The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-18
MUSIC TEACHERS
OF STATE TO Be
GUESTS OF CITY

Music Teachers association, which !
convenes here in annual session Tues |
day afternoon, April 20, and closes |
Thursday evening, April %. Repre- |
sentatives of the local committee Of 81 |
people interested in arrangements for
the session here, met with State Pres |
ident R. c. Sloane Wednesday eve |
ming for organization. At that time
Mr.. Sloane made public the complete
program for the convention.
Tuesday morning the reception COM
| mittee headed by Samuel L. Carton
and Kent Morse of Earlham, will meet
all incoming trains. Guests will regis
ter at 10 a. m, at the Grace M. E.
church, where all business sessions
will be held.
| Mrs. L. E. King will be ir charge of
an information booth in the reception
room of the church. Guests will be
! directed to available hotels and prt-
vate rooms at the headquarters. r. L.
Allen, Miss Emma L. Fetta and G. A.
Copeland have charge of lodging
arrangements.
National Representatives Here.
| Mrs. Minnie Murdoff Kimball,
chairman Of the program committee of
the state association, will preside at
the first session at p. m. Tuesday at
the Grace M. e. church. Representa-
tives Of the National Federation Of
Music teachers will speak.
At $3.50 p. m. Mrs. Francis E. Clark,
formerly music supervisor of the Min
neapolis schools, now head of the edu-
cational department of the Victrola
company will speak on "The Future of
American Music"
The convention will be formally
opened in the high school auditorium
at p. m. when a community sing will
be held. President R. C. Sloane will
preside. Mrs. NJ. F. Johnston, direc-
tor of the Richmond Art association.
is chairman of the committee in
charge of an informal reception in the
Public Art gallery from to II p. m.
Tuesday. The famous exhibit of the
New York Society of Painters will be
hanging in the galleries.
Wednesday, 9 a. m, at Grace M. f.
church-General business will be
taken up. Reports of committees will
be heard, and nominating and audit
ing committees will be appointed.
| Wednesday, 10 a. m.-Sectional con-
ferences will be held as follows:
Grace NJ. e. church. violin depart
ment P. Marinus Paulsen, of Marion,
Ind, presiding.
PubI.c art gallery, high school,
, voice department, Dean r. G. Nc
/ Cutchan, of DePauw university, pre-
siding.
High school auditorium, piana de-
partment, L. Eva Alden. chairman, of
Terre Haute, presiding.
Grace M. e. church auditorium, or
gan and church music department.; !;
Prof. Denman Thompson, of DePauw
university presiding.
[ Room 33, high school, public school
music department; E. B. Birge, super
visor of music in Indianapolis schools,
| presiding.
In the High school auditorium at
, p. m. Wednesday the Garfield orches-
ira under the direction of Miss Edna
Marlatt, will play.
( 1:3O p. m. High school auditorium,
, Otto Miessner, of the Milwaukee State
Normal School, will speak on Public
School Music Credits, and demon
strate a piano he invented.
2:30 p. m. Grace M. E. Church, re-
ports Of sectional meetings. A gen.
eral conference including reports from
the chairmen of each subcommittee.
McCutchan will preside.
p. m. Recital, Grace M. E. church.
r Arthur Mason, of Columbus, Ind, nat
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the Indiana association, in charge.
6 p. m. All members of the |. S.
; NJ. A. who are also members of the
Music Department of the State Fed
Grafton of clubs will dine at the Y. NJ
,, c. A. Mrs. w. H. Longman and Miss
! Emma L. Fetta in charge Of arrange
ments. Local Women's club cooper
ating.
Quartette to Sing.
p. m. at the Coliseum. Through
the assistance Of Ray Weisbrod The
: Columbia Stellar quartette, including
; Reed Miller, Andrew Sardo, Arnold
and Daniels, will sing.
Members of the State Music associa-
ton will also appear on the program
] All members of the association and
others holding the regular 50 ticket
will be admitted free of additional
charge. Admittance to others, 81.
Thursday 9 a. m. Grace NJ. E.
church, business session, report OF
nominating committee and election of
officers for the coming year.
1890 a. m. G. F. burst, organist OF
4 Cincinnati and Cincinnati singer in
: recital at the Reid Memorial church
| Denman Thompson. presiding.
: 1:30 m. Final business session at
i Grace NJ. E. church
, p. m. inspection trip OF Starr Piano
" company.
= 6 p. m. Following Starr Piano trip
all members of association will dine
0 at the Y. NJ. C. A. Mason Thompson
8 will preside.
e Sp m. Richmond Night" has been
: arranged including concert by high
school orchestra, and the singing o.
Pan" - ladies' chorus.
, During the convention various dem
| onstra.ions. including the Dunning
! system by Miss Elizabeth Hassemeiel
i, will be staged.
q Mr.. Sloane was unanimously elected
d city committee chairman by the group
l., which met with him Wednesday eve
ming. Other chairmen Of the local
committees not already named. in
. clude: Ray Weisbrod advertising com
0 mttee: ticket committee, Miss Flora
fBroaddus; Miss Alice Knollen5urg
9 Mr.. White, and Caroline Heitbrink
, Lester w Carlander and JOhn F