The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-06
The One Yesterday Afternoon Was
the Last to be Given by
the Pupils in the Public
Schools.
SERIES WAS SUCCESSFUL
Miss Wycoff viii be Here This Month
For Artists Recital Which
Will be Free to
Pupils.

The final concert of the series given
in all the grades occurred at Wells
school yesterday afternoon at 2:3O.
The program was rendered as it was
given in The Gate City yesterday and
was listened to with interested atten-
ton, by room filed with the patrons
of the schools and their friends. The
singing of the children gave continued
pleasure to the audience.
In speaking of the aims of the music
/ of the schools, Mr.. Hayden said there
were three objects of equal Importance
constantly in view of the school music
work: To teach them to sing and love
good music; second, to teach them to
ito use their voices in a musical way,
! so that all their songs should be given
with pure tones. He called attention
to the little children who have
small voices was the purpose of the
| teaching to have them sing loud.
i He spoke of hearing a Sunday school
superintendent. who in announcing a
! song by the infant class, said: Now.
children, sing just as loud as you can"
and said that such singing was an in
jury rather than a benefit. He called
attention to the fact that all the chill
! dren in the different rooms We're in
vited to sing in the choruses. and in
most of the rooms every child par
iticipated-that the singing was not
done by selected voices but by all
I the children.
Reading of Music
ctI in, 40 obi vol
system is instruction in the reading
of music. 1t was the object of the
4 course in music to teach every child
lin the schools the subject of music,
so that they could read music at sight
! from the notes. In calling attention
| to the two part singing, MIR. Hayden
stated that the plan of the music of
/ the schools contemplated that every
child in the schools should be trained
part of the time in singing alto. as
liability to sing alto marked good
degree of proficiency in music, and
that 1t was really necessary part of
the childs music education. There is
no intention of making an alto singer
of child. and they san sing soprano
just as we'll after learning to sing alto.
and they generally sing each part
half-year during their course. Mr.
Hayden stated that the work of teach
ing music in the schools is divided
between the supervisor and the teach
'ers. The supervisors gives one lesson
la week, and the teachers four lessons.
$50 that the teacher should be en-
titled to four-fifths of the credit for the
excellence of the school music. Each
class performed their part on the pro-
gram in an intelligent and spirited
manner. beginning with the first room
and ending with the sixth. Each class, |
as it passed out, being followed on the |
platform by the room next above.
This gave an opportunity to see the !.
development of the children's voices, |
from the younger to the older chill
dren.
Musically the concert was a great I
success. At the close of the concert, I
Mr.. Hayden told of the general pur-
pose which lead to the plan of the
series of concerts, stating that it was .
the desire to have the children of the !,
grade schools hear artistic singing.
without expense to them, and that the
money taken in the various buildings
would be used to paw Miss Eva Emmett
Wycoff of New York to give some re-
citals which would be free to the
children of the grades.
Arrangements for this are all made,
and the concerts WI take place the
week of February 10. Miss Wycoff
will begin her work in Keol1uk with
concert at the Baptist church. to
which the public is invited to buy tick
cts Afterwards, the concert for the
school children will be given.
Good in Series
Miss Stevens in a few we'll chosen
words thanked the audience for their
on such stormy after
noon. Mr.. Aldrich said he thought
only good had come out of the series
of concerts, which had been Just Civ.
en- and he hao been very glad indeed
for the parents of the children having
an opportunity to hear the school
music; that he was sure everyone
with the schools, the teach
ars and pupils and parents. had been
highly pleased with the concerts as
they had occurred. There was a gen
aral feeling among the audience that
he Wells school concert was one of
he most successful that had been Civ