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Within the last decade, no phase of music has received 
 such a sudden impetus as the teaching of instrumental music in 
 the public schools. This is perhaps due in a large measure to 
 the development of the Symphony Orchestra. Many of the members 
 of these organizations obtained their knowledge in European 
 conservatories, having begun their musical education at a very 
 early age. Our own young people suffer in comparison with 
 these talented and accomplished fore igners, not because of less 
 ability but because of lack of their advantages. Given an 
 equal chance in the study of music, American children may 
 become performers, quite as skillful musicians, just as 
 proficient as those of foreign lands. As yet, the instrumental 
 program of the schools is in what may be termed its experimental 
 stage. However, enough work in this line has been done to 
 show that, with a normal expenditure of time, money and energy, 
 it may be successful. 
 
 There are two ways in which instrumental music is taught 
 in the public school systems, namely, the class instruction 
 method and the courses in applied music. In the latter, the 
 pupil takes lessons from a private teacher who is recognized by 
 the school supervisor as being qualified to do his work 
 acceptably. The course to be pursued should be outlined clearly 
 and a definite amount of work demanded. The pupil must take 
 at least one lesson a week and practise one hour or more daily. 
 At the end of the semester he is examined, preferably by a 
 musician who is in no wise connected with the musical life of 
 the community. In class instruction, as the name indicates. 
 

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 Dr. Albert G. Mitchell, now of the Boston city schools, 
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 children in the United States. He has written Mitchell's 
 "Violin Claes Method." According to reports he has been very 
 successful in his work. Others who have done much with 
 instrumental music in the schools of the United States are 
 D. E. Mattern, A. 3., Director of instrumental music of Public 
 Schools at Ithaca, New York, Paul Stoeving in New York City, 
 Joseph E. Maddy, Richmond, Indiana, and Carl F. Steckelberg, 
 Bancroft School, Lincoln, Nebraska. 
 
 It has been found that the violin is more successfully 
 taught in classes than any other instrument. In England, the 
 teaching of the violin is better organized and consequently 
 more systematic than in the United States. Paul Stoeving, now 
 of New York City, has spent several years in violin class 
 instruction in London, England. Fifteen years ago violin 
 classes were organized into a national union of school orchestras, 
 under a central committee of management, and sponsored by the 
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From eight to twenty-five children are taught in one class, 
 the pupils paying ten cents per lesson. Every year a great 
 festival is held at the Crystal Palace in London. Representatives 
 are sent out to examine the pupils and to decide upon those 
 who are to compete in the festival. A small admission fee is 
 charged which covers all expenses, including scholarships. In 
 the year nineteen hundred and nineteen, it was estimated that 
 five hundred thousand pupils received their violin instruction 
 in the schools. 
 
 The state of Illinois is not behind other states and 
 parts of the country in the teaching of violin by the class 
 method. A questionnaire sent to the different schools of the 
 state has brought replies from eighty supervisors and teachers 
 of violin. According to statistics thus acquired there are 
 twenty-five towns or cities in which violin class instruction 
 is offered either in the High School or Grammar School, 
 sometimes both. Approximately thirteen hundred children take 
 advantage of the opportunity thus offered. In twelve schools, 
 the children receive the instruction free of charge, the Board 
 of Education paying for the lessons either by a stipulated 
 salary or by a certain amount of money for so many lessons. 
 Salaries of the violin instructors range from twenty-five 
 dollars to one hundred fifty dollars per month. In the remaining 
 schools, pupils pay for instruction, the price being fifteen, 
 twenty-five, forty-five or fifty cents per lesson. Instruments 
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 three schools. In four places the pupils pass an examination 
 on general musical knowledge. A test is also given to determine 
 natural ability or ear for music. All the schools have 
 orchestras, the members of the string section being selected 
 from the best ones in the clatsses. Cicero, a suburb of Chicago, 
 has two hundred fifty enrolled in the classes, the largest 
 enrollment in one place. 
 
 The following instruction books are used by the different 
 violin instructors:- Mitchell’s Class Method for Violin, 
 Greenberg's Elementary Method; Berold's Primer, Hohman Mortimer 
 Wilson's Fiddler's Four, First Steps for Ensemble Players by 
 Bornschein, Violin Choirs by Fretsche and Saenger, Dancla's 
 Beginners, Bang's Violin Method, Kersey Method, Leopold Auer's 
 Book for Beginners, Municipal Loose Leaf Method by Fred 
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 The schools in the southern part of the state which offer 
 class instruction in violin are Herrin, Harrisburg, Eldorado, 
 and East St. Louis. Herrin leads in the amount of teaching 
 done. A special violin teacher is employed by the Board of 
 Education, at a salary of one hundred twenty-five dollars per 
 month, who puts in full time teaching. Pupils from the fourth 
 to the eighth grades inclusive are allowed to enroll in the 
 classes, provided they own their instruments. A total of one 
 hundred seventy-nine are enrolled in the classes. The classes 
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 five minutes. The pupils play the lesson together and 
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 This work has been offered to the pupils for seven years. The 
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 pupils furnish their instriacents . Fifty-five take advantage of 
 the free instruction in violin. Classes meet once a week 
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 forty cents a lesson. 
 
 The system of class instruction is far from being perfect 
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 forty-five minute periods vacant on two days of the week. 
 
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 classes. Any pupils from the four upper grades may take lessons 
 free of charge. No entrance examinations are required and no 
 system of credits is used other than the ordinary grade on the 
 report cards to show the parents just what they can do. The 
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 class, eighteen in the other. 
 
 In the northern portion of the state excluding Chicago 
 and suburbs, class instruction in violin is offered in schools 
 at Peru, Elgin, West Aurora, Moline, Galesburg, Monmouth, 
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 students. Any pupil above the fourth grade who wishes to take 
 lessons and who has a violin may be a member of the class. 
 
 There are fifteen pupils taking lessons. The classes meet 
 once a week after school for forty minutes. Instruction is 
 given to the class as a whole. No credit is given for the work 
 but the pupils are graded so that parents may know just what 
 their children are doing. One year of violin is taught. 
 
 Classes in violin have been organized in the Elgin 
 Grammar Schools for two years. Pupils from the fourth to the 
 eighth grade inclusive are allowed to enter the classes without 
 examination provided they furnish their instruments and pay a 
 small fee of fifteen cents per lesson. Fifty are taught 
 violin, not less than four or more than eight pupils being in 
 one class. The classes meet after school for one hour twice a 
 week. Pupils receive individual instruction during the class 
 period if necessary. A system of promotion is being worked 
 out, but as yet nothing definite has been done. As in the 
 Peru schools, the children usually take one year of class 
 lessons, going to private teachers at the end of that time. 
 
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 inetriiction is limited to the five upper grades in the grammar 
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 ear and some general knowledge of music, such as the nanies of 
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 etc. The total enrollment of the classes is twenty-five, 
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 The School Board at Moline was short on funds this year 
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 of the supervisor to start violin classes again next year, 
 ( 1922 - 23 ). 
 
 At Galesburg the plan of violin class instruction is very 
 similar to that of Aurora with the exception of the fact that 
 there are no requirements to be filled for entrance into the 
 violin classes. After two years of class work the pupils take 
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 or ten being in one class. The pupils furnish their own 
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 loan to pupils who cannot buy instruments. Classes meet twice 
 per week after school and on Saturdays. The instructor spends 
 thirty minutes with every class. He is paid by the pupils who 
 get ten lessons for two dollars and fifty cents. 
 
 Violin work is offered in the grammar schools at Rockford 
 and some plans have been made to include it in the High School 
 curriculum. Class instruction is limited to certain grades, — 
 fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth. An examination is 
 given to every pupil before he enters the class. If the pupil 
 is a beginner, his examination consists only in the testing of 
 his musical ear. If he has had lessons elsewhere, an 
 examination of general musical knowledge such as, the rudiments 
 of theory, reading ability, etc., is added to the ear-testings. 
 On the whole the pupils have their violins but the school owns 
 a few and loans them to those children whose parents are unable 
 to buy instruments. If the pupils to whom the instruments are 
 loaned do not do well in their work, the violins are taken 
 from them and given to those whose names are on the waiting 
 list. Seventy-five pupils are enrolled in the classes. Groups 
 of eight meet once a week, some during school hours, others 
 after school and on Saturdays. Ordinarily the pupils take 
 class lessons for a year or more and then branch out into 
 private lessons. 
 
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 during school hours; and third, as this is only the second year 
 for violin work, there are only sixteen who are taking class 
 lessons. Many of those who were in classes last year, are 
 now studying from private teachers. 
 
 The High School music instructor has the violin classes 
 in the DeXalb High School. Two restrictions are placed upon 
 students wishing to enter the class. They must pass an entrance 
 examination of physical adaptability and of the musical ear. 
 
 They must have passing grades in all other subjects that they 
 are taking. Students usually furnish their own violins but 
 the school owns a few instruments and loans them to students 
 who feel they cannot buy. Violin work is put on the same basis 
 as any music subject. Classes meet five times per week the 
 last two periods in the afternoon. Two hours of daily 
 preparation is required of every student. They receive two 
 and one-half credits a semester. (The High School runs on a 
 basis of thirty-two credits for graduation.) The total 
 enrollment is nineteen. The pupils do not pay for the lessons. 
 This is the first year of class instruction and under the 
 present organization has proven very successful. 
 
 The remaining schools which offer violin instruction 
 are Waukegan, New Trier, Maywood, and Bowen High Schools, the 
 Cicero, Wilmette, and Winnetka grammar schools. At Wilmette 
 the majority of the violin pupils are from the fifth and 
 sixth grades, though class instruction is not limited to certain 
 grades. The total enrollment is seventeen, five in the 
 advanced class and six in each beginner’s class. Classes 
 meet once a week, before and after school and on Saturdays. 
 
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 The lessons cost the pupils more than in most places. They 
 pay five dollars in advance for ten lessons. The sane violin 
 instructor started classes in January in the gramn*ar schools 
 at Winnetka, which are held at ten, eleven, and twelve o'clock 
 during the week. Wilmette High School students attend the 
 New Trier High School where they receive violin instruction. 
 
 The Cicero schools have a total of two hundred fifty 
 violin pupils, the largest number taking class lessons in any 
 one city in the state. As in the Rockford schools pupils take 
 entrance exauninat ions before being admitted into the classes. 
 
 The Board of Education furnishes no instruments but does pay 
 the instructor, the pupils getting the lessons free. From 
 thirty to forty minutes are spent with every class. During 
 the first half of tne period, pupils receive individual 
 attention, while the latxer part of the hour is spent in ensemble 
 playing. Classes meet once per week. 
 
 The director of music in the Township High School at 
 Maywood has charge of the violin classes. Lessons are given 
 twice a week during school hours. There are ten in the classes 
 and from two to four are taught in one class. Pupils furnish 
 their violins but pay nothing for their lessons, the director 
 instructing the classes as a part of his regular music work. 
 
 At Bowen High School, Chicago, though the number of 
 violin students is small, credit is given for the work. Pupils 
 taking two lessons a week and doing the work required are given 
 one-half credit a semester on a basis of sixteen credits for 
 graduation. A student must have a good ear for music before 
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 The above statement also applies to the New Trier High 
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 but if the instructor finds a student who is not musical she 
 advises him to drop the work. The classes are small, meeting 
 only once a week. At first only individual instruction is 
 given, but after a month or so ensemble work is done. 
 
 The violin work in the High School at Waukegan seems to 
 be well organized, more so than in the majority of the schools 
 in the state. Any student may take advantage of class lessons 
 but if he shows no talent he cannot remain in the class. The 
 violin classes meet the same as any other subject requiring 
 preparation. Below is a programi offered by the music 
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 WEEK 
 
 PERIODS 
 
 PREPARATION 
 
 UNIT 
 
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 1 3/4 
 
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 Harmony 
 
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 1 
 
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 Clarinet 
 
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 1 
 
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 1 
 
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 1 
 
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 Violin 
 
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 1 
 
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 1/2 
 
 Students are 
 
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 days in 
 
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 3/4 hours per day (6 days) viola, oboe, cornet, French horn, 
 trombone , 
 
 1/2 hour per day (6 days) bass, bassoon, tuba, trap-drum, 
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 To my knowledge the above is a correct statement of the 
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 Signed 
 
 Parent 
 
 NOTICE: This report must be filled out and promptly filed with 
 
 the Supervisor of Music at the end of each period (6 
 weeks) if you wish credit for work done. 
 
 From the answers received from the questionnaire one can 
 readily see that there is room for improvement in the violin 
 classes in the state. Perhaps one of the most important 
 problems in the teaching of violin is that of securing capable 
 teachers, those who really know their work. The instructors 
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 that there are instructors teaching classes in violin who 
 know very little about the instrument. 
 
 Then comes the problem of musical in8tri:iment8 and 
 equipment. The pupils should be encouraged to purchase good 
 instruments. The instructor might help in the selection of 
 violins for to many of the parents all violins are alike, of 
 course this would be a difficult task especially if the 
 enrollment is very large. Cheap instruments are usually poorly 
 made and the tone is abominable. A pupil who begins on an 
 instrument having a flat fingerboard, a short neck, strings too 
 far apart or any other serious imperfection, will find it 
 difficult to play on a good instrument. The matter of proper 
 equipment is also very important. A teacher could spend an 
 entire class period in fixing slipping pegs, falling bridges, 
 in putting on strings, etc. It would be a good idea for each 
 pupil to have a printed list of requirements as to equipment. 
 None should be allowed to enter the class until he has 
 attended to every little detail. The instructor should impress 
 upon the pupils* minds the importance of keeping instruments 
 clean and in good condition. Each should be held responsible 
 for the condition of his violin. Implicit obedience to this 
 rule should be required. Firm discipline must be enforced or 
 the work will be unsatisfactory, no matter how talented the 
 students or how able the instructor. 
 
 If the Board of Education can possibly find enough money 
 to buy a few violins, they should do so. More older people 
 would be playing some musical instrument to-day had they been 
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 discretion in loaning instruments. Pupils who are unable to 
 buy and who show interest and some gift for playing should be 
 provided with violins. 
 
 Again violin class work will be made more successful if 
 the instructors have the co-operation of the parents. Practise 
 sheets such as the music department in the Waukegan High School 
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 be allowed to enter a violin class unless he has taken an 
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 work done in violin. 
 
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 with the regular public school music so that the music taught 
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 work. It would seem that the teaching material might be 
 standardized in Illinois, following England as an example. The 
 instructors in violin from all over the state might get together 
 and plan a course of study. A system of scholarships and 
 competition could be worked out. An "Annual Festival" could 
 be held having competitions between the different schools of 
 the state. This sounds idealistic, yet such a plan might be 
 carried out. Why not? It is done in basket-ball with the 
 wildest enthusiasm. 
 
 iiiany people have the wrong idea concerning violin classes. 
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 is not possible for the majority of school children. They 
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 Harrisburg 
 
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 East Saint Louis 
 
 Central Illinois 
 
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 Taylorville 
 
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 Northern Illinois 
 
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 Waukegan 
 
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 Rock Island 
 
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 Monmouth 
 
 Maywood 
 
 Bowen 
 
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 Winnetka 
 
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 Schools that Require Pupils to Pass an Examination 
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 Wilmette 
 
 
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 Harrisburg 
 
 136 
 
 Eldorado 
 
 104 
 
 East Saint Louis 
 
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 Springfield 
 
 150 
 
 Taylorville 
 
 30 
 
 Henry 
 
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 Elgin 
 
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 West Aurora 
 
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 Galesburg 
 
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 Monmouth 
 
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 Rockford 
 
 75 
 
 Rock Island 
 
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 DeKalb 
 
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 Wilmette 
 
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 Cicero 
 
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 iiiaywood 
 
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 Bowen High 
 
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 Waukegan 
 
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 Peru 
 
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 BIBLIOGPAPHY 
 
 Journal of Proceedings of Music Supervisors* National 
 Conference, 1917-1921. 
 
 The Violinist, October, November, 1921.