The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-13
,eNot for the Few Alone

.sNot for the Few Alone"
.u,s;c is of and for the masses, 1t
',.a,sal and not for the few alone.
hIe.s your SOUL 1t is music that
~ last save this old world Of
., was the Incisivc and compre.
orn og.r statement OF Prof. William A..
..oII supervisor OF the department
se;o IN the Salt Lake city schools.
.soSsor WetZell 5 above quoted obscr-
~ was one of many made during n
ssa,.ation with the music editor of
p. Tr;hune, touching the scope and in
,ss of music III the public schools.
r., tweivc years the supervisor has
sorsa Increasingly in his chosen work,
I'm talent, zeal, enthusiasm and
-.."tiye ability in the accomplishment
a work that is not appreciated by
general public. the students and the
L,,,d of education, but IL frankly dc
7,rpd by leading musicians of this city
4 be wonderful.
FWbi,e Professor Wetzell does not
Lrself make the assertion, it is yet to
,emembered 70 that twelve years ago
|,ont 30 per cent of the teachers were
/ 4 oualifid for teaching even the rudi~
.ot. of music, and that today, through
L.,eful selection Of text books, through
L.,uspg of interest and intelligent di-
zion of the necessary preliminary
~ the number of teachers unuuali.
M along this line is almost d neglible
|rsDtity.
n The uuivcrsality Of the taste for
.,e among the students in the Salt
In schools, that at The present time
|nti.tic> show that more than % per
Ia gre learning TO sing. On this point
ID Supervisor says:
|nThc child without intelligence In,
n eoursc, not admitted to school. This
|ayc. only two obstacles in the way OF
|hniDg TO sing-complete tone deaf
L.. or n malformation OF the throat
Est precludes the pupil reproducing
a. sound he hears. Only a little more
E,n per cent Of otherwise norma!
6ldren are so afflicted. OF course. we
Z not expect TO make a great musician
Ia Of every child who learns TO sing.
La high type Of musicIanship is large
4 matter OF temperament. Likewise.
81 one expects that every pupil who
.uns arithmetic and algebra will be
|ne mathematician.
The supervisor emphasized another
raDt Of value when he pointed out that
|ten the failrc to interest pupils III
Erging was due to the failure on the
|ah of the teachers 10 furnish music
bat appealed to the student, Giving
|s,ercte illustration, he said
"TweRe years ago in one of the
|iools ] found pronounced aversion
y the part of the larger boys toward
hvbg anything to do with the singing
|r.rises. sought for something that
0buld appeal, be easily understood and
f possess some merit and started
eeu at work on 'Singing in the
Enpevine Swing The avidity and
hight with which they mastered this
|pd their consequent receptiyeness for
|rpthing better were a surprise even
y us sanguine as i was.
In he field Of chorus work unusually
1lisfsetary progress has been made.
"a OF the city's schools have mixed
lWoses ard there are girls choruses
the score, In Instrumental work
d the pupils the progress has
Pa even more marked, when the
titlonal difficulties are cousid-
Fd. The first school orchestra
the city was organized eight
|sE ago; now there are nineteen, rep
'sntlng almost every instrument re-
|1red for symphony work. 1t is re-
|lkablc proof Of the growth of musi-
iaste and aspiration among the stu
als OF the schools to note that Pro,
|sor Wetzell's statistics show that
|ns than % per cent Of the enrolled
|gls OF the city schools are now
|.ayIng some musical instrument un-
q qualified instructors. Many in.
noes OF unusual talent have been de-
Eoped through these beginnings and
lew Of the players of strings and
rs IN the orchestras of the city to.
received their first lessons in the
E Lake City schools.