The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-04-04

benefit to the student who takes
ar active part in it. Music helps
preserve a high morale in the
school; it aids in building the
character of the young men and
women.
Music meets in the form of con
tests and festivals are good evil
dence that we are rightly coming
to regard music as fundamental
in the education of American chill
dren.
Children Learn Music
When the Dodson family out in
Vancouver, B. c., bought two cor
nets and a trombone for their
children, the eldest of whom was
then but six, the neighbors view
ed the musical project with de-
cided skepticism.
Father Dodson, however, had
ideas of his own, and the doubts
Of the neighbors worried him not
one iota. He believed that chill
dren run the streets" because
there is nothing in the average
home to hold their interest. He
believed that with a definite some
thing in the home it would be
the home, and not the streets,
that would see the most of his
children. Further, he believed
that music could supply that def
mite something. At least it was
worth a trial. His three children
Billy is now eight, Hector is six
and Mona is four-are now real
musicians and have successfully
played their instruments on a
acknowledgement vaudeville cir
cult.
So it is over the United States.
Never has there been such wide
spread interest in band music. A
school is approved when their
band wins the state championship
as they are when their football
eleven cleans up on every other
aggregation in the section.
Thanks For Assistance
We wish to thank the Poplar
school and Brockton for doing so
much to help us make a success
of the district music meet. The
Poplar brass quartet cornet solo
and Russian dance numbers added
much color to the contest mum
bers. Attorney Rucker of Gull
bertson and Superintendent and
Mrs. McElwain of Frazer also de-
serve much credit for their splen-
did cooperation. Supt. Mitchell,
Coach Bawden and Miss Teske of
Poplar and Supt. Ferguson and
Coach Johnson of Brockton were
on the job to help put the meet
over. The meet was also a fl
nancial success. $4,000 was clear
ed out of a gross of $4,000. This
will help send the band to Great
Contest Winners
The winners for the day ere
Extemporaneous speaking: LIST
Delmer Lesson, Bainville; End By
ron Armstrong, Glasgow. /,
Cornet solo: Dean Herman,
Wolf Point, 1st; Lucille Kurtz,
.pheim, End. (,
Saxophone solo: Melbourne Cot
lev, Wolf Point, first. F.,
Oliver Lem, Brockton, second.
Trombone solo: Warren Wright, d,
Wolf Point. ,
Clarinet solo: Myrtle Lem,
Brockton. !
Soprano solo: Emily Heinz, Cul- !
.,ertson, first; Aileen Anderson, ;
Wolf Point, End. T
Boys solo: Leonard Kaniewski, !
Wolf Point. I
Piano duet: Ruth Nedrud, Belle =,
Everett, Wolf Point. =
Piano solo: Belle Everett. =
Glee club: Wolf Point. o
Band: Wolf Point first; Brock =
second. f.
Wilma Prichard of Brockton 1
ang a solo for the evening pro- :
ram. z
Miss Eugenia Alexander, in r
tructor of English at Culbertson. II
ccompanied the speaker, Miss \
buckley. Miss Agnes Anderson, =
instructor in public speaking at
glasgow, accompanied the speak :,
Byron Armstrong. :,
The Minnesota U. band will S
i've a band formal on April IL. e
II band members, alumni band
TENDERS and guests of band mem l.
ers will attend. Actual scenes 81
.om places visited by the band n
n its two weeks jaunt through G.
he Southland will be used in the J;
ecorations. Harold Shipman is a K
of the finance committee. B
The jamestown high school "
oy's band of % pieces, senior k;
vision, will broadcast from R
7DAY, Fargo, from 8 to 4 p. M,
lr time, on Sunday. B.
Short Easter Vacation b
Our school will have a vaca- c.
Good Friday and Easter Mon d.
This will allow us to stop 81
nd take a deep breath before r.
unging into the strenuous year N
Id activities. School dismisses so
on or