▁ 1 8 8 8 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 0 ▁the ▁administration ▁decided ▁that ▁a ▁capit ol ▁fund ▁was ▁necessary ▁and ▁elimin ated ▁the ▁music ▁super visor ▁position ▁in ▁the ▁system . ▁For ▁this ▁reason ▁he ▁moved ▁to ▁Ke ok uk , ▁Iowa ▁to ▁take ▁the ▁position ▁of ▁music ▁super visor . ▁Hay den ▁founded ▁The ▁School ▁Music ▁Month ly ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 0 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 4 , ▁it ▁became ▁the ▁official ▁publication ▁of ▁National ▁Education ▁Association ' s ▁Department ▁of ▁Music ▁Education . ▁The ▁period ical ▁was ▁dedicated ▁to ▁a ▁broad ▁spectrum ▁of ▁issues ▁dealing ▁with ▁public ▁school ▁music ▁education . ▁Hay den ▁was ▁editor ▁of ▁this ▁publication ▁for ▁many ▁years ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁frequent ▁contrib utor . ▁ ▁The ▁Begin nings ▁of ▁the ▁MS NC ▁The ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁M EN C ▁was ▁an ▁inv itation ▁by ▁Hay den ▁to ▁come ▁together ▁in ▁Ke ok uk ▁and ▁observe ▁his ▁work ▁there . ▁The ▁inv itation ▁resulted ▁from ▁the ▁can cellation ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 0 6 ▁meeting ▁of ▁the ▁National ▁Education ▁Association ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁San ▁Francisco ▁earth qu ake . ▁The ▁second ▁meeting ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁group ▁was ▁held ▁in ▁Indian apolis ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 9 , ▁but ▁a ▁constitution ▁was ▁not ▁adopted ▁until ▁ 1 9 1 0 ▁in ▁C inc inn ati , ▁where ▁the ▁group ▁officially ▁became ▁the ▁Music ▁Super vis ors ▁National ▁Conference . ▁The ▁appearance ▁of ▁the ▁organization ▁at ▁a ▁time ▁when ▁it ▁could