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 — 
Officers: 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. Weis, Chief of the Department of the 
Ministry of Education, Chairman; Norwegian —K. J. Hougen, Chief of the Department 
of Church and Education, Chairman. The Swedish Government is represented in the 
Swedish American Foundation (below). 
Co-operating 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. 
The Foundation and American 
Universities 
There are to-day more than ten thousand 
foreign students in the institutions of higher 
education in the United States; and in the en¬ 
rollment of Columbia University alone, sixty- 
five nations are represented. Students come 
from Europe and the Near East, from China 
and Japan, and from the Latin-American 
republics. Some of these are sent by their 
governments, some are awarded stipends by 
private international organizations like the 
Foundation, but the great number of them 
must rely upon personal funds or their own 
ingenuity and industry. The American col¬ 
lege welcomes these students from abroad for, 
as the President of Brown Universit}?- re¬ 
marked, “exchanges of students such as that 
administered by the Foundation constitute the 
circulation of blood between nations.” A 
dozen diplomats seated at a conference table 
dwindle in importance when it is remem¬ 
bered that ten thousand unofficial representa¬ 
tives of the nations sit in class rooms every 
morning in the academic year, and perhaps 
try their skill at baseball in the afternoon. 
Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, with num¬ 
bers apportioned in that order, annually send 
five hundred or more students to American 
colleges and universities. In 1921-1922 
twenty of these were Fellows of the Founda¬ 
tion, fifteen others were named special schol¬ 
ars, and many have determined upon their 
American studies after consulting with repre¬ 
sentatives of the Foundation here in America 
or at home. A letter of introduction from an 
officer of the Foundation wins for the student 
prompt and friendly assistance at the college 
where he is to study. To some of these stu¬ 
dents the college grants financial aid, perhaps 
one hundred, perhaps five hundred dollars. 
In one academic year, such awards amount to 
six or seven thousand dollars. The Founda¬ 
tion sent one of its Fellows to a New England 
college last year; and at the beginning of the 
present year, this college set aside a special 
scholarship of $200 and invited the Founda¬ 
tion to name the Scandinavian student to 
whom it should be awarded. 
In appointing American students for study 
in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, the Foun¬ 
dation asks American colleges to present 
formal nominations. Each college has its own 
scholarship committee. If ten students at 
Yale University wish to apply for Fellowships 
of the Foundation, a committee of Yale pro¬ 
fessors examine their papers and invite the 
candidates to appear before them. This com¬ 
mittee then selects three or four of the candi¬ 
dates and forwards their papers to the Foun¬ 
dation. The same procedure is followed in 
the colleges in all parts of the country. The 
papers are assembled at the office of the 
Foundation, and early in April a jury repre¬ 
senting the Foundation meets in Boston and 
selects the Fellows. 
Candidates for 1922-1923 
Graduates of fifty-nine American colleges, 
universities, and technological institutes made 
application this spring for Fellowships of the 
Foundation. From Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology came the papers of ten candidates, 
and nine graduates of the University of Cali¬ 
fornia submitted applications. Among col¬ 
leges for women Smith College led with eight 
candidates. Thirty-one States are repre¬ 
sented by these applicants, eighteen from 
Pennsylvania, seventeen from New York, 
thirteen from Massachusetts, and twelve from 
