From the first, special rates were offered to music students through the music schools of Philadelphia, for the attendance of the young was especially desired. Tickets were also distributed free, but the response was not encouraging. Special prices were offered to boarding schools in and near Philadelphia, but they too were not eager to patronize symphony concerts. In 1909, through the Women’s Committee, about 43,000 circulars about the orchestra were sent out by the music schools and other schools with their prospectuses, a favor much appreciated. Special Concerts were given for the students at Weightman Hall, University of Pennsylvania, from 1909-1922. These were conducted under the auspices of a committee composed of representatives of the student body, of the Faculty Tea Club (of which professors’ wives were the members) and of the West Philadelphia Women’s Committee for the Philadelphia Orchestra. Although the hall was unsuited to orchestral performances, and the stage inadequate in size, these concerts were very popular, and the orchestra was always treated in college style. Press of engagements combined with the unsatisfactory physical conditions there caused the abandonment of these. Through the generosity of Mr. Cyrus H. K. Curtis two series of eight “Public Ledger Educational Concerts” were given for public school children in 1915-16 and 1916-17. Public School Concerts have been given at the Academy of Music, with all tickets at fifty cents, during the last two seasons. Also for many years the orchestra played for the benefit of the Stetson Hospital under a special business arrangement. Free Sunday Concerts were inaugurated at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1915-16, with a series of three, and continued during the next season. The Public School Concerts given in 1915-16 and led by Dr. Rich must not be forgotten. They took place at the Normal School, Wm. Penn High School, Philadelphia High School for Girls, Boys’ Central High School, Germantown, West Philadelphia, Frankford and Southern High Schools.