Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-07-29
Thf6e-fOId Value of
the School Band


band-first TO the boy or Girl who
participates Young America ITSELF
second. TO THE SCHOOL, and
third. TO THE COMMUNITY.
Every person. whatever his other
interests in his boy, his schools or
bis community. shonld lend his
m,ral support. good wishes. en-
cJuraeement. and money if neces-
sary, to this worthy activity 1t
reflects vividIy a step forward in
education crystalIizes strikiDgly the
advancement that has been made
in the methods Of building better
citizens. promoting the human val
ues from which America of tomor-
row is being built day bv day.
Membership 10 a school band
gives boy better idea of the
value Of organization. 1t teaches
him c0operation-teAm play and
teaches him to be dependable.
D1n't YOU want your boy to absol b
those ideals? II also accustOms
him to bearing responsibility. and
drives home to him thoroughly the
sound first principles of democracy :
for there is no caste" in the band
rOom--no superiority except that
won by fellows own efforts. 1t
influences boys to stay in school till
graduation - sometimes hard
problem. And it builds up appreci-
alton for music, has refining in
fluence, and tends toward the for
nation OF the sort of ideals you
and his teachers are trying to build
up 10 his soul.
For the sehooI. the baIsd serves
as legitimate advertisement sec
ond to none. Ii takes precedence
over athletics, but co-ordinates with
athletics. 1t encourages the esprit
de corps which makes for efficiency.
teamwork, interplay of effort and
harmonious discipline.
There is no discipline in the world
so effectual with boy as the dis
cipIine Of the bardroom. That is
proved in thousands of instances.
Ocala. Floridr. for example--tak-
ing al random. and not unusual in
stance--not large city. with only
few more than a hundred boys
enrolled. attracted 35 of them into
the band. Organized in March.
three years aso, with only IA men,
bers, the majority in the grades at
that time its first appearance that
year was in June 1t was so good
it automatically created an orches-
ira. Intense interest grew by leaps
and bounds. The townspe0ple grew
proud of it. And today, unques-
tionabIy, Ocala. Florida. is better
known nationally for its splendid
school band, than for any other fea-
ture OF the thriving little city.
People who care how and where
their children are educated are at
tracted to a town which sustains q
first-class school hand. Local pride
is stimulated Ii is mutual. The
band takes pride in its town. and
the town takes pride in its band.
Good citizenship is nurtured, and
as consequence, the community
spirit is enhanced. These boys grow
up to be USEFUL, worth while Cit
izens. You don't find band boys
in the reformatories and prisons,
though inyarlbly, now days. you
do find bands in those institutions,
for their civilizine, enlightenine ef
feet and influence. and their known
power to build character.
Leaders in education everywhere
have come to recognize the school
band as one of the strongest, if not
the very strongest. incentive to keep
pupils in schools, available to the
educational world. And it is rec0g-
nized that it is an easy matter to
organize such a band, from among
pupils with no former training in
music-building merely upon the In
terest in il which is well nieh uni
yersal among the young people of
today. Here is exactly where the
foundation can be successfully laid