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To View Photos of the Queen's Visit in the 1988 Rockety-I Dressed in traditional native garb, Swedish exchange stu- dent Ulrika Runblom welcomes Queen Sylvia. Queen Sylvia addresses the convocation crowd. Among other things she said, "You have an open country, not only in the way you accept immigrants but also the way you treat A royal visit them. You give them the opportunity to contin- ue with their culture and religion. That's very Students knew something was up. All homeland which continue to nourish Au- generous and it touches me." around campus repairs were made. The gustana even today." library received a new sidewalk, and a Several of those ties were present at Even with a prior press conference, the convo- fresh coat of paint banished the graffiti the convocation. cation was heavily covered by all types of me- from its elevator. In Centennial Hall the In traditional Swedish garb, Ulrika dia. At the convocation Queen Sylvia spoke stage entrance area was painted. Be- Runblom welcomed the Queen and pre- into seven microphones. tween building, shrubs were trimmed, sented her with flowers. A Swedish ex- weeds pulled, and areas were groomed change student, Ulrika is a Mauritzson as never before. scholar. Augustana was preparing for a royal Dr. Peter Wallenberg, a Swedish indus- visit. trialist, and member of the Augustana Her Royal highness Queen Sylvia of Board of Directors, was honored for his Sweden arrived on campus at 9:00 a.m. support of the college. It was announced Wednesday, April 20. Anxiety had run that the Library Reading Room would be high. Despite the tedious preparations, a renamed "Wallenberg Hall". small delay in the Queen's schedule As a gesture and an extension of those could have scrapped the whole visit. ties, Queen Sylvia presented Augustana The Queen's short three hour visit was with a Swedish national encyclopedia part of "New Sweden '88". As Queen Syl- and a rare 1946 photograph showing an I 4 via said, "We're here to celebrate the Augustana representative receiving the , ••4 4 • 350th year since the first Swedish settle- Swedish flag in Stockholm. Queen Sylvia ment in America. We're very thankful for said she had been fascinated by the ties everything they did for us and Sweden. between Sweden and Augustana which Also we want to share the new, modem included a gift of 5,000 books from King Sweden and show our country's history Charles XV to start Augustana's library in and industry, what we have. We're tour- 1860. ing fifteen cities in seventeen days so The convocation was concluded with a we're meeting many people." The plural performance by the Augustana Choir. tense referred to the Queen and her hus- Queen Sylvia noted, "I remember well band King Carl XVI Gustay. For better or the performance of the school choir at worse, Augustana was the only stop the palace some years ago. I'm glad to where King Carl XVI Gustav was not pre- have this opportunity to hear them sent. again." A convocation, which began with the After a tour of the Swenson Swedish singing of both the Swedish and Ameri- Immigration Center and a private recep- can national anthems, was held in Cen- tion, Queen Sylvia was whisked away to tennial Hall. President Tredway de- Atlanta and Augustana's visit with Royal- scribed the event as an opportunity to ty came to an end. A recognize the strong ties with our . , President Tredway escorts Queen Sylvia to the College Center. Queen Sylvia began her press conference by saying, "I didn't know you would be so many!" Queen Sylvia exits her personal car. A motorcade of blue Saab's trans- ported the Queen, 234 Queen Sylvia Queen Sylvia 235 • .
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