4. The Board of Trustees, when it considers that the completion of the fund is assured, shall select the leader upon the careful and unbiased consideration of the merits and records of all candidates submitted to it. Such candidates, however, to be only men of the highest reputation either in Europe or America, and the leader one whose name will add to the prestige of the orchestra both here and in other cities. 5. The selection and placing of the musicians shall be made by the leader, subject to conditions in paragraph three. 6. As the subscribers contribute to the fund solely for the benevolent purpose of advancing the cause of music in Philadelphia and release all control over said fund, they shall not be considered as partners with each other, or with the Trustees in the conduct or management of said orchestra. 7. The Board of Trustees shall never exceed nine in number. 8. Subscribers to the permanent fund shall have choice of seats in advance of the general public for all Symphony Concerts. The Committee earnestly requests all who are interested and who will aid them by subscribing to the Fund, to kindly give the matter their prompt attention, and send in any subscription or communication as soon as possible, for if the Orchestra is to be established by next season, it is necessary to push matters without delay. COMMITTEE Philadelphia Permanent Orchestra[68] [68] The officers were: Chairman, Mrs. W. H. H. Robinson; Treasurer, Mrs. Edward I. Keffer; Secretary, Miss Edith Lee Hutchinson. MISS BALCH MISS MARY MOSS MRS. WILLIAM BURNHAM MRS. CLEMENT B. NEWBOLD MRS. LOUIS F. BENSON MRS. CHARLES PLATT, JR. MISS BRIGHT MRS. JOHN WILLIAMS PATTEN MRS. GEORGE W. C. DREXEL MISS ETHEL PARRISH MRS. CHANCELLOR C. ENGLISH MRS. W. H. H. ROBINSON MRS. SIMON B. FLEISHER MRS. CORNELIUS STEVENSON MISS M. K. GIBSON MRS. C. MORTON SMITH MRS. ALFRED C. HARRISON MISS SUSAN STEVENSON MRS. JOHN HARRISON MRS. MONROE SMITH MRS. EDWARD IUNGERICH KEFFER MRS. JOHN THOMPSON SPENCER MRS. JOSEPH LEIDY, JR. MRS. WILLIAM PENN TROTH MRS. WILLIAM L. MCLEAN MISS FRANCES WISTER MISS ADA ELIZABETH MILES MRS. CHARLES S. WHELEN. MISS EDITH LEE HUTCHINSON, Secretary, 1936 Wallace Street ENDORSERS