The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-04-08

rev Mr. Herman, pastor of the Con-
gregational church of Moorhead. Mr..
Herman has spent four years as a
missionary in India, and told in an
interesting, vivid way of his expert
ences there. He said that missionaries
nave to create new social conditions
and implant new aims. The whole
idea of the people is against manual
labor OF any kind, and one of the first
and most difficult tasks Of the mis-
slonary Is to teach the dignity of la
Dor Mr. Herman spoke highly OF the
native music, saying that though there
was no harmony, the music was highly
developed. He repeated the Lords
prayereand sang a hymn in the Mar
ATM dialect, the language of the dis
trict in which his sphere of activities
lay.
During the music festival the stu
dents were favored by two very ex-
cellent addresses. Miss Amidon of the
Valley City Normal spoke on the topic
Why and How Should Music Be
Studied? A music school should offer
courses rot only for those who are
to be performed, but also to aid In the
1 MUSIC.
These courses should be free-usually
instruction in music is expensive
Musical history should have a promi-
nent place. There must be more than
beauty in music. Literature, as ex-
emplified for instance by Macbeth. Of
fers much that is not beautiful Music
must appeal to all phases of life. The
study Of harmony shows that certain
tones produce certain impressions. The
Warwickshire hymn tune written on
the tonic fifth gives an insperiation to
battle and to conquer. The lives of
great composers should be studied, es-
pecially that of Beethoven. The fifth
and ninth symphonies cause deep re-
ligious feeling. We get from music
according as we bring to it.
Miss Amidon was followed by
Charles Wagner, manager of Schu-
man Heink. Mr.. Wagner told a num-
Der Of anecdotes of the famous men
and women he had managed, and said
that II he received no other compen-
sation for his efforts, he would have
considered it enough to have known
such people as Madame Schuman-
Heink, Mrs. Maud Ballington Booth
and the late Gov. John A. Johnson of
Minnesota. Mr.. Wagner told Of the
successful work of Mrs. Booth in help
| ing men who had been in prison to
start anew in clean, respectable lives.
She is known as little mother by
these men. Experiences during Mr.
Wagner's connection with Mr.. Bryan
and others were related. Both Mr..
| Wagner and Miss Amidon were very
enthusiastically received by the stu
dents
Fred Stilwell preached at the Con-
gregational church of Mayville Sunday,
April 2. The evening service was
especially for young people. Attend
ance was excellent both morning and
evening.
/ Clair Codding Of Valley City was
among those who visited Fargo dur
ing the festival. Mr.. Codding also
visited friends at the college and was
guest at chapel and at the faculty
table at lunch Friday.
On Tuesday evening Or. Creegan
gave an illustrated lecture on Turkey
at the First Congregational church
u1lucA LAlC auspices VI the
Endeavor society. DR.. Creegan's wide
experiences in foreign lands make his
lectures of great interest and value.
Mrs. Snow was a guest at chapel
Tuesday, and after chapel she briefly
addressed the young women. She was
guest at lunch at Jones hall.
The class in American history and
civics was favored with an address
by Judge Pollock at their regular reci-
tation hour Tuesday.
Mr.. Talbot, who in spite of his many
college activities, has for three years
successfully occupied the pulpit of the
Congregational church at Gardner, has
been requested by his Practitioners to
continue the work for another year.
On Monday evening a. farewell re-
ception was held at the First Congre-
tional church for Prof. and Mrs. A. H.
Bevan and Mr.. and Mrs. A. g. Lewis
and their son, Francis. The state of
Professor Boven's health has been such
that he has been forced to give up his
work at the college. Btth he and his
wife will be sorely missed in the COL
lege and in the community. The de-
parture OF the Lewis family will take
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