Now, to consider for a moment the exhibits in the Palace of Fine Arts. I must confess in the beginning that it has been impossible for me to visit more than Germany, France, Great Britain, Canada, Sweden, Holland, and to take one brief run thru the United States section. In every place there was much that held me with greatest interest.

In the German exhibit the portraits by Lenbach stand out from all else in my mind. In the French exhibit the superb work in metal and leather by M. de Lignereaux can be seen in the cases. Every design has a symbolic meaning, and in it all one feels the touch of the artist profoundly absorbed in his art, combined with perfect workmanship. Look at the beautiful clock, the design the pine with its cones, the falling pine needles standing for the passing of the moments. Carl Larsson's interesting work is to be found in the Swedish exhibit.

The British section contains the work of Farquharson-night scenes and snow scenes with sheep. In this section look at the beautiful books in the cases. To me the work of Great Britain in books and bookbinding, illumination, and designs for textiles is more admirable than the pictures. By this comment I do not mean that there is not a wealth of material to study, to enjoy, to assimilate.

The Dutch section has filled me with deepest pleasure. Josef and Isaac Israels, Blommers, Tromp, Haverman, Schwartz, and many others have I looked at, not only once or twice, but many times. The deep harmonious color, the beautiful composition, the subjects, and the technique are, every one, sources of interest and pleasure.

Of the United States exhibit I shall say nothing, but it is only because of that one hasty visit, not because there is nothing to see and to make one's

own.

In all the exhibits of the Palace of Fine Arts there are cases showing pottery-exquisite pottery-of beautiful form and entrancing color and decoration; there are examples of textiles, baskets, metal, furniture; wonderful examples of bookbinding, etc.

At the World's Fair in Chicago there were only painting and sculpture in the Fine Arts Building. That all these other things are shown in the Palace of Fine Arts at this time seems to me to indicate that we are surely growing to appreciate the broadening of the term "art." We are only going back to the understanding of art as it was known years and years ago, when the craftsmen were also artists.

If our study of the exhibits at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition leads to this knowledge of the deeper, broader meaning of art, then will the American nation become in the future a really artistic nation. Then will the integrity Integrity in our work

of our work be the one thing for which we shall care. means integrity in character. If general education, which in the future must include art education, does not mean the development of integrity of character, then indeed are we far from our ideals.

DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC EDUCATION

SECRETARY'S MINUTES

FIRST SESSION.-WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1904

The department met in Recital Hall, adjoining Festival Hall, on the grounds of the Universal Exposition.

Vice-President William A. Wetzell opened the meeting at 1:30 P. M. with a brief memorial of Sterrie A. Weaver, president of the department, who died in April, 1904. A piano solo by Ernest R. Kroeger was heard with much pleasure.

Vice-President Wetzell then delivered the annual address, and was followed by a paper by Mrs. Marie Burt Parr, supervisor of music of primary grades, Cleveland, O., on "Primary Music Methods."

P. C. Hayden, of Iowa, moved that the chairman appoint a nominating committee of three. The motion was seconded and carried, and the chair appointed as such committee Miss Anna M. Allen, of Peoria, Ill.; Mrs. F. E. Clark, of Milwaukee, Wis.; and Herbert Griggs, of Denver, Colo.

P. C. Hayden stated that there were a number of important committee reports to be heard at this session, and moved that when adjournment was taken it be to meet at 1:30 Thursday afternoon. The motion was seconded and carried.

Papers were read as follows:

"Rote-Singing and its Proper Place in Public Schools-Practice versus Theory," by W. A. Hodgdon, Supervisor of Music, St. Louis, Mo.

"Music in Public Schools a Means of Culture in the Community," by Miss Lucy Robinson, supervisor of music, Wheeling, W. Va.

Adjournment was taken as previously voted.

SECOND SESSION.-THURSDAY, JUNE 30

The department was called to order in Recital Hall at 1:30 P. M.; Vice-President Wetzell in the chair.

The report of the Committee of Three appointed at the last annual session to co-operate with the committee of the New England Educational League, consisting of Benjamin Jepson, of New Haven, Conn., C. A. Fullerton, of Cedar Falls, Ia., and Miss Julia E. Crane, of Potsdam, N. Y., was distributed.

P. C. Hayden moved that the report be adopted by this meeting. The motion was seconded, and, after some discussion in regard to the manner of giving credits, was adopted.

Mr. Wetzell then called on Mr. Tapper, chairman of the committee appointed at Minneapolis, and continued at Boston, on the "proper literary and musical training of the supervisor and of the musical training grade teacher." The report was read by him, as also a letter from Samuel W. Cole, of Brookline, Mass., a member of the committee. George E. Krinbill, of Dixon, Ill., and Arnold J. Gantvoort, of Cincinnati, O., members of the committee, also presented their views on the question.

Mr. Hayden moved that the report be approved by this department, as a report of progress, and that the committee, as named above, be continued for another year to complete the same.

Mrs. F. E. Clark moved to amend by adding a clause that the committee be requested to embody in its completed report next year a plan for providing for a board of examiners and for carrying out in detail the suggestions of the report. The amendment was agreed to. A. J. Gantvoort, of Cincinnati, O., moved, as a further amendment to Mr. Hayden's motion, that the report include high-school or normal-school music education or its equivalent. Carried.

The motion of Mr. Hayden as amended was then carried.

The committee which was continued by the motion consists of:

Thomas Tapper, Boston, Mass.
O. T. Corson, Columbus, O.

George E. Krinbill, Dixon, Ill.

A. J. Gantvoort, Cincinnati, O.
Samuel W. Cole, Brookline, Mass.

Chairman Wetzell called for the report of the Committee of Ten, and Mr. Hayden, the chairman, appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sterrie A. Weaver, made a partial report covering the first, second, and third grades only.

W. A. Hodgdon, of St. Louis, Mo., moved that the committee be continued to next year in order to complete its report. The motion was seconded.and carried. This committee is composed as follows:

P. C. Hayden, Keokuk, Ia.

Miss Anna M. Allen, Peoria, Ill.

Miss Estelle Carpenter, San Francisco, Cal.

A. J. Gantvoort, Cincinnati, O.

B. C. Davis, Atlanta, Ga.
E. B. Birge, Indianapolis, Ind
F. E. Howard, Bridgeport, Conn.
C. A. Fullerton, Cedar Falls, Ia.

Miss Julia E. Crane, Potsdam, N. Y.

As these committee reports were incomplete, it was ordered that they be not printed. A. J. Gantvoort moved that a committee of three, of which P. C. Hayden should be chairman, be appointed by the chair to prepare a memorial of the late Sterrie A. Weaver and of his work in this department, and that the same be published in the School Music Monthly. The motion was seconded and carried, and the chair appointed as members of such committee Mr. Gantvoort and Miss Hughes.

The meeting adjourned to Friday afternoon at 1:30 P. M.

THIRD SESSION.-FRIDAY, JULY I

The program was opened in Recital Hall at 1:30 P. M. by a violin solo by Master Frederick Heizer, of Sioux City, Ia.

Mr. John Towers spoke briefly on the care of boys' voices.

Master Harrison Brown, of Sioux City, Ia., rendered a vocal solo, with violin obligato, by Master Heizer.

The following papers were read:

"Methods versus Results," by W. H. Pommer, supervisor of music, St. Louis, Mo. "Public-School Music in its Relation to the Community and the Church," by N. Coe Stewart, of New York city.

"The Public-School Music Supervisor in His Relations to the Professional Musicians and the Professional Educators," by Frank Nagel, Highland Park College, Des Moines, Ia. Mr. Hayden read a letter from W. Scott, secretary of the New England Education League, and moved that the co-operative committee which was appointed last year be continued for another year. The motion was seconded and carried. Following is the committee:

Benjamin Jepson, New Haven, Conn.

C. A. Fullerton, Cedar Falls, Ia.

Miss Julia E. Crane, Potsdam, N. Y.

B. C. Davis, of Atlanta, Ga., moved that this department request the Secretary of the National Educational Association to publish in the volume of Proceedings the report

of said committee. The motion was seconded and carried. The report will be found among the papers and discussions of the department.

Mr. Hayden called up a motion which was last year referred to this convention, having been presented by Benjamin Jepson, of New Haven, Conn., seconded by T. L. Roberts, of Utica, N. Y., making the School Music Monthly the official organ of this department.

A motion by Mr. Davis to take said motion from the table for discussion was seconded and carried, and thereupon, upon Mr. Davis' motion, duly seconded, the School Music Monthly was adopted as the official organ of this department of the National Educational Association.

Mr. Hayden, as chairman of the committee on memorial of the late Sterrie A. Weaver, then presented a report, which was, upon motion, adopted, as follows:

Resolved, That this department adopt the tribute paid to Mr. Sterrie A. Weaver, our deceased president, by President William A. Wetzell, as an expression of our feelings of regard and esteem.

Resolved, That the tribute referred to, be printed in our minutes, and a copy of the same be sent to Mr. Weaver's family.

EXTRACT FROM THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS

It is with feelings of profound sadness that I assume the duties and responsibilities of presiding officer of the Music Department of the National Educational Association. Little did I think, one year ago, that I should be called upon to stand in the place of one who had given his whole life to the cause of school music. I wish I had that command of language which would enable me to pay a fitting tribute to the memory of the man who was twice honored with the presidency of this department. But a sorrowing heart cannot always express in words the depth of its grief, nor do full justice to a life so nobly lived and so generously sacrificed. But we know this 'the silver cord has been loosed, the golden bowl has been broken," and the spirit of Sterrie A. Weaver has taken its flight to Him who gave it. With uncovered heads and uplifted faces we reverently say, "Thy will be done." In the death of Mr. Weaver this department lost one of its truest friends and advocates, and an indefatigable worker in the cause of school music. He came to us with a message which he delivered faithfully, fearlessly, and faultlessly. He was a man with an idea, to the development of which he gave his profoundest thought, the total of his physical and mental energy, and finally his life. There are thousands thruout this broad land who revere, and will ever hold in grateful remembrance, the name of this man; because from him they received that equipment and inspiration which is leading them to eminent success. He was unselfish in his nature, generous to a fault, and helpful and inspiring at all times, always giving more attention to the welfare of others than to his own. He never knew when he had reached the limit of his powers of endurance, and thus labored on and on until the spark of life went out. His death came suddenly. On Monday preceding his death he was found in his accustomed place, enthusiastically at work. On Wednesday he died. During his delirious moments on the night preceding his death, his conversation related wholly to the Boston meeting of last year, and the sight-reading exhibition given by his class of boys and girls from Torrington, Conn. He even sang some of the exercises they sang at the time, and expressed great pleasure at their signal success.

But what I have said, and all that I may be able to say, will not add one beam to the halo of glory that surrounds his name. The good he has done will live on and on thru the years yet to come.

The report of the Committee on Nominations was presented by Mrs. Clark, as follows:

For President-William A. Wetzell, Salt Lake City, Utah.

For Vice-President-Mrs. Marie Burt Parr, Cleveland, O.
For Secretary P. C. Hayden, Keokuk, Ia.

Upon motion of Mr. Gantvoort, duly seconded, the report of the committee was adopted, and the secretary was instructed to cast the ballot of this section for said officers. The ballot being so cast, the nominees were declared elected.

B. C. Davis, of Atlanta, Ga., suggested the desirability of so arranging the program in the future as to give opportunity for discussion upon the papers presented. President Wetzell then declared the department adjourned until the next annual meeting. P. C. HAYDEN, Secretary.

PAPERS AND DISCUSSIONS

PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS

WILLIAM A. WETZELL, SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC, CITY SCHOOLS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

It is with feelings of profound sadness that I assume the duties and responsibilities of presiding officer of the Music Department of the National Educational Association. Little did I think, one year ago, that I should be called upon to stand in the place of one who had given his whole life to the cause of school music. I wish I had that command of language which would enable me to pay a fitting tribute to the memory of the man who was twice honored with the presidency of this department. But a sorrowing heart cannot always express in words the depth of its grief, nor do full justice to a life so nobly lived and so generously sacrificed. But this we know: "the silver cord has been loosed, the golden bowl has been broken," and the spirit of Sterrie A. Weaver has taken its flight to Him who gave it. With uncovered heads and uplifted faces we reverently say, "Thy will be done."

In the death of Mr. Weaver this department has lost one of its truest friends and advocates, and an indefatigable worker in the cause of school music. He came to us with a message which he delivered faithfully, fearlessly, and faultlessly. He was a man with an idea, to the development of which he gave his profoundest thought, the total of his physical and mental energy, and finally his life. There are thousands thruout this broad land who revere, and will ever hold in grateful remembrance, the name of this man, because from him they received that equipment and inspiration which is leading them to eminent success. He was unselfish in his nature, generous to a fault, and helpful and inspiring at all times, always giving more attention to the welfare of others than to his own. He never knew when he had reached the limit of his powers of endurance, and thus labored on and on until the spark of life went out. His death came suddenly. On the Monday preceding his death he was found in his accustomed place, enthusiastically at work. On Wednesday he died. During his delirious moments on the night preceding his death, his conversation related wholly to the Boston meeting of last year, and the sight-reading exhibition given by his class of boys and girls from Torrington, Conn. He even sang some of the exercises they sang at that time, and expressed great pleasure at their signal success. But what I have said and all that I may be able to say, will not add one beam to the halo of glory that surrounds his The good he has done will live on and on thru the years yet to come. Before we proceed with the regular order of business, I desire to call your attention to a few matters which I deem of vital importance to the success of this meeting and to the standing of our department. We have gathered here from various sections of our country to participate in discussions pertaining

name.