MUSIC
In the elementary schools Cleveland is giving considerably more than the
average amount of time to music. In the high schools, except for a one-hour
optional course in the High School of Commerce, the subject is developed only
incidentally and given no credit. It is entirely pertinent to inquire why music
should be so important for the grammar school age and then lose all of this
importance as soon as the high school is reached.
TABLE 14.—TIME GIVEN TO MUSIC
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| Hours per year | Per cent of grade time
Grade +—————-+—————-+—————-+——————
| Cleveland | 50 cities | Cleveland | 50 cities
———+—————-+—————-+—————-+——————
1 | 47 | 45 | 6.5 | 5.2
2 | 54 | 48 | 6.1 | 5.3
3 | 54 | 47 | 6.1 | 5.1
4 | 54 | 48 | 6.1 | 4.9
5 | 51 | 45 | 5.7 | 4.7
6 | 51 | 45 | 5.7 | 4.6
7 | 51 | 45 | 5.7 | 4.4
8 | 51 | 44 | 5.7 | 4.4
———+—————-+—————-+—————-+——————
Total | 413 | 367 | 6.0 | 4.8
———+—————-+—————-+—————-+——————The probability is either that it is over-valued for the elementary school and
should receive diminished time; or it is under-valued for the high school and
should be given the dignity and the consideration of a credit course, as it is in