Arizona republican., 1914-03-01

The presidents of the various Parent Teachers associations met Wednesday morning at the home of Mrs Frank T. Alllire, to confer with Dr. Marian Roberts, of Jerome, who is head of the department of hygiene of the Arizona Congress of Mothers. The meeting was informal and for the purpose of an interchange of ideas relating to the best methods of deal | ing with the various phases of school hygiene.
 | In speaking of the meeting, Mrs Charles R. Howe, a prominent mem ! Der of the Adams Parent Teacher as- sociation, and an ardent advocate of | child welfare, said:
 i At first glance it would seem i that bathroom for a school house was a superfluous adjunct, but with | some of the pupils Ca very small l minority of course) it becomes very evident after the close association of | the class room that the annual bath ] is a time honored institution rather than joke, and one such child in a school is constant menace and nuisance to all the rest. The congress hopes to accomplish much work along the lines of school hygiene by pre- pairing and distributing literature em- 1 bodying the essential rules for good health
 ! The presence of Charles Wakefield I Cadman in Phoenix, and his appear ance before many of the local clubs has given the music department movement an impetus. There is scarcely a club of any importance that 1 has not a music section that stands in readiness at all times to encourage local musicians. The following has ! been submitted to The Republican by ] a prominent member of the Musi- clans club:
 The approaching recital of Charles 1 Wakefield Cadman, in our city at tracts the attention of the musical public to the work which our younger American composers are doing to preserve the musical forms native to
 American soil. and towards expand
 
 music. Along with Arthur Farwell and some others Mr. Cadman is prominent in this work, and besides, is doing other and finer work The National Federation of Musical Clubs.
 of which the Musicians club of this city is a member, is playing an inn portant part. in encouraging such l workers by it's system of prize com petitions, which stimulate them to do | their best for the honor of winning
 the prize, (priZes are not granted ex- cept to a superior composition) also, | by furnishing large public which appreciates and encourages their l work
 Tn 1915 the next great biennial fes-
 tival of the N. F. M. c. will be held
 in Los Angeles, where an American
 opera written by an American. and sung by Americans, will be presented.
 Besides this work of furnishing ar
 audience for home talent. the fedora
 tion is also at work trying to interest the coming generation in the best in
 the musical world. It is doing this I because it believes that music has an
 influence on the morals of a people, | and that vulgar music is as pernicious
 in effect as vulgarity in any other 1 form
 Following the regular meeting Of the Woman's club, Tuesday. March | 10,~ the members of the musicians department, will hold their annual ,la ance is requested by the department. | A special rehearsal of the Woman's club chorus has been called for two thirty o'clock Tuesday afternoon by the director, Mrs. J. Elliott Walker l The city council has acted favor ably on the petition of the Adams Parent Teacher association, request ing the sprinkling of the playgrounds of the city schools. and all grounds will be sprnkled once a week | Modern Methods in Primary | Music" was discussed by Mrs. Lucy | stewart at meeting of the Glen Cale Woman's club, Wednesday af- | ternoon, at the Glendale high school. | Mrs. Stewart, in her introduction, | said Music has a place in the great universal scheme of things, and 1 its place is a necessary one. and a social one, and an important one" The question often comes to me" she continued. how old must my child be before he begins lessons in music. He is never too young to be placed in a musical atmosphere" Mrs. Stewart said that the experi- ence of many teachers demonstrated seven to one to be good ages. Other members on the program follow:
 Scale Development" Morgan Ait ken.
 ''Valse Brilliant (Rize King). Van Ruthburn.
 No D. Burgmuller," Veda Roberts
 The Story of Robert Schumann." Miss Kicks.
 Four-hand piano number Knight Ruprecht' CRobert Schumann). JohI. Stewart. Helen Hammels, Ava I.ud- bin. Van Ruthburn.
 Vocal solo, Still ITnsurnassed"