Muncie Normal Institute - Arbor Vitae Yearbook (Muncie, IN), Class of 1915, Page 15 of 170

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F s - been sounded and named. as a clue. ll is a science ot' intervals. This is an essential part ot' Public School Music and is a vital part ot' any school cur- riculum. This study is called "solt'eggio." Vocal instruction in the Public School Music is not necessary, but the solleggio part is valuable to every student. XVe nmst read music as we read our grammar. or any other study: without hearing the sounds. Solteggio is the first stcp towards this desideratum. Singing is ot great help to the pianist. Any method that takes up the two clet's in the early stages and does not cling too closely to the key ol' tl, is good. liut no method is good without a good teacher. Only hc. who can demonstrate every possibility. is a good teacher. The sympathetic bond between pupil and teacher must never be lost sight ol: it is a most impor- tant factor. Another thing- the juvenile recitals are injurious to thc pupil. They dwarl' the growth. l'iubenstein's mother was wise in relusing to allow the boy to give concerts, in spite ol' their need ol' the money. .losel llolmann was the greatest child prodigy ever heard in music. but tailed to become the wonder he was expected to become, in later years. Richard Strauss is still the foremost living composer, though not what we expected ot' llotmann. This is the age ol' scientilic pedagogy. "Education" is derived from the l.atin "educo" meaning "to bring out." and it is the aim of every teacher to elicit all they can from thc pupil that he naturally has instead ol' trying to hammer in. ttf course it was not always so. Hayden. Beethoven and Paganinni sullered many severe punishments for the slightcst mistakes. liut music is being composed for children today. by liizct, liheinberger, Schumann and others that will enable thc youngest student to play and comprehend. The time is al hand when music has its rightful place in the education ot' our children and only those who are well qualitied in the reading and execution ot' it may be able to procure positions in our schools and colleges. "'Thc nian that hath no music in hinirclf. Nor is not moxcd by the concord ol' swccl round - ls tit for trcasons. ftrzilagenis and spoils, The innliolls uf his spirit arc dull as night. .ind his allcctions darla as lirclnisg I.ct no such man bc truKtcd.' Said Lorenzo." Shailicspcarc. "Nh-i'chant ui' Venice." .Xcl Y. Scene l. 'wr e 1 w if YQ, X AM, . .1- 104

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