A superficial study of the rise of universities in Europe places England in a significant position in the lead, while a careful investigation of her influence on the world of scholarship, and her specific relation to the development of music as an educational asset, compels astonishment and gratitude in equal measure. It requires, therefore, considerable courage to write upon the comparatively meagre results of the attempts of educational institutions on the Western shores of the Atlantic to follow so admirable and so inspiring a guide. This statement is not to be construed as an apology, but rather as an indication that the subject is approached with full realisation of its inherent difficulties, and with no small measure of hesitation.