ABSTRACT
In his presidential address before the American Philosophical Association in 1908, Hugo Munsterberg referred to aesthetics as the most neglected field in the scene of American philosophy. Since then, the situation seems to have been completely changed. If reflective thought were always proportionate to practical experience, or to the material opportunities that life offers people, they should rightly expect America to make extra-ordinary contributions to the world's body of ideas on the architectural arts. Europeans, as well as the Japanese, have not only copied our methods of construction, but they have actually sent for our architects to design their hotels and apartment houses. The amount of attention America devotes to music is most impressive. In public and private schools, college and universities, millions get some instruction in music, and the number who attend the various concerts in large cities is truly amazing.
