PALISH, ALASKA
DOROTHY M. BELL, . Suitor
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I/TJSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS
In our present educational system, too often we ere so busy teaching
the fundamental essentials that we slide over some of the finer arts
that after all add much to our enjoyment of life. Uvery school system
is euided by a Course of Study set up by the State or Territory. These
Courses of Study must necessarily be very much alike or it would make
transference from schools in one'state to those in another state very
difficult for the pupils. When the depression hit the States, courses'
in many schools such as Shop 'Work, Music, and Art were discontf nued.
One educator made the remark that he wondered if we were not m king a'
mistake in thinking that the older established- subjects were the most
important just because they had been for so many years. Reading of
course is a fundamental necessity. It opens the road to much enjoyment
all our lives. Later on people began to realize that we were missing
much of the.finer things of life and here were all these teachers of
the Arts thrown out of employment. The Relief organizations then went
to work and started extensive programs for the development of Music
and Art. The good that was done- by this move cannot be measured, but
besides giving work to unemployed teachers, many people who had never
had cn opportunity to learn music or any of the arts now had a dance.
Everyone knows that talents ere found among all classes cf people,rich
and' poor. Therefore, it becomes the duty of the public school system
to develop these talents.
Cne often hears ol^er people bemoan the fact that our young folks
lik such cheap music. Well, whose fault is it? Have they had a
chance tc le arn anything better? The home can do much, but they can
not always provide good music. The school can. We have always been
vnry fortunate here in having a Music Tepartment. New it seems that
we also have a chance to develop- a little more musical talent than has
bn possible ijn the past. Let's back our Music department and we ay
have our own ban^s and orchestras in the future instead of depending
on music from outside sources.
Editor
•COOi 3RATIOU
STanr1 off by yourself in your breaming,
A nr1 all your breams ere vain;
TTo granr’eur of soul or spirit
Can man by himself attain.
It is wilier1 we shall r^well as brothers,
As brothers then we must toil;
We must act with a common purpose,
As we work with a common soil.
Anh each who woulr1 see accomplisher3
The breams that he's prour1 to own,
Must strive for the goal with his fellows
For no man can <*o it alone.
Author Unknown