Evening star., 1940-05-17
Symphony Campaign
Extended a Week for
Final $4,000
Choirmen and Workers
Decline to Quit Short
With Only 71% Roised

With their drive extended by .
single week, volunteer workers In
the National Symphony Orchestra's
10th annual sustaining fund CAM
paign today started intensive solici-
tation to collect the approximately
$4,000 still needed to attain the
$107, 900 minimum goal.
All division chairmen have
pledged themselves to direct the
activities Of their committees for
an additional week and expect to
hold their individual organizations
together despite the fact that l..
Corrin Strong. Symphony Associa-
tion president. told the workers
yesterday they had already served
the time they had promised and
that the association had mo call
on you"
The question Of extending the
drive was put to the workers at
their report luncheon yesterday and
was answered by unanimous sup
port after the totals reported to
date showed the campaign had
collected $76,822.46 from 1856 con-
trtbutors for 7l.l3 per cent of the
goal.
zO-Week Season Planned.
Reporting later in the day at the
annual meeting Of the National
Symphony Orchestra Association
Mr.. Strong described plans for the
future Of the orchestra, providing
the campaign goal is reached.
The season will only be 20 weeks
long. he said, but with the same
number of concerts In Constitution
Hall IS were presented during this
season. The number OF Sunday con-
certs may be reduced, he added, but
II this is done concerts omitted on
Sundays will be presented on week
days.
He discussed q proposal to sched-
ule the concerts on Monday and
Thursday nights instead Of sun
days and Wednesdays because q
larger audience attends the mid
week concerts than the Sunday con-
certs.
Mr.. Strong pointed out that with
. two-year agreement with the mu-
sicians union plans for the 1912
season can be made well In ad-
vance.
The six members of the Board of
Directors of the orchestra whose
terms expired this year were re-
elected at the annual meeting. They
are Miss Mary B. Adams, Mrs. Rob
ert Woods Bliss, Mrs. Eugene
Byrnes, Charles w. Eliot II, Mrs.
Reeve Lewis and Mrs. Edwin B.
Parker. Mrs. Foster Adams was
elected to the board to fill the va
cancy created by the resignation Of
Paul Wilstach some months ago.
The present officers, Mr.. Strong,
Walter Bruce Howe, vice president
and John Rowland Hill, secretary,
were reelected.
Two Committees Over Top.
. Only two committees had gone
over the top by the time the re-
ports were totaled yesterday. The
Orchestra Guild, for which Mrs.
Charles Bittinger. chairman, re-
ported, had collected 759 pledges
for $8,805.10, or 1856 per cent Of
quota. The Suburban Committee,
for which Mrs. Robert lie Fevre,
co-chairman, reported, had totaled
$40 pledges for $2,704.70, or 108.1S
per cent Of quota.
Loyalty Held Key.
Samuel r. Rosenbaum, vice preSi-
dent Of the Philadelphia Orchestra
Association and mediator tn the
arbitration Of the Musicians' un-
sensational Symphony Orchestra
Association dispute. told the work
ers that without the devotion snd
loyalty Of you women no symphony
can exist"
He said be thought the results
already obtained Were Amazing, I"
considering the size and business
character d kington, and nd
vised the WoTke1f not to feel -the
slightest sense Of encouragement. .
An appeal for support Of the
campaign was voiced by Hans
Kinder, conductor Of the National
symphony Orchestra. who brought
the war abroad close to the workers
when he reminded them that his
country, Holland, to-day doesn't
exist any more"
a. i +. Horn, chairman Of the
campaign. reported at the luncAeon
t1aat the Fine Arts Council ofxId-
sitnns los Ia the public scipols
had enntributed m unsolicited Sift
Eo 50 IN gratitude for Q student
concert played BY ths Nattl I
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