Woman's enterprise., 1922-03-10
MpS, WILSON URGES
MUSIC As BRANCH OF
STAZEPUBLLC SCHOOLS

Mrs. H. D. Wilson Of HUSTON
chairman of Music for the State Fed
....ion has sent out the following let
J, 10 the President Of the Federated
Clubs:
n.,r Madam President:
The question, "Why should we have
supervisor of Music and Music as
,eeular branch in the Public
.shools?" having been asked, the fol'
wing letter is sent out as an an
mo statements, ut will add to the
,Lasure Of the STUDENT ut will give
. added attraction to the home;' "lt
m help the church service by giving
mo and better congregational sing
~ have all been given so otter
ut they have ceased to have the
isre they merit.
The power Of singing in building up
4. pride has, however, but recently
..r recognized. Only within the
1T few years have factory and de-
.tment store employees been gath
I'D together to unite in community
Ines. The community sing, as a
r,e in uniting the people Of a COM
unitv is now we'll known. If the
is and girls were allowed to COM
NEE this work early in life, as they
mid be in any school with an up
bdate Supervisor, more people would
able to take part in these sings
q their power for good proportion
nv increased.
llere is another reason why we
Aau)d have an efficient Supervisor
every school. 1t is the educational
Ihe Of Music. To give an idea of
value attached to Music by lead
I educators I give the following
stations, only one Of which is the
htement Of a musician.
Thomas Taper, Lecturer in the
3 siute Of Musical Art of the city
New York, says, "Music- is not
ably the work Of the fingers but
! e hand, the head and the heart
aarles W. Eliot, President Emeri-
Harvard University, says, "The
4 he which music now holds in the
lsol programs is far too small. By
NJ teachers and educational ad-
aisrators music and drawing are
regarded as fads or trivia, ac-
plishments not worthy to rank as
stantial educational material;
lreas they are important features
he outfit Of every human being
= means to be cultivated, efficient,
ntionally happy" At another
= he said, "Music rightly taught,
y best mind trainer on the list;
kjhouM have more Of the practical
eets, like music and drawing, and
: grammar and arithmetic"
r Claxton, Provost, University
Alabama and Ex-United States
aissioner Of Education, says,
l. Z ire q very practical people, we
\ aieans, and we are constantly
Y IN our schools things that
= Of practical value. We teach
z because Of its practical val
y teach writing, arithmetic, ge-
~ and algebra because of their
81 value. But, if you think
next to reading and writ
next to the power to count
fiorm the simplest processes
Metic, music is the most
thing in our schools" j.
=. Winship, the we'll known
4 the Journal of Education,
Ausic is as real in it's service
aaity as the multiplication ta-
again, "Music when rightly
aad practiced gets into the
land girls and stays there
Nod and womanhood as does
ele in the schools"
4. Edison, the Inventor,
Z BY the editor Of the Etude
vas = human essential, re-
9 AK me If music is a hu-
atial. To the Eskimo or
= islander, no. To the
rrenchman, Englishman,
81 ~"
taee Of such evidence must
Z a daughters continue to
! privilege of Supervised
y Public Schools?
]. Very respectfully,
RS. H. D. WILSON,
ssate Chairman Of Music,
- read before your club
II which Mrs. Wilson ;s