The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-11
NORWEGIAN TRIP
WAS HAPPY JAUNI.
MANAGER OF sT. OLAF BAND EN-.
JOYED EVERY MINUTE.
Subjects Of Haakon VII. from Queen
and Prime Minister to Common Peo-
pie, Receive Young Americans with
Every Courtesy Mayors and Bust
ness Men Act as Reception Commit
tees.

Harry Randall returned to Mime
apolis yesterday from his trip to Nor
way, where he went last spring as
manager of the st. Olof college band.
watering places after the students
concert tour was finished, and will
soon leave for Seattle and Alaska to
meet the Road Amundsen expeditions,
which, on the Norwegian vessel Gjoea,
sailed north Of North America and on
Sept. l came thru the Boring strait on
It's way westward.
The fifty students forming the
| band, headed by DR.. Kildah1, the pres.
1dent, went to- Norway expecting to
have a good time, and 1 believe that
every one Of them IS ready to admit
| that his reception and treatment by the
| Norwegian people far surpassed his
dsii. 's st expectations" said Mr.. Ran.
"The student singers that visited
America last year set the ball rolling
on our arrival at Christiania bv arous-
ing the attention and sentiment Of the
whole population, so that our recep-
ton had an official character.
The time for such a visit was ripe,
and serious gratitude towards this coun-
try for the sentiment expressed in ia
vor of Norwegian Independence last
year by so many different people.
Steamer for Band.
From Christiania the St. Olaf boys
went up thru the heart of the farming
/ country and emerged at Drontheim.
where large and elegant tourist steam
er!, Andenes, took us on board and for
eighteen days we travelled on her, Sleep
ing and eating on board and sometimes
| stopped her to take a bath in the
ocean. In this way we visited every
| important coast town, and everywhere
we arrived the mayor, the city coun-
eli and thousands of people stood ready
to receive us with open arms.
vited to make call on the royal fam
lily at Drontheim. The German emperor
was there at the time, so we hardly
expected to receive much attention, but
his majesty's chamberlain, Captain
Krag, sent for me and requested the
band to appear before the royal fam
lily. Consequently we played and
Haakon VII was so much taken with
the beauties of 'The Spangled Ban
ner,''- the way the boys played it, that
he asked to have it repeated. = 20
:r > Talks to Queen Maud. +,
4 He addressed himself principally to
President Kildahl while by accident I
was placed alongside Queen Maud, dur
ing the audience. She spoke to me in
English and proved to be most charm
ing person, somewhat of a shy and re-
firing disposition if Judgment can
be formed during meeting which did
not last more than twenty minutes.
hours at Gammelhong, the country res
idence Of Prime Minister Nicholson.
He can be described as nothing but a,
jolly good fellow, always in good hui,
NOR, and his lovely wife is Certainly
the ideal Of charming hostess =
n:He came personally down to the
railroad station to receive us, and
showed us the way to the house, and to-
gether he and his wife made us feel
entirely at home and at ease while
"Their daughter, a young woman
Of IS or 10, was also present and mixed
with the company on perfectly demo
cratic footing. - = - 80
=. = = -. Oh Has Some Enemies. .',*5''.
Nicholson is one of the richest men
in Norway, and the largest Individual
shipowner in Norway. However, like
all men in politics, he gets his share
of abuse, and there are even prominent
men who accuse him openly of having
nothing but selfish interests. The big
majority Of the people love him and
consider him the greatest man Norway
has ever produced, in political sense.
"Miss Beatrice Gjertsen made great
success as our vocal soloist and created
for herself reputation as singer of
extraordinary talents. Her voice is
one Of those seldom found, and even
before audiences of several thousand
her singing even at the farthest dis
i tancesD - - .r-.a ~. -. -