The Icelandic Canadian - 01.03.1955, Page 16

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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
Spring 1955
IN THE EDITOR’S CONFIDENCE
Once again we must apologize to a
number of our contributors for the
postponement of the publication of
their articles to our summer issue. Un-
fortunately the limitations of space
made this action imperative. We
would like our contributors to know
that the postponement of articles does
not in any way imply unfavorable
comparison with articles we decide t©
publish in a current issue. Our
decision “to publish or postpone” is
based on other factors previously
indicated in this column.
For the benefit of prospective con-
tributors, we would like to reiterate
our continuing need of articles, long
or short, dealing with a variety of
topics from the highly philosophical
to shorter items of local and personal
interest. We particularly welcome the
latter, especially news items.
It must be remembered that the
Editorial Board and Magazine Com-
mittee consists of busy people who
voluntarily devote their few spare
moments to the task of maintaining
as high a standard of journalism as is
possible under the circumstances.
Whatever deficiencies exist—and we
are aware of a number—may be at-
tributed in part to the limitation of
time. We accordingly solicit the sup-
port and assistance of our many friends
who sympathize with the objectives
of our magazine.
o o o
We beg the indulgence of our read-
ers in publishing excerpts from letters
we have received recently:
From New York
“You will be interested to learn that
our classes in beginners’ and inter-
mediate (advanced) Icelandic are very
well attended. The teacher has been
Mr. SigurSur Magnusson, a young Ice-
landic student in New York, and he’s
doing an excellent job. We had ten
students last semester, when the course
was given here, and we expect that all
of these registrants will continue and
that the new elementary class will be
as large. We use Prof. Einarsson’s text-
book with texts, glossary and notes.”
From the Atlantic Coast
“For my money, your best issue so
far is the one that just came, Winter
1954, with SKALFIOLT by Professor
Sigurbjbrn Einarsson; AUSTMANNA-
DALUR by Kristjan Eldjarn. So here
are $4.00 of the said money for ten
(10) copies. i
Suggestion: Get Dr. Oleson to trans-
late the chapter on the Romans in
Iceland from GENGID A REKA.”
We received the following letter, ac-
companied by a cheque for $20.00,
from a non-Icelandic California
friend:
Gentlemen:—
“I am intensly interested in your ef-
forts to keep alive the Icelandic trad-
itions in Canada, particularly of the
oncoming generation. May I hand you
herewith the widow’s mite toward
your work. I would suggest its use in
sending sample copies with request
to subscribe, wherever you can get lists
of particularly Icelanders, and if not,
other Scandinavians. After all, the Vik-
ing tradition is behind all of them, is
it not?”
From the West Coast
“His article (Ho—Sockeye!) is cer-
tainly a true and excitingly written
description of salmon fishing. We
could almost feel the tang of the salt
spray and see the fish jumping just as
he described it.” —A. V.