The evening world., 1916-09-15
DIXIE" IN DANGER;
BtLOVEOOLDS SONG
MAY Be OENATURtO
l'IH... So lui lnI,lltI nr.
I.h 100 AmcnI 900 Ncgio
song.

90 fH .ruff
= .i taft.i saHs aui irnpsf
ut Ft.I HFsi uau.,f u 800
.ft pahI. huols 49, tt u yss
t.ff4y A o raHfsr.n,s = tho high
> hHol masI, teachers si shi,h ir
Irauk % Ns Mls.sI Director -
fU. It0a Of Education % pffsent.
uiss was expo utfi 20 ass
.I. IIlNshtra aUI 'hr pablo
I..| t,l ..fs fu .I the
n,..o dialect frlm .HUss printed
H .H. tssf books.
IIu- n tnr movement sl,r'eds
~U future generations D., Without
What has been a happ, phr' ~ al
American bones tho quaint ana
typical I Hi'.f - flr AW,Ii.tu N'sru,
a. ,spu,s..i Boo Dixie" perhaps the
most beloved soug Doe th' country
and 300 stephen Fosters famou. trio,
Mtssta in b. cole. cole Ground.
'OIi slack Ju.' sni
River" For years American mothers
have hummri their babies into 'luin-
Der with th,-, ol! fo.k song fiNorites.
There's hardly a lad Who can't hu'n
"Suwnnec Hlyer' or "Ole Back joe
And their charm lies principally IA
the harmless dialect There would be
nttlo LETT 10 them without that
The chief objection to the songs as
they are now universally sung Is a
purist opposition. Instead OF de
"cayse." "ob.'' ''nebber' and moe.
darby dialect for the" cause
of" never" and more" the purists
would substitute the English words
and insist upon careful pronuncia-
ton. II may prove "A hard job for the
,xpressions might well be said To be
born with American children. 80
much "A part OF children's music nave
they become.
A to tho national anthem extrem-
lists would have attempted a capitaI
operation on II, but for op-
lection. A plan was first preached
10 out out the word "hght" "a 1t oc-
ours In tho hrst verse. The objection
was that 1t smacked too much or war
and not at oil Of peace. 49,
More moderate counsel prevailed'
The change was not maue' iho ohi'
,empering now will be n slight change
Of rhythm In the first and third
verses: and the adoption OF clouds
OF the night In place or "perilous
fight" In the first verse. "Perilous'
In a bit too VARY but clouds" In
not. Also the uniform key will be
changed from "B' nat to A nat
TO make tho singing OF tho song less
dinicult for ordinary voices.
The suggestions for these changes
we're made some time ago. DR.. Rix
said, by him to tho Board of Super
intsndents, but they we're shelved
and DR.. Rix doesn't know whether
they are dead or not.
Tho reasons for changing the dar-
ky dialect should appeal TO n In
terested person." DIR, Rix told ar
Evening World reporter to-day. I'VE
want our children TO learn pure Eng
lish, not q dialect. Then. also. there
are many foreign children In oui
schools. The number Is growing con-
stantly. And dialect confuses them
II is hard enough for them to learn
our ordinary English. l think the
change should be made throughout
the country.
Tho proposed changes In the "Stai
Spangled Banner" are suggested In
the hope OF making the sons easier
for children and the populace TO sine
by standardizing II and making II a
much more powerful anthem. We
hope, too, TO make Dixie" the soul
stirring appeal that II really In when
sung %forcefuily, and II IL not now
being sung forcefully except on rare
o~ccaslons."