The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-11-01
INSPIRATION
". H DuGDALE

W. H DUGDALE
| Did you ever consider the effec
of inspiration on the human mind
! It is a wonderful lever to control &C
ton. Regardless of North and South
the old Confederate yell is going tc
be the battle cry when the boys in
khaki 90 over the top 1t has been
adopted by til. .Eigbty-second Divis-
ion which is in camp near Atlanta,
Ga and if it does not make the en-.
emy realize there is something do
ing it won't be our boys fault. Gen.
Swift is confident it will be a splen
did incentive; and some time ago
he requested Judge Newman of the
United States district court at At
lanta to secure a company of Con-
federate veterans to teach the men
of his division the old-time yell. AS
this division is made up of men
from the northern camps, the
"Yanks will 60 into battle with the
old-time Confederate yell. This for
inspiration. And again it was pro-
posed to place a tax on music and
musical instruments. Now this is al
right and proper in the case of to.
bacco, liquor, and perhaps some
other things which we are ready
and willing to give up or pay up, as
the case may be. but no hardship
or restrictions should be placed on
music. In war it is as essential and
as necessary as any other part of.
the equipment that stands for eff.
cheney. Music is alwagsa necessity
iI1 time of war, is abSo1ntely indis-
pensable. The men are working
under a constant strainSand the
calming, soothing effect OF music is
sure 4Bake its influence feata
Imagine, if you can, above the din
and noise Of battle, above the cries
of the wounded and dying, the effect
of the. strains of Dixie, America
or the Star Spangled Banner" as it
came floating down the line like a
messenger of love and comfort, how
it feels to boy away from home to
hear the old familiar tunes in the
old familiar way. 1t does him lots
of good, and is like a letter from
home and has a soul inspiring effect
that cannot come through any other
channel. 1t is not new incentive !;
the savages went into battle with
their tom toms, and some of the
best results of big movements have
come through muse, What would
circus be without music? Rode,
haver with Billy Sunday is one of
the big features of Billy Sundays
success, All patriotic and social or
ganizations owe their success to the
strains of music. :
Moody and Sankey made music a
special feature of their revivals;
, Take music away from our churches.
Can you realize what the result
would be? Or have music in only
one church in a town and the build
ing could not accommodate the peo-
ole. 1t is an absolute necessity in
peace or war. David play ed on a
harp of one thousand strings and
what harp it must have been. The
walls of Jericho fell under the strains
of music. The old veteran takes on
new life when he hears the band,
and it don't stop here. The boys
! and girls follow the band. And some
who are not boys take on the in
spiration. Patriotic emotion de-
mands expression and encourage
ment, and it is music that will fur
nish it.
People are learning every day
that music is not a luxury but ne
cessity. Here in America we have
all kinds of pepple, all races, all ira
ditions to be welded into a nation
and into an army; and remember
we have only one language that we
all understand, one means of ex'
preston that is common to all. {Bul
music knows no nation, no creed; tC
the rich and the poor its appeal i:
the same. We need music to ere
ate and foster the national spirit
music to stimulate recruiting, music
to inspire those who are to fight the
battles of the great war, music Il
sustain those of US who must re
main at home. Our need is for mu
| sic, more music and lots of it. The
heroic sacrifice made by some of Oul
J ! people is a tangible evidence of thI
loyalty to our flag. Think of meI
I whose salaries range from fifty
thousand to one million dollars ;