AHJ, Vol. 2 No. 1, Spring 1969

deliver the magazine in advance of the announced
times. We are now working with
a printing firm whose plant is much larger
and better equipped, and who has been more
than helpful in making our operation run
as smoothly as possible.
KUDOS
We received a very nice letter from Mrs.
Idell Reams, Program Specialist in Elementary
Music for the San Juan Unified School
District in suburban Sacramento, California
from which I want to quote:
"This letter is to inform you of the generous
cultural contribution to our school
district by one of your members, Mrs. Richard
(Peggy) Brown . . .
"By the end of this year she will have
presented thirteen concerts ... for students
in the fifth and sixth grades at several of
our schools. I might explain that our school
district is the sixth largest in the state, with
over 53,000 students, yet we are an impoverished
district financially. Mrs. Brown makes
no charge for these concerts so you can well
understand our gratitude to her for offering
this rich musical experience to our students.
"Mrs. Brown is a gracious, attractive and
charming person with a deep understanding
of children and a desire to upgrade their
musical experiences.
"I am certain you will be interested in
learning of the generous contribution to
music education that Mrs. Brown is making
in our community."
I would like to say that we are indeed
interested in Mrs. Brown's contribution,
and hope that it will serve as a fine example.
It has been my experience that
unless a young person actually hears the
harp first-hand, and actually makes a sound
on it with his own hands, the likelihood of
his taking it up are very slim. Even though
this may end up with our having to play
on strings that lolly-popped fingers have
left sticky, if only one child becomes interested
in playing, it is more than worth it.
EDITORIAL BOARD
I would like to take this opportunity to
point out a difference in our editorial board,
and tell you something about our new members.
Among these, I'm sure that Miss Julia
Louise Herrmann is well known to most of
you. She is harpist with the Dallas Symphony
Orchestra and has a fine group of
SPRING/1969
students, both private and at Southern
Methodist University. On top of a very
heavy playing and teaching schedule, she
has always found time to devote to the Society
and to the promotion of the harp in
general.
Mrs. Catherine Gotthoffer is also now a
member of the Editorial Board. That she is
willing to contribute extra time to this, on
top of her already heavy schedule as National
President is very much appreciated.
Leonard Eureka is Music Editor for the
Fort Worth Star Telegram. He is an old
friend of the Journal, having been a great
help in the past when he was living in New
York. All copy, as many of you know, has
to be repeatedly checked for errors, and he
has kindly done this for us, and has also in
the past contributed various short articles
that appear without bylines.
John Ardoin is Music Editor for the Dallas
Morning News. Before coming to Dallas
he was on the staff of the Saturday Review
and was Editor of Musical America, and
still serves as American correspondent for
the London Times.
Both of these gentlemen have long been
connected with publishing in one way or
another, and I think we are very lucky that
both they, Miss Herrmann, and Mrs. Gotthoff
er have consented to serve on our Board.
In closing I would like to express my
appreciation and, I'm sure, the appreciation
of all our readers for the very fine work
contributed to the Journal by Dr. John
Blyth and Mr. Robert Cumming. Dr. Blyth
was a tireless worker who always found
time to devote to the Journal, and without
his help, it is hardly likely that it would
have ever gotten started.
Mr. Cumming, Editor of the Music Journal,
was also valuable in the many suggestions
he offered, and we very much appreciate
his help.
We are all, I'm sure, looking forward to
the Conference this summer in Rochester.
I hope that everyone can be there, and I
hope that you will take that opportunity to
bring me up to date on your activities.
Sincerely yours,
Samuel Milligan, Editor
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