What the Schools Teach and Might Teach - John Franklin Bobbitt

many progressive high schools. It cannot be urged that the subject is finished in
the elementary schools. Pupils in fact receive only an introductory training in
vocal music. The whole field of instrumental music remains untouched. It seems
the city ought to consider the question of whether the course ought not to be
much expanded and continued throughout the high school period as an elective
subject. However, in considering the question it should be kept in mind that
there are very many things of more importance and of far more pressing
immediate necessity.