Evening star., 1939-02-19
Symphony Campaign
Still S55,500 Short
OF Fund Goal
WelI-Known Figures
Or Musical World
To Aid Drive

"A1IA dPplOAluldUcly Oo,oOV W VIC
raised before the deadline Wednes-
day, Thomas P. Morgan, jr., general
chairman of the National SYM
phony's 1939-40 fund campaign,
last night announced that three
distinguished figures in the music
world will lend their pleas for sup
port today and tomorrow.
Mr.. Morgan revealed that the
campaign is about $4,000 behind
the figure raised at correspond
ing period in last years drive. An
intensive effort will be made by
workers to boast the total before the
third report meeting, to be held at
the Carlton Hotel tomorrow. Pledges
up to last night totaled SIS, ,499 .l3
or 49.8 per cent Of the 1000
needed.
John Barbirolli, conductor of the
New York Philharmonic-Sy Symphony
Orchestra will make a special talk
asking support for the National
Symphony following his concert
over Station WJSV from Carnegie
Hall in New York today.
At 4:45 pm. today, Edward C..
Potter, well-known Washington
composer, will speak over Station
WMAL. with the Pro- Musica
Quartet playing for the broadcast.
The members of the quartet, Milton
Schwartz and Jeno Sevely, violins;
Ralph Hersh, viola, and William
Brennard, cello. are all members of
the National Symphony Orchestra.
Olga Samaroff to Speak.
Olga Samaroff, distinguished
American concert pianist, will be the
speaker at the report meeting to-
morrow. Nine. Samaroff has organ
lied music appreciation classes for
laymen on Nationwide scale dur
ing the past few years. She is now
member of the faculties of the
Juilliard Graduate School in New
York and the Philadelphia Con-
servatory of Music.
Mr.. Morgan said the really diff
cult part of the campaign is just
getting started, since the first report
showed total of s51 900 last Tues
day. leading the public to believe
that the fund would be raised easily.
He pointed out, however, that the
first $4,000 was in big gifts.
Only 755 individual pledges have
been obtained so far, Mr. Morgan
said. This is compared with the
6,460 which made up the sustaining
fund last year. Our need now is
for several thousand people who will
give small amounts Mr.. Morgan
declared.
In a statement issued last night.
Mr. Morgan said the outcome of the
campaign would decide the question
of whether the people of Washing
ton want symphony or not. since
the orchestra cannot maintain the
high artistic standards it has unless
the $lll,O 900 is raised.
Report Meeting Tomorrow.
THE symphony board feels that
it would be better for the orchestra
to stop now and bow out of the
picture if the fund is not raised,
the statement continued.
The report meeting tomorrow will
pay special honor to the Education
Committee Of the campaign, headed
by Dean Henry Grattan Doyle of
George Washington University and
Miss Grace Dunham Guest. Rep
resentatives from public. private and
parochial schools participating in
the campaign will attend.
Dr. Hans Kinder, conductor of
the National Symphony, is expected
to be present at the meeting, which
will be presided over by Harold A.
Brooks. of the Board of Directors
The final report meeting of the
campaign is scheduled for Wednes-
day at 1890 pm. at the Carlton.
Campaign division reports of pledges
obtained thus far and the percent
age of their respective quotas fol-
low: Special gifts. s4l,717, 67.6 per
cent; mems business. Sl,150, 1873 per
cent; women's business. $2.210, 34.2
per cent; Army, $85423, 439 per
cent; associations, 1858 so, 31.3 per
cent; education. $31150. ga per cent; !;
Government, $2,606 34.5 per cent;
Navy, $1,4265o, 331 per cent: Or
chestra guild, 81 ,259 so. 4l9 per cent
and suburban, $685. 80, % per cent.