THE AMERICAN-SCANDINA VIAN REVIEW 
91 
To the Lund Student the Tegner Statue Is the Symbol of 
the University. At Its Feet the Traditional Students’ Cele¬ 
brations Take Place 
Tegner is the most famous among the names connected with the 
University of southern Sweden. His memory is kept green with great 
zeal. His rooms are preserved as a museum, his statue adorns the 
square in front of the stronghold of academic youth, and the young 
people celebrate in his memory every 4th of October, the date when 
his name was registered at the University. Then the freshmen are wel¬ 
comed to the academy, and then there is hardly a novice who does not 
silently swear an oath to take Tegner as a pattern. This ceremony of 
welcome is the first official function at which the freshly made civis 
academicus is allowed to take part. The next is the Nordiska Festen, 
a celebration common to all the Northern universities, in memory of 
those who are no more. Nowhere, however, is this ceremony kept up 
as in Lund. Lund is the town of glorious tradition, more so than any 
other place, even though she may possibly rank after Uppsala with 
regard to certain external matters. 
