The Icelandic Canadian - 01.06.1956, Blaðsíða 11

The Icelandic Canadian
Vol. XIV. No. 4
Winnipeg, Canada
Summer 1956
EDITORIALS
Transmitting a Culture: A. Meld 10
Withdrawals from the Magazine Staff 11
In The Editor’s Confidence *3
ARTICLES
DaviS Stefansson, at the sixty-year mark: Prof. Richard Beck 14
Ice and Fire: Professor Gilbert Highet 19
Asa Wright and Her Plantation in Trinidad, B.W.I.: W. J. Lindal 24
Iceland’s Golden Age Literature, Part II: Hjalmur Danielson 32
At the University of Iceland: Lilia Eylands 40
OTHER FEATURES
The Cover Verse 43
Farewell Addresses to Prof. Finnbogi GuSmundsson 45
Research Professors in Biosystematics: Ingibjorg Jonsson 48
“Childhood Days”: Bonnie Johnson 49
Manitoba Professor Wins Recognition: J. H. Jonasson 50
The Betel Home Plan: Dr. George Johnson, M.D. 51
Idylls: Shirley Ward 65
POETRY
Farewell To A Friend: Art Reykdal 13
BOOK REVIEWS
Great Adventures and Explorations: Wilhelm Kristjanson 53
In Days Gone By: W. J. Lindal 54
IN THE NEWS 13, 47, 56
GRADUATES and SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS 58
NEWS SUMMARY 62
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