The American-Scandinavian Foundation 
For better intellectual relations between the American and Scandinavian peoples, by means 
of an exchange of students, publications, and a Bureau of Information- 
Otficers • President, Hamilton Holt; Vice Presidents, John G. Bergquist, John A. Gade and 
^ C. S. Peterson; Treasurer, H. Esk. Moller; Secretary, James Creese; Literary Secretary, 
Hanna Astrup Larsen; Counsel, Henry E. Almberg; Auditors, David Elder & Co. 
Government Advisory Committees: Danish- A. P. WeisChiefofthe ^Partmentofthe 
Ministry of Education, Chairman; Norwegian— K. J. Hougen, Chief of the D ®P ai “ n ® 
of Church and Education, Chairman. The Swedish Government is represented in the 
Swedish American Foundation (below). 
Co-overatinq Bodies: Sweden— Sverige-Amerika Stiftelsen, Malmtorgsgatan 5, Stockholm, 
Svante Arrhenius, President; E. E. Ekstrand, Secretary; Denmark— Danmarks Amerikan- 
ske Selskab, 18 Vestre Boulevard, H. P. Prior, President; N. L. Feilberg, Secretary; 
Norway —Norge-Amerika Fondet, L. Strandgade 1, Christiania, K. J. Hougen, Chairman. 
A Schofield Memorial Library 
The publications of the Foundation in a 
sense constitute a memorial to the late Presi¬ 
dent of the Board, Professor Schofield of 
Harvard. But now a second memorial to 
him, and one which is consonant both with 
his lively interest in Scandinavian letters and 
with his wish that the Foundation might some 
day have a home of its own, has been author¬ 
ized. Mrs. Schofield has given to the Foun¬ 
dation $10,000 to be used in constructing a 
library to be called The William Henry Scho¬ 
field Library. If the Foundation erects its 
own building within ten years, it is directed 
that the fund shall be expended for the con¬ 
struction of a library; if in that period no 
special building should be erected, then the 
fund will be used for the equipment of a read¬ 
ing room at the office of the Foundation. 
Whatever portion of the fund remains after 
the library has been constructed or equipped 
may be applied to the general work of the 
Foundation as the Trustees consider desirable. 
Mrs. Schofield was invited to meet the 
Trustees at their annual meeting, and it was 
at this time that she handed the deed of gift 
to President Holt. It was accepted by the 
Trustees with this Resolution: 
“As Trustees of The American-Scandina¬ 
vian Foundation, we enjoyed for many 
years the friendship, help, and guidance of 
Professor William Henry Schofield, first 
as a member of the Board, and subsequent¬ 
ly as the President of the Foundation. We 
shall long be conscious of the abiding influ¬ 
ence of his work, and in a very real sense 
we still feel his presence among us. Those 
who knew him need no reminder of his 
radiant personality; but the gift of ten 
thousand dollars, made to the Foundation 
by Mrs. Schofield, for the purpose of plac¬ 
ing a memorial library in the permanent 
quarters of the Foundation, will be an in¬ 
spiration to every one now connected with 
the work as well as those who are to come 
after us. Therefore, be it 
RESOLVED that we, the Board of Trus¬ 
tees of The American-Scandinavian Foun¬ 
dation, express to Mrs. Schofield our deep 
appreciation of her generous gift. 
The Annual Meeting of the Trustees 
At the annual meeting of the Trustees of 
the Foundation on February 4 the following 
officers were elected for the year 1922: Presi¬ 
dent, Hamilton Holt; Vice-Presidents, John 
G. Bergquist, John A. Gade, Charles S. Peter¬ 
son; Treasurer, H. Esk. Moller; Secretary, 
James Creese; Literary Secretary, Hanna 
Astrup Larsen, and Counsel, Henry E. Alm¬ 
berg. The Trustees accepted with regret the 
resignation from the Board of Consul-General 
Hans H. T. Fay. The Trustees have invited 
the Ministers and Consuls-General of Den¬ 
mark, Norway, and Sweden to attend meet¬ 
ings of the Board. 
The California Chapter 
The following resolution was passed at 
the February meeting of the Board: 
“WHEREAS, certain residents of the State 
of California have banded themselves to¬ 
gether to form a Chapter of the Founda¬ 
tion, with the purpose to co-operate with 
and promote the aims and purposes of the 
Foundation, and have been incorporated in 
accordance with the laws of the State of 
California under the name of The Cali- 
