The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-17
"A Cdntdtd To Be Given By
Grammar School Youngsters
Society Varied Interess Hogn and Her Chorus
of Little Peope-Mrs. Beechers Dramatic Reading.
Events in Prospect-Personal
BY MYRTLE sJIr.Es

Miss Maoel Hogin, assistant to the su-
pervisor of music in the Birmingham pun
lie schools, mas charge of the matihee
musicale which is to be given this after
noon by the tiny tots and children OIL
the older grades at the South hlghiahu
school, The entertainment MIL occur III
the auditorium of the high school, anu
youngsters of every age, from every
school in town, and older people, too VIII
he on hand to hear their friends in the
clever little song and the big eantata
which concludes the musicale. MISS
Hogin and Miss Evelyn Going. whose
delightful voice has charmed many an
audience in the past few years. VIII
share In the dictatorship, and Miss Minnie
Mcneil is to be the accompanist In the
programme. 1t is in two parts, the first
composed of orief melodies by the primary
grades, thus:
THE Little Elf (Grant-schaefer).
The Owl" (Gaynor).
'Chicks" (Grant-Sohaefer).
Grade
20 Tiny Boat" QIeyman).
..Dandelions' (Grant-Schaeeer).
Good Night. Pretty Stars" Grant
Echaefer).
Grade ii
"see-Saw' Grant
mistress Mary" (Grant-Schaefer.
''That's What I'd Do" (Bullard).
Miss Hogin expects the tots to be very
entertaining with their song-stories OF
the little elf, and of the chicks and the
favorite Mistress Mary" Their little
voices," she said yesterday. are just
as sweet as can be. In the chick song
they sound .ruly like the cheep of the
little feathered fellow. for children, you
know. are capital mimics, and they ;1low
precisely how a small chicken ought to
soupdl Their songs are all quite snort
for little folk can't concentrate long at
time"
She related with surprising equanlmlty
.the story of measles in the ranks. ohe
of my prettiest voices-Robert Gillespy-
has had to drop out" she said, owing
to measles, and he will hate it. too, for he
loves to sing" Evidently there are SO
many good voices at the Highland school
q few, more or less, omitted from the
The second part of the programme is
to be given oy the pupils of the fourth,
fifth, sixth and seventh grades. The
Storm Fiend," by Roeckel, introduces 1t.
and then follows a special chorus of
girls. They sing Neidlinger's Sweet Miss
Mary" Nevin's Mighty LAX a Rose" !"
viflIch Miss Hogin says they do wonder
fully WELL the charming Tines appealing
especially to girlish sentiment, and they
conclude with that delightful ballad of
Sidney Homer's after the' poem by How
ard Weeden, "The Banjo Song"
THE cantata. which Isl presented by 20C
voices, is the climax of the programme.
1t is "The Walrus and the Carpenter,
and the children all delight in the words
they sing it in the very best spirit pos
sible. 1t is inimitable, so far as words
go everybody knows that. Take the
words
eff seven maids with seven mops,
Swept it for half a year,
DO you suppose" the Walrus said,
THAT they could get it clear?'"
1T doubt it, said the Carpenter,
And shed a. bitter tear"
And again the ,other familiar lines OF the
absurd story
s'The time has come" the Walrus said,
ITO talk of l,nany things;
OF shoes, andfships, and sealing wax,
OF cabbages and kings.
And why the ssea is boiling hot
And whetherl pigsshav wings!"
And into the disappearance of the oys-
terri the sympathy of the walrus and the
philosophy of the carpenter, the boys
and girls sing an, appreciative sense Of
humor along with the melody.
Miss Hogin says they nave been very
faithful in their Iehearsals, and that their
voices are won6 erfully smooth and tune
ful, She thinks, and it must be true, that
1t ID fine trainingl for the children to take
part in big chorus like this. The dis
cipline is good; 1T develops self confidence
and poise, and arouses ambition. Zone
OF the boys came to me the other day
with his plan to begin a study of the
VIOLIN" she remarked. His parents had
discovered an aptitude for music through
his school work. and are choosing this
in strument for Its expression. girl,
who has a most promising voice, came,
radiant with happiness, to tell me of her
.,yav IN begin study this Sunlnler-a plan