The Chemawa American, January 30, 1929, Page 4, Image 4

The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Page 4
MUSIO
(Çoùtinuëd from page Ì)
wave—the sighing breeze-all are her melodies. Yet
glorioiis above all these glories is the power of man­
made music.
At the roll of drums, the savage heart beats faster,
s^t the trumpet call, those brave men march out to
die.
The mother croons a lullaby and little eyes find
rest.
As we listen to the harmony of an orchestra rising
and falling in expressive melody/something is stirred
within us, we are swept into unknown realms of
romance, leaving all cares and worries of life»
Music has spoken in her universal language; the
language we all love ; the language we all understand
to a greater or less degree; the language now we may
all learn to speak; the language you want to know
better.
It is a customary thing to be able to play not
professionally, of necessity, but well enough to under­
stand and enjoy what is going on in thé musical
world.
Music is so elemental and so universal a thing,, that
at can be recommended to anvone. And ÿôU cân feel
assured that a study of music will be Worth thé tîmè
and effort, instead of spending your time on cross­
word puzzles.
And now let us hear the words of a great musician
on this subject: Schumann, when asked, “ What is it
to be really musical?” replied,“ When yorihriVêmrisic
in your heart and head. ”
Through your broader understanding of UitisiC ÿoû
will get more enjoyment out of listening. You will
find that the playing of others has àü added fastihating
meaning. You will both comprehend and speak the
universal language of music.
MUsic will enable you to fulfill better yorit duties a’s
a home-maker. It will help you to knit loving home
ties closer.
These few paragraphs here are not sufficient to treat
of the vast possibilities of music and its importance to
you and me. À large volume Would scarcely cover
•such a wide subject in its entirety. However, I should
like at least to picture the endless pleasures that music
brings into our lives, and its great importance.
MR. BILLY GOAT
Ever since the days when we were in pinafores
we’ve heard the term, “ separating the sheep from the
goats,” applied to various propositions. ÂS a 'result
Wë hâve, for reasons beyond our ability to explain,
come to look upon the goat With disrespect. And yet,
we know full well that in the matter Of intelligence, in
the spirit of do pr die, the instinct of self-preservatron,
and many other attributes which mankind admires, |
the goat has it all oVèî the sheep, which is chiefly
rioted for his W001, his mutton, àpd his meek and
lowly spirit.
The goat iSconsiderable of a clown—he i’s an ad-
venturer of the first Class. Hè is never drab—ttevét
Common-place—his nerVe never forsakes him, arid he
is abashed by nothing on this good old êàtth. Well,
what of it? Just this:
Ôné day last Week, just as the students were march­
ing into their spacious diriittg-room for the tioOn meat,
Mr. Billy Goat appeared as a “ bolt out of the blue”
and marched in to lunch with the girls, just like a true
and chivalrous knight. In some way unknown to
the Writer he had secured a straw hat—whether of
the vintage of last summer or the summer yet to come,
We know not—arid this hat was fixed at a rakiSh an­
gle où his manly brow, giving him a peculiarly
devilish appearance, of which he seemed sublimely
unconscious. Mrs. Stuart, dining-room matron, by
her ungracious reception of his goatship, seemed to
inspire in Billy a spirit of contempt, and hi® general
attitude was such that our goodly matron, though large
enorightd fight her owri battîtes, concluded that she
had gone far enough with Billy, hence she quit the
field. Mr®. Larsen also large and athletic, tried her
hypnotic eye on Billy, but he never flinched. On the
retirement of Mrs. Larsen, Bert Odona, who is assistant
cook, and who is also otir local strong man, swept
into the dining-room—and Billy had met his match!
Mr. Odbna unceremoniously removed Billy’s üûseà-
soriàblê straw hat and took him by the ears, after the
manner of picking up a rabbit, and carried thé squirm­
ing Billy kitchenward, to the cheers of the entire
student body. It was a bfave deed on the part of Mr.
Odona. A spectator, becoming curious to learn what
happened to the goat, followed into the kitchen. The
goat was nowhere to be seen but Mr. Odona wa&cahn-
ly stirring some food in one of the large cooking cal­
drons. Asked where the goat was, he pointed his
finger down into the caldron and let it go at that.
But Billy was not 1 ‘in the stew. ’ ’ An hour or two
later ye Scribe chariced td be passing over the caihpris
arid he saw a small boy trriftdlirig a wheelbarrow and
in it, stariding with kingly dignity, was the goat. Just
who was enjoying the wheelbarrow experience the
most, the boy or the goat, it would be hard to say. In
some’ way, in the excitement, and .the Ups and downs
of the noon hour’s experiences, Billy had lost hi$
•straw hat. He was bareheaded.
Mr. Mason accompanied some of our boys to Reed
College, Portland, last week when they»played basket­
ball down there.