The Leif Ericson Society
Skandinaven, Oct. 17, 1900
The Norwegian Society for a Leif Ericson monument held an extra meeting at Scandia Hall last Monday evening. A committee consisting of Messrs. A. J. Elvig, J. Asche, and C. H. Lee was selected to present to the Norwegian National Association a resolution to the effect that the income from the Seventeenth of May festivities of the National Association should be turned over to the Society for a Leif Ericson monument.
At the meeting the president was also authorized to appoint a committee to decide on the most suitable location in Humboldt Park for the monument. The president appointed Messrs. O. A. Thorp, C. H. Lee, L. E. Olson, and as consulting member, Architect Thisslev. The president was also requested to engage a woman to go about selling certificates for twenty-five cents, fifty cents, one dollar and five dollars, the proceeds to go to the monument fund. The committee in charge of the festival [to be held] at Scandia Hall on Saturday, October 20, presented its report, including the 2program which had been decided upon. This program is as follows:
| 1. March, "Under Fire" | Orchestra |
| 2. a. "Naturen ock Hjartat" (Nature and the Heart), O. Lindblad | |
| b. "To My Country," Carl Cromer | The Norwegian Glee Club |
| 3. Moving pictures from the Paris Exposition, the War in China, the Leif Ericson monument, etc | W. C. Thorp |
| 4. "Soldaterloier" (Soldier Gaieties), Play in one act, | C. Hostrup |
| 5. a. "Skjon er du Nat" (Fair are You, O Night), O. W. Ricktor | |
| b. "Rosebud Fair" | The Norwegian Glee Club |
| 6. Exhibitions | Norwegian Turner Society. |
The Committee in charge of the festival will hold its next meeting at Scandia Hall on Friday evening.
