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THE AMERIC AN-SC AN DIN A VI AN REVIEW 
Concerning Uppsala, we may say that she gives an impression 
of being more exclusively a university town than does Lund. Because 
of her situation in the center of a fertile province, Lund has also grown 
into an industrial town, and has shown herself fully able to take her 
proper place of independence even in that direction. The fact gives 
another aspect to town life, so that neither the Cathedral Council nor 
the University dominate all civic life, and the townsmen play their 
duly acknowledged part. Long before democracy was established by 
law, it was a recognized and established fact in Lund. Therefore the 
former masters keep their high seats under new conditions. Such pro¬ 
ceedings are most dignified for a town which did not spring up over 
night. Among all Swedish towns, Lund is distinguished by the civic 
spirit of her citizens. She has a society, St. Ivnut’s Gille, where all 
classes meet for common recreation, and for the common weal of their 
beloved town. In all the world it would be difficult to find a society 
which has so beautifully succeeded in breaking down all differences 
of rank and class as that of St. Ivnut’s Gille in Lund. It is a remnant 
of the Middle Ages which exists in other Baltic towns, but is alive in 
Lund only. The credit for this fact is due to Professor Nils Flens- 
burg, who upheld the best of all traditions in this town of traditions. 
“Akademiska Fore king an,” the Home of Traditions at Lundagard. The Old Building 
Has Been Added to in Recent Years. The Street in Front of It Is One of the Chief 
Promenades at Lund 
