Elk City High School - Elk Yearbook (Elk City, OK)

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MUSIC lt IS gratifying to note that our excellent school board has been on the alert lll wrsely provldldmg a room rn the Central building where pup1's of all grades may pursue the shady of the purest, the most Intellectual of all arts-music. Whlle those who excel rn this line art go on leammg after their school days, lt IS ln early years that the skillful training of the hand to obey the mmd must be done and that the habits of listening and thmlnng in tones must be formed. lluslc lms a wonderful power over the young giving birth to noble as.- Dll lll0ll8, weaning them from dClll0l'8llZlllg pleasures, elevating and re lining the entire nature A simple melody may become embedded in a chllds soul and leave its lmpnnt forever We are wld that Milton who was a school master as well as a poet, devised a plan of education rn which the fatlgues of studv was mterspers ed by Intervals of music whrle the Greeks held its culture rn such high esteem that their children were taught their letters rn song Probably the greatest reason why we should studv music rs because through its influence the cares and sorrows of every day life are forgot ten. peace and comfort found and with his universal language the musn others. James G Blame once said The luxunes of today are the necessities of toworrow The day IS passing even rn America where music is con sidered a luxury Pedagogues, psychologists, ph yslcrans and ahemste agree tlut the soul of the American child ro be normal needs music as hm physical bemg needs pure arr good food and proper clothing During l9l4-1915 the Pl3ll0 department has enrolled forty-eight pupils and there lls been an average attendance of twenty live Every eEort IS directed towards the achievement of the highest stand anis. The course of study embraces in connecuon with the study of the Plano, a course ln musical Theory Harmony and Sight reading A series of pubhc recxtals are given throughout the year at which pupik are reqmred to give their solo numbers from memory To lum wh r faithfully and patiently searches for the mmd of our tone- WISE, there came many discouraging moments but And wht is our failure here but a triumph s evidenced For the fullness of the days' Have we withered or agonmed' Why else was the pause pmlonged but that singing might issue thence? Why rushed the drscords ln, but that harmony should be prized? ' cianbecomesablssing giving of his vast store for the happiness of la - ' ' 1 ' 1 1 ' . , .

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