Abstract
IS THE PLACE OF THE ARTS in the school curriculum threatened? The author thinks so and presents this challenge: Can music stand on its own merit? Is it enough to say that we know music contributes to a richer and fuller life? In attempting to formulate answers to these questions, it will be necessary to search for deeper reasons than those that apparently satisfy many practitioners in the field at the present time.
What would you do if called upon to justify the retention of music in the curriculum if in your community school administrators, supported by the school board and press, believed it must be eliminated in favor of more emphasis on the sciences? If you have any thoughts or suggestions you would like to contribute to a symposium, send them to the Music Educators Journal. Recommended readinq: Mr. Hilton's “Is Music Expendable?” in the Round Table, this issue, page 58.
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