First Chief Justice of Supreme Court was John Jay, _French_ ... present Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, _Welsh_ ... one of foremost authorities on international law is Stephen Ladas, _Greek_.
_Finns_ work the iron-ore fields of northern Minnesota. ... _Netherlanders_ and _Poles_ developed wood-working trades of Michigan.... _Italians_, _Portuguese_, _Greeks_, and _Swiss_ have built up the grape and wine industry of California.... _Greek_ candy-makers.... _Mexicans_ and _Japanese_ in beet fields of Colorado, Nebraska, and California.... _Italians_, _Poles_, and _Slavs_ in meatpacking, textile, and building industries.
=10. The Germans.=—The Germans—Protestant, Catholic, and Jew—push frontiers westward, fashion the Kentucky rifle, build “Switzer” barn and Conestoga wagon, and develop agriculture, forestry, music, art, education, and science.
DUBOIS, R. and SCHWEPPE, E. (eds). _Germans in American Life._ Thomas Nelson and Sons, New York. 1936.
FAUST, A. B. _German Element in the United States._ (2 vols.) Houghton, Mifflin Co., Boston, Mass. 1927.
HARK, ANN. _Hex Marks the Spot._ J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 1938.
=11. The Scandinavians.=—Swedes, Norwegians, and Finns settle North-Central States, introducing log cabins, co-operatives, progressive dairy methods, social consciousness, gymnastics, and folk high schools.
BENSON, ADOLPH B. and HEDIN, NABOTH (eds). _The Swedes in America._ Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn. 1938.
HAVIGHURST, WALTER. _Upper Mississippi: A Wilderness Saga._ Farrar and Rinehart, N. Y. 1937.
RÖLVAAG, O. E. _Giants in the Earth._ McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, Canada. 1937.
=12. Closing Frontiers.=—When there is no more good free land to settle, immigrants crowd into our cities to supply demand for unskilled labor.
HOUGH, EMERSON. _The Passing of the Frontier._ Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn. 1918.
PAXSON, F. J. _History of the American Frontier._ Houghton, Mifflin Co., Boston, Mass. 1924.
=13. The Jews.=—Participating in American life since early colonial days, the Jews make significant contributions to science, industry, music, literature, theatre, law, medicine, and philanthropy.
BROWNE, LEWIS. _Stranger Than Fiction._ Macmillan Company, N. Y. 1933.