Green Springs High School - Green and White Yearbook (Green Springs, OH)

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The history of the per by great men. It conveys to the tragedies that have We do not sit down and read it as MUSIC been put down on pa- us the beauties and us upon this universe. we would a newspaper world has preceeded or a history book. Those of us who cannot reproduce it for ourselves listen to it day after day. It makes us sadduit makes us happy. The personal life of the great composer, as well as the history of his race, has been preserved in one of the greatest universal monuments of all time--music. And it will not stop now. Long after we are gone, our civilization will still be alive and pouring forth its stories of all mankind into the hearts and minds of those who will succeed us. lt will be done through a requirement of any successful civilization, music. It has been said tion would crumble and This is a music people should be very of an appreciation for Music education s along with the child's that without music a civiliza- decay. loving ccmmunity of which you proud. It shows the possession the aesthetical values of life. nd appreciation should start first lessons in school. By al- lowing and promoting such a principle, a foundation will be started for the Childfs appreciation of a uni- versal language--one every human being can understand and love--music. If this principle is inaugurated by the school authorities and later carried on by the individualfs appreciation of the intrinsic values received from participation in the field of music, that person will go from high school into a world that does not seem so new and unexplored. aWWuafi'5.:lt disarm Ar :err Xing Carl W. Whitacre a a an.a a angina vi ill.