The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-05-18

cducatlOnal program where there wa
any need for it at ALL She urget
the study Of the constitution of tn,
!; United States, the m%mOrizing of it,
preamble, and proper observance o.
the fourth Of July. She said tina
the day offered wonderful oppor
tunity for AmericanizatiOn pro
| FramS.
Music Memory Contests
Mrs. John Knauff of jamestown
district chairman of the depart
mcnt Of music, stressed the valu.
to be obtained through musical
memory contests. She said that as
IA result of inquiries sent to the IS
different clubs, she was convinced
that the need for development of
musical talents in communities
must have been deeply felt by all
of them.
Lets make good music popular,
and popular music good" and
Hearing America First" were the
slogan adopted in the campaign to
spread information in regard to
| music.
81 would suggest, if you are Ii
terary club, that no more interest
ing or inspiring facts can be stu
died that in the experiences OF
many of our musicians, or the
sources of plots of innumerable
/ operas, themes Of various instru-
mental and vocal compositions, de-
velopment of church music, inven-
ton of muny musical instruments,
| birth and development Of the or
| chestra, national characteristics ex-
! pressed in music, influence of vari-
| Gus historical events upon the char
| acter of music and so on indefinite-
ly.
"Our committee suggests the be-
ginning of each meeting with the
singing of America and the closing
| with the singing of "America, the
Beautifully our club song.
! I'VE suggest that each program Of
the year should have one or two vo-
cal or instrumental selections, cor
| related as nearly as possible to the
subject studied.
"To observe in each community a
music week"
| ITO encourage your Libraries 90
put upon their shelves books es-
pecially useful and interesting"
| The books gotten out by the Vic
| trola and Columbia musical concerns
are particularly well adapted to the
use of clubs in instituting of must
cal memory contests, the speaker
said.
| Much interest was added to the
meeting by the introduction of vocal
and instrumental musical selections
by the best talent of Bismarck. The
meetings were opened with chorus
singing and the strains of america,
the Beautiful" the club song be-
came an inseparable part of the con-
vention. Mrs. O. X. Freid of James,
town proved herself an inspirational
director.
The following reports by district
chairmen of the various clubs were
! heard during the morning session.:
| Current Events, Mrs. Nellie
Evarts, Bismarck; Fortnightly Mrs.
+. r. Smyth, Bismarck; Women's,
Mrs. c. B. Whitley, Bismarck; Arts
and Letters, Mrs. Florence Davis,
Bismarck, Monday club, Bismarck;
| Mrs. +. A. Lahr, Bismarck; Parent
Teachers, Mrs. Aaron Somsen, Bucll-
anan; reports from Courtney, Daw-
son Fortnightly, Garrison Tuesday
Improvement, and Goodrich Wo-
! mems club were read by the secre-
tary Mrs. c. A. Cross, in
the absence of the delegates. Mus
ical club, Mrs. j. Knauff, James
town; Wednesday, Mrs. H. G. Proc.
ter, Jamestown; Women's, Mrs. H.
Berge, Mercer; Fortnightly, Miss
Hooker, Dawson; Winfield Mothers,
Mrs. Buck, Jamestown; Women's
Study, Mrs. McGreevy, Turtle Lake;
Pingree Woman's literary, by secre-
tary-trpasurer.
The meeting closed this afternoon
with an afternoon session at the
Country club following the o'clock
luncheon.
Delegates attending the meeting
were:
Mrs. H. F. Keller, Bismarck, Wo-
mans club; Mrs. Pauline West,
Mercer, Study club; Mrs. Oscar
Freid, jamestown, Musical; Mrs. r.
f. McGrevey,- and Mrs. Joe Marty,
Turtle Lake, Woman's; Mrs. Eric
Thorberg, and Mrs. Obert Olson,
Bismarck, Current Events; Mrs. j.
Knauff, jamestown, Musical; Mrs.
B. C. Hjelle, Mercer, Study; Mrs. A.
M. Gregor, Dawson, Fortnightly,
Mrs. H. G. Proctor, jamestown,
Wednesday; Mrs. A. Somusen, Buch-
anan, Parent Teachers; Miss Alice
r. Hooker, Dawson, Fortnightly;
Mrs. F. R. Smyth, and Mrs. VIM.
Nuessle, Bismarck, Fortnightly;
Mrs. Obert Olson and Mrs. E. A.
Thorberg, Bismarck, Current Events;
Mrs. J. B. Smith and Mrs. H. F.
Keller, Woman's; Mrs. F. A. Lair
and H. F. Goddard, Bismarck Mon
day; Florence Davis, Bismarck, Arts
and Letters; Mrs. Aaron Somsen,
Buchanan, Parent-Teachers; Mrs.
"A. M. Gregor, and Miss Alice +.
Hooker, Dawson, Fortnightly; Mrs.
H. G. Proctor, jamestown, Wednes-
day; Mrs. j. Knauf, and Mrs. Oscar
Fried, jamestown, Musical; Mrs.
Pauline West, Mrs. Berge, and Mrs.
B. c. Hjelle, Mercer, Study; Mrs.
Joe Marty and Mrs. T. F. McGreevy,
Turtle Lake, Women's.
Visitors at the convention were:
Mines. j. H. Davidson, E. o. Free
berg, Knutson, ]. Peterson, O. S.
Hjelle, Nelson, and Miss Nelson, all
of Mercer.
The preliminaries of the opening
session of the district meeting were
dispatched with such rapidity that
q number of reports scheduled for
today were read yesterday.