THE MUSIC CONSERVATORIUM.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13095, 21 April 1908, Page 9

THE MUSIC CONSERVATORIUM.

TO TH£ KUITOR OF "ll!K I'IIKSS." c; [r I to your corre-c-K>in:e:>t. Kuiiierini. , .). buster. ihai finaiicK'.-.? ihiiin out the jirafticabiiity o f a s'.-h'-me beuire wasting li.-i a:.d TituperatiLii in di.-iLM«mg i;-., p;.-.ka.u- s--u«si» or oti:erwi.ie. A building suitabie to- a Cohv-e <•! Mu'-,c v.o'i.-l ci n ;iU or'ten thoiiisind iM>undi,. 1-our u-ac>.<-is Tjouki bti kept working ju>t. unuer .-ix bouni -i d-iy. inciuuiii;: fcaturdisv, v, eire 201 students a week :n oue subject only, X'-ikhv/. three r-iudeius in erery I.our. Add the mimij-r i:cc..sfor theory, harnionv, <•:<•., orciicstril and chamber inu*k\ <:horal work. hJst.>rv of mu.>ic. Italian, elc for fcin:> f.-s—<4y >' x iiion.! ttmchors. ihe income ■ -rtdhig" irom "200 students at twelve ■[ nc a ywir amouiiLs to £2-120. i>iridethis b> ten, and you get a print e:y i7Mwm e for anvonP. Divide it lurvln-r ."or salaries for dir<*otor ;ind stall ot nfficiab a.nd Uien see if it is worth £to build hope., on a Collie of yiitsie, ° r evon to discuss tho subject.— etc.,

AN ORDINARY ARITHMETICIAN.

TO THE EDITOR OF 'TCTK TRESS/ , Sir —As thero is so much interest i-einc takon in musical matters at p/o----lentr will you allow mc to Kl ve my .utboritv for tho statement made by n» in a former letter that "1 runty noUeco had lowered its letter standard fir the colonies." 3ly authority is tho n %f«sional syllabus itself. Syllabus C iaa withdrawn in England in January, iflfU and Syllabus Cα, which ls of hidier standard, was substituted for tho one now remaining in force in tho colonies. Trinity College also now SSI diploma (A.T.C.L.) to all thoso - j_ 0 fake a pass certificate UjU I'er cent.) on tho passing a paper on tho Art of Teaching. Formerly higher marks in practical -work (80 per cent. aE d upwards) was tho only qualification ontitling tho candidate to the diploma iseoed for associate "pianist," ''vioi?Tvi«t" etc. 3l.iny t-eachers who have for roars loyally" supported Trinity (Jollcge in its examining work, see no reason why the same professional standard should not be required here, as at Home. If the "students' aro equal to the English tests, what reason is there for requiring less professionally.-' I am arfare that in hngland also Trinity College now grants the diploma to the candidates on tho snhsequent writing of the teaching paper, but there seems to be no sufficient reason for the syllabus heing different here.—Yours, etc., KATHER.INE J. FOSTER.