Word: scandinavians
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...antagonizing the last friends the Huns have left in Europe. They would be puzzling in any other nation, but Germany considers itself so strong owing to the collapse of Russia that it can expand in the north as well as in the east and can afford to flout the Scandinavian nations...
...from the engagement. Both he and Mrs. Schofield, however, were unwilling to have him abandon his undertaking, because they felt it to be an opportunity for public service. In addition to the University appointment, on his trip through the West he will act as the representative of the American-Scandinavian Foundation, of which he is president, and of the National Security League, of which he is a prominent member...
...stuff deals rather conspicuously with war and its multiple aspects, and the nonsense touches on everything else under the sun, excluding the Scandinavian. And the very best thing about the Christmas number is that you'd never know it was one if the cover didn't say so. The cover, once again, is the most striking individual feature of the Lampoon, but that is not at all disparaging of what is under the cover. Even the Arrow collar advertisement on the back page is a little more artistic than usual
...give any unusual or important dramatic pieces which the public would not ordinarily have the opportunity of seeing. The present play was felt to be such a work. The significance of its production is enlarged by the fact that the play was undertaken at the request of the American-Scandinavian Foundation, of which Professor W. H. Schofield has recently become the president. This foundation was established with a considerable endowment in 1911 for the purpose of cultivating closer relations, largely through educational and intellectual intercourse, between the Scandinavian countries and the United States. It has already accomplished much in producing...
...first public performance in America of "Eyvind of the Hills," the Icelandic drama, will be given by the 47 Workshop in Jordan Hall, Boston, tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. The play is being put on by the Workshop at the invitation of the American-Scandinavian Foundation and the Scandinavian societies of Boston. It is in four acts by Johann Sigurjonsson, and, based upon historical incidents, it centers around the love story of a victim of the peculiar outlaw code of Iceland...