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Storrow Scholarship: Harald A. R. Romanus, 1G, of Stockholm, Sweden...
...Stockholm, Sweden...
...Stockholm, Sweden...
...return to Stockholm from my vacation, I have made a thorough investigation of the circumstances surrounding the statement which recently appeared in Idrottsbladet charging that you had criticized Swedish sportsmanship in the course of a speech to visiting American athletes. I am convinced that the article in question did you a great injustice. I find that you made no speech. It appears that the article was based on the account of one of your guests at a tea party given by you and at which there were more Swedes than Americans present. It seems that during this party you suggested...
...They are 200 years ahead of most of Europe in their civilization. . . ." Last week in Stockholm Minister Steinhardt gave a reception for a visiting U. S. track team and made another speech. In a corner sat a newshawk for the Swedish sports journal Idrottsbladet, taking down his words. What the reporter thought he heard the Minister say made headlines next day in Idrottsbladet. It was: "Be on your watch. The Swedes are a jealous nation and do not like to see foreign sportsmen triumph. Maribel Vinson [champion U. S. woman figure-skater from 1928 to 1934] was unfairly marked down...