Ithaca College - Cayugan Yearbook (Ithaca, NY)

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ITHACA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC 31 EXAMINATIONS EGULAR EXAMINATIONS will be held during the next to the last week of each term, See School Calendar. The term mark of each student will be governed by the results of his examinations, class work and attendance at the following ratio on the basis of 100 credits: Examinations, 40Z,g class work, 6079. Marks are computed at the end of each month. A mark of 60 is required to secure creditg between 50 and 60 is a condition, which may be worked off during the month following the examination. A term mark of below 60 will necessitate the taking of the subject again at a subsequent term, with the exception of conditioned students who are able to work off their conditions during the following month as indicated above. All students in the academic and post-graduate departments are required to sign the report card con- taining their marks each month. This must be done at the office during regular office hours after the first of each month. Whenever desired these monthly re- ports will also be sent to the parents' address for their inspection. CONDITION EXAMINATIONS will be held in all sub- jects during the fourth week of each term. Students conditioned during the examinations' of the previous term will have an opportunity at this time to remove their conditions. A fee of two dollars per each- ex- amination is charged the student for each condition examination taken. Scholarship Examinations The Ithaca Conservatory of Music grants each year a limited number of free scholarships in all Dc- partments and Affiliated Schools. The object of these scholarships is to help deserving students who are financially unable to obtain a Conservatory education. They are awarded through competitive examinations, held in September before a' Committee of the Con-

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30 YEAR BOOK OF THE fbj Staging public events. Program building. How to introduce a speaker. How to secure opportunities for speech making. How to get on the professional platform. fel Organizing Communities. How to advertise a lec- ture. The ar,t of leadership. Third Term The Third Term of the School Year is only ten Weeks in length 5 but the term's schedule is so ar- ranged that practically the same amount of work is covered as during the other seventeen Week terms. In order that the stipulated amount of instruction may be satisfactorily completed, during the ten Weeks, the student receives practically double the usual number of private and class lessons each Week throughout the Third Term. A five-Week vacation intervenes between the close of the Third Term and the opening of the Fall Term. - Summer School Session THE SHORT SIX-WEEK SUMMER COURSE is in- tended for those who desire a short but thorough course of drill and coaching on repertoire or review Work. Nearly all of the instruction consists of priv- ate lessons and the course can thus be adapted to the student's particular desires and needs. This course will grant Three Private Lessons each week, also two class theoretical lessons each Week. If interested send for the Special Summer School Catalogue.

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a 32 YEAR BOOK OF THE servatory Faculty. No fixed standard of excellence is required for admission to these examinations. In granting the scholarships, the committee endeavors to favor natural ability, rather than mechanical skill, so that often the 'applicant with little or no previous training has an even chance with others much further advanced, technically.. Application blanks for these examinations are furnished upon request. All scholarships are granted for one term of in- struction. At the close of the term, those scholarship students who have earned the highest term marks will receive a renewal of their scholarship for the follow- ing term. One full and three partial scholarships are thus renewed each term in each department or de- partmental school. Each scholarship grants instruction which at regular rates would cost over one hundred dollars and these scholarships under the above conditions can be renewed from year to year throughout the course. Free instruction, amounting to 3l2,000, is granted through Conservatory Scholarships to talented and needy students each year. Over two thousand stu- dents have now been assisted to a profession through this scholarship assistance. ' Music Festival The Annual Music Festival under the auspices of the Ithaca Conservatory will begin on the evening of April 23rd, 1925. Five programs will be given on Thursday, Friday and Saturday afternoons. The Music Festival will thus constitute the closing events of the Annual Community Institute. Details of the programs to be given and the special soloists will be announced later. Prizes and Medals l The School has established eight gold medals to be awarded each yearg-one in each of the Afliliated Schools and one in each of the following musical de-