Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-24

| Scholarships are numerous nova
| days-practically every educational insti-
| tuition of standing in this country and
| abroad offering free tuition to really
/! promising students-that it would seem
| as if no one of genuine talent, with the
proper disposition as to application ana
| making the most of ones opportunities,
need lack for facilities for cultivatlng and
| developing the gifts that nature has been
generous enough to bestow.
| The National Conservatory Of Music il
| New York offers annually scholarships
| in each department These are obtained
| by competitive examination and are
| awarded only to serious students VINO
are without means and. who promise dis
| tinction as artists. Dates for these eA-
| aminations in the different departments
] are announced as follows: Singing, Wed
nesday September "a. piano and organ,
| September %. violin. viola. cello. con-
| trabass harp and other orchestral IN
struments, September -: children's day
| for piano and violin, September q, +? t.
| u in the morning
| The Peabody Conservatory III Balti-
| more will have the following scnoiaf-
ships open to competition this fail. ac-
| cording to a recent announcement. the
/ Schola rships being conferred exclusively
on the basis of talent: Peabody alumni
piano scholarship. piano scholarship. NO
l. Peabody organ scholarship No l. vo-
cal scholarship No. 1. violin scholarship
| No 2 Each of these is conferred fof
| three years after an examination pefore
| the faculty which will be held on fhe
| following dates: Piano scholarshlps
| Tuesday September 30 at O'CLOCK. Or
gan September ~ at T. O'Clock: VIOLIN
| September 20 at % clock in the after
noon: vocal September ~ at ) CLOCK
| Boise memorial harmony schoiarsh.p
Monday morning. September - at -
O'Clock.
| Applicants for the above must b,
| American by birth or the children ol
naturalized parents, and for the ihs'ru-
| mental scholarships must De uhoe'
twenty-one years of age: for vocal. I'M
der twenty-five: must have good ear
and well marked musical talent ana De
| free to devote entire time to muslca
| studies. If required. One year schoiar-
ships are offered for the ensuing !eal
also in yioloncellO. doubiebass. Hute
| oboe, clarinet, norm. trumpet anu .oii'-
| bone. -,
| Applicants in the piano department Will
be expected at the examination TO render
| intelligently one of the Garner soiia.as =, ~
| Beethoven, to be selected by the cahdl-
! date: play acceptably some classical OF
modern composition demanding more Dill
liant technique, and read at slSnt com
position of moderate difficulty. Require
4 ments for the violin scholarship are the
same. except that in addition to his own
| instrument the candidate must demon
| strate some familiarity with the piano
keyboard For the organ scholarship no
previous knowledge Of that instrument i
| required but the. candidate must snow
sufficient piano technique to play for IN
stance) Beethoven'S Sonata. Up. :, NO. i.
For the harmony scholarship the ap-
plicant must be able to take down ny nc
taton a simple melody and harinonles' Ne
| able to harmonic on paper simple ls-
ured bass and short melody ana ne
| able to make simple modulatlon at the
piano. In the vocal department IL IS
necessary that the candidate have good
voice. be able to read vocal music at
sight and be able to play a simple piano
accompaniment Among the many
Washingtonians who have been success
full In obtaining these scholarships are
Miss Regina Elizabeth ~. winston MISS MISS
Ruby Stanford. Miss Elizabeth Leckie
and Ralph Goldsmith.
Recent visitors of interest here in both
church and musical circles were the Rev.
and Mrs. Henry P. Hurt and Miss Julia
May Swift of Memphis Tenn. DIR. Hurt
has been supplying the pulpit of Rev. Dr.
Muir at Temple Baptist Church., and
Mrs Hurt who is prominently identified
with musical matters in her own state.
sang at both services last Sunday. de-
lighting the listeners 1with her sympa-
thetic voice and devotional singing. At
the morning service she gave "The Holy
City and in the evening, Nearer. Ny
God to Thee by Holden. both old ia
vorites. which she sang by request. Mrs.
Hurt studied voice under AgramOnte and
George Sweet and piano under Albert Par
sons. She is in charge of the music at the
Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis,
where the Sunday evening services
held on a roof garden of the Sunday
school house, and where an orchestra, d-
rected by Alfred Gareissen, brother of
Oscar Gareissen of this city and New
York. furnishes feature of much in
terest.
Dr. and Mrs. Hurt and Miss Swift were
guests of honor Friday evening at re-
ception given at Temple Baptist Church
by Capt. and Mrs. Fred Beall, and at
which Mrs. Hurt sang several numbers
and Miss Swift, who is organist of DR..
Hurts church. made fine impression In
some piano solos. They left early in the
week for Norfolk. and will make an ex
tended trip through the north and west
previous to returning to their southern
home.
The washington colony" Of summer
residents in the neishborhood of Blue
mont, Va. were entertained last Satur-
day evening at a garden party by Mrs.
MacReynolds and Miss Katherine Mac
Reynolds at Solitude, their summer
home. which is charmingly located in the
mountains, above the little town of Blue
| mont. The guests. among whom were
many prominent in local musical circles,
| were received and refreshments Were
served in the picturesque grounds sur
rounding the house. Among those pres
ent were Miss Rachel Crawford of Wash
ington, and Miss Edith MacClure of
Charleston. w. Va, house guests at Soil
tude; Mrs. Frank G. Carpenter. Miss
Carpenter and her house guest Miss Rob-
| bins: Mrs. Carl Droop, Mrs William
! Lowe Hilyer, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence AS
pinwall. Mrs Charles Smith, Miss Smith
Miss Scovil Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse w. Rawl-
! ings, Mr.. and Mrs. Walker Blount and her
house guest, Mrs. William Bruce King
and house guests, Mrs! Dean and Miss
Cressen, Mrs. George H. Peters, Mr.
Peters. Mrs Tunstal. Mrs. Peter Leary
and daughter, Mrs. Hollingsworth and
.nston; Mrs. 9. E. Plaster and daughter,