With artistic ambitions ever growing, it was discovered that some of the needed instruments were not to be found in the city and in addition to this a number of players would not accept the terms of the contract. The situation became acute, so in the summer of 1901, and again in 1902, the conductor was commissioned to seek musicians in Europe. When it became evident that the Philadelphia Orchestra was going to be permanent, application was made in 1902 for a Charter[13] for the Association, which was granted on January 5th, 1903, to the following persons, only nine of whom are now living: GEORGE BURNHAM, JR. EDWARD G. MCCOLLIN A. J. CASSATT THOMAS MCKEAN JOHN H. CONVERSE CLEMENT B. NEWBOLD ECKLEY B. COXE, JR. JAMES W. PAUL, JR. WILLIAM L. ELKINS MRS. FRANK H. ROSENGARTEN MARY K. GIBSON RICHARD ROSSMÄSSLER CLEMENT A. GRISCOM EDGAR SCOTT MRS. ALFRED C. HARRISON SIMON A. STERN JOHN H. INGHAM ANNE THOMSON OLIVER B. JUDSON ALEXANDER VAN RENSSELAER EDWARD I. KEFFER HENRY WHELEN, JR. C. HARTMAN KUHN P. A. B. WIDENER [13] For Charter see Appendix A. From the beginning Scheel inaugurated the polity continued ever since, of putting the orchestra in the lead artistically. “First,” performances began almost immediately. Three years after the formation of the orchestra he gave the first complete Beethoven Cycle ever presented in Philadelphia. Five successive concerts were devoted to this, ending with the Ninth Symphony, in which the Mendelssohn Club participated. This event was preceded by a series of five Young People’s Educational Concerts with lectures, by William J. Henderson, William F. Apthorp, Louis C. Elson, Hugh A. Clarke and Henry E. Krehbiel, whose subject was “Beethoven.” Other lectures were given on the same subject on the days of the concerts. PROGRAMMES OF THE BEETHOVEN CYCLE First Concert, Friday, March 20th, 1903 1. Overture “Egmont,” E major, Opus 84 2. Symphony No. 8 F major, Opus 93 3. Symphony No. 3 E flat major (Eroica), Opus 55 Second Concert, Saturday, March 21st, 1903 1. Overture “Coriolanus,” C minor, Opus 62 2. Symphony No. 1 C major, Opus 21 3. Symphony No. 6 F major (Pastorale), Opus 68 Preceding lecture by HUGH A. CLARKE, MUS. DOC., at 3 o’clock, Saturday afternoon, at the Broad Street Conservatory, 1329 South Broad Street, GILBERT R. COMBS, _Director_ Third Concert, Tuesday, March 24th, 1903 1. Overture “Fidelio,” C major, Opus 72 2. Symphony No. 2 D major, Opus 36 3. Symphony No. 5 C minor, Opus 67