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...recent number of the Saturday Evening Post appears an article by Professor Hugo Muensterberg h.'01, entitled "American Patriotism and Europe," in which he informs us of the real essence of his efforts during his year in Germany, as exchange professor. He tells of his attempt to carry out his real mission--to spread on the European continent reasonable ideas about true Americanism...
...service of the Amerika-Institut, which was established under Professor Muensterberg's directorship, in awakening both countries to the advantages of mutual intercourse, is fully explained, in a way that presents the full significance of the phrase which describes its purpose--"to further and expand the cultural relations between the United States an Germany." Such an organized move has been necessary, because, in spite of the fact that thousands of Americans visit Germany every summer, most of them look upon the excursion as a "gaudy vacation" and do not work hard "as unofficial delegates of their country for the cultivation...
...feeling of pride springing up in a mixed ancestry, and with this new attitude of the majority, a fundamental revision of the antiquated national theory is necessarily demanded. "The ties of kinship do not connect this country with England more than with Ireland, or Holland, or Sweden." Professor Muensterberg sees, as the outcome of the situation, a unique nation issuing from the "melting-pot" in which the finest qualities of all Europe will be blended, and in which will live a new patriotism "which will not know host or guests among the citizens of this country...
Professor Muensterberg of the Department of Philosophy will give the two final lectures in his series of eight on Applied Psychology under the Spenser Foundation at Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., on March...
Professor Muensterberg, in explaining the purpose and intentions of the American institute, said: "The establishment may be recognized as a new departure in international relations, and is to be devoted to promoting culture between Germany and the United States. Everything political and commercial lies outside of its realm. Its chief emphasis will lie on the interests of scholarship and research, of education and travel and social connections...