DuSable High School - Red and Black Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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M SIEMNMMMMMMMAMWVW What do you hear when you listen to music? Are you a heart listener, a head listener, or merely a foot listener? The ancients were primarily the heart listeners, while we moderns embrace all three. The origin of religious music was accredited to the Hebrews and Assyrians. The Greeks, however, were the first to encourage the study of music. While sacred music was still receiving special attention the modern period gradually began. Today our modern music may be of two kinds-classical and swing. Enjoyment may be found in both. Intelligent listen- ing is not dependent upon the thorough knowledge of music. Of all the arts music is practiced the most and thought about the least. The radio offers a medium through which both types of music may be heard. Many people read the newspapers on the day after they have attended a concert or operatic representation for the purpose of finding out whether or not the performance gave them proper or sufficient enjoyment. Still others ask them- selves the questions: What effect does it really produce on me? Does it give me pleasure? Unless pleasure is received the piece of music has not done the work for which it was written. Let us cultivate, then, the spirit of keen enjoyment. Let us strive to appreciate to the utmost, the beauties of this fine art. '5!5f5f'N Page Five

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,MA cfedicafe MLM U0 owne fo lt is with gratitude and appreciation of its progress in each achievement and willing service to the school and community that we, the Ianuary class, 1940, of the Iean Baptiste Point Du Sable High School, dedicate this book, the 1940 RED and BLACK to OUR BAND.