The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1928-05-10

churches Sunday.
Miss Grace +. Z. Holman gave the following
aauress OF Boys and Girls Week at Westminster
congregational church Sunday evening At First
frespElerlan church Il grouping of all the presIn-
,erei cholrs of the city, eight in humber made n
netatitai program under the direction Of Julson
waldo Mather. The Cathedral of Our adv of
Lourdes was especially honored at the early morn,
Heink.
Miss Holman said:
Today is marking the beginning of what stano
Tor the happieSt week of all the year "Natianal Mn
sic Week when all America the old and the
Young the professional and the amateur are ming
ing win one accord and for purpose-that Of
of every individual.
And what could link up with music in making
more happy and perfect combination than boys
ana girls! So IT is that all 'us boys and girls" are
with you tonight in response to our DR. Harper
that we may start Boys and Girls Week" off also
in the right fashion.
just where to begin the subject of music in a
short informal talk is difficult for from the begin
hihg 1t has seemed to have place
Long years. even centuries before the Pilgrims
landed ON the rockbound coast of Massachusetts
music was contributing to the morals Of the peo
pies The Children of Israel sang as they came ont
of the Red Sea, while we. even now are ioininp
with the millions of the past ages in turning 10 the
Songs of David THE Lord is my Shepherd | shall
not want" BLESS the Lord O my Soul and all that
is within me bless and praise His holy name" "ie
mat dweleth in the secret place Of the most High
shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty
such mHsie-Hasc of the psalms can never grow
old but becomes more and like the rock of
Gibralter to which we fasten our faith.
Coming down through the avenues Of time
we hear Paul and Silas singing in prison
Some centuries later came the Gregoriap chant
which we are told was the earliest form of organ
lied music and in which the fortude and faith
of the people found vent.
Someone has said that probably no group brought
np t,Ia in
than did the meistersngers and troubalours ms they
iourneyed from hamlet to hamlet with their songs
Of good cheer.
Thru these songs the people found real
enjoyment anu Il deal of courage tn live and do the
worth while
II is undoubtedly true that these morale giving
folk songs and dances built something into the
character of these early peoples, the value of which
to present and future generations is nestmable.
Now we come to the great outstanding singers
tsnch q glorious array Bach? Are you not the
better for the Passion" music of Bach?
And the Halleujah chorus by Handel? How
those wonderful strains have stirred and unified
vast audiences as nothing else has done.
And the cry of Elijah by Mendelssohn
What you might say, has all this together with
much more of this grand music to do with world
morale! do not think that is question:
to that the really pertinent and unansw-
cradle question is-What sort of world morale would
there have been without this God given conribu
ton of these werld-sngers?
Modern music? These much discussed "mol-
erns" who certainly are having their innings today
History only will tell of their contributions TO the
world morale or to its antithesis.
Nearly century ago Dir. Lowell Mason IA man
with vision and sensed the Importance of
music to the extent that he believed 1t to be the
birthrght of every boy and girl.
Gould boys and girls actually learn to sing by
note? Would they really like It? Would they stick
to it year In and year outp Would ii interfere
with the all-important three "R's"g
These of the many questions that
had to be settled before the Boston school board
would permit this enthusiastic singer hearing I'm