Evening star., 1942-04-18
S33,917 Is Donated
In National Symphony
Orchestra Drive
U.7 Pet. Of Cool;
Kinder Sees Music
As vitoI Need Now

Contributions of S33.el755. repre-
senting 2o.7 per cent of the si14.ooo
goal sought in the National Sym
phony Orchestra sustaining fund
drive. were reported by committees
at q Mayfiower Hotel luncheon
yesterday, when Or. Hans Kinder,
orchestra conductor, was the prin-
cipsl speaker.
The total turned in was donated
In 36s individual pledges during the
first three days of the campaign
The canvass win continue until
April rs.
Leading the nine groups into
which the committees have been
divided was the Metropolitan Group,
headed by David B. Karrick. With
a goal of $50, 100, more than four
times as large as that of any other
unit, II reported 134 pledges amount
ing to $24.373.
Army Group Gets 1856.
4tlG ltGAt ttAkAitot WuS tAiN <haaaJ
Group, with a quota OF $4,000, which
turned in II pledges for 1886, and
the Navy Group. with $500 quota,
which, committees reported seven
pledges amounting to $l,050.
Results reported by other groups
follow:
Business and Professional, $4,000
quota, 3.l7l pledged; Associations,
$1,000 quota, 81, $50 pledged; Educa-
ton, s4.50O quota, sl67.50 pledged;
Government, $4,000 quota, 81 ,2o2
pledged: Orchestra Guild, $ll.00o
quota. $1,sI4o5 pledged. and Sub
urban, $4,000 quota, 1924 pledged.
T.. r. Finkenstaedt. general cam
paign chairman, said after the meet
ing that he was well pleased with
the first report.
IT think results are extremely
GOOD" he said. Enthusiasm and
reports indicate to me we are rolling
along and have every right TO think
the campaign will be success. Some
Of the old campaigners have told me
the present drive Is the most en-
thusiastic they have witnessed 10
far"
Music a Life Force.
- Stressing the Importance OF the
campaign, DR.. Kinder said that
music has generating power. o
life-giving force" He recalled
times when he had gone to rehearsal
feeling tired and worn out and
wishing he did not have to prac-
tice, and yet, Ave minutes later. had
forgotten his complaints and was
feeling fine.
There never has been time when
every man has been deprived of his
soul" he added, "and music, more
than anything else possibly than
religion, addresses itself toward that
quality of man-the soul"
DR.. Kinder recalled a statement
he said had been made by the great
est warrior Of all time, Napoleon, In
his memoirs: 'In Russia my armies
were defeated not by greater armies,
not by greater strategy. nor by the
horrors of winter, but by the music
OF the Russian regiments
Needed Mere Than Ever.
IN this time OF killing and de-
struction," he concluded, ut seems
more than ever that we should have
music"
Guests at the luncheon included
Miss Elizabeth Ellen Starr, Mrs.
Lillian p. Bonney. Warren Wilmer
Brown and George Schaun, all OF
Baltimore, where the National SYM
phony appears annually on tour; DR..
Chester w. Holmes, assistant super
intendent Of Washington schools;
Mrs. Adolph c. Miller. washington
chairman of the Philadelphia Sym
phony Orchestra; Mrs. Edwin B.
Parker, co-chairman Of the Suburb
an Committee in the present drive,
and Milton Schwartz. violinist;
Francis Garzia, violinist and assist
ant conductor; Walter Howe, tym-
panist. and Sylvia Meyer. harpist,
all Of the National Symphony.