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from which we suffered during the war and 
after was a temporary condition which pre¬ 
vailed in greater or smaller measure all over 
the world, and that energetic measures are 
being taken to relieve it. 
Dr. Reymert is not only always ready to 
break a lance for what he admires in the 
American spirit, its bigness, its generosity, and 
its eagerness to grapple with all problems 
that arise, but he has done expert research 
work in a report to the Norwegian govern¬ 
ment dealing with American schools and uni¬ 
versities, particularly in the relative amount 
of work represented by their curriculums and 
degrees as compared with those of Norway. 
The Vasa Order for Dr. Stork 
King Gustaf of Sweden has conferred upon 
Dr. Charles Wharton Stork the Order of 
Vasa of the first class. Dr. Stork is an en¬ 
thusiast on Swedish literature. As William 
Archer taught himself to read Norwegian be¬ 
cause of the fascination Ibsen exercised over 
him, Dr. Stork has taught himself to read 
Swedish, and lately has devoted a large por¬ 
tion of his time to making Swedish literature 
known in this country through his transla¬ 
tions, critical articles, and lectures. He has 
in a high degree the poetic gift which is 
necessary to translate poetry successfully. 
Dr. Mellbye in Norway 
Dr. C. A. Mellbye, head of the history 
department at St. Olaf College, Northfield, 
has been lecturing during the autumn semester 
at the University of Christiania. Dr. Mell¬ 
bye is one of the fifteen university men sent 
by the Institute of International Education to 
lecture at European institutions of learning. 
This is the first time the Institute of Inter¬ 
national Education has sent a representative 
to any of the Northern countries, and that it 
was done in this case is largely due to the 
recommendation of the American-Scandi- 
navian Foundation. Dr. Mellbye’s broad and 
lucid comments on the upbuilding of the 
American commonwealth, more especially in 
the West, have been widely quoted in Nor¬ 
wegian newspapers. 
Holberg Has a Birthday 
Holberg is of perennial interest on the Dan¬ 
ish stage. His last birthday—December 3— 
was the occasion of a new presentation of 
Erasmus Montanus at the Royal Theatre with 
the popular actor, Johannes Poulsen, in the 
title role. Members of the three interrelated 
societies Norden, meeting in Copenhagen at 
that time, were guests at the performance. 
A Sandzen Exhibition 
In Birger Sandzen the solid artistic train¬ 
ing of Sweden and the bigness and grandeur 
of American nature in the West have produced 
an artist who is fast winning a national re¬ 
nown. His pictures when shown in exhibitions 
in Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, and other 
cities have always arrested attention by their 
boldness and luminous clarity. This year 
they will be seen, for the first time in the 
East, in a one-man exhibition, opening Jan¬ 
uary 30, in the Babcock Galleries at 49th 
Street, near Fifth Avenue, and to be given 
under the auspices of the New York Chapter 
of Associates of the American-Scandinavian 
Foundation. The collection, which will con¬ 
sist of fifteen or twenty oil paintings and about 
a dozen lithographs, will make a circuit of the 
cities where Chapters of the Foundation are 
located. The catalogue has been written by 
Dr. Christian Brinton, who is a warm admirer 
of Sandzen’s work. 
A Characteristic Painting by Sandzen 
