Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1912 — Digging to Music. [ARTICLE]

Digging to Music.

It would seem that the old principle, which has said to have been so often applied in war and in peace and which has a deep psychological basis, that tiresome muscular labor Is'more easily and regularly performed and in a sense guided by the rhythm of musical sounds, has been successfully applied among the laborers on the Panama canal. One of the “bosses'* of work gangs has gained distinction by outdistancing all his rivals in the amount of work done on account of his cleverness in developing and leading songs that inspire his men with energy and cause them to forget fatigue. Slftging at work has become general all along the line, it is reported.