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Gardner-Webb University Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University The tudeE Magazine: 1883-1957 John R. Dover Memorial Library 10-1-1922 Volume 40, Number 10 (October 1922) James Francis Cooke Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/etude Part of the Composition Commons, Ethnomusicology Commons, Fine Arts Commons, History Commons, Liturgy and Worship Commons, Music Education Commons, Musicology Commons, Music Pedagogy Commons, Music Performance Commons, Music Practice Commons, and the Music Theory Commons Recommended Citation Cooke, James Francis. "Volume 40, Number 10 (October 1922)." , (1922). https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/etude/695 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the John R. Dover Memorial Library at Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University. It has been accepted for inclusion in The tudeE Magazine: 1883-1957 by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University. 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THE ETUDE OCTOBER 1922 Page 655 Page 654 OCTOBER 1922 THE ETUDE A Wealth of Suggestions for Those Seeking Depend able Music Publications for Teaching Purposes and Music Lovers in choosing material for the new season HMHMH ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 THE ETUDE Page 656 OCTOBER 1922 DETROIT 49th Year COMBS CONSERVATORY of CONSERVATORY ^MUSIC THF, ETUDE Francis L. York, M.A., President OCTOBER, 1922 _Single Copies 25 Cents- -X -—— PHILADELPHIA Elizabeth Johnson,Vice-President Established 1885 T Finest Conservatory in theWest Mother hangs on to the hand-painted pansy and gilt rolling MUSIC Technic-making Machines pin, not because she likes it but because it reminds her of some, Every few years some new device turns up with an excited Offers to ear,nest 8tudents faculty^? *#0. ^Students’ wonderful days when her hair was braided down her back and inventor who is certain that he has solved the problems of orchestra^ concerts^and ^recitals. 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Some years ago an inventor came to us with a huge con¬ Normal Training for Piano Teachers—Francis L. York. Think over your repertoire and make up your mind how Public School Music and Draining—Miss Hermine Lorch, Bertha Schaffer. trivance into which the hand was to be placed on a series of many pieces you know that will stand the test of time. How School of Expression—Miss Lilly Adela Darling, Ethlyn Briggs-Mann levers with finger pockets. A one-eighth horse-power motor many will be forgotten in a few years. Find out what is junk Dancing— Etldyn Briggs-Mann. was turned on and the hand was given such a pulling and The Thirty-eighth Year Examinations Free. For Catalog and junk it. You need every minute to learn the good in music. mauling in a few minutes that one almost shrieked for libera¬ and Other Information, Address There is very little time for junk. tion The whole contrivance sounded like a threshing machine JAMES H. BELL, Secretary, 5035 Woodward A ye., Box 7 Detroit, Mich. 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