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Ivy Wall at Cox College and Conservatory, College Park, Ga.
ATLANTA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
Combines With Art Ideal Modern Business Principles
Right down in the middle of a city growing <o fas: in music one can -ee
the results from month to month, the Atlanta <’onset \ t or.- of Musa was set
several years ago. and. in the oft-repeated words of y.ir Roorvelt. it has
■’stayed pul.” Mme than that, it has taken firm root. ,md rtou:i=hed so con
spicuously that it is regarded even in it- youth as a w*ll - < ■-r.. b >.-hed institu
t ion.
The eont’ast in one respect is interesting between this and Cos College
and Conservatory. both schools under the «ante man igement. but •a* h serv
ing its individidtial purpose
A PRETTY CONTRAST.
Cox College enters this fall on its seventieth year, but it has grown with
growing educational ideals. It started out as a progressive educational fat t
for women’s coliegts were tare seventy years ago. and il ha- advanced
as the education of women advanced, constantly raising its cutTuuium.
str* ngthening its facufly and increasing its material advantages.
Atlanta Conservatory, on the contrary, will be only five yens old in Sep
tember. but it was born in the full panoply of power, with a complete
equipment to start w ith, and a faculty magnetic enough in ability experience
and reputation to balance the lure of musical study in <h<- East and abroad
Advance advertising had a student body in waiting tor the opening of the
institution, and evet since that time the Conservatory has been a liv. fac
tor in the student and musical life of the South
A MODERN BUILDING.
The building was erected especially sot the Conservatory and so Is d* sign
ed to fulfill the exact needs of th.- institution
Besides its studios, it has a recital hall with a capacity of «<uj which is so
well planned for musi, that it has become one of the nm.-t sought-after
musical centers in the city Its big pipe organ is an important asset in
teaching anti it selves a valuable putpose also in fern ty as v.i i. <s pupils
r eeitals
CONCERT ARTISTS IN FACULTY.
The faculty members ate chosen for theit concert ability, tm-ir standing <-
concert artists, as much as for their teaching qualifications, and tl.»-\ can
thus in recital provide an important element of ’he ideal
principle—the hearing of good music as’well a.- th< actual pract >t
They are men and women whose own a’ma maters are the great ton
seitatotie- of the world and whose experier. <- has been as teachers in the
most famous institutions or with great orchestras, and their recitals ate in
t.nde.i a.s inspirational types tor the benefit of tire pupils.
Atlanta’s growing recognition as a music-loving city is bringing and will
bring an increasing number of world-wfd. concert celebrities here, and th.
conservatorv pupils usually have rhe advantage of student prices. Ih<
the iter- are at hand, and every intelligent advantage the modern city has
to offer
CONSERVATORY ATMOSPHERE.
The typical ‘atmosphere" of th»>conservatory life i- thus engendered by
th* constant study and hearing of th* best music under th*' best direction
and by its greatest exponents; but it is not incongruous with the most sub
stantial musical achievement that the city "atmosphere," down in he mid-'
of Which the <'Observatory is set. is surcharged with ambition, tireless en
deavor and th*- spirit of achievement.
THE A’l I.AM’A GKOHCI \X, SATI liDAY. *H LY 6. VH2
The education of the girls of the South—that, after all. is the paramoun
educational concern. The young women are assured of opportunity if tin y wjl
take it.
And the three big requisites for the ideal college for girls are met will
striking completeness right here in Atlanta. Or, more precisely speaking, jus
outside of Atlanta, this little correction giving incidentally one of the ad
vantages of the ideal college—namely, proximity to the city, with the midi
tional provision of suburban heaithfulness.
t’ox College and Conservatory is, of course, the institution implied.
Its beautiful location at College Park, together with a faculty representa
tive of the world’s most noted institutions of learning, from which thr si
teachers hold degrees: and a material equipment in many respects the lines
in the South; these points make a triangle of advantage outlining an institu
tion which stands for real achievement in the interests of the womanhood o
the South.
A SCHOOL THAT DOES THINGS.
Pupils that "do things”—they are the kind Cox College is fostering, an<
the college itself may be similarly classified.
There, study is active as well as receptive.
In other words, the girls are required not only to take in informatior
but to give out results.
Tlte Conservatory, for instance, gives the student training under the b< s
teachers in the country, and a hearing of every concert or operatic advan
tage afforded by neighboring Atlanta.
But the student must do something herself besides learn what she i
taught. Twenty-five recitals were given during the past year by the stu
dents, and the quality of these performance, as well as the character of 1 h
musical features of commencement, were a very significant Illustration of tin
value of a certificate or a diploma from this well known institution.
THE COLLEGE FACULTY.
A strong faculty is so essentia! to the success of a college that it i;
rather superfluous, in view of the success of Cox College, to dwell on the fac
et the adequacy and ability of the men and women who form the facult’
there. Trie teachers added for th*- coming year are of a scholastic standing
to augment still further the college record of achievement and heighten it
quality of work. Their degrees are from the most celebrated universities, an*
they are bringing new enthusiasm into the college life.
THE CONSERVATORY IDEAL
Strength reinforced by strength is the meaning of tire education the con
servatory affords.
First, there are excellent teachers, brought here because they are th*
best in their several lines, and cultured exponents of music as a whole.
But. besides this advantage, the value of all of them is merged fol th*
benefit of the student. The latter specializes, it is true, but she is requirer
to round out her studies with work in harmony theory musical history, en
semble, and even normal work to se< ur< for her a well balanced and practi* a
knowledge of music.
The student who works with a private teacher has not this advantag*
The conservatory gives it, and provides at the same time the incentive t<
excel, the inspiration of association with others engaged in the same work
and th* musical atmosphere which is part of the ideal conservatory life
WHERE TOWN AND COUNTRY MEET.
Finally , there is health in abundance, and no sk knees. The site is wel
chosen, the e’evation good, the neighborhood healthful and the campus exten
sive and beautiful.
Yet it is not an hour's ride from th*- Auditorium in Atlanta, the theater.*
where lire world's great artists are heard from time to tim*. and the At
lanta Conservatory of Music, which is merged under th*- same managemeni
with t’ox and exchanges faculties.
The Soul Ir’s . rjsical renaissance Is at hand. The proofs lie not only ir
het grow ing demand for artis-tic rliv* rsion. but in th* rising standards in
quired of her schocis and < oriser vatorles, which she demands with the ultima,
turn of sending her girls abroad for their education.
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