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The Exeter Times, 1924-11-6, Page 3} uttir1 g a Piano Course ithir the Reach. of All Children Teachers in Canada; aiid `aeras the border have for many -years worked on the principle .. e thus teaching. They 1 eve Pott'nd that whether It be arith- metic, geography, grammar, history, or what not, they get beirellent results in class work, partly beeause' 'of the group spirit, the cotapetitive'aspect of human nature and other reasons so generally accepted that it is Squite un- necessary to itemize them. It is only in recent year e; however, that this class m athod has been applied to the teaching of piano. And now':. dotted; all over the continent are centres where piano class instruction is in practice with'eecelient results. The writer has been present in close roorns Svlien . this work was being car- ried on through the Musle Department of Public Schools, and it was astound- ing. to see the progress made by, child- ren from 6 to 10 years of age. So ef- 'fective has the 'group method of teach- ing piano become that our neighbors to the south are now giving it a place in really a very big way._ ` One of the latest developments is that Mr. W, Otto Miessner, himself a former supervisor of School Music, and last year's President of 'the Music Super- visors' National Conference, has made available a plan foe instructing school children in piano playing, even though they have no piano at hone. An ingenioys Chart. In brief, this plan furnishes• inatruc- Keeping school children u _ to a nor - on for children from 8 years of age P 61mal standard` of health and efficient to 14, who have not previously had is an important y p part of public health any Piano lessons., and whose parents work at thepresent time. One reason are apparently unable to afford the for ,the urgent necessity of thin work money necessary to give their children would seem to be due to the fact that, lessons from a private teacher. Mr. as a rule, very little medical or nurs Miessner's course le called "The ing supervision is given to the pre - Melody Way to Play the Piano." It school child, and consequently it ar- includes an ingenious chart known al the. Key Finder. The chart represents a section of the 'piano keyboard on which the child can locate the vari- ous notes, even though ho has no piano. ° A collection of piano selections that attract children because of their corrected ' earlier, they would not melody, goes with the course. In cause so much trouble, and it often peaces where this, class inctruotionhas happens that when the child has ar-.� rived at school age, the defects ,have already caused irreparable damage. A squint, for instance, unattended to in early childhood will result in defective vision which often cannot be success- fully treated after the child has reach- ed the age of five or six y'ears.,Numer- ous cases have come to the attention of child welfare workers where a Makers i4iso of BDWARDSBURC! SILVER GLOS$ STARCH 'EDUCATIONEALTEI BY DR. J. J. MIDDLETON Provinciai board of Health,: Ontario Ae'. Middleton will be glad to &newer questions on Public Health Teti through this column. Address hint at Ilpadiaim House, Spade Crescent, TorontA rives at school age wit its physical defects, if any, ; :uncorrected. The medical supervision of school children. is at the present time much more in vogue than the supervision of the pre- school child. This' is, in a sense, re- grettable, because if the defeats were be obtained. It is, consequently, now the aim, of all complete schemes for the workers to keep in touch with the children aged one year to five years and to endeavor to conserve their health during the early years of growth ' and 'development, when so many chronic and disabling diseases are apt to originate, if there is a fail - tare to observe the early signs of per- verted health. The movement in favor of conserv- ing infant and child life is now viewed o'1 even broader grounds. The desir- 1 ability of watching over the health of the expectant mother, of bringing to full term - the large number of pre- mature births that are known to occur, and of providing skilled attention at the time of birth is everywhere recog- nized. The solution of the problem of infant mortality is to be found through a, variety of means. One is increased educational facilities for. mothers, and especially young mothers, to learn the art of childecraft, another is breast-feeding, anbther is regular and periodic examination by the fam- ily physician. Some means must be found for providing the necessities of Iife in the way of wholesome food and healthful surroundings for the moth- ers of- the poorer classes who are fight ing year in and year out against desti- tution and want. been instituted, an invitation has been extended to ; parents to enroll their children for a course of twelve piano lessons, the total cost of tuition, key= board, music and necessary supplies not to exceed $2.00. It has been found that by this method, piano` study becomes interesting in squint was slowed "to right itself," stead of dry. Again, the child has the and in consequence the child a year or advantage of the company of the other i children in the• class where that s two later has practically>the use of piritonly one eye; ' Within the past year or two, an at- tempt has been made in all well -organ- ized health centres, to ,continue ' the work of child welfare through the pre- school period. In the early days of the movement, the scope of the work was largely limited to infants and the period from birth to the attainment of of childish rivalry spurs on their am- bition, which as one can imagine, is more conducive to progress; than be- ing shut in a room alone -with the com- mand to "get in that hour's practice." Advantages of New Method. One"really needs to see a piano class at work to realize the full advantage One year of age.' Itis now recognized, of the method of teaching piano. When however, that the child between in- one adde to that the foot that the fancyand school age cannot be ex- oourse instituted by Mr. Miessner puts 'cluded from any system of control and a working knowledge of the piano supervision if the bestestilts are to within reach of the children of `the masses instead of conpning it to the fewer number whose pasents can af- i ford private instruction, It is • reason- ; able to expect that piano classes will { become much more general than they now are. Lt has ; been found by investigation that in many homes where there is just as apt to be musical talent as in any others, the musical environment is at low ebb, partly because that home. toes not possess a piano. Frequently In such homes there is the feeling that even if they could afford the purchase of a piano for their children's musical "education, the extra cost of private lessons scares them off the idea. They might even be willing to skimp and save to afford• that private instruction if they knew what one or more of their children really possessed any " musical talent. This class instruc- tion, as outlined above, appeals to such parents because 14 enables them to locate musical talent in their home, if 'such there be, with practically `no cash outlay. Farm Queries Answered by Radio. The agricultural knowledge slowly gathered by devoted masters of ,the world's oldest science will be made available to the farmers of Eastern Canada -by means of an arrangement just entered into between Macdonald Agricultural College, St, Anne's, and Marconi radio station CFCF. • If .a farmer has .;a problem which needsaeration, or is..anxious -to have advice upon some phase of his work, it will only be necessary to write to Mar- oon' station CFCF, Montreal, and the. matter will he turned over to the'col- lege for attention. . , Tho replies to the inquiries thus re- ceived will be broadcasted, together with the 'enquiry, from station CFCF attiring the Monday and Friday even- ing broadcast at an hour which; will bo published later, In this, way not only the original enquirer, but other 'armors who' .poss'ess radio sets will benefit from, -:the advice given out from the oolriege. This new step forward in radio ser- vice -was made possible through the Whole -hearted co-operation qqt Pro- fessor F. 0, Harrison, pi'incleal of lyfacdonfrld College, who has offered to assist, '10 every way to make the ieherne a success,. Minard's Liniment for Rheumatism. Jasper Park, 4,400 square miles, is the biggest "playground" in the world. Next comes the Yellowstone National Park in the United States, 8,848 square miles. • Two faimiilies, descended from Bebe-nrindecl ant estortd° 'Iiave cost 41x, !Gcal0.1,s,t1 n.4' Ski :OA"OW ewEasyWay b !r- Have Beautiful /axed Floors Every one cannow have beautifully polished floors and linoleum with little effort—no stooping and at small. expense. All you require is Johnson's Liquid Wax and a Johnson Liquid Wax Mop. For centuries wax has been -recognized as the most artistic, sanitary and durable finish for floors and this is the new easy way to apply it. 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That Sins against the Law. Jest about osiee in 'every ten years R The Rebel. l looked into the eky, et night, Ind slaw 110W, horde on horde, 'The Stars carne forth, in ordered hands Ob`etiient toll:ell' Lord, Clloii, further flown the slope of blue, Airing the West, Isaw A. fiery meteor pass --a fool such a stra i for cornet .of- large .size ile left a nee 01 sputtering red To vex the quiet sloes, Brief ne an atheiet's dcubt of° Cod Tllat makes a show and dies. =•Cleribel Weeks Avory, makes its appearance in the heavens. The noxt one is almost clue; and tate comet-hunl.eriitl are watching for it. Sonce aetronomere specialise in hunt-` iilg tor comets. They lige for this pure' pose` a peculiar kind of telescope, of i low power but wide field of view, There is,niore than a purely scienti- fic lnterest in the discovery of a new comet, Astronomers have long since concluded by purely Mathematical rec- koelae that a comet le likely to hit the earth "head on" sooner or, later. Novelists have dealt with this possi- bility and have drawn fantastic pic- tures of what would happen to Dur earth if it ooliided with a comet. And scientists agree that in the event of such a cata.stroplre the entire popula- tionof the world might • -be destroyed by the poisoning of cur atmosphere fi'on the gas carried by the comet, The head of a comet' is gas -lit. It consists of a relatively solid "nucleus" -which looke like a star. -in some cases thousands of miles in diameter, sur- rounded. by an imnene envelope of burning gas. The quantity of gas carried by a big cornet may not probably be greater than the earth's entire atmosphere. One can imagine then what might be the result of a profuse mixing of this gas, very probably unbreathable, with our air. THE FttLL WEATHER, H:1110 ON LIME ONES Canadian fall weather is extremely hard on Iittle ones, One day it is warm and bright and the next wet and cold. 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The old Portuguese na- tional hymn is unique in that it was written by au emperor, Dom Pedro of Brazil; although the ex -Kaiser an- nounced during the war that he had written a new hymn for the German nation. Apparently, however, it was never published. . The famous Russian national an- them is noteworthy in that the time, by the oomposer Lvoff, was written be- fore the words, which were composed afterwards by . command of the Czar. The authorship of our own National Anthem has never been. definitely set- tled. Its tune has been appropriated by both Gerniany and Denmark -for national hymns. Whatever his vocation or station in life, the thing which' each should strive for most earnestly is the unqualified approvalof his own soul. This will outweigh all honors, all riches, all fame, and will give him that power and courage which will enable him to outride in safety all the storms which may assail him on life's voyage. 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Of one thing we can be certain, that unless these books supplied some- thing which the heart of. Europe and America craves for its sustenance, no such demand would continue: No- where else in history, to nay know- ledge, do we find a group of people, ex- tremely diverse among themselves, ap- propriating a whole literature not their own, which they had no part in producing, and living on it as they never live on the mast vital works of their own children. The phenomenon calls attention to itself, and is perhapsits own best ex-. pllanation. Demand is always in proportion to the quality of the supply. That is all. There is no further mystery. It ie with the Bible as with everything else. Where there is that which meets a need, those who feel the need will turn to it. No fictitious sentiment would keep the printing presses of the Bible working overtime. 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