Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-10-10

twenty-nfth anniversaries as students
AZ the university also meet for q re,
union. This yesr about 300 new stu
dents were enrolled. and of the fifty
year jubilants, eighteen were pres
enf, all men now in the seventies, and
mostly in high positions. Professor
brogger, rector of the university
handed out certificates Of enrolment
and shook hands with each Of the
academic life. In his speech he dwelt
on the history of the university. how
1t was founded in days of great dis
EreSs, by the national spirit of the
Norwegian people who had to send
their young men t. Copenhagen for a
university education. Naturally the
number of such students was small In
lSOS there was but one Norwegian
student in the University of Copen-
hagen, and consequently all the higher
offices in Norway were filled by
Danes, which was very distasteful t.
the Norwegian After they got thei
own university and especially after
the dissolution Of the union with Den
mark in 1914 all this was changed.
Professor BrOgger said that the uni
versity during its nearly one hundred
years of existence had done its work
satisfactorily, when ii was considere,,
what limited material support 1t had
been working with. It's mission as an
educational institution IL must be said
to have fulfilled, inasmuch as the
scientific training of the graduates In
the different departments would I'M
doubtedly compare very favOrabl!
with that impaired by leading uni
versities elsewhere In the world. Tha
the university with its limited mean
had not been able to do much In tn
line of scientific research might +
true, but still such names as Henrik
Abel. Sofus Lie, Sylow. Sars, Kierult.
Nansen, Munich, Sophus. Bugge, ETC.,
could always be pointed to with
pride-men who each had done credita.
BILE work I'm his chosen branch"
A few days after Queen Alexandra
Of Great Britain arrived In Christi
ania on board the royal yacht Victoria
and Albert. accompanied by a cruiser
of the British navy, her sister, the
dowager empress of Russia, in the i'm.
perial yacht, the Polar Star, also es-
corted by Russian cruiser, arrived
Although the royal visits were of a
private character they naturally
caused extra activity. There were
continuous exchanges OF visits be
tween the foreign royal visitors and
the Norwegian royal family. They
took in the sights Of the city, went to
Holmo lien and saw Ibsen plays al
the n nal theater After about q
weeks stay here, the two yachts with
their escorts left last Friday fol-
Copenhagen. where the two royal sis
tiers will visit while with their broth
er. the king Of Denmark. Princes:
Victoria Of Great Britain, who came
here with her mother Will remain In
Norway for while as the guest OF
her sister. Queen Maud. When the
dowager empress of Russia and the
queen Of England left, they gave 1000
and 1000 kroner respectively to the
poor of Christiania. The dowager EN-
press also gave about 1900 kroner fol
distribution among the police force.
In Norway It takes eleven years
from the time the child starts in at q
high school at the age Of or z, be-
fore he can pass the student examina
ton. All this time tuition has to be
paid. which in the higher classes
amounts to about $3.50 month. And
IL professional career is to be
chosen. it means from five to eight
years additional study at the uni.
versity. Figuring time and money
spent for obtaining such an education
on one side, and the poor prospects
for the graduated student to find suit
able occupation on the other 1t is no
wonder that voices have been raised
to turn more Of the young people into
channels of practical activity, such as
business and trade.
Last month the largest military
maneuver on record was held in Nor.
way. About $1,000 soldiers partici-
pated in the maDeuver and King Haa.
kon himself followed the movements
of the troops from day to day. The
men who were in the field had prct-
ty tough time playing war. Drenched
to the skin by rain almost every day,
they have had to turn into tents for
the night where the temperature has
not been any too high. At the wind
up Saturday on the drilling grounds at
Gardermoen, thousands from Christi.
ania and elsewhere witnessed the
parade before the king. Several for
eign military attaches were present.
The tourist traffic this season has
been a most successful one taken right
through. Tourists from all parts OF
many of them have made heavy pur.
chases. Despite q most miserable sea.
son as to the weather the tourist traf
fic has brought satisfactory returns
The king of Siam was a specially good
customer. He bought literally while
in Norway, principally furs and
jewelry.
The trip of Mrs. Dybwar and her
colleagues to America has been given
up owing to the exorbitant rentals
asked by the theatrical trust for thea
tiers. The troupe will make Euro
pean tour and play Ibsen-mainly in
Germany.
DENMARK.
Copenhagen.