Alice Rogers
(Birth and Death Dates not available)
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Biography
Alice Rogers was an active member of MENC throughout her career. She was music educator in Davenport, Iowa in the early 1900s. Dates of attendance and membership in MENC while she lived at 1514 Farnam Street in Davenport include, 1907, 1919, 1920 and 1920. In 1921, Alice Rogers attended an annual convention of the National Federation of Music Clubs at Davenport, Iowa. During this convention she directed a group of intermediate students. The program of this concert is published in full in Music Supervisors Journal, 8(2). In 1921 she moved to Santa Monica, California residing at 1333 Sixth Street. Attendance and membership dates during her years in California include, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, and 1938. It is likely that Rogers remained in Santa Monica until her death. In 1921
In Music Supervisors Journal, (7(4), Rogers presents a statement outlining the importance of attendance to the national conferences and encourages other music educators to attend. Other publications include "The Junior High School Music Program and Some of its Problems" in Music Supervisors Journal, 13, 1926, and "Types of Songs and Types of Voices" in Music Supervisors Journal, 18(3), 1932. Both articles reflect her passion and dedication for music education. The following quote from the 1926 article presents an insight to her philosophy of music education:
Some knowledge of music and art is needed in the education of every individual; it is of practical use to the business man, the professional man, the day laborer, the capitalist, and to the father and mother in the home. Men who have charge of our civic affairs need some knowledge and appreciation of art and music. Churches and Sunday schools and all civic gatherings need a people who can participate in and appreciate music. The "tired business man" needs some knowledge of music to make his leisure more interesting. He must be educated in his youth, so that his adult life may be made richer.
Sources
Music Supervisors National Conference, Journal of Preceedings, 1910-1938.
Rogers, Alice. Contributed article. Music Supervisors Journal, 8(4), 1921.
Rogers, Alice. The Junior high school music program and some of its problems. Music Supervisors Journal, 13, 21-27, 1926.
Rogers, Alice. A word to the wise and the unwise. Music Supervisors Journal, 18(3), 54-55. 1932.
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Audrey Berger
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