacity for fifty students; bath om, a large kitchen, and servants om, besides few rooms for stu nts. The Sunset is used as dorm- ,ry. Here also is the general sitting