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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1922 NATIONAL SONG WEEK olGNIFIGANT EVENT Nation Interested in Develop- ment of American Music; Emphasized in Schools INTEREST IS UNIVERSAL American Compositions Now Demanded by Opera Patrons BY MRS. CHARLES L. BYRON It is because "Music maketh glad the heart" that America celebrates her Seventh Annual National Week of Song during the week of Wash- ington's birthday. Several events propitious to the fu- ture of music in American have hap- pened lately. At a meeting called by the mayor of Philadelphia, Edward Bok assisted in launching a new music organiza- tion whose aim is to work to bring about a National Conservatory of music in this country, one which will put its stamp of approval upon na- tive trained artists and thus eliminate the necessity of going to Europe for recognition. Another ambition of the organiza- tion is to arouse public opinion gen- erally and gain the assistance of of- ficials in high places to establish a Portfolio of Fne Arts im the Presi- dent's cabinet. The movement is gaining momentum. Teachers Study Work Last summer 6,000 public school teachers in Pennsylvania took special summer courses for nine weeks in music, and next summer it is estimat- ed that there will be 10,000 enrolled. The primary object, the director of Public Instruction points out, is to bring good music into the lives of the masses. Musical Composition is being stimu- lated in our land. The Federation of Organists have just awarded a cash prize for the best composition for the organ. It was gratifying to note that "The Opera in our Language Foundation" announces the choice of two Ameri- can works for production next year; "Echo" by Frank Patterson, "Castle Agrazant" by Ralph Lyford. To Produce American Operas It is rumored that if the Chicago Civic opera company does not produce them that there is an "American Op- era Company" in the musical atmos- phere of Chicago and Cincinnati wait- ing to be born. The North Shore Festival associa- tion offered $1,000 for the best or- chestra composition in a prize con- test which closed January 1. Seventy- two manuscripts came from American composers in all parts of the coun- try. The judges, Rubin Goldwack, Philip Hale and Percy Grainger, will select the five compositions which they deem have greatest merit and on May 27 the Chicago Symphony will play them at a public hearing at which time the judges will choose the prize work. It will be played the last day of Festival and also at a regular Sym- phony concert next season. American Composers "Here" Percy Grainger comments: "we need not wait longer for the Ameri- can composer. He is here. Some of his compositions are as striking as skyscrapers and as American as base- ball." The Festival program includes Mu- ratore, Margaret Matzenauer, Famaki Miara, the Japanese soprano, and Luella Melins, an American coloratura soprano, whom Jean de Reske called "the American Patti." There is a general increase in mu- sical activities in the length and breadth of this land. New, sym- phonies, choruses, music schools and clubs are springing up every where. The West coast, particularly Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles, shows a musical strength that is attracting musicians. money deposited. have $280.26. be $605.54. One Dollar a Week By regularly deducting one dollar a week from your earnings and depositing it regularly in a Savings Bank Account, you will soon accumulate a substantidl balance without missing the In five years, with interest at 39%, compounded semi-annually, you will In ten years your balance will The Winnetka State Bank Established 1909 BANKING HOURS This Bank is open for the transaction of business from 8 A. M. to 3 P. 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STATE VIGILANCE BODY HOLDS SESSION HERE Community meetings for adults only in behalf of sex education in the home, training of children by their parents and civic decency, will be held in Winnetka Community House, Sunday evening, February 26, at 8 o'clock, under the auspices of the Illinois Vigilance association in its state-wide campaign for one-hundred per cent American Morals. Mabel Craig Stillman, of Boston, social hygiene specialist, will address the meeting on the subject "Safe- guarding Sex Life." This will be followed by a question box. Dr. Philip Yarrow, Field Superin- tendent of the Illinois Vigilance as- sociation, will: follow with a stimu- lating address on "Moral Dangers-- Wheer Are We Headed?" Questions concerning the modern dance, mo- vies, theatrical productions and pub- | lications will be discussed, and plans presented for improvement. 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