Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-10-22
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[k'ecenl Happening h i
Country and | I. Abroad / };
has I / ATTENDANCE ! ] Of 1900.
University 81 Helsinsfors the Center
g the Culture and Mental Lite Of
Finland s.. oiaf's College At North.
field, Mimi, Completes Task Of.
Raising Endowment Fund Of $3.50, 600.
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~ The University OF Helsingfors is the
center OF the culture and mental life
Of Finland. There are over fifty pro-.
|fessors, and the attendance last year
was 200, one-fourth Of the number:
being women. The instruction Is
given partly In Swedish, partly in.
Finnish, and many professors use the
two languages alternately. The stu
dents are generally bright and exceed
ingly studious. .One.half Of them are.
without means and cannot expect >:
| get any aid from home; this condi-
ton compels them to work hard the
year round. Many Of them spend the
vacation making lecture tours through
the country. a. society composed Of
well to do students has established
three large common schools at their
own expense in the eastern part of
the countr..,, where the Finnish nation
atty is threatened with classification.
In no 9th ). country in Europe ara
school buildings met with more fire..
quently than in Finland, and general
education is of q very high standard.
There are many high schools of vart-
Gus designations, even both men and
women receive instructions in garden
culture and other useful occupations.
Even the average farmer of Finland ls
eager to learn. The publication Of a
large Finnish encyclopedia has just
been: started. It appears In series,
and copies Of this may now be found
even In the home of the poorest tenant
farmer. The cost Of this production
will be about $40. II: =: A. .@. -.s 4.
Lieutenant. Charles swenson, q
Swedish-American of Bremerton,
Wash.,5 who has been an officer In the
United States navy for number of
years, has been selected to act as
head pilot at the official: opening IT
the Panama canal and will have the
honor. Of plotting the battleship Ore.
gon through the canal, that battleship
having been selected to make. the
first passage through the now world
famous ditch. Lieutenant Swenson
entered the. United States naval acad-
envy when but fifteen years old and
has been STEADILY rising in the ranks
ever since. He is son of Captain C..
A. Swenson Of the canal steamer Mo.
tala Strom in Sweden. i
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In the event Of King Gustaf's death
it will be impossible for the crown
prince: to pay visit to the Panama
exposition at San Francisco in 1915.
It has been known for a long time that
Swedish prince was to visit the
United Sta. s and when the announce
ment. was made ssome time ago. that
the crown prince would visit the ex.
position at San Francisco there APP
peared much favorable comment in
the, Swedish press on both sides OF
the Atlantic. The kings present ILL
ness and his expected death will nat:
urally preclude all projected plans in
this direction. ',-. =. ..-, -. 8. =.
The Lut.r ran states that according
to population Sweden is doing more
missionary work in non.C Christian
countries than any other nation. Tho
country ha- sent out and is now sup
porting no less than $50 persons, who
are :labori principally in India.
China, Eas: and South Africa and in
Kong0. These persons are distr1but.
ed among LOG principal stations, with
400 smaller stations and $50 preach.
ing places. They serve: lis congrega.
tons, composed of 1900 baptized ma.
tives, and in all about $4,000 regular
ly visit the preaching services,
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Recent .;.:3le dispatches state that
King Gustaf's condition is growing
steadily worse and that his illness has
taken such q turn that he has invested
the crown prince with full power IN
definitely There are persistent III.
mors that us malady is cancer aid
that it is +. SO advanced stage that
he has snall hope OF recovery, while
the end may soon come. z:z . ....=
The deat rate Of Sweden In 1914
was only 90 per thousand, but t., :.
birth rate lso was low, being 1889
per thousand. This Is said. to be the
lowest birth rate in the history OF the
country. III three provinces the poru.
lation actually decreased. Only
eighty-sevc women out Of every
1000 are srried. ..=:
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Swedish :.xports amounted to 800.
900 crowns in 1912 and are showing !
STEADY incr' ase from year to year.
Swedish o. 3rts are proving singular