The Musical Review And Musical World 1861 Vol 12

Excerpt from The Musical Review and Musical World, 1861, Vol. 12: A Journal of Secular and Sacred Music On the second floor there is in the center the assembly or study room of the Normal department, capable of containing with ample room, more than 200 desks, and from it, entrance to six recitation rooms adapted to the various departments of their work. On the third floor are the large Hall or Chapel, Society rooms, Cabinet, Museum, and, I believe, the Library. It will be re membered that all these rooms are very spacious, and perfectly appointed, and the whole building heated by steam. Some idea may be had of the magnitude of the enterprise when it is stated that the costof the building and appoint ments, exclusive of land, was over one hundred and forty thousand dollars The people at the east must look to their laurels; at this rate Illinois will stride away from them in facilities for education as fast as she has gone ahead in building cities and raising wheat. I was at the Institution for a few days to give some instruction in singing, and teaching singing, and enjoyed it well, although every night found me ready to rest, for Western men, if they don't brush their boots, keep the cobwebs out of their eyes and minds, and he who expects to influence them must know what he has to do, and must be able to do it well. Let no teacher of music (and I may add of any thing clse)go tothe west to teach because he cannot succeed at home. In my opinion, he will meet with disappointment if he does. Mr. Hovey, the prime mover in getting up this Institution, and the present Principal, is a man of extraordinary abilities, and the associate pro fessors are all men of high standing in their various departments. I cannot see why the Normal University of the State of Illinois should not in a short time be in the very foremost rank. G. F. R. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.