High school students represent the best
youth of the community. Their efficiency is certainly the greatest
single asset of the new generation. There are scores of other
expensive things that the city can better afford to neglect. The one
thing it can least afford to sacrifice on the altar of economy is the
vitality of its citizens of tomorrow.
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.
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