Evening star., 1922-12-10

being found in q few countries in
Europe and also in. South America.
only sound and Immediately possible
method for the support of colleges
and universities Of general learning.
The argument occasionally made even
yet by few ultra-conservatives that
education. like other commodities, can
6e bought only by those who can pay
for 1t, and necessarily. under economic
laws. be withheld from those who
cannot. has long ago been discarded
and dfscredited by the great majority
or all peoples. as well as by ali edu-
Gators.
1T is to the interest Of a country
10 nave its citizens educated: that is
the reply in nutshell Of the upholders
OF the endowment system. 1t is
equally true that it is to the inter-
est OF country to have those Of it's
people who possess special talent in
to develop that talent within their
own country. So that the music
school with an endowment sufficiently
large to make its purpose high and
unselfsh, but charging sufficient tut
tion to limit it's students to those
which is expected to repay them and
their families for the effort made in
its development. is coming to be the
accepted solution of our musical edu-
cation problem.
Such a school Of music has it's own
teaching staff. covering each depart
ment of instruction, each with its
prescribed course. and providing the
best teachers available, free from
commercial considerations, and so en-
abled to maintain the discipline
necessary to obtain the best results:
of students: they cannot accommo-
date all those who apply for admis-
sion; but they are in need of in
creased endowment in order to care
for the annually increasing number or
students-increasing because Of their
leans are trying to preach to them
that musical education can be OBJ
tanned here as we'll as in Paris, Rome
or Vienna.
This type of school does more
than teach it's students: it provides
the atmosphere and spirit of music
through its choruses and its Or
chestras, and it gives the advantages
of these to the public at the same
time. The two orchestras and the
standing chorus in our. lnstitute are
as great an inspiration TO the stu
dent body as the members OF the
faculty, or indeed, the director.
"A we'll organized institution can
even go further in anticipating the
wide enrolment which Is onered
tory schools among the very young.
where the method and character or
the school can be inculcated as a
process of Standardization, if nothing
more.
such work is as impossible with
out endowment as would be the
work of the great universities. The
city of New Orleans is demonstrating
the kind of interest which VIII re-
suit in an awakening of this country
to the fact that it is not reasonable
to criticize its ambitious young mu-
sicians for seeking European instruc-
tion until the endowment of music
makes it possible for them to OBJ
tain in this country the high stand
ard of education which teachers in
give. but for which the financial re-
sources of local Institutes are not
adequate. except for a limited num-
ber Of students.
But, even with proper endowment,
still more important duty rests with
uct of our own schools are given
equal consideration with the artists
who secure their training abroad. our
national impulse for better music is
lost. Too often the mere glamour OF
an account of European instruction
and achievement creates an interest
in the work of that artist altogether
disproportionate to his performance.
The arts should be kept the least
susceptible to so-called patriotism.
bus we must. at least. try out our
own on equal footing with the for
eign examples of the very training
we would establish here"
Dedication services this morning at
the new Shrine of the Sacred Heart
will serve also as the initial hearing
by the public of a new organ of mag
nificent proportions According to an
account just issued in the Parish Rec
ord, a monthly publication dealing
with church activities. a writer claims
that the organ is the one continuing
voice in the church. and that it has
more important function than
merely to add to the attractiveness of
the services; in fact. that 1T is the
medium of very vital part Of the
service. He says: Ministers. singers
and congregations come and go. but
the organ is always there. awaiting
the musicians touch to bring it's mes
sage to the human soul. 1t will voice
the joy of the bride as she approaches
the altar; it will comfort the sorrow
ing as they follow their dead: it will
be jubilant with us In our victories.
hearten us in our defeats and bear US
out upon the tides of time to those
heavenly regions where the discords
of life are resolved into the harmonies
Of the peace of God.'
Such, indeed, may be pre-eminently
the case with the new Sacred Heart
organ. which possesses all the es-
sentials that. combined, produce a
sweetness. responsive action. variety
of tonal effects and up-to-date mech
anism in its construction.
The specifications of the organ
are on somewhat classical lines Be
sides the usual diapasoh tone. there
q
swell organ, seven rank in all. In
the swell organ there is a complete
set of chorus reeds and on the pedal
organ stops of all the families are
to be found.
The organ contains SO stops. or 1854
speaking pipes. distributed over four
manuals and the pedals The main
chests have 73 notes and the pedals
32 Moreover the organ contains a
set of tubular chimes of 25 notes and
a celeste or celestial harp of 81 bars,
and. while the instrument is intended
p1 imarily for church music. it has all
the qualifications necessary for con-
cert purposes. if SO desired.
The console. which is detached and
placed just inside the rail of the
choir gallery is itself a marvel of in
genious and compact workmanship.
and rapid changes of registration.
The casing is of mahogany and con-
forms in style to the architecture of
the church. which is Romanesque, and
the decorations are in consistent har-
mony with the artistic interior of the
edi1ce. The acoustics of the church,
which have already been tested, prove
to be unsurpassed. and this fact alone
will add greatly to the effectiveness
of the organ.
Marie Louise Sullivan. one of Wash
ington's most talented and compe-
tent young organists, who has re-
ceived all her mnCica1 i,,