Morris tribune., 1911-01-20
T|DINCS FROM
SCANDINAVIA
Interesting News From Sweden,
Norway and Denmark
AMERICA GETS few PRIZES

Foreign Countries Secure Majority OF
Honors From Nobel Committee-Ski
Jumping the National Sport for Nor.
Wegians of All Ages--Chsrges Of
Graft in Connection With Denmarks
Petroleum Business.
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The Nobel committee, which has its
home in Stockholm, Sweden, comes in
for little criticism, although in dis.
tinctively mild nature, from the fol.
lowing editorial which appeared in
recent number of the Lutheran (Phila.
delphia) "It is not very f1attering to
our American pride that nearly all the
honors for distinguished work done in
the fields of medicine. physics. chem.
istry, literature and peace should go
to other nations than our own. Thus
far fifty-siX prizes have been awarded
by the Nobel committee to individuals,
the racial distribution of which is as
follows: Germany, Is; France. 10;
England, Z; Holland, Russia, Italy and
Switzerland, each 4; Sweden, 3;
Denmark, Spain and the United States,
each 2; Austria, Belgium and Norway,
each 1. This speaks we'll for Germany,
he 1or Of for
small countries as Holland, Switzer-
land and Sweden. France is also in
the forefront. The United States, with
it's more than 100 100000 population
and its wealthy universities, should
have won no less than 100 prizes, in
proportion to it's size, to be in the
same class with such little countries
as Holland and Switzerland What is
wrong? Has the prize committee been
prejudiced against us? Hardly, we
should think; for it seems to be gov
erned by rules eminently fair. Are
Americans less gifted than the Dutch
and Swiss? That is not at all likely.
The real truth seems to be, Americans
are attempting too many things. and
the Hollanders, the Swiss, and also the
thing, and have the industry and sim
gleness of purpose to do it well. Ameri-
cans are busy making fortunes and
spending them: Europeans have time
for other things"
The Chicago press makes apprecia-
tive mention of "Reve&es and Other
Poems" by Gottfried Hult, issued by
the Putnams. Professor Hult is the
son of the Rev. A. Hult of the Angus
tana synod. After some years at Gus
tavus Adolphus college, St Peter.
Mimi, he attended the University of
Minnesota and graduated there He
now occupies the chair of Greek litera-
ture in the University of North Da-
kota. From his student days on he
has been a singer of lula bies and now
of graver themes. Richard Burton in
The Bellman says: He has made a
finely sincere attempt to spiritualize
madern doubts as he broods on the
eternal mystery and his utterance is
wide in sweep, boldly imaginative in
and often musical in the
extreme" He has fulfilled the prom !
ise of his earlier days and has the
good opinion of Richard Watson Gil
der. He is classed with Sidney La
nier, Sill and Francis Thompson. He
is Tennysonian in his nice ear for the
music of words and, we might say,
Greek in his conception of nature and
the universe. Is he not the first Scan
dinavian to venture into the realm of
American literature?'
The official figures, based on statis-
tics, show that the population in Stock.
holm has been decreasing instead of
gaining recently. During the last ten
of last year there were 2,497
persons who left the city. There were
during this period 6,5s6 births and
there were also 1857 persons who |
moved into the city, but there were.
On the other hand, 4.33S persons whe
died and the number of people who ,
eft the city were. all told, 1892. !
showing that the actual decrease in !
population amounted to 2.497.
From Jan. ! last year until Nov.
If the same year the Swedish govern
nent had an excellent income from
he revenue on whisky. sugar, malt
and railroads, amounting in round
numbers to at least 11O,09S, ,557 OF
crowns, whereas during the same Pc
'iod last year the total revenue was
only 94,07O,94939 crowns.