MUSIC TEACHERS.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20489, 7 March 1932, Page 3

MUSIC TEACHERS.

I—_1 —_ j CANTERBURY DIVISION. } ANNUAL MEETING. r ! The annual meeting of the Canterbury Division of the Music Teachers' Association of New Zealand "was held on Saturday evening, Mr Sidney Williamson presiding. The president's report stated that nine meetings of the club had been held during the year. Eleven members had resigned, and four new members "had joined. A life membership had been conferred on Mr L. C. Zimmerman, who for a long time had taken a keen interest in the doings of the Association. One member of the Association had died during the year. Two social evenings had been held. The balance-sheet showed a balance of receipts over expenditure for the year of £6 14s 9d, with a total balance of assets over liabilities of £3ll 7s Id. The president's report and the bal-ance-sheet were adopted. Election of Officers. Officers "were elected as foll6ws:— President, Air L. CJliffe Stanford; viee- • president, Madame Gower-Burns; council. Misses Betty Hannam and H. A. Searell, Messrs Ernest Empson and Hubert Jones; secretary and treasurer, Mr Sidney Williamson. Control of Journal. It was decided to support the scheme mooted by the central executive that the magazine, "Music in New Zealand/' be controlled by the Association. The scheme was outlined by the president, Mr L. C. Stanford. The control would extend to the finance, and insertion of reports of central and local meetings of the Association, insertion of notes from the various centres, appointment of a publisher (suggestion, Mr H. H. Tombs), and appointment of an editor. The secretary, Mr Sidney Williamson, said that the journal had been pub- ; lished for some time, but in late months j its position had become The publishers had approached the Association and suggested that it take over the control and financing of the paper. The aims of the journal were lhat be the official organ of the Association; that ii provide a record of Dominion musical activity; that it be a help to teachers and students; and that it provide reading matter composed of articles, reviews, and biographical notices, written by "well-known musicians. Tho suggested method for financing the paper would be by a levy on Association members, and by profit oil advertisements. Mr Ernest Empson said that since the establishment of the Association a great advance had been made in musical matters in the Dominion. It vras fitting that the Association had some organ through which to express its views. "It is a very serious matter, this question of taking over the control of a journal that has already proved a financial failure," said Mr W. H. Dixon. He was of opinion also, that care should be taken in the matter of giving one man, as was proposed, editorial control over a paper swrh as the one concerned. It appeared to him that the best way for tho Association to express itself publicly was through the columns of th<? daily newspapers. He urged extreme caution before the schemo was adopted. -Replying to Mr Dixon, Mr William•son said that the editor who would be appointed would-be subject to the control of the Association. *l™ moved and carried that the S l Cr^ Dm3loff of Association Agree to the proposals for taking over control of the. paper. g