South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-08
ALL INVITED TO
JOIN MUSIC CLUB
Organization Embracing En-
tire City Will be Affect
ed Monday Night.

At the high school building next
Monday night at 7:3O o'clock, a
mass meeting will be held to per-
+ feet the organization of the South !
I Bend Civic Music club, and every
body is invited. irrespective Of na-
\ tionality. politics, religious views or /
Z degree OF proficiency or non-profc- {
lency in music.
At the last meeting, held at the /
high school the evening Of Jan. %. /
unexpected enthusiasm reigned and 4
committee of II on organization I
was formed. At next Monday even /
+ ing's meeting the committee will /
+ probably be largely increased and /
given the powers of an executive !
committee
Doubtless some Of the present 1
committee will be retained for the /
knowledge they have already ac-
I quired in their two weeks deIibera- /
I tons. and others, representing any
/ unrepresented part of the city.
/ Already these columns have con- /
7 tanned outlines Of the great music |
movement, but it takes a long time /
and some persistence TO acquaint |
| "all" the people with the details and /
\ the merits Of an enterprise that is /
intended for the good Of all. SO il |
! is necessary TO particularize: and, in |
/ what follows. as brief a statement as |
/ possible and ar the same time fairly |
/ thoroughly covering the subject is |
| offered for your serious considera- |
| ton.
For Whole People
| IL is the first time in the history |
of South Bend that musical enter !
prise for the whole people and not |
| for individual profit or preferment ;
has been launched and it is expect !
ed that very large body Of people |
will come next Monday evening 10 |
| hear the results of the deliberations |
of the committee, to hear a fine |
musical program and to hear a "civic |
music" talk by Frances Brundage, !
! superintendent Of the Chicago Civic |
/ Music association.
! That the enterprise is a big one. !
| i'm fact, almost overpowering in its |
/ scope. will be partially realized |
when one considers only these few /
! items: a minimum membership of |
| 900, vast chorus of /. 900 or more |
symphony orchestra. great COM !
munitv chorus and band concerts |
and, though it astonishes one at first |
a coliseum, minimum seating capac- |
/ ity 5000 where the people may hear |
great and small concerts for almost |
nothing.
Object of the Meeting.
meeting will be:
! Ito select an executive com
mittee Of Is or more, this commit |
tee to select officers and sub-com-
mittees for the ensuing year.
J THE executive committee will |
! provide ways and means for mem |
/ bership fee-to be the minimum f,
select days for stated meetings, set |
on foot the movement for a city |
| coliseum. open the way for a sym
phony orchestra. provide for band /
music and orchestra music for mu-
nicipal and community choruses, ar |
range for greater park assemblage
( for the purpose of community sing /
ing with a vast chorus, provide for
consistent and proper publicity and |
assume general management and
control OF all matters relating to the
South Bend Civic Music club.
3-Each civic center i'm the city
is 10 be represented by at least one
member of the committee. and each
such center's needs will be looked
after by its representative.
Aim Is TO Exalt
4.-The first aim of the club is to
exalt not lower the standard of
/ South Bends music matters by ap-
! peal to the whole people. not any
one individual. one institution. a few
of this or that class; for by interest
/ ing every father and mother and
every fathers and mothers son and
daughter. the individual expense will
be so small that no one need hest
tate 20 become one of the big club. |
st cannot he stated too strong
y that the South Bend Civic Music
club will not be run in the interests
of any one individual. class or CO.
terie. but, Of necessity must be
thoroughly democratic and coOpera-
tional.
6.-All funds needed and raised
for the use of the club i'm the bet
terment OF South Bend. unsteady.
socially or morally. will re carefully
safeguarded by a system Of deposit.
receipt, expenditure and general and
specific accounting approved by the
executive committee.
No money will be wasted. nor
spent for anything hut actual needs
OF the ease" for its furtherance.
and the books OF the treasurer Will
be carefully audited by a capable
accountant or auditing committee
Strand concerts by artists from
at home and abroad will be a fea-
ture for furture consideration.
"A fine musical program will
ne given at this meeting
Civic Interest Elsewhere
To quote from but "A few writer's
in the various centers all over the
( country. including all the large cities
and many small ones would per
haps be unwelcOme in this article,
which already has assumed some
length. but until and including next