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ADVERTISEMENTS 
form an excellent beginning for a five-foot 
book shelf that will include the chief literary 
monuments of the North. The Foundation 
also publishes as Scandinavian Mono¬ 
graphs original works dealing with Northern 
subjects. As the fifth in the series, Scandi¬ 
navian Art has just been issued, a richly il¬ 
lustrated volume giving the first adequate 
English treatment of the art of Sweden, Den¬ 
mark, and Norway. 
But the very soul of the Foundation’s work 
is our exchange of students. There are to¬ 
day twenty American Fellows of the Founda¬ 
tion in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway; and 
twenty Scandinavian students appointed by 
co-operating bodies abroad are at American 
colleges and universities from Berkeley, Cali¬ 
fornia, to New Brunswick, Maine. Each Fel¬ 
low receives a stipend of $1,000, making the 
annual budget for students $40,000. This 
fund is subscribed to here and abroad by 
firms and individuals who see the importance 
of a steady student exchange between coun¬ 
tries. Each fellowship bears the name of the 
donor. 
It is only with the unfailing support of our 
Associates that we can continue and extend 
the work of the Foundation. The Review 
receives no large contribution; it can grow 
only with its circulation. It comes as an 
ambassador, a monthly advocate of interna¬ 
tional understanding and good will. 
A Meeting of the Trustees 
The Trustees of the Foundation have three 
regular meetings each year, on the first Satur¬ 
days of February, May, and November. 
There are seventeen Trustees, nine of Scandi¬ 
navian descent and eight of non-Scandinavian 
descent. At the meeting on November 4, a 
new Trustee was elected to fill the vacancy 
caused by the resignation of Consul-General 
Fay of Norway. By unanimous vote of the 
Board, Governor J. A. O. Preus of Minnesota 
was elected Trustee. Governor Preus is of 
Norwegian descent. His father was the sec¬ 
ond president of Luther College at Decorah, 
Iowa; and from this college Governor Preus 
graduated before taking up the study of law 
at the University of Minnesota. He entered 
public life as clerk to Senator Knute Nelson 
and became executive clerk to the Governor 
of Minnesota in 1909. Since that time he 
has played an increasingly important part in 
affairs of his state, being for four years In¬ 
surance Commissioner, and for six years State 
Holberg’s 
Peer the Deacon by Marstrand 
“Will you have fine sand or just plain dirt?’ 
Peer the Deacon was an advocate of fine distinctions: 
“People think there are no fine points for a deacon 
to know, but I can tell you that a deacon’s position 
is a hard one if you want to keep it on such a footing 
that it will support a man. Before my time people 
here in the village thought one funeral-song as good 
as another, but I have arranged things so that I can 
say to a peasant, ‘Which hymn will you have? This 
one costs so much and this one so much’; and when 
it comes to scattering earth on the body, ‘Will you 
have fine sand or just common or garden dirt?’ ” 
Erasmus Mont anus, Act I, Scene 3 
And when it comes to distinctions, we can draw 
a few also. 
You can buy just plain translations but the finest 
English versions of masterpieces of Scandinavian 
literature are published by 
The American - Scandinavian Foundation 
25 West 45th Street, New York City 
As an instance: 
HOLBERG’S COMEDIES: Jeppe of the Hill, 
The Political Tinker, Erasmus Montanus, $ 2.00 net. 
When answering advertisements, please mention The American-Scandinavian Review 
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