Evening star., 1934-05-06
ORCHESTRA PLAN
URGED FOR CITY
DR.. Mcclellan Says Year.
Round Season Would
Raise Capital Prestige.

Coincident with the announcement
OF 80 prominent business and civic
leaders of Washington as members OF
the recently organized Mems Commit
tee of the National Symphony Or
chestra, DR.. William Mcclellan, preSi-
dent of the Potomac Electric Power
Co. and chairman of the new SYM
phony group. described as a goal a
year-round orchestral season here.
He called the formation of the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra lone of
the most significant steps toward de-
velopment of real National Capital
that had been made in the last Is
years"
washington is not wholly the Ma
t!onal Capital" DR.. Mcclellan said.
'in the sense that London, Paris or
Berlin are the capitals of their re-
spective nations. Washington is mere
ly the seat of our Government. These
other capitals are more than that.
They are the centers also of the cul-
tural life. They are centers of art
and education as well as seats of
Government.
OSt- war TTOSTcSS.
at can be said that Washington
made little progress toward such
role until the postwar period. The
formation of the National Symphony
is major factor in this development,
and if We are to progress the SYM
phony will have to be considered not
as something for comparatively
small group of music lovers, but as
something for the enjoyment and
benefit of all, major civic activity
which must depend on the support
of the population at large.
In previous seasons the orchestra
has been supported largely through
the efforts of the Women's Commit
tee, which has concentrated on OBJ
tanning the necessary financial aid
chiefly from the music lovers of the
city. The Mems Committee. accord
ing to DR. Mcclellan, is planning an
equally intensive campaign among the
business leaders and professional men
and men of affairs of the Capital.
Members of Committee.
The committees membership is as
follows: Representative Robert L. Ba-
con of New York, Col. Edward Goring
Bliss of the Chesapeake & Poto-
mac Telephone Co., Robert Woods
Bliss former Ambassador to Argen-
ina; Maj. A. Smith Bowman, Daniel
j. Callhan. treasurer, Knights of Co.
lumbus Clarence Phelps Dodge, Carl
A. Droop of E. F. Droop g. Sons, Carl
Engel, head of the music division of
the Library of Congress; Julius Gar
f1nckel, E. c. Graham, president of
the Hamilton National Bank; Alan
son B. Houghton, former AmbaS-
sador to Germany; Robert Jackson.
r. M. Kempton. Lanier P McLach-
len, president of the McLachlen Bank
ing Corporation; DR.. Cloyd H. Marvin,
president of George Washington Uni
versity; c. Powell Minnigerode of the
Corcoran Gallery of Art, DR.. z. B. Phil
lips, James P. Schick, c. Melvin
Sharpe of the Potomac Electric Pow
er Co., DR.. Abram Simon, H. P. Som
ervllle, manager of the Willard Hotel;
Marcy L. Sperry, president of the
Washington Gas Light Co.; H. B.
Spencer, S. Percy Thompson. Merle
Thorpe, editor of Nations Business;
Joseph P. Tumulty; Roger J. White
ford, prominent attorney; Lloyd B.
Wilson of the Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co., Waddy B. Wood. local
architect, and DR.. William Mcclellan,
chairman of the committee.
Tomorrow the committee will give
luncheon at the Mayfower in honor
of DR.. Hans Kinder, conductor of the
orchestra, who will sail for Europe
shortly to appear as guest conductor
at series of concerts in Amsterdam
and The Hague with the famous Con-
certgebouW Orchestra.