Arizona republican., 1919-11-19
VALUE Of STUDY
Of MUSIC IN THE
SCHOOLS SHOWN
Demonstration Made With
Pupils From All City
Grades Before Woman's
Club Features Meeting


With groups of children from the
iirst to the eighth grades, Miss Edith
sutherland, supervisor of music in the
city schools, demonstrated the musical
system employed in the public schools
yesterday when she featured the pro-
gram at the Woman's club.
Declaring that no work in the school
is OF more intellectual value than the
mental training through music, Miss
Sutherland called attention to the
tact that by its study the child's eyes
and ears are trained in concentration,
accuracy and quick decision
Miss Sutherland explained the va
rlous steps of the work in all grades,
asserting that the time given to the
study was by no means wasted.
me objects are two-fold." she said
lrst, IL leads the pupils to a better
enjoyment of music, and second, IL
teaches them TO read music"
In speaking of the first grade pupils,
me supervisor of music said that very
lew OF the children could carry a
tune.
A very well known musical critic
attributes this fact in part to the mod
ern idea of not singing the child to
sleep. 0"'u "
'SoSAAhB. oA music IN the first
grade Is by rote and is entirely imita
i've. In few cases the Inability OF
first grade children to carry a tune
could be attributed to some throat de-
rect such as adenoids or something
mat requires medical attention"
Gives Child an Idea
one OF the interesting features OF
the demonstration by ten children
from the first grade was that of one
little chap who has great difficulty
m using anything but the monotone.
Miss Sutherland. by giving the child
me idea of tossing a bali and again OF
gently pulling a lock of hair on the
childs forehead could get him to raise
MS voice a trifle at the end of the
musical phrase
In the second grade the children
still have the rote singing and begin
note singing. accompanied BY note
reading from books comparing with a
pattern on the blackboard.
In the third grade the children are
taught to locate do from the key in
the staff.
Taking up grade by grade, Miss
Sutherland continued:
In the fourth grade the work of
the previous classes is reviewed and
new time taken up.
In the fifth grade two-part sing
ing is taken up. This is called first
and second part singing and not alto
and soprano the voices interchanging
on the parts frequently.
In Sixth Grade
In the sixth grade the quicker times
are studied, the dotted quarter, eighths
and sixteenths. This work was dem
onstrated by ten children from the
sixth grade.
In the seventh grade the voices are
tested and the children given a fixed
part in first and second sopranos and
first and second altos. II there are
any boys whose voices have developed
more rapidly than others, they are
given the bass part. but most all BOYS
sing the second alto. Three children
demonstrated this work, two girls and
one boy
BY the time the pupils have reached
the eighth grade, their musical work
has either become a Joy or a sorrow
TO them. The alto-teno part is given
TO the boys whose voices are dropping
but are not yet low enough for the
bass part. Twelve children demon
strated this work"
Miss Sutherland extended a cordial
n,1tation to parents and friends to in
: fpfct the musical work in the schools
100 In closing said that If we hao
husic in the high school, she would
.feel that the continuity Of the system
WOULD be maintained and she would
then feel that music was taking its
riSptful place in our scheme OF edu-
cadou.
New Members
Several announcements OF interes
Tere made, among them being the in.
Walton Vi the executive board Il
chairmen OF the departments to NEE
Qppe month with the board that tn,
entire work of the club may be NOR,
closely co-ordinated. The first 1oin
meeting win be held next Tuesday al
ternoon at 1880 o'clock. immediatel,
preceding the club meeting and al
choirmen of departments are urged I,
he present.
The program was presented unde
the auspices OF the music department
of which Miss inertia Work is chair
man. In addition to the demonstra
ion by Miss Sutherland vocal mum
bers by Mrs. Charles Rothacker Sterl
ing add to the enjoyment. She sang
Allah" Longfellow's poem, set I,
music by Alexander Gibson, being on
Of three songs that was given III
thousand dollar prize by Madam
Nordica, a woman Of Chicago, for IN
encouragement OF song writer.
Flower Peters" by Charles willebN
giving for an encore my Curle
Headed Baby" by Rutsam, an En-
glishman.
Mrs. Alma Lowe, chairman OF hom
economies, announced the harvest fes
tval for next week, which will be oh
served by a combination Thanksgiv
Ing musical program and cooked foo
sale. All members of the club ar
urged TO bring some article OF foo
10 be sold at that time.
Miss 70. T. Ceilings, chairman OF III
entertainment committee OF the clul
announced that on the evening OF til
second OF December, the first enter
tainment which is to take the place
tho time-honored annual bazaar, wi
oe given. In connection with the al
tractive program which is bein
planned by the committee for the oc
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