Teaching elementary school subjects . nd healthful use of theleisure time so sorely needed in our larger towns. It makespossible correlation with dramatic work and folk and artisticdancing that will make the school the place most beloved bythe community. In this way the school will supply one ofthe most needed elements for developing social Hfe. As we have stated the purpose of music to be the increaseof lifes enjoyment, the school that carries its work on intothe community is the one that will best accomplish this nobleaim. SUMMARY 1. The effective aim of all musical activity in school is to
Teaching elementary school subjects . nd healthful use of theleisure time so sorely needed in our larger towns. It makespossible correlation with dramatic work and folk and artisticdancing that will make the school the place most beloved bythe community. In this way the school will supply one ofthe most needed elements for developing social Hfe. As we have stated the purpose of music to be the increaseof lifes enjoyment, the school that carries its work on intothe community is the one that will best accomplish this nobleaim. SUMMARY 1. The effective aim of all musical activity in school is to increase the quantity and improve the quality of the pupils musicalenjoyment. 2. In pursuit of the above aim, the musical activity of the school is conducted along two complementary lines, the first primarilysinging, developing knowledge and skill; the second mostlylistening, cultivating taste and judgment. 3. The singing activity of the school presents two aspects, the first vocal, memorizing of song gems as a part of ones permanent. Using a phonograph for physical training at ^Minneapolis A group from pageant of The Seasons during commencement week atthe State Normal School, Lock Haven, Pa. MUSIC 339 mental equipment, and developing skill in singing these songswith good voice, expression, and articulation. 4. The second aspect of singing is learning to read music, this quickens the power of perceiving what is heard, necessary inlearning notation, and develops knowledge of the science ofmusic. 5. Growing out of and necessary for skiU in reading music, is drill for cultivating automatic responses to notation, conducted asspeed work. 6. The second complementary line of musical activity, learning to hsten, more than doubles the pupils field of musical experi-ence, through the systematic use of instrumental music. Thispresents two aspects of work, the first conducted largely bymeans of reproducing instruments, the second includes theuse of instruments themselves, both individually
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