Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-30
NORWAY.

the foreign mails when the German
Swedish car ferry line is started.
NORWAY.
A man from Drammen shot 1852
white grouse (ryper) in one day.
About 80 persons are attending the
lectures at the private theological
seminary in Kristiania.
The contributions to the independent
theological seminary in Kristiana,
amount to about $31 900.
Consul Petersen-Wright and wife
celebrated their silver wedding by
donating piece of ground to their
home city, Porsgrund, the land to be
turned into a public park. At the
same time they also gave hundreds
of dollars to charitable concerns.
A constitution has been drafted for
the independent theological seminary
and the Free Church of Norway. But
power to the church council" the
highest authority, that some of the
ministers threaten to withdraw from
the new organization in case the con-
stitution is adopted in it's present
form.
There were once four churches in
London that were dedicated to King
st. Olaf Of Norway, and three of the
buildings are still standing One of
them is close to London bridge. His
popularity in London was due chiefly
to the fact that in the year 1908 he
won great battle against the Danes.
The Danish army was fighting from
London bridge, throwing all sorts of
missiles down on the Norwegian
ships. But the Norwegians finally sue
ceeded in breaking the piers and pull
ing down the bridge, so that the
Danes fell into the Thames and were
drowned.
The Free Church people Of Nor
way became so disguised with the
strain of infidelity running thru the
theological department of the univer-
sity of Norway that they found it nee
essary to establish a private divinity
school Of their own. The school was
formally opened a few days ago in
rented quarters which are located
close to the university. There are five
large lecture rooms. Only one single
student had been admitted, but more
were expected later on. 1t is said that
many who would have to attend the
school are afraid that such attendance
might be in their way when they have
finished their studies and apply for
positions as pastors in the state church
of Norway.
Ex-Premier Lovland is still agitat-
ing the language problem. He is
strongly in favor OF pure Norwegian.
Some of his strongest arguments are
given below: The language is really
what makes nation. A people los
ing it's language loses itself and be-
comes mere appendix to another
people. 10 find out what the lam
guage Of people is, one must walk
about in town and country and listen
to the everyday talk of the people
what they speak in their houses and
barns, in fields and forests, among
the business men and the laborers in
the streets, what you hear there is the
language of the people. The spoken
language is nations language. The
spoken language is the foundation of
the written language. But is our or
binary book-language the language of
the Norwegian people. Not one out
Of ten uses our written language as
his spoken language. It is argued
against us that there are so many
dialects in our country. 1t is said that
our spoken language cannot be basis
for written language because we
have so many dialects. Yes, there
have always been many dialects in our
thinly peopled country, and once up
on time some one hit upon the no.
ton of taking Danish. dialect-the
Sjalland dialect-as written language
for Norway! A dialect was taken
from a foreign country and made the
national language of Norway This
is no mere talk, it is an historical
fact Our national language" is based
on Sjalland dialect.
A Swedish newspaper complains
that the condition of the seamen in
the Norwegian merchant marine is
| wretched. But at the same time there
are many Swedes who are glad tC
serve as sailors on Norwegian vessels.
The Norwegian government has or
dered 10000 tons of steel rails and
fish plates from Belgian firm. The
deal involves an expenditure of about
$250,000.
A new hall for religious gatherings
has just been dedicated at Bjerkreim,
near Stavanger. 1t has a seating ca
pacity Of 300.
1t is So years since the first cream.
cry was started in Norway. Now
there are $50 creameries and cheese
factories, which consume 100000
gallons of milk a year. About four
and a half million dollars is paid for
the milk.
The Borregaard company at Sarps.
borg has bought timber land for more
than 100000 at Medskogen, Verm.
land, Sweden.
It is just rs years since the award
ing of bachelors degrees was trans
ferred from the university to lower
schools.