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In this era of "high technology", there is a disturbing trend to de-emphasize
the arts and humanities in our schools. Future generations run the risk of having
weaker "soft skills" such as interpretation, analysis, synthesis and effective
interpersonal communication. Learning the various arts teaches us alternate ways of
viewing the world around us.
I'll be adding more links to articles on the importance of the arts and humanities in
society.
Concerts and Drama
As the
temperance movement slowly altered the attitudes of the Scottish-Canadian
community, so did their amusements depend less and less on alcohol.
Entertainment began to take on a more cultured appearance:
Mr. and
Mrs. McIntyre will give their second and last Concert in this city this
evening in the St. Lawrence Hall... We hope therefore to see the Hall crowded
with the admirers of Scottish music. The programme contains a choice selection
of Scottish Songs...[i]
The amateur rural performers in the Malvern Drama Club entertained their
neighbours in "Mammoth Hall" which was always in demand for banquets,
lectures, speeches and curling. Well-known vaudeville acts such as Jimmie Fax
even performed in Mammoth Hall -- dining first with Dave Purdie and delighting
his little daughter, Jennie, at the table.[ii]
Association with
Other Cultural Groups
While Scottish-Canadians had their
Presbyterian
Churches, their Sons of Scotland Camps, and other Scottish groups, they participated
fully in the larger society around them, in both work and play. In April, 1844:
The
Members of the St. Andrew's Society, and Scotchmen generally, are requested to
assemble at the North American Hotel, Front Street, on Tuesday next, the 23rd
instant, (St. George's Day) at One o'clock, for the purpose of joining in
Procession with the St. George's Society to celebrate the anniversary of
England's Tutelar Saint.[iii]
[i]
British Colonist, Nov. 21, 1851.
[ii]
Eadie, Old Malvern, p. 28.
[iii]
British Colonist, April 16, 1844, Angus Morrison, Secretary.
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Scarboro Heights Record V13 #9
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