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The Founding and Early History of the JJeto Cnglanb Conserbatorp of ifflusiie - — i By F. ADDISON PORTER HEN we pursue our studies in an institution, well established, flourishing, with a world-wide reputation, how much we are apt to accept unthinkingly as simply a part of the existing order of things, without, perhaps, a single reflection as to the painful efforts and heroic perseverance to which were due the original establishment of such an institution and the initial impetus to- ward its ever-increasing growth and success. No school or institution of any kind consists merely of the building it occupies or of the equipment at its command at any one time or period; rather, the school itself represents day by day the sum total of human endeavor expended in its behalf and in furthering the highest principles for which it stands. Just as the present high standing of our Conservatory is due to the splendid endeavor and achievement for the past twenty years, of our present director, Mr. George W. Chadwick, and his collaborators, so was the structure of the real school as they found it a result of the efforts previously expended, not only arduous in themselves, but, in the begining, put forth against the opposition of public opinion and with no existing capital save a whole-hearted enthusiasm. This school first existed in a man ' s mind, and that man was Eben Tourjee. At the time when he conceived the idea of a conservatory, there was no oppor- tunity in this country for class instruction in music at any school where art was placed on the same footing as other studies. The circumstances and ambitions in which the New England Conservatory had its origin may best be described in the words of Dr. Tourjee himself when, in a report dated 1883, he said, For thirty years it has been the aim and effort of my life to found and equip an in- stitution which should bring within the reach of the many the priceless benefits of a first-class musical education, that these in turn might become missionaries for its universal diffusion. The struggle through which I had to pass and the difficulties which I had to overcome in obtaining even the fragmentary education in music which this country could then afford me led me to this determination; and, keeping this object before me, I have, by every means in my power, labored both in season and out of season for the accomplishment of that purpose. Under God, my success has been beyond my expectation. When I began the study of music, there were no music-schools and few teachers of eminence, and these Page eight
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