The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-27
81. Man Who Went to Pes
~. twenty Years Ago to be
nan Of Musical College
There, Leaves.
] LIVE IN NEW YORK
mn, Take up Music Writing
1 80. and Family Expects to
Leave About August
First
/. o,oeia1 to The Gate City.l

especial to the Gate City.I
n,s MONIES, Iowa, March 27.-Dr'
p ~ Nagel, who came here from
.0,,r twenty years ago to be dean
.hs Highland Park college of music
long a leader Of musical Les
w., s has severed his connections
~ the college to take effect at the
= NJ the college year and next Aug
will 90 to New York for a year.
~ after the first Of the year, he
oi ~, President Magill that he was
IN he considered for the position
dean of the music school after this
~ Int his leaving the college was
\ given out and became known only
May. -
Il work as teacher and executive,
II Dean Nagel this morning, and
d the need of real rest. I plan
obtain rest by change and Will
and a year on a number OF compo-
lions | have not been able under
! stress Of college work and man
cement to complete, although I have
! usual love of creator for them.
ssre is no discord in the relations
tveen President George P. Magill
Il me which have been and are
Nv pleasant, cordial and cooperative.
have very high F. appreciation OF
Resident Magill and some of the
|astees. 1t will be breaking many
Iose ties to leave Des Moines, which
i always treated me royalty and
6here l have some Of my most valued
lends"
A Leader in Music Education.
Dean Nagel came here to be direct
! Of the piano department Of the col.
Ike when it was comparatively
mall school. A little later he was
Secretary of its faculty and in a few
5ears was dean of the college of
husic, its chief executive and the
manager Of its destinies. From that
beginning out in part of building
b Highland Park, Dean Nagel built up
he college Of music to large attend
lnce and full equipment housed not
bnly on the college campus but IN
he K P block down town, and from
] small radius Of influence to posi-
(ion recognized as very high by the
ritics and music journals of New
York and Boston. During all this
Ime, he also taught advanced piano
|tudents personally. 1t is all this work
fhch Dean Nagel says entities him
b rest for awhile at least.
In addition to the work of his own
)chool Of music. Dean Nagel has had
p important work for music through
ri the state and the middle west, in
(cth educational and artistic phases.
Re was seven times elected president
kthe Iowa Society Of Music Teachers
|hd Is now member of the board
Standardization which intends to
tandardize music teaching in Iowa,
evate it and greatly increase its eff
lcency The personal efforts of Dean
fagel, and his hard work in that d.
kction, are given credit for putting
6usic into the public schools of Iowa.
e induced the Iowa State Music
Psachers association to substitute
eusic for oratory as the piece de re-
Estence of their annual conventions
contending one year that an ora
Pro well done would draw as well as
Pheodore Roosevelt had done the pre-
Pous year; Nagel put on the Messiah
fIn the st. Paul orchestra and four
Pmdred voices in the chorus and filled
Pe coliseum which proved the sue
|es Of his arguments.
poes Much for Music In Des Moines.
Tor years the name of Dean Frank
fasel has been identified with must
Y progress in Des Moines. For