Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-09-26

gree do a DOCTOR OF philosophy In 19t
and last year was elected q member
Of the Society Of Sciences. BY this
latter academic appointment Norway
has outdistanced Denmark, where
there are as yet no women professors
although there are several womeL
who have gained the degree of doctor
of philosophy. These, however, so far
have attained to no higher position al
the Copenhagen university than that
of lecturer"
1t has been computed on good AL.
thority that there are $4,000 Norwe'
gian farmers in Minnesota whose land
is worth about $500, 600, 900. In North
Dakota Norwegian farmers own $3.50.
600. 900 worth of land. Add TO this
what the Swedes and the Danes own
in these two states (where the two
combined are o nearly as strong as
the Norwegians) and the wealth OF
these sturdy descendants of the VI.
ms 10 uOl UluCu DSlON t"O bllllOl
dollars, says the Lutheran, an Eastern
church paper, and it adds edi%torially:
THE Scandinavians were not afraid
Of sOiling their hands and they lie.
lieved that tilling the soil was one of
the very noblest and most useful voca.
lions to engage n"
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Professor McVey. president Of the
University of North Dakota at Grand
Forks, is at present enjoying a visit
in Norway and on invitation delivered
lectures in Christiania, Sept. 4 and 5,
at the university on The EVOLUTION
of America" and on Recent Social
and Industrial Tendencies in the Unit
ed States" The University of North
Dakota has 500 students, more than
half Of whom are Norwegian born or
the sons or daughters of Norwegian
emtgrants. Professor McVey has
been royalty entertained during his
visit in the Norwegian capital and
was given an audience by the king
and queen.
Captain Roald Amundsen, the dis
e of the South pole, is too busy
a man to feast and has served notice
to this effect. He was so feted and
banqueted on his return to Christiania
that 1t grew to be too much of a good
thing and he has kindly but firmly in
formed his many friends and admirers
that he is too busy to feast. The fact
Of the matter is Amundsen is getting
ready for another long exploration
trip and this time he will be bound
for the North pole and expects to be
gone at least three years.
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The Christiania Odd Fellows order,
which has its head lodge in Christi
ania, has recently completed a build
ing Of its own. 1t is a %pretentious
structure in appearance and has all
OF the modern equipments. 1t was
dedicated about two weeks ago., when
a large number of Odd Fellows from
all over the country were in attend
ance, among them being 100 Danish
Odd Fellows, who had come from
Copenhagen to participate in the fes-
tivities.
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DR.. Henry Goddard Leach, son of
DR.. Alonzo Leach of Cape May, N. j.,
has been appointed secretary and
managing director of the American
Scandinavian foundation, an organiza-
ton to promote cultural relations be-
tween America and Scandinavia. DR..
Leach is instructor in Scandinavian
languages in Harvard university. He
was graduated from Princeton uni
yersity in 1903. The foundation has
an endowment fund of $500, 600.
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Finn Koren, the Norwegian consul
In Montreal, in his last consular re-
port suggests that the silver fox be
introduced into Norwayssas well as a
number of other species Of Canadian
furbearing wild animals. Consul Kor-
en- states that a first class silver fox
skin brings a price of not less than
$1,000 in the Canadian and American
markets.