Is Compiling Musical Catalogue

OF INSTRUMENTS IN STEARNS COLLECTION AT U. OF M.

Also Treat of Evolution of Musical Instruments--Will Be an Interesting and Valuable Work.

A very interesting book is being compiled this summer for Prof. Stanley's pupils. Philip Schenk is doing the work under Prof. Stanley's supervision. Mr. Schenk is a graduate of the 1902 literary class and has also had quite a musical education. He is very capable of doing the work well and thoroughly.

The basis of the work is the cataloguing of the collection of musical instruments in the University Museum. But the book will contain far more than a mere catalogue. The evolution in musical Instruments will be dealt with in a scientific and logical manner.

Prof. Stanley has never been able to find a book he could use in his history of music classes, but this will meet the requirements of those courses. Mr. Schenk had hoped to finish his work on the book this fall, but there is much more research work than was anticipated, so that it will take a part of next year to do the work satisfactorily. Visitors to the museum have found the room, where the musical collection is kept, closed, but as the major part of the work is being done here it was necessary to exclude visitors.