Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-10
A Municipal Music School
ny Frederic .. Iraskin

tho advantage RI perfectly cons
structed hall in which to play. ana un
audience whlfA 81 Interested in the mHs
sic az well aH ihe picture. Many 3 good
orchestra has become dial luufaHsE ~
whispering started at tnn hfai haf Il
the overture and rising in volume -
a steady buzz Of conversation. In fhnaa
circumstance, even the people NhHt
would like 10 enjoy tho music become
80 exaspersied that they have fo niNa
up trying % listen, and Join in fhs
chorus.
Eastman has expressed iha hnna
that the moving picture idea Wiu mafa
the people Of the city Ike good music
with their pictures. and thaf they via
begin to demand % iu an tao theatres.
Lighted Movie Theatre.
Everything about the now school is
az modern ns well-Fppni money cam
make d. The muFinE picture audi.
t0rium is not q black cavern. NRa
the average picture house when voa
come in from the lighted street. Al 40
time during the picture Hlfl ine hoHea
get 20 dark thnt "a patron aunef rnHt
a program easily. or find a sent when
/ he enters. This means, too. thnf he rru
recover something dropped on tha
l floor without the usual hNn minutes
4 Of enhancement involving or uahrr.
In nashllght. and irtV h1nde.
! Tho now lighting system, which f a
I claimed does 81 interfere with tha
pictures clrarnesa was evolved afl.r
a good deal az experiment n fhe
Eastman laboratories. here fn no-
chester Many ~ the ROOMS n fhn
Eastman Photographic paptr factory
have 90 he lighted av dim ra1 Huf
orange lights. By skiufol nraneemsnt
here, the change from theae evenly
lighted. scmi-darx ruoma 70 fha aunHr
halls ~ tha p'ant e made without
discomfort to tho ry. 'Hhr sane
true ~ tho moving picture auditorium.
The lights are hidden ard tha rrnr.
tioi' ls so evenly distributed thar fhrrs
is no glare anywhoro
Concerts vIi. ~ course he eiven
/ occasionally ty tho arhool as % f4rthe-
means ~ developing 0n..Iafinr 2
music. but tho moving picture sho., .
are to bo p regular feature az suan
as the building is entirely Finished . "a
the work organized AZ present rnn-
struction work lg afIu going en- Hf
, studios are Hdv fol uae
The school o. biz italian Renaiaa-
arcc building 8utfuuv eonrfrrrfed.
with marble floors mural nairfinra.
librarics, concert rooms. and studios.
II IS enaowed by Eastman for mora
than f2000 ono
n IS not o. be ~ any wav uaonev-
making enterprise Even the low ul-
ton rates win not D. Charged ua ~
pupils who wn rat efhoiarshina a
tho public hools
There WIN he numher ~ ihaaa
scholarships for music Ia uunular
subject in the Rochester sehonIa.
r Playing ~ different string and wind
. Instruments and The piano are Taught
r ar regular sfb1ects .n tha puhHc
$ schools now. and the Young muairian
7 are organized into bands ard orrhes.
e. tras. Eastman helped 90 make fHia
T. work pos ,le on large scale fhrounh.
i ont the city by giving s number a
:. Instruments % the schools for tho uss
D of the children.
The public schools can 70 only
- little way toward Rivinr child
o musical educatlon. The .aatnlaf
q school is going to axe lf posaihl.
II FOR a family in ordinary clrcumetanee
j. 20 give "a talented child a thorouel
n course IN music. 10 aims t0 diacoun
the tradition that student muat 3
.g abroad in order o. boone musician
~ Others have preached tbe same ldea
r. and have tried to ret an Amcrical
40 Chool of music at the Na .unal Gao
~ ital. So far that has newer been SOC
4, iously considered. The Hochoete
:. school may prove an Inspiration In
Il. Congress and Tor phinnihrouiats >
other cities ~ well THE hnol 8
music may become aH popular
bequest or gift IA fhe public library