The Icelandic Canadian - 01.06.1957, Síða 23

THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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ECHOES
This country has not given deserved
attention to the cultural activities of
the organization in Winnipeg, called
The Icelandic Canadian Club, which
publishes The Icelandic Canadian, a
quarterly of high standard. One of
the editors is Judge W. J. Lindal.
Information
The Spring, 1957, number (XV,31
issued a short time ago. In this as well
as in many former numbers much is to
be found which disseminates inform-
ation about Iceland—the country and
the people. Many articles have appear-
ed about Icelandic literature and
historic events; Icelandic poems, trans-
lated into English, have been publish-
ed; etc., etc. This periodical, no
doubt, has a large circulation among
people of Icelandic descent and others
in the West, interested in Icelandic
culture, who number many more than
many here have imagined.
An uphill climb
In spite of a fairly general circula-
tion out west, it is no doubt a fairly
onerous task to maintain a periodical
which seeks to publish choice material.
Considerable assistance would be pro-
vided if the magazine had a merited
circulation here; that would be a well
earned recognition of the contribution
which the publication of the periodical
makes to the spreading of knowledge
of Iceland and Icelandic culture.
Contents
In the Spring issue there are many
articles which substantiate this: articles
by Ingolfur Gilbert Arnason, Mekkin
Sveinsson Perkins in Washington, W.
A. Packer, Professor in German at the
United College in Winnipeg, and
others. Then there is the musical
composition by the late Gunnsteinn
Eyjolfsson, for “Mig hryggir svo
margt” by borsteinn Erlingsson, trans-
lated by Eirikur Magnusson, M.A. One
should also mention that on the front
cover there is a verse (in English)
from the poem by Steingrimur bor-
steinsson “Iceland” the first line of
which is “Teach us our fathers’ steps
to tread”. The whole poem is publish-
ed in the magazine with the masterly
translation by Sir William A. Craigie,
and a few remarks about the author
and the translator. In addition to all
this there is valuable information
about Vestur-lslendingar themselves
and various aspects of their cultural
contribution. The representative for
the magazine here in Iceland is Fru
t)lof SigurSardbttir 26 C. Vesturgotu,
Reykjavik.
Ten children out of more than 200
auditioned, won music Scholarships
awarded by the T. Eaton Good Deed
Radio Club. Among them was Carlisle
Wilson, 12, who tied with another
student his age for junior Violin hon-
ours.
The winners appeared over C.B.W.
T.V. and Radio station CBW.
Carlisle is the son of J. Kerr and
Thelma (nee Guttormsson) Wilson,
of Winnipeg.
Edward B. Tait, Miami, Florida,
District Governor Rotary for Florida,
was chosen delegate to the Internation-
al Convention held in Lucerne,
Switzerland in April last.
Accompanied by his wife Christine
(Laxdal), Mr. Tait spent one week
at Lake Placid, N. Y., and one week
in Switzerland. Mr. and Mrs. Tait
expect to sojourn in London en route
to Iceland before returning to New
York.