Knight Bleated Down

At the London Conference of the British and American Music Educationists, three able music teachers grew appropriately playful.

Said A. Forbes Milne, Director of Music at Berkhamsted School: "I am afraid that in these days girls do not want to be singing lullabies and 'Be Good, Sweet Maid.' They prefer 'The Vagabond' and 'Give to Me the Life I Love.' They gave a very indifferent performance of 'Virtue'. . . ."

Said F. H. Shera, Professor-elect at Sheffield University: "Upon whose head and upon what country can the blame be laid for the invention of the saxophone? ... I am afraid that the great American Nation was responsible. . . ."

Said Sir Hugh Percy Allen, Director of the Royal College of Music: "At every turn, wherever we go, music is made a stop-gap to fill the silences which today humans cannot face. People are terrified of silences, so they have music and I consider it a great insult to music." Here the musical knight drew breath and a jazz-orchestra began bleating in the next room. Said he: "That finishes it, and I sit down."