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Singers consists o f graduates and undergraduates o f the Univer
sity o f Copenhagen, and is permanently connected with the Univer
sity through giving musical assistance at all University ceremonies.
In now projecting a tour to America this Society has h a d divers
purposes in view: first, to present Danish singing to an American
p u b lic
;
next
,
to give members o f the Danish University an oppor
tunity o f getting acquainted with American life and American
na tu re
;
and finally — last, but not least
—
to carry over to
countrymen in that far-off p a r t o f the world a greeting in
song from their mother country. I f that intention is achieved,
the tour m a y be o f no sma ll importance for national culture.
On behalf o f the University I therefore w a n t to recommend
the Singers most heartily to an y University and University circle
they m a y come in contact with in America, as well as to all those
authorities or private persons whose support m a y be o f value
for the successful carrying out o f the enterprise.
(sign.) KR. E R S L E V
h. a. Rector Universitatis
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INDLEDNING
Vi var saaledes vel rustede til at drage ud paa vor Æventyr-
færd. Bulletinerne fra Amerika lød særdeles gunstige. Ingensinde
havde et Foretagende i den Grad evnet at samle alle Danske til
enigt Forarbejde; ja ikke blot de danske, ogsaa svenske og nor
ske Amerikanere imødesaa vort Besøg med Forventning, og flere
Steder deltog de i Forberedelserne til vor Modtagelse. Baade fra
Chicago og New Haven fremkom Indbydelse til os om at besøge
de derværende Universiteter, og fra Chicagostudenterne forelaa en
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