Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 173, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1918 — ELLA ELLIS PERFIELD. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ELLA ELLIS PERFIELD.

After spending a greater part of the winter in New York and establishing her method of music teaching in that city, Ella Ellis Perfield has just completed a summer term in her school in Chicago, with a heavy enrollment of teachers from all parts of the United States. On the closing day there, July 27, at 4 p. m., Mrs. Perfield gave a musical talk and demonstration of her principles in Rensselaer at the Presbyterian church, to»a select audience who showed a deep interest in her work, after which she returned to Chicago to rest a few days before her summer school opens in Asheville, N. C., August 12. From there she will return to New York to assume her duties through the winter. Emphasizing previously reiterated statements, Mrs. Perfield in her talk at Rensselaer, spoke of ear, eye, and touch development, not alone in music, but also with reference to every kind of education. She believes' that ear and eye must be trained absolutely and that touch finishes the trinity of possibility. She also believes through training means that you must see and feel with the ear, you must hear and feel with the eye, and you must touch with'the eye and ear. “True feeling,” says Mrs. Perfield, “comes through the ear and eye, but it must be balanced by reasoning, then enhanced by drills.” “Anything is right to you,” continued this careful thinker, “so long as you absolutely believe it, or until you outgrow it. Give every one a careful hearing, test every statement made to you, but be yourself first and last, and change your plans and methods only when you are convinced of something beitter.”