Tímarit Þjóðræknisfélags Íslendinga - 01.01.1954, Page 126

Tímarit Þjóðræknisfélags Íslendinga - 01.01.1954, Page 126
108 TÍMARIT ÞJÓÐRÆKNISFÉLAGS ÍSLENDINGA reynzt okkur ðvenjulega góSviljaSur, og sýnt þaS I verki meS mörgum hætti, svo sem meS vinsamlegum og rausnarlegum móttökum kærkominna gesta frá Islandi, er gist hafa háskólann. Vitanlega átti dr. West einnig sinn mikla þátt I þvl, aS há- skólinn krýndi hinn ástsæla, nýlátna vin okkar, dr. Sigurgeir SigurSsson hiskup, stnum hæsta heiSri meS því aS gera. hann aS heiSursdoktor, er hann var hér vestan hafs I ógleymanlegu ferSalagi sínu á 25 ára afmæli ÞjóSræknisfélagsins. Loks er mér skyldast aS minnast þess, aS skiln- ingur dr. West á starfi þessa félags og gildi þess hefir gert mér fært aS taka tíma frá skyldustörfum mínum á ríkisháskól- anum til þess aS sitja þjóSræknisþingiS ár eftir ár, en auSvitaS hefi ég jafnframt orSiS aS gera sérstakar ráSstafanir varS- andi nemendur mína meSan ég sit á þinginu. ViS stöndum því I mikilli þakkarskuld viS dr. John C. West, enda sýndum viS honum þá maklegu sæmd aS kjósa hann heiSursfélaga ÞjóSræknisfélagsins fyrir nokkrum árum síSan, og kann hann þann vinsemdarvott okkar vel aS meta, eins og fram kemur meSal annars I hlýyrtu bréfi hans. University of N. Dak. Pebruary 16th, 1954 Mcmorandum to I)r. Beck The time, I understand, is drawing near when you will be making your annual pilgrimage to Winnipeg to attend the con- vention of the Icelandic National League of America. As an Honorary Member of the League—a distinction which I prize highly—may I ask you to represent me at the convention and to deliver my warm personal greetings, together with those of the University, to all in attendance. Inasmuch as I am further informed that this is the 35th anniversary of the League, I wish to extend to its officers and members my heartiest congratulations on its notable cultural achievements in the past and my best wishes for its con- tinued fruitful work in years to come. In extending these felicitations, I also note with great satisfaction the prominent part which you personally have played in the work of the League during the| past two decades, both during your long term as its president and ever since, which has been a source of much gratification to the University. Purther, in view of the fact that this will be my last year as president of the University, as I have already announced my retirement at the end of June, I take this opportunity to pay tribute to the niany splendid people of Icelandic origin whom I have had the privilege to be associated with in my more than twenty years as President of the University of North Dakota and during my educational career previous to that. It is with all these things in mind that I am appointing you as my personal re- presentative at the convention of the League and asking you to present my greetings and good wishes. John C. West, President Þá þykir mér, sem fyrrv. forseta Pé- lagsins til eflingar norrænum fræSum (The Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study), vænt um atS geta fiutt ykkur innilegar kveSjur og heilla- óskir núverandi forseta þess merka félags- skapar, dr. Joseph Alexis I Lincoln, Ne- braska, sem einnig er góiSvinur okkar ís- lendinga. Hann er sænskur prestssonur og lærdóms- og tungumálagarpur mikill; hefir veriS áratugum saman prófessor I nfltítSarmálum, bæ8i germönskum og rðmönskum, og lengi forseti þeirrar há- skóladeildar, viS rlkisháskólann I Ne- braska. Eins og hann tekur fram I bréfi sínu, hefir hann gert sér tvær ferSir hingað norður til þess at5 kynnast Islend- ingum; sat I fyrra skiptiS ,,Fróns“-fund og flutti þar ávarp, en dvaldi I seinna skiptiS nokkrar vikur á Gimli til þess aS kynnast lifandi Islenzku máli. Hóf hann síSan kennslu I Islenzku nútíSarmáli á ríkisháskóla sínum, en er nú nýhættur lcennslustörfum, þar sem hann hefir náS aldurstakmarki háskólakennara. Var rlkisháskólinn I Nebraska þriSji háskóli I Bandaríkjunum, sem hóf kennslu I Is- lenzku nútíSarmáli, en áSur hafSi þaS veriS kennt árum saman I Corneilháskóla og ríkisháskólanum I N. Dak., og svo bættist ríkisháskólinn I Washington (Uni- versity of Washington) I hópinn. Hins vegar er norræna, eins og þaS er venju- lega skilgreint, aS einhverju leyti kennd I fjölmörgum háskólum I Bandarlkjunum, en vitanlega er þar I rauninni um Islenzku aS ræSa. HvaS sem þvl líSur, þá hefir dr. Alexis um langt skeiS veriS einn af helztu frömuSum NorSurlandamála og bók- mennta I Bandaríkjunum, og er enn, aS því er ég bezt veit, á félagaskrá ÞjóS- ræknisfélagsins; en góShugur hans I garS okkar íslendinga lýsir sér glöggt I bréfi hans. Lincoln, Nebraska February 14, 1954 Icelandic National League of America In Convention Assembled Winnipeg, Manitoba Dcar Prlends of Scandinavian Extraction: It is a pleasure for me, serving at
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