The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-12-29

wealthy people the same as all the
common branches used to be con,
fined to the wealthy people or to the
well-to-do, has already been ex-
tended to all the pupils in the con
solidated schools or town schools
where there are numbers of grades
grouped together, but the old way ot
teaching music did not find ready re.
Spouse in all the pupils. Some OF
them liked it and some of them grew
to hate it. By introducing the sub
ject with the little tots and making
it part of their play and study, it
fits right in with the child's mind
and he is very likely to grow to be
a music lover with ability to under
stand music and to make it.
Modern teaching is directed at an
effort to harmonic with the child's
! nature and inclinations, not to re-
press his activities. The old system
of trying to keep the child still and
REFRESHING his energies and activities
and having him spend his time mem
orizing things that did not interest
him, was an irritation to the child
and disagreeable work to the
teacher. After a few years of that
kind Of work, the work of repression,
then came the work of stimulating
the child to try to get him to. do more
SO that one period worked against
the other. This new method of
teaching music is intended to work
in harmony with the child's inclina-
ton to be all the time doing some
thing.
The 1921 institute will be held at
Blackfoot in October and an effort
will be made to have the Victrola
people bring their instrument and
records for demonstration with an
expert teacher In charge and to make
up the whole program with this part
OF the work in mind so that it shall
fit in and give the teachers the great
est possible opportunity for studying
the Victrola course Of teaching. This
will afford rare opportunity for
school officers of this county to come
in and investigate the matter and
see whether they want to introduce
1t in their schools or not. 1t will af-
ford an opportunity for the inter-
ested parents and pupils to go in and
study the methods If there is room
in the demonstration hall and there
probably will be.
This method of teaching is some
thing comparatively new and it
opens up fine opportunity for the
people OF Bingham county to intro
duce something in their schools that
is new and modern and they can be
the judges of what the results will be
from its use. If the patrons of the
schools having sons and daughters
starting in school in 1921 or 1922.
wish their children to have the bene-
tit of that kind Of a course of study.
1t will be up to them to inform
themselves on this method of teach
ing and to get their neighbors and
local school officers interested and
converted to the plan and then get II
introduced in their neighborhood. II
will be an opportunity for Bingham
county such as might not come again
IN many years except for the special
effort of the committee in getting the
institute brought to Blackfoot. Some
OF those men who undertook the task
OF getting 1t here are studying up
carefully on every detail Of advant-
age which the institute brings to the
community and will seek to spread
the information among the public of
this county and show people how to
take advantage Of these valuable
opportunities.