El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-02
COMMITTEE FOR
ORGAN IS NAMED
James G.. McNary, Chair
man of High School Organ
Committee, Starts Work.

a committee has been named by
James G. McNary. chairman of the high
school pipe organ committee, and an
active canvass of the business men and
residents of FL Paso will be started at
once to raise the additional $1,000
needed TO purchase a sIO.0 pipe organ
for the new high school auditorium.
Joshua s. Reynolds. formerly presi-
dent OF the First National bank. has
announced that he has subscribed $4,000
to the pipe organ fund and the re-
mainder of the $4,000 needed for the
big organ will be raised by popular
subscription at once
Names Committee.
The committee which has been named
by Mr.. McNary to assist him IN raising
the remainder of the fund. includes the
following: Mayor Tom Lea r. B. Orn-
dorff. president of the chamber of COM
merce: Mrs. James Graham McNary.
Mrs W R Brown. Mrs Robert HOlli-
day. Mrs ]. F. Williams. Mrs. c. T.
Kelly. H. D Slater. z c. Davis. Win
chester Cooley. julius Krakauer. W W.
Rose and R. ". Dudley. In addition to
this committee. the members of the
school board are to cooperate with the
committee in every way and will act as
members of this committee. one accom-
panying each of the subcommittee in
order to impress upon the minds of the
prospective subscribers the value and
need of an organ in the new school
building The members of the school
board are: r NJ Whitaker. A. I.
c. B. Stevens. W. D. Mayfield, and J. c.
WOrthington.
Installed BY JAN I.
It $ the hope of the committee to
have the organ installed in the new
high school building by Jan. ! or be
. IN Il
Wednesday morning. alto being noti-
fed by the school board that he had
been named as chairman of the pipe
organ committee. The value Of a pipe
organ in the nigh school. where the
children can hear daily the best music
of the worlds greatest musicians can
not be Overestima ted Mr.. McNary said
Wednesday morning. i Will do every
thing I can 10 make the organ n reality
The educational value of a pipe organ,
playing the sweetest music known.
cannot be oveI estimated and to have
the children of FL Paso start the day
with the fine impressions such pipe
organ music is sure TO leave Will lie
one OF the great steps in advance in an
educa tionai way in FL Paso. 1t will in
culcate love of good music in them
which viii stay with them through life
In addition the organ VIII be available
for public concerts and for any public
entertainments in addition to having il
for choral work and. when great
comes through Fl Paso. we
can have a place sufficiently large
where he can give a concert
Organ In McNary Home.
While Mrs. McNary and I were in
California we took occasion to visit the
organs which had been installed by the
California Pipe Organ company, which
has offered to install the organ in the
high school here We visited a num-
Der of churches. auditoriums and pri-
.
been installed with a view to having
one placed in our new home when we
built t. For this reason We were in
terested in organ constructions and we /
ourselves that the California
product is as perfect as ii is
possible TO make an organ
Mr. McNary expects to start the
active canvass fog the additional $1,000
soon and will call q meeting of his /
Committee within the next few days