During the period of his leadership Mr. Stokowski has had various honors bestowed upon him. After the second performance of the Mahler Symphony he was presented with a bronze wreath; on the completion of ten years as conductor in 1922, by the Women’s Committees with a set of twelve silver plates, and with a silver tankard by the Association; the University of Pennsylvania conferred on him the Honorary degree of Doctor of Music in 1920; and in 1922 he was the first recipient of the Philadelphia Award of Ten Thousand Dollars. His appearances in Europe in January 1923, when as guest conductor he led orchestras in France and Italy were greeted with enthusiasm and with press notices of a laudatory nature. * * * * * Although it is a rented building, the Academy of Music is the only dwelling place the orchestra has known, and the auditorium with its architectural beauty and perfect acoustics is a marvelous place for orchestral concerts. Having been built in 1857, its traditions link the past with the present and cast a spell over the music. The present stage setting, which replaces the gift of the West Philadelphia Women’s Committee, is from the design of Mr. Huger Elliott, and was executed as a labor of love by the students of the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art for the Association. * * * * * A possession of the Association is the orchestral library that has gradually been accumulated. Beginning with the purchase, for $600.00, of the library of the Philadelphia Symphony Society and augmented in 1911 by Fritz Scheel’s collection, and by the constant addition of new works, it is now suited to the needs of the orchestra and valued as a great asset. It contains twelve hundred works with scores, and orchestral parts for one hundred and ten men, besides four hundred and thirty scores without orchestral parts. * * * * * Advantage is often taken of modern musical inventions. For some years much care has been given to the making of Victor Records, which are popular the country over. There is now a list of forty-six, all exceptionally good, and they have brought the orchestra many friends. Radio transmitters are not used at performances. The Board of Directors feels that it is unfair to patrons of the orchestra, who pay for tickets and take the trouble to attend the concerts in person, to broadcast the music throughout the country. Mr. Stokowski recently secured the rights for the first presentation of the new Hammond Pedal, invented by John Hays Hammond, Jr. The first public performance on the piano with this attachment was at the Philadelphia regular series of concerts, on October 30th and 31st, 1925, when Lester Donahue played the Rachmaninoff Second Concerto. The invention will also be used in Washington, New York City and on the Western tour. * * * * *