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Auditor. He became Governor in 1921. It is 
prophesied that he will some day leave the 
state capitol to occupy a seat in the United 
States Senate. Governor Preus’ election as 
Trustee forges a new link between the Foun¬ 
dation and a State which has drawn a great 
part of its population from the Scandinavian 
countries. 
At each meeting of the Trustees, reports 
are received from all officers, standing com¬ 
mittees, and Chapters of the Foundation. 
The Applications Committee announced the 
appointment of the Mowinckel Fellow to Nor- 
wav, Andrew H. Palmer of the United States 
Weather Bureau, and of three college schol¬ 
ars, Gunnar Bergenstrahle of Sweden, Hans 
Glomme of Norway, and Miss Margit Wohl- 
fahrt of Sweden. Scholarships have been 
granted to these College Scholars by Bowdoin 
College, Cornell University, and the Uni¬ 
versity of California. The Guaranty Trust 
Company of New York has selected for study 
in the bank, Erik Malmlof of Sweden. In all, 
the special subventions granted by American 
colleges and other institutions to students se¬ 
lected by the Foundation amount to $4,875. 
This is exclusive of stipends granted by the 
Foundation. 
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Chapter Notes 
Reports from various Chapters summarized 
Chapter events of the past few months. In 
Chicago, a luncheon was given by officers of 
the Chapter for Baron Sten De Geer, who de¬ 
livered a series of lectures on geography dur¬ 
ing the summer session of the University of 
Chicago. Mr. C. S. Peterson gave a luncheon 
on September 24 for Anders DeWahl who 
later read selections from Swedish lyric and 
dramatic poetry to members of the Chapter 
in Kimball Hall. At the luncheon, speeches 
were made by the three Consuls of the Scan¬ 
dinavian countries. Dr. Max Henius has 
been appointed Chairman of the Entertain¬ 
ment Committee of the Chicago Chapter. 
The Trustees of the Foundation joined with 
the New York Chapter in giving a dinner 
at the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria on October 20 
to honor Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Leach. 
Hamilton Holt, President of the Foundation, 
was toastmaster, and the speakers were Dr. 
Maurice Francis Egan, Consul General Bech, 
Consul General Lamm, John A. Gade, Dr. 
Frederick Lynch, Dr. John A. Finley, and 
Mr. Clayton M. Jones, President of the 
Jamestown Chapter. The dinner was at¬ 
tended by 188 friends of the Foundation. 
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