Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-31
"GERMAN SINGERS" CRY
AGAINST u. OF P. OPERA
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nature to the protest will be a moral vote
against "inhumanty, barbarism and Ger
man Kultur."
Indignation spread throughout the Uni
versity when these circulars We're received.
The consensus of opinion of students and
faculty was that it was a cheap. atrocious'
underhand trick devised as n attempt to
spoil the coming performance. u
Students formed themselves INTO squads
in the hope of finding the Patriotic
Students Committee" but not single mem.
ber of it could be discovered. Editor-in-
Chief Yust of the Pennsylvania, i'm.
mediately called meeting of its staff and
manned out plans for unearthing those re-
sponsible for the sending Of the circular
Many of the members of the faculty said
that the notice should not receive atten
ton. Professor John c, Rolfe told the
students in the Latin class not to go near
the meeting and urged them to ignore the
protest.
The protest, which bears no marks that
would lead TO the Identification of the send
ers, follows
A mass meeting of University of
Pennsylvania students will be held in
the Houston Hall auditorium at
o'clock Friday evening, June 2, for the
purpose of formally protesting against
the appearance on Franklin Field on
June 6 - of German singers, including
Marie Rappold Margaret Matzenauer
and others. The Patriotic Students
Committee. composed of representative
students from virtually every depart
ment of the University, objects to our
university lending its official sanction
to the appearance here In Aida of men
and women representing a people who
by their inhuman conduct in war have
forfeited all claims to the respect and
good will of all thinking American
people.
1t is your duty as a good Pennsyl-
vania man 10 attend this meeting and
show by your presence in Houston Hall
on Friday night that you are against
the University bringing Madames Rap
pold and Matzenauer to Franklin Field.
signature 10 the protest the Students
Patriotic Committee Is preparing to
send TO the trustees of the University
will be moral vote against inhuman-
ity, barbartsm and German kultur
Patriotic Students Committee.
Please remember-Houston Hail. Fri
day night, at o'clock.
George Nltzsche, registrar Of the Uni
versty, issued a statement concerning the
circular calling attention TO the fact that
Madame Rappold was born in Brooklyn and
ls' therefore, an American, while Madame
Matzenauer was born in Hungary and
married Eduardo Fontano, the tenor singer
who Is an officer and is fighting in the
Italian army
The Opera Committee responsible for the
production, he said, selected artists irrespec-
tive or nationality, choosing simply the great
est exponents Of the respective roles in this
master work OF Verdi, the Italian composer
As further proof of this Mr. Nitzsche
pointed out that the rems nder Of the cast
and the conductors were Russian, Spanish
Italians and various other natlonalities
In order TO obtain Houston Hall for the
proposed meeting II will be necessary for the
Patriotic Students Committee" 10 apply 10
Walter l.. Dlckes secretary OF the Houston
Club. No application for the use OF the
hall has been made as yet. II the commit
lee puts in It's appearance at the seeretary's
office, there Is likely 10 be serious trouble.
as several Of the students are on guard
all day Judging from the temper OF the
youths, there will be few words wasted In
iOrmalities II the committee shows up"
Prof. Walter I. Taggart, chairman Of the
House Committee, said that no one had con-
erred with him regarding the hall for the
light In question.
The Committee on Grand Opera, which IA
sponsoring the performances. follows.
Provost Edgar Fahs Smith, honorary
,hairmani Hugh A. Clarke, chairman Her
nan v. Amea. William ~ Bates Henry h.
ieyelin. Morris JastroW, Jr, Warren p.
laird, Marion ID. Learned William Draper
Lewis, John NJ. Maefarlana. Arthur NJ.
dAefarlans. Arthur H. Quinn. John c.
Rolfe, J. n. Penniman leseph n Wilson
md George - Nltzseha.