The evening world., 1911-05-22
Music Settlement
Host for Teachers
From Other Cities
Preliminary Steps Taken
for the Formation of a
National Federation
Senior and Junior Or
chestras Playable.
quent Speeches and a
Luncheon.
BY sYL vEsTER WILING.

VHE Music school settlement at No.
80 East Third street. of which
David Names is the director. wss
host yesterday to representatives OF
similar schools In other cities tina have
been established under the stimulus Of
the work accomplished here by tho
parent organization. Besides these out
of-town visitors there we're present sup
porters Of the home school sufficient to
crowd the recital hall and to keep II
rowde all day. despite the sweltering
heat. At the end initial steps we're
taken for the establishment of a Ma
tional Federation OF Music School Set
Elements.
a word as to the status of the New
York School may be timely. From the
very modest beginning made a few years
ago by a young woman from Baltimore
in one small room with less than q
dozen pupils. three houses have been
made over lato n capacious building to
accommodate the SO scholars on the
roster. for the instruction OF whom
eighty teachers are employed. The
mortgage has been cancelled and the
school is free of debt. To the Senior
and Junior Orchestras already estab-
NV u - pun pbStu " dAiu ~ Nu-s
Farmers Orchestra. No pupils are ac-
cepted unless they are regular attend
ants OF the public schools or are wage
.earners. The fees are small. and for
those too poor to pay, scholarships have
been established by the generosity CT
sympathizers with the work.
The exercises yesterday were begun
at 1880 a. VI. with n concert by the
Senior and Junior Orchestras. sepa-
rately and combined. In which there
were 100 players. Edgar s. Stoweli
conducted the Juniors. Some OF tho
tots were too small to reach the
floor with their feet while seated. Yet
10 hear them play compositions by the
masters was a musical treat as well as
a remarkable object lesson. After Mrs.
Howard Mansfield, the president; Daniel
Names. the director. and DR.. Henry
Moszkowitz. assistant to Felix Adler,
had made admirable addresses. dwelling
upon thu artistic and spiritual uplift
that are the inevitable accompaniment
OF the teaching. luncheon was served.
At the afternoon session there were
speeches by Miss Crawford. the head
resident OF the New York School; Mr..
Martin. who made an eloquent appeal In
behalf OF his race for the music school
settlement for colo-cd children on the
west side: John Grolle. head worker In
the Philadelphia school; Mr.. Bloomfield,
assistant director OF the Boston school,
and Miss A.. +. Nourse and Miss Bertha
SchoT Of the South En- %ssiool. Boston
Miss Van lngen OF the Brooklyn branch:
Miss Leonard OF the Albany school:
Mrs. Albert Moore OF the New Rochelle
school; Mrs. +. $. Coolidge OF the PITTS
field (Mass.) school. and Mrs, Anne Gil.
brcth Cross OF the Providence On. T.
school. The speeches were as witty a,
they were forceful. Mrs. Cross In par.
;lcular arousing laughter that would be
the envy OF the most popular after-dln,
ner speaker.
In the middle OF the afternoon Mis-
Angela Di!ler gave a class exhibition OF
how she teaches harmony. with intro
ductory remarks 10y Mrs. Harriet Aver
Seymour. head 81 the piano department,
schools are being developed In CHI
cago. Cleveland. 81. Paul. San Francisco
and Kansas city. and the movement Is
likely 70 become really national.