The San Francisco call., 1905-04-26
POETS MEMORY
TO Be AONORED

The German societies and lodges of
this city are making preparations for
a memorial celebration, beginning May
7, in honor of the one hundreth an
niyersary of the death of the great
poet Schiller.
The celebration in this city will be a
part of the great international demon
stration on that occasion. In New
York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Mil
waukee the celebrations will last for
week. In Germany, Austria and
Switzerland observance on big scale
will be made. Wherever the German
tongue is spoken all will do honor on
the 9Th of May to the favorite poet OF
the fatherland, who through his great
dramas, "William Tell and The Rob-
bers," inspired the German people dur
ing the storm and stress of a hundred
years ago when they were engaged in
their great struggle for liberty.
Carl w. Mueller, the secretary of the
local memorial committee, has re-
ceived communications from 123 or
ganizations to the effect that they will
take part in the celebrations. The
programme is substantially as follows:
On Sunday. May Z. there will be
a parade of all the German societies
and lodges, Schuetzen and Turn
vereins in uniform, others with ban
ners and regalia. Grand Marshal
Colonel Robert Wieneke has issued
orders to all organization to assemble
at their respective places at S:46
a. m. sharp. The parade will start
from the corner of Fell and Stanyan
streets and proceed to the music stand
in Golden Gate Park. A unique fea-
ture of the parade will be a division
of $50 young ladies, all dressed in
white carrying floral wreaths. each
one representing a society or lodge.
The exercises will begin at the music
stand at IL a. m. The banner car
riers, with their banners and flags, will
take up positions on either side of the
music stand.
The park band, under the leadership
of Paul Steindorff, will play an over
ture. Then will follow a great male
chorus of one thousand voices, the
combined singing societies of this city.
under the direction of Professor d.
Riegger, which will render Beth
ovens "Ehre Gottes der Nature"
Governor George c. Pardee will de-
liver an address, after which the
great chorus will sing Schaefer's
I "Sonntagslied." under the direction
of Professor Hoffman,.
Professor Hugo X. Schilling Of the
State University. president of the
} German-American League of Califor-
mia, will deliver an Grafton in Ger
man. at the conclusion of which the
white-dressed young ladies will de-
post their flowers and wreaths at the
foot of the Schiller-Goethe monument.
This will conclude the exercises for
the day.
On Tuesday evening. May 9. at the
Alhambra Theater, the following pro-
gramme will be given: Beethoven's
overture to Egmont by an orchestra OF
seventy-five musicians, under the di-
rection of Professor Frederic Zech. Su-
pervisor Brandenstein will deliver an
address In English. A German oration
by Professor julius Goebel of Stan
ford University will be followed by a
selected chorus of 500 voices rendering
Schiller's BELL" music by Romberg.
Goethe's epilogue to Schiller 81 BELL, .
which was spoken at the first Schiller
memorial 100 years ago and arranged
by Goethe himself, will be recited by
Mrs. A. Jockel. At the conclusion
Schillers well-known "Wallenstein's S
Camp will be played by company OF
amateur actors.
The following committees are in
charge of the arrangements: Memo