Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) Splinter, by his students often called Master Splinter, is a fictional character from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and all related media. In both the original comics and the live-action movies, Splinter is the pet rat of a ninja named Hamato Yoshi in Japan. Intelligent for his species, Splinter is able to learn ninjutsu art by mimicking his master's movements while he practiced. Yoshi becomes embroiled in a dispute with a fellow ninja by the name of Oroku Nagi, and is eventually murdered by Nagi's brother, Oroku Saki, who is seeking revenge for his
Curtis String Quartet Lehnhoff as violist, and Orlando Cole as cellist. In 1929, Max Aronoff replaced Lehnhoff as violist. This early incarnation of the group took its name from the home of the Curtis founder, Mrs. Mary Louise Curtis Bok in Merion, Pennsylvania, which was called Swastika, but after Adolf Hitler assumed power in Germany and adopted this symbol, albeit rotated, the ensemble naturally needed a new name. They petitioned Mrs. Mary Louise Curtis, founder and namesake of their alma mater, to use that name as they were all graduates of the Curtis Institute of Music, and became the first American-trained quartet to