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THE AMERICAN -SCANDINAVIAN REVIEW 
surrounded by mountains, which some mom 
ings can be seen in the distance all cov ercd 
with snow, and this together with the blight 
sunshine of early morning is a sight in itself 
well worth coming to Norway to see.” 
* * * The Student Welfare Committee 
of the New York Chapter arranged for the 
Scandinavian students in New York to visit 
the public library on November 20, and Mi. 
Axel Moth, Chief of the Catalogue Division, 
showed them a part of the library s sixt} -four 
miles of shelves, the many reading rooms and 
special libraries, rare books, rare bindings, 
and etchings. * * * On the evening be¬ 
fore they had met some of the Foundation s 
best friends at the home of Dr. and Mrs. 
Leach, and had matched Scandinavian student 
songs against American college songs. Among 
the guests \v r ere Consul General- and Mrs. 
Georg Bech, Consul and Mrs. Henningsen, 
Dr. B. H. Brilioth, director of the new Swed¬ 
ish press bureau, and Mrs. Brilioth, Mr. H. 
Sundbv-Hansen, Mr. Albert Van Sand, secre¬ 
tary of the New York Chapter, and Mrs. Van 
Sand, Mrs. Walter M. Weil, Mr. Andrew J. 
Riis, and Mrs. Riis, chairman of the Students 
Welfare Committee, Mr. Oluf Kiaer, and Mr. 
Irwin Smith, director of the Students’ Tour 
to Scandinavia. Dr. and Mrs. Leach have 
set aside Friday evenings for Scandinavian 
students. 
The New York Chapter 
The concert given by the New York Chap¬ 
ter of the Foundation in the Brooklyn Acad- 
emv of Music, November 13, for the benefit of 
needy sailors, was the first large charity affair 
undertaken by the Chapter. Former concerts 
have been given solely for the purpose of 
making Northern music known in America 
without any idea of earning money. The 
present departure from custom was amply 
justified, as Consul General Bech explained 
in his speech at the concert, by the unusual 
pressure of need on a large class of hard¬ 
working and deserving citizens. Thousands 
of Norwegian, Danish, and Sw T edish sailors 
had found themselves stranded here, unable 
either to go home or to get the only work for 
which they are fitted, that of the sea. Al¬ 
though the three consuls, aided by private 
organizations—the Norwegians as having the 
largest number of sailors naturally taking the 
lead—had been able to relieve the want of 
the sailors to the extent of providing them 
with the actual necessaries of life. Consul 
Bech said, they had been unable to provide 
even the simplest comforts and therefore wel¬ 
comed the promise of help. 
The popularity of the cause and the ener¬ 
getic work of the committee resulted in filling 
the hall. The excellence of the artists, Eric 
Bye, Ljungquist, Soller, Windingstad, Mila 
Lund, Grete Birk, Ellen de Sadler, Greta 
Hoving, Elda, and Forsberg, made the con¬ 
cert an artistic success, and the spirit of pas¬ 
sive tolerance so common at benefit enter¬ 
tainments gave place to enthusiasm. The 
affair netted about eight hundred dollars. 
A Friend of the Foundation Passed Away 
Professor Oscar Montelius, whose death on 
November 4 from inflammation of the lungs 
came as a shock to the Scandinavian world, 
was one of the earliest friends of the Founda¬ 
tion. As chairman of the Swedish Advisory 
Committee from 1913 to 1920, he lent the 
distinction of his name and the strength of 
his efforts to the cause of Swedish-American 
interchange. A devoted friend of Americans, 
he was always ready to receive scholars from 
across the sea and to show them the wonders 
of the antiquities in his charge. Among his 
warmest admirers here was Dr. Henry God¬ 
dard Leach, former secretary of the Founda¬ 
tion, who sent a wreath to his funeral. An 
article on Professor Montelius will appear in 
the spring Educational Number of the Review . 
Swedish Press Bureau in New York 
Sverige- Amerika-Stiftelsen has been instru¬ 
mental in securing pledges for the support of 
a bureau to be called the American-Swedish 
News Exchange with headquarters in New 
York. Funds amounting to 100,000 kronor 
annually for five years have been pledged in 
part by private corporations in Sweden and 
in part by the government. They are admin¬ 
istered by an unofficial committee headed by 
Premier Branting. As director of the bureau 
Dr. B. H. Brilioth has been appointed. He 
will have associated with him an experienced 
American newspaper man. 
A Descendant of Egede 
The Greenland Number of the Review 
found an interested reader in Hawaii. A post 
card from Waimea, signed Marie Hofgaard, 
and showing a round box with a design of 
