United States gold should be showered over the health-giving and joy-bestowing field of National Music, so fondly loved by the people, and so necessary to mental and physical relaxation from the maddening strain of modern life. A bright star will adorn the administration of the first President to take this need in hand.
FOOTNOTES:
[37] The value of the musical instruction as given in public schools is not worth consideration beyond its diversion aspect. The singing is a menace to correct voice placement and the remaining exercises are insignificant.
[38] American Industries, January, 1913.
APPENDIX A.
Questionnaire.
The exact form of the American questionnaire employed in the gathering of statistics is given below. The inquiries sent abroad followed the same plan and had the same scope, but were couched in somewhat more indirect and formal terms, and of course each separate set of questions was sent out in the language of the country to whose officials it was directed.
For a statistical work I need some official information in regard to the following queries:
1. How much does the American Government expend annually upon public conservatories for free tuition of pupils?
2. How much do the single states contribute annually for the same purpose?
3. Is there any subvention for Grand Opera from the American Government or from the States?