Central Catholic High School - Katholikon Yearbook (DuBois, PA)

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Elpv illilrnmr Muszc DAY the student of musl cal hlstory IS overwhelmed wlth ama7ement as he looks back and conslders the almost xncredlble developement of muslc ln the Unlted States dur mg the past century Nothlng l1ke lt has ever been known 1n the hlstory of the world Less than a half century ago muslc was belleved to be more or less of an accomphshment than a prxme necessltv as It now IS Muslcal plogress gradually a wakened about the year 1890 and growth of muslc 1n our country has culmmated wlth such glorxous results that It IS no longer necess ary for us Amerlcans to go to forelgn countrles to study the art In Europe at thls tlme Germany was pre emlnent IH music but the salarles pald to soloxsts and teach ers IH the Unlted States caused a vast numbex of a1t1sts come to thls country Consequentlv orchestras and choruses were establlshed m the larger c1t1es and the study of muslc grew IH leaps and bounds Prevlous to thls tlme the Unlted States had been 1n a pioneer stage of matel 1al developement and llttle attentlon had been gn en to the study of classlcal musxc At one time the Congl ess would hax e been shocked and dumb found ed lf any membel had suggested the appropr1at1on of several m11l lon dollars to be spent ln ma1nta1n 1ng a department of muslc as a branch of a govelnment as IS the case now In Congress wh1ch assembled ln 1910 Warren G Huffman a broad mlnded and enllghtened member of the House of Representatlves and a talented amateur p1an1st as well lntloduced 1n the House a blll approprlatlng S10 000 000 for the bulldlng of the Natlonal School of Muslc 1n Washlngton It was that our natlon learned that musl cal tra1n1ng IS the most potent method of awakenlng the apprecla tlon of the good and beautlful MUSIC has become the most un1 versal study of the world and to day people of good soclal standlng would no more confess a complete lgnorance of muslc wlthout blush 1ng than be gullty of grammatical errors The moralltw as well as happ1 ness of the Amerlcan people has been Improved and stat1st1cs of the penetentxarles and hospltals show that the number of mmates has fallen off 90p IH ten years Sclentliic developement has long proven what muslc w1ll do for the af'H1cted Both of mlnd and body Th1rtS years ago the Guxld of 32 'cc - 'yy .H - .- . 7 '. L A' I , D , s - 9 ' 7 Q .- 7 ! K . y . 1 . . Y v7 ' Y 9 , A o u 0 . .- to-dav this remarkable period of through th1s and s1m1lar strldes Y . . ' ' v , , ' Y '

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Lthr H11-ntnr Clmstzan Educatzon T114 cut 1n youth to foxm the youthful mlnd Ic1 1 thc tv.1g1 bent thc tue s lflllllltd RUE educatxon IS the tram 1ng of both body and soul Any system of educatlon from whlch 1el1g1on IS ex eluded IS lnadequate and mcom plete and therefore an 1n1ust1ce to the chlld rece1v1ng It True edu cat1on should develope the whole man Intellect and heart body and soul should be CUltlV3t9d and fitted each to act IH 1tS own sphere The lnculcatlon of p1ety reverence and rellglous doctrlne IS more 1m portant than the tralnmg ln athlet IC sports or 1n mathematlcal stud 19S It 1S not after all the know ledge of chemlstry or the hablts of bees that Wlll carry one through hfe but the capaclty to do what one does not want to do 1f the thmg 111 quest1on must be done Rel1g1ous educatlon stands for the mak1ng of good cltlfens teach 1ng as It does that there are two great Commandments the love of God and the love of our ne1ghbor We ale wauanted 1n saxlng that these two contaln the whole law and the prophets WlthOut the knowledge and practlce of these two laws there can be no success no 1eal happmess w1thout these men w1ll not value rlght and hon esty above temporal advantages will not be spnltually strong enough to conquer thelr strong pas SIOHS There should therefore be no llglous educatlon Chlldren have a rxght to It and parents who are m earnest about the1r duty would rather see the1r chlldren dead than see them robbed of that preclous boon A Chr1st1an Educatlon John E Anderson f vw .0 ASI' , 31 1:2,x,z.,' A, . V. ' , 1'J'2S l -A 'S 1 1 -11' ' -' 1 - . , ' ' 1 ' , ! ! . . . - Y 7 ' Q ' Q ' doubt about the necessity of a re- . . w . ' 9 7 . . , . . V1 y ' . , 1-A 1 ,r liwwalghq, ,Ez il 1. 1 : fl X 2, .- ' J Q- LQ '19

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L, r ilirntnr St Cecelia xxdx founded This ganizdtion pioxided musicians tom xarioui hospitdle The IQDOIYQ ot then xx oilx asscit that music quiets the ncixes and soothes pain To c .xx oui xxondeitul and 'xl mont mx steiious iddio xx xteme ent lJlOdllLdStlllg thc xxol ld Q best HEN81 too occupied to glxe a pol t on ot then talents ox ei ae medl cine to the dleedsed mind W e noxx haxe mueic ex cix xx heic Ewen the factoiiee are Qupplied xxlth muslc foi it le found that em plox eee do bettel and mole skill ful xxoik undei ite 19fll1lIlg' inilu ence So called populai music much in xogue but Qome fipeclmens xxhlth haxe come doxxn to ue ale not a credit to the Il3.tlOIlN tom poseis Mueu ot this tx pe hae been con mueic ot the deepext tlllCQt and moxt exalted chaiactei Should End a place in oui conceit piogiam in oui pailw factoxiee xx oikehope and homee Gertrude P Dietz 73 The Yun Dial I once savx a house in the tountix It xx as built in the time ot Queen Anne It stood on the top ot a hillotk In the midst of a xxooded land And in fi ont of this quaint little cottage Among all the old fashioned floxxeis, W as the Sun Dial on which xx as 1IlSLllb9fl Icount onlx sunnx hou s Josephine Sem le ' '1 Th 33 . - ' s ' . or- L' : ' ' ' - . . L ' ' . , . V , . , ff sv is - I, -,v . , V. I - 1 - - f ,4 v ' 1 v - 7 N ' . ' '- v 1 - music and its great performers are signed to oblivion. Nothing but l ,7 I I N ' I v 9 1 v w u . 1 , , '. v,.v . ., ' ' 'I ' '. ., v 1 , .' . ' . . 1' w' . . ' ' - ' f N ' f. if L 1 Y 7 . ' ' p v 1 . '1 5 1. A4 A 5, S t, 1,S.!!