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inmincl weappraisedthesituation. Wedecided, ther
fore, that wewouldcontinueour effortstoenlargethemembership
ofourAssociationbuildingaroundthecoreofthefourteenmembers.
Afewmeetings inwhich useful discussionswere combinedwith
pleasant get-to-gether wereratedhighlysucesful bythemembers
and gave usrenewed strength and hopes that we had something
toworkfor. We nowhadworkedout bylawsfor the asociation
in
whichweset forth thepurposeandobjective:
1) tomaintaincontact andfriendshipamongmembers
2
) tomaintain andfurther theinterest oftheschool
3
) toendeavor within the ability ofitslimited membership, to
aidtheDanishmembersinobtaininginformationpertaining
toconditionsintheUSA
4
) topromotegoodwill andunderstandingbetweenDanishancl
Americanbusines.
All thishappened threeyearsago. Today our organizationcounts
nearly thirty members. Not aspectacular figure, but anyhowone
whichindicatesgrowthandshowsthatwehavebeenableto launch
Ober’s project. We are constantly encouraged by comentsof
youngBrock-graduates arriving in this country. They tell ushow
happy they are tohave anorganization like ours tocontact. »It’s
like having a distant relative over here«, one Brocker told usre
cently, whenhecalledusonthetelephoneshortlyafter hisarrival.
»We do not necesarily have toknow each other«, hewent on,
»it’ssufficient that weknowofeachother«.
In termsofthefutureweplanfirst ofall tocontinueour eforts
togrow. Aswe havestamina and agooddeal ofpatience, weare
confident that westandareasonablygoodchancetoovercomethe
growingpainswithwhichour youngAssociationwill havetocope.
To helpuswithour taskisawonderful groupofmembers, several
■ofwhich, weareproudtosay,arehighlyoutstandingbusinesmen,
well known in commerce ancl industry. Our plans call for more
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