The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-10-29


stereotyped platitudes and try to pic
ture for you community built up in
musical terms. For example, have
headed my remarks with the caption,
"a Community Concert Then / have
tried to apply to community activity
as l should like to think of it, GER
tain terms.
First, Rhythm. That figurative sway
ing motion that appeals to the es-
| thetic, side of our natures and lifts
| the spirits above the humdrum and
servile. We see its effect on the
smallest child. It is one of the fun
damentals of the kindergarten teach
ing. 1t produces the laughter. or the
glee expression, which dispels the
shadows and makes the heart glow
| and the spirit amenable to it's daily
duties. As someone has said: ut is
faith in something and enthusiasm
for something that makes life worth
looking at"
After all, laughter, as DR.. Crane
puts it, is the sign of life power.
It is the war-shot of life triumph
ant.
Very well, multiply that to the
proportions of community and you
have the foundation for the launch
| ing of big possibilities and reason
able probability of getting things
done.
In other words, the first requisite
in community building is Atmosphere.
Set the stage artistically and mean
ingly before you introduce your act
Ors.
Second, Harmony. The orchestra
has assembled. The numbers have
been selected and each member has
been assigned a part. What next :?
Harmony. The strength and support
of all institutions, the blending of
talent, concerted MISREPRESENTATION.
Concerted desire-aspiration. Con-
certed will dedication. Concerted ac-
ton realization, for where such a
spirit reigns success is assured.
But the community activity must
ever be tuned to the highest COM
munity ideal. So many people do not
understand or appreciate Wagnerian
music. 1t is weird and repulsive at
times to an unframed ear. To appre-
ciate Wagner it is requisite that one
catch his spirit, and realize that
Wagner's renditions were peculiarly
related to the Rhenish legends and
to the heros of the north.
In this community orchestra each
part is an integral part of the whole.
The piccolo is as important in it's
sphere as the basso. Discord will en-
sue if the mind of each is dwelling
upon the fact that he could do better
with some other instrument, or sit
ting in some others place.
| Life consists Of two or three big
things, and multitude of little
ones.
True character is shaped by the
little things of life well done!
Third, Unison. There are times in
community life when it is necessary
to be all Of one mind, so to speak.
Some one thing seems necessary to
the rise and progress of the commun-
| ity, question Of civic betterment,
of education for our children, of NOR
al protection. When all must speak
as one man. This involves heart
searching, and the sinking for the
time being of mere selfish personal
interest. Utilitarianism, the greatest
good to the greatest number.
Too many of US perhaps go thru
life with chip On our shoulders. es-
tablishing "our rights, what are
our rights anyway? Whatever they
are, they are vitality related to those
of our fellows. AS matter of fact
no man gets his real deserts in this
life. Some are in Jail through mis-
fortune-other are at large through
sheer criminal cleverness.
Rembrandt the world-master in the
use of light and shade in painting,
left production which is exhibited
in the Ryks Museum in Amsterdam,
entitled "The Night Watch" The pic
ture is priceless. That, together with
his other masterpiece "Bathsheba,"
should have caused him to live like
prince through his entire life from
that time on. But facts reveal that
13 years after their production his
personal goods were sold at auction
by law to pay his debts, and he died
| in poverty.
| In Florida today one could find, no
doubt, many SHARK" preying upon
the ignorance of his fellows, in order
to get rich quick, and they get away
with it. But life in the aggregate is
of more durable substance than
things" Faith. integrity, love, are
eternal, and all service whether indi-
vidual or collective is yalueless unless
| it contributes to the keeping alive of
| just those virtues. There never was
a time in the history Of Pasco when
there was a greater need for the
maintaining of faith among men. love
toward men, and service for and thru
men.
Fourth. Soloists. Another sugges-
ton in this community orchestral
work is that of solo work. Leaders,
conscientious. clean, upright, whole
souled, leaders are the crying need
of every community.
Men, all wool and yard wide,
head and shoulders above the average
in character and power to act with
wisdom, and sanctified common sense
and to open up avenues of effort, and
then lead the rank and file through