Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-11-09
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songs? The blasphemous? The sac.
religious? n ST. 81.
Have you ever taken the time to
read carefully the words OF the popl.
lar songs which -FOUR children bring
into the home II not, why not?
5 We are very careful as to the books
DIR children read, hut, as whole, ut
sterly Indifferent as to the words OF
the songs they sing, and I want to
tell you that many Of the so-called
popular songs are positively indecent.
i have heard children of seven and
eight years OF age to the great de
light OF their parents -sing songs
which, upon careful analysis, would
find their way into the trash can.
What are you doing to bring whole.
some music into the life of your chill.
dren? +..< ..sssss, i - =, !. T..
Let me tell you that the Social Life
of a community is reflected by it's
musical standards. The influence OF
a community in civic and national at
fairs is not wholly measured by its
bank clearances. .-... .~
Association, mental, physical or
spiritual, is serious thing in our life.
Bartholomew, in his book, "The Re
lation of Psychology to Music" says:
dren from their earliest days Bible
passages, sacred hymns, patriotic
sayings and useful maxims-these
make up permanent and solid con:
cept mass in which character shall
take root and grow. Hence, the wis
dom of putting better class music into
the hands of beginners, of implanting
true art as early as possible. If
these beautiful and useful plants can
be made to grow. and get good start
in the minds of the young, they will
absorb and render harmless many a
noxious weed that may come into the
soil later on. Let the pure love of Art
send it's roots deep down and all thru
the child's conceptmass, then there
will be good foundation for right
artistic education. In the light OF
this principle it makes much differ
ence what kind of pictures we view
and admire, what music we hear;
what scenery we look upon; what
ideals we cherish, what companions
we associate with, what operas and
theatres we patroniZe, what literature
we read, what songs we love-"
We must stop doing wrong. And 1t
is wrong to encourage, either thru IN
difference or passive resistance the
low standards as evidenced by great
dea! of the music now in vogue.
We must begin doing right, and
keep on doing right and thus estab-
lish good habits.
For good habits beget character.
Bad habits are expensive things.
The influence of Lindsborg, Kansas.
CA community much smaller than
Wil!mar) with it's world famous Mes
siah Chorus is felt all over this coun-
try and the fame of this miracle town
has spread even across the seas.
Lindsborg, thru its passionate love
for the wholesome, the beautiful, the
reverent, the educational in music,
is directly responsible for similar I'M
dertakings in many communities
thruout our land.
In Minneapolis the business men
have contributed over $1,OOO,00O.OO
during the past II or 18 years toward
the support of Symphony Orchestra.
Why?
In Chicago Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Nc
Cormack have contributed over w.
SOC, 100000 toward the support of the
Chicago Grand Opera Company.
Why?
In New York millions Of dollars are
yearly contributed by the business
men toward the support of the Sym
phony Orchestras and the Metropol'
itan Opera Company.
Why? j
In Chicago the citizens themselves
raised huge sum and presented it to
the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as
an Endowment Fund.
Why?
And why do your men of affairs
support your own splendid band here
in Willmar?
The demand for good music in our
communities is evidenced by the fact
that a cry has gone forth to license
all teachers in the state of Minnesota
That means, that before any teacher
is granted certificate to teach, the
state will want to know if he or she
is equipped for this highly important