NielsBrocksHandelsskole_1888_1963

aswithin a fewweeks we could count more than ten members. »Godt begyndt er halvt fuldendt«, we thought andwaited for the »rest«tojoin ... Well, sonenoughwe realizedthat it wouldtake alittlemoredoing, infact - alot more. How to arouse the interest among the Brock-graduates around thecountrywas our bigproblem. AnnouncementsinDanishpub­ lications issued or distributed in this country hardly brought any response. Assitancefrom Foreningen in Copenhagen as well as fromDanish Consulates over here were of little help. Even our lettersofinvitationsaddressedtoeachBrocker knownto liveinthe USAremainedunansweredinmanyinstances. It would, however, on our part havebeenapoorshowingof »Brockaand«if we would havebeendiscouragedbytheresultofonlygettingfourteenmem­ bers out of an estimated fifty US-Brockere after six months. It surelydismayedus, but withBjornstjerneBjornson’s

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Fra stiftelsen af Niels Brock Associa­ tion, New York på på Sulgrave Hotel under direktør Aage Rasmussens besøg i maj 1959-

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