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i,;.'i'i':fc fiS<i}}~i{iff,i:: ",'ifM ^"^""'â- '.V;; '. 'â- 'â- ',? ity |||||" iff m the iSlMfii'lfMrffiMy, -February 10, 1922 PRACTICAL METHODS Old-Fashion and Tedious Me- thods Give Way to Modern -% By KATHERINE HEDGLIN 4; L (Columbia _School_of _jt I Music education has progressed so much during the last few years that many parents, not understanding the changes that have taken place, are ap^t to condemn the newer ideas. Why the old-fashioned methods are con- sidered so desirableTs hot quite clear for very few music students retain any of their so-called musical educa- tion after their lessons are discon- tinued. This musical education usual- ly consisted of hours of daily practice on scales, trills, .arpeggios, etc., a]ad_ playing a-"Iiew^^u3el""a^""'prlweB=^" factâ€"ftngdr facility~wbich wasTosTas soon as the practice stopped. The criticism often made by- parents â€"is- thafc technic is not taught by the._mod=_ en teacher and it is true that the child is not asked to do the old-time uninteresting practice-but is given the preparation for technique, and a foundation is laid for ear training and sight reading. These are as im- portant a part of his lessonâ€"asâ€"the- pieces he plays and he has something he can retain and use after the music lessjQDLJays are Past.____________: From the first lesson • the child children not particularly talented, for all children can learn to read at sight. ^ Educators are slowly recognizing the mental value of modern; music training and music is becoming more and-more a • real part of the cfrttd^s- education and not merely a social ac- complishmenir~BffTIenry'_Hatlow;"'"an" English musical authority, has said, "Music is a form of intellectual and human training which we cannot af- ford to dispense with. It is just_ as truly a form of discipline as any suh- ject in natural science or mathematics. It i» just as-truly^ a language-as-french or Italian." ^ ford to dispense. It is just as truly a form of discipline as any subject in natural science or mathematics. It! is just as truly a language as French or Italian." P|ire ThovG^t a»d Hrppiness. - Tf a -liiii 'sfwuk «>r net with a pure thought, lmppiiujss will follow him, .UUo n shftdow thnt â€"I)lmi»iiuil>»i<l». never Tea vies hlmr Art and have doneâ€"will Af#~«nd-:-P©vv6r^^ power will go On make day m& out of time.â€"-Emerson. as they out ot e^ap^ spac* \\;\.:,;.:!~ There'* a Differcne*.â€"-â€"^ Anthropologists say-that Xondon it becoming a city of the round-headed, but this does not indicate a revival of the ideas-entertained by the Round- heads of OH^er Cromwell's day.â€"Bo»» ton-Transcript,' ^~ ~~T ^;:r~^~~^q^r^. hears and plays simple chord combin- ations which lead naturally to song accompaniments â€" improvising and ^original compositionâ€"No part of ^music study has beGn so neglected as sight reading and if has been a just ^criticism that after years of lessons land practice children are unable to play the simplest pieces at sight. ilSight^reading will be most appreciat- ed in the home-for it means there will c^niueh^^ausicMihere-^wb^fr-the^ehft- dren can play anything set before them and it means much pleasure for Wilmette Express Garage E. G. Lindgren, Mgr. EJt AVE your car thor- oughly gone over be- fore the good weather comesâ€"you will not want to be without it then. "llfE are prepared to ----give your car a thor-r lough bverhauliSg> iw mat-i ter what make it may be; Come and talk it over with .usâ€"__j___..._.!_ ' : -.•..' *<v- OVERHAULING - REPAIRING - TOWING Phone Wilmette 1225 Central Ave. Wilttiette, 111. ABRAHAM LINCOLN ~~: Whose birthday we are about lo^d^tatcnwud^^ Seach Econoiny^ThaUs^one of the first and-highest virtue^ It begins with saving money.'1 ^k^^'S-}^^.----- This wonderful man, born in a hut in Kentucky, on January 12, 1809, with less than a year's schooling, won his way against terrific odds. He held thjs_^oun1^gtp^£th^ War and left his imprint for all time on the history of the world. He knew poverty, want and discouragement* yet through frugality demonstrated what can be done by pert? sistence and.courage. _ ..•â- "â- â- -",-, '. â- â- â-  : ^-/vr-^^^^TT^ Open a savings account today at YOUR HOME BANK WHAT ^iiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiuiiii.....iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiii.....minium......liiiiiiiiimiiii......miiiiiiimiiii.....nun............iiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiimiiii...............iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiMiiiiiiuiiiiiuiimiiiiiiiiiin............iiiiiiiiiiin........iiiiimi.....miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiii«miiiii'| || -'.•â- â€¢-fPjg! M3RTH SHjQREIHQTEL BUILDING