increasing attention to music, and in some instances have developed impressive programs. In 1944 the National Music Council sent questionnaires to more than three hundred hospitals which treated psychiatric disorders, and received replies from two hundred of them. A summary of the survey was published by them under the title of “The Use of Music in Hospitals for Mental and Nervous Diseases,” and some of the information contained in this pamphlet will be of interest to those who are considering this aspect of music as a career. Almost all mental hospitals use music in some form. In half of them, patients participate in music vocally or instrumentally. In many hospitals the use of music is increasing and in a few it is extensive. About one-quarter of the hospitals have some budgetary appropriation for music, such appropriations are not great at present. Most hospitals look for musical workers among the members of their regular staff; but a few have consulted musical organizations. Trained musicians might think that hospitals would turn more uniformly to musical schools for this sort of assistance, but for the most part, few schools of music have openly encouraged the study of this subject,--in spite of the fact that one-half of all the hospitals questioned stated that they could use additional qualified workers. Of greater interest perhaps to those who would like to become hospital music aides are the opinions expressed by the hospital authorities on the principal qualifications which they believed musical workers in mental hospitals should have. It must be remembered, however, that questionnaires submitted to hospitals are not answered in a uniform manner, and any survey of this type must be interpreted with caution. When questionnaires are sent to hospitals they usually pass first through the hands of the director or superintendent, who reacts as an individual and not according to a set pattern. One will turn the paper over to his secretary for reply; another will pass it on to a physician, nurse or occupational therapist. In many instances the answers will be filled out by the hospital music worker, and sometimes, if the superintendent is sufficiently interested, he may answer it himself. Each person to whom the questionnaire is submitted may transfer the burden of answering to a subordinate, if he is too busy to fill it out himself. The signature which appears at the bottom of the returned questionnaire is usually one of approval rather than of authorship. Surveys should list the titles of respondents. This one did not. Even if it did, the foregoing possibilities would have to be considered. In spite of this, the qualifications listed will be reviewed for the help they may offer the prospective hospital musician.