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induced of which the teacher may, or may not be ignorant. It may also happen 

 that the teacher has voices in the class that are better adapted for singing second, 

 alto, tenor or bass; then it is that the teacher's musical knowledge is brought into 

 requisition, and he will readily be able to analyze the music, know where the modu- 

 lations occur, know how produced, and also with a little careful study be able to 

 harmonize a melody or a given bass. If true music has a moralizing tendency 

 it cannot be over- estimated in disciplining the mind of youth, and how many 

 persons are there, who retain until late in life the songs and verses they were 

 wont to sing as children at school, and when the human mind is distracted from 

 the cares of daily life and worldly amusements, it naturally lends itself to mus- 

 ing, and then it is that the moral influences of music and poetry are brought to 

 bear. 



A distinguished moralist has said: "To music we are indebted for one of 

 the purest and most refined pleasures that the bounty of Heaven has permitted to 

 cheer the heart of man. As it softly steals upon our ear, it lulls to rest all the 

 passions that invade our bosom, arrests our roving fancy, or in louder strains 

 excites the soul to rage. Often when wrapped in melancholy the sweet voice of 

 music charms away our cares, and restores our drooping spirits, or awakens in 

 us the sentiments of honour and of glory. And surely that which can assuage 

 our griefs, pour balm into our perturbed breast, and make us forget our sorrows, 

 is deserving of consideration, and should be made use of to glorify our benefi- 

 cent Creator." 



Kansas City, Mo., June, 1884. 



THE KANSAS CITY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



During the past year there have been the usual monthly meetings in the 

 lecture season, and a number of excellent papers have been read by such gentle- 

 men as Hon. R. T. VanHorn, E. Case, Jr., Esq., Octave Chanute, C. E., War- 

 ren Watson, Esq., and R. W. Brown, M. D,, all of own city, and by Professor 

 E. D. Cope, of Philadelphia, who kindly stopped on his way home from Mexico, 

 and favored the Academy and citizens of the city with an able and instructive 

 lecture on his favorite subject. 



All of these papers except the last named have been published in full in the 

 Review, but as the Professor spoke without notes we can only give a brief ab- 

 stract of it It was delivered at the April meeting and its title was 



"EVOLUTION." 



The Professor was introduced by Mr. Edward H. Allen and commenced 

 his lecture by referring to the deficient education in the biological sciences pre- 

 vailing among the community, owing to their recent development and the unsat- 

 isfactory text books used for their enunciation. He said the actions of animals 



