Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-19
FAMOUS TENOR TO
APPEAR IN CONCERT
HERE ON FRIDAY
Theo Karle Has High Praise for
Choir Boy Who Wishes to
Grow Up Into a Singing Man
Has Fine Opportunity.

"There is nothing like a church
choir for the boy who wishes to grow
up into a singing man, or any other
kind of man" says the welltrained
young athlete Theo Karle, whose beau
tiful tenor voice has been the envy of
many a choirmaster in New York and
other American cities. Music lovers
of Boise will have an opportunity of
seeing the personal application of Mr..
Karle's theory next Friday evening,
/ Oct. "a, when he sings here en- route
| to the coast.
ITO my mind, there is no boy who is
not UNNECESSARILY richer in every way
for the training afforded by the mod
ern church choir. Let us take the four
phases of his life, remembering that
on entering the choir the boy repre-
sents raw material in what Is prob
ably the ideal condition for training,
that is, the plastic stage of mind anad
body and voice.
IF the church be we'll ordered and
established he is taken over" from
! his parents care and subjected to a
! rigid discipline. Discipline is one of
the finest things in the world and ap-
piled authority with perfect obedience
is the sure road to self discipline in
later life. His simple physical needs
are properly cared for. He is taught
!
sically, and he grows up with a know
ledge of the great music of the church.
a growing love for the ecclesiastic
form Of music, and a training in sight
reading and good singing. His mind
grows and improves. as does his young
body, into beautiful thing.
! For recreation there Is the choir
baseball, tennis and swimming clubs,
and he is taught that he is young
gentleman associating with gentlemen,
and that a sense of fairness and JUS
tice in play and work Is necessary.
THE growth of his musical educa-
ton comes the fellowship with a group
of gentlemanly lads under the control
of a competent choirmaster, and If he
has leaning for paper work" he may
even compose or assist on the organ
in case of need. His moral character
Is usually subjected to rigid discipline
1 and his mental habits are schooled in
the proper channels.
"A choir boy has opportunity to
| grow up into a useful and very enter
taining member of society that the
"other boy" might well envy, and in
those churches where salaries are paid
to the boys, in addition to their train
ing and boarding, the boy leaves his
choirmaster often with a little fund
Of money to his credit, as we'll as a
training in matters physical, mental
and musical the value of which cannot
be overestimated.
Il have only spoken of these quail
ties up to now, but the greatest train
ing he can possibly have, and the great
est asset In his later life is the quality
Of spirituality and reverence. II the
boy intends to become an artist he
will find that the development and
education of his spiritual qualities in
the church choir. quite apart from
ell his other training, are perhaps his
most precious possession.
And there Is far too little spiritu-
atty In this hurrying, material world"
said the young tenor ref1ectively. "Ev-
en- among artists, regret to say. And
that IL why ] am strong for the old
church choir for boys