The Challenge to Music Education

Abstract

AT general and special sessions of the St. Louis Biennial Convention, the following topics were developed by principal speakers: Education and Life, Education and Peace, Human Relations in Education, Audio-Visual Aids, Is the Music Industry in Step with Education, Music Education as a Profession, Music for Everybody. The final general session was planned to provide a summarization and focus for the entire convention program through the evaluation by a panel of distinguished administrators, music educators, and representatives from allied fields of the topics covered in the light of the final session topic-“The Challenge to Music Education.” The accompanying article is taken from the manuscript of the address by Dr. Mursell which introduced the panel discussion.