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THE A M ERICA X - 6’ C A X DIN A VIA X R E VIE TV 
Northern Lights 
Scandinavian Night at Columbia 
The Intercollegiate Cosmopolitan Club at 
Columbia University in New York has been 
giving a series of entertainments arranged by 
student groups of the different nationalities 
for members and invited guests. February 25 
was Scandinavian Night. Students of the 
Foundation were among those active in pre¬ 
paring the successful programme as well as 
the smorgas supper which was provided with 
Northern bountifulness. Stereopticon views 
were shown by Miss Stael von Holstein with 
a short elucidating talk. For the musical part 
of the entertainment the students were in¬ 
debted to Miss Hoyer, Mr. Bye, and the Fin¬ 
nish Glee Club, while Miss Inga Bredal and 
the Swedish Folk Dance Society .showed 
national dances. A feature worthy of imita¬ 
tion was the printed programme which con¬ 
tained four pages of tabloid information de¬ 
voted to the four countries—Sweden, Norway, 
Denmark, and Finland. 
A Big Musical Event 
The Grand Norwegian Concert given on 
Sunday afternoon, February 26, in the Brook¬ 
lyn Academy of Music, was a triumph for the 
musical idealism of the conductor, Mr. Ole 
Windingstad, and no less for the courage and 
initiative of Mr. A. N. Rygg, editor of Nor disk 
Tidende , under whose auspices the concert 
was given. It was an encouragement also to 
all those who believe that, in spite of jazz and 
all other iniquities, the public can and will 
appreciate what is artistically good and sound. 
The concert followed somewhat the lines of 
the great Scandinavian Concerts given some 
years ago by the American-Scandinavian So¬ 
ciety at Carnegie Hall largely with the same 
forces. The United Scandinavian Singers 
and the Scandinavian Symphony Orchestra 
under Mr. Windingstad’s leadership rendered 
some of the great Norwegian compositions 
which, though familiar, never grow stale, as 
well as some less well known. One of the 
latter was Finshaugen by Olav Paulus, a 
unique tone picture of Norwegian troll super¬ 
stitions. Among the soloists who assisted 
special mention must be made of Erik Bye as 
a great accession to the Scandinavian musical 
circles in the East. He has a big baritone 
voice w r ith a timber that reminds one of no 
less an artist than the great Russian 
Chaliapin. 
The Lindsborg Chorus Abroad 
The famous “Messiah Chorus” at Bethanv 
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College, Lindsborg, does not usually go on 
concert tours. The first time it sang outside 
of Lindsborg was in 1918, when it gave a song 
recital for the soldiers at Camp Funston. The 
second time was last February, when the 
chorus of five hundred young men and women 
with an orchestra of sixty pieces, also re¬ 
cruited from amateurs of Lindsborg, gave a 
concert in Oklahoma City. The inspiration 
that followed the visit will probably lead to 
its repetition. The Coliseum in Oklahoma 
City, which seats five thousand people, was 
filled, and many were turned aw r ay. The 
Oklahoma papers are unanimous in praising 
the musical perfection and the religious fervor 
of the singing. The Bethany Oratorical So¬ 
ciety is a brilliant example of what can be 
done in a small community by concentration 
around a large aim. 
Miniatures 
Danish royalty was represented in the ex¬ 
hibition of miniatures recently shown by Lieu¬ 
tenant Gustav Brock at the Erich Galleries. 
The collection included portraits of Queen 
Alexandrine and of Princess Margrethe who 
last June became the bride of Prince Rene of 
Bourbon. Other notable miniatures in the 
collection were the extensively reproduced 
picture of Marshall Foch with the marshall s 
autograph, and portraits of Archbishop Hayes 
of New York and the Austrian singer, Ma¬ 
dame Jeritza, of the Metropolitan Opera Com¬ 
pany. Lieutenant Brock has the finished 
technique and delicacy of touch suited to the 
form of art he has chosen. 
What Is Being Done for Children in 
Finland 
One of the influences that have contributed 
to heal the wounds made by the civil war in 
h inland is the Mannerheim League for Child 
Welfare established by the general with a 
personal contribution of 50,000 marks in 
order to care for the children left destitute by 
the w r ar regardless of what side their parents 
had taken. From being a temporary chari¬ 
table measure, the League is growing into a 
nation-wide and permanent organization for 
fostering the healthy development of the 
coming generation. The work is both 
hygienic and moral and includes the care of 
infants as well as the moral training of older 
children up to the age of eighteen. 
