Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-10-22


Valid leland 90 some I'M IKE 3I6, 900,
iss sbe devoted to- the peratiye ex,
penses Zof the Institute o.. The United
sNorwegi Ian Luthe ran church s. Amer
lea started out .eigh teen months ago
"a raise 1000 10000 ~ 1915s as ju,,
bilee fund "a ommemorationSof the
twenty NTH year sof It's found alton
The organizati ion, compose ed Of 4 800
Lutheran congrega atoms ia the North
west, received It's charter III 1 900.
committee headed by Mr.. Waldo.
land and Professor John Nathan XII.
dahl, who ccupies the chair Of re-
Ngion IN the ST. Olaf faculty, called
on the pioneer railway man Of the
Northwest at the latter's office In st.
Paul at the time and told him Of their
plans. and that $3.50, 900 Of the ex-
pected $1,000, 900 was to be devoted
to st. Olaf's as an endowment fund.
'..'If you gentlemen will raise $780,
coo within the year for that college" :
Mr.. Hill told them, come to me and
/ will give you the other $4,000 nec-
essary. At the end Of the first year,
Jan. 1, 1913, the committee informed
Mr.: Hill that the 100000 had not
been subscribed but that they hoped
to have It within few months.
Take six or seven months more, and
IL you get the money, come to me
for the $4,000, :" was the way the
Great Northern man phrased It.
Treasurer Waldeland and Professor
Kildahl officially notified Mr.. Hill
Sept. / that something like 100000
had been raised for the jubilee fund,
and that 100000 had already been
turned over by the United Nor
wegian Lutheran church OF America
to the officers Of St: Olaf's college
True to his pledge the railway mag
nate forwarded his check yesterday
for the $4,000. "This endowment
fund will be Of great assistance to the
College Of St Olaf" said Mr. Waldo.
land. "This educational institution,
with its 500 young men and women
students, faculty Of thirty-five, and
constantly increasing expense, has,
on an average, fallen about $4,000
behind It's receipts annually. This
deficit has been met by our united
organization, or, really, the 1000 con-
gregations composing it. This en-
dowment fund will be invested in
farm loans and an assured income
Of about $4,000 per year will go a
long way to putting the institution
upon fir financial basis. We have
at Northf1eld a school Of some mo.
ment in the educational world. Forty
acres Of land are devoted to it's pur.
roses, and only last year we In
vested $4,000 in new dormitory
for girls, the college being co.educa.
tional. It is our purpose, Of course,
to add to this endowment. until, like
many OF the country's prominent ar1
leading educational institutions. we
can place it upon financial basis
that will guarantee its. perpetuation
as school for the Norwegian and
Swede of the Northwest. This en-
dowment fund will enable the trustees
to. 60 ahead with many new and nee
essary improvements" ~: +
+ +
The retiring American minister to
Norway, Lauritz swenson, is to re-
turn to America In a short time. as
his successor, Mr.. Schmedemann of
Milwaukee, is now on the way to
Christiania to relieve Mr.. Swenson Of
his duties. During the time Mr..
swenson has been In Norway he has
made more personal friends than any
other foreign representative has ever
made in Christiania; and no wonder,
therefore, that number Of men and
women, counting among them some of
the most distinguished names in the
country, arranged q farewell banquet
for him and Miss Swenson, which
took place on Thursday, Sept. rs, at
the Commercial club headquarters.
Among the members of the arrange
ment committee were such people as
G. Berner and J. Lovland, both speak
ers Of the storthing;; Gunnar Knud-
sen, at present prime minister: Con-
sui F. Herman Gade; Hieronomus
Hyerdahl, president of the city. coun.
Gil; N. Ihlen, foreign minister. and
several others of the most distinguish
ed people, all with their wives. The
Anglo-American club few days az.
forwards invited Mr.. Swenson to q
similar affair, as he has been one Of
their most popular members during
his stay Is Christiania. In spite Of
all this popularity on the part OF. Mr..
Swenson, and in spite of all the ar.
ticles which have appeared from time
to time trying to criticise the appoint
ment Of Mr.. Schmed 1t NAV
be said, he will be well received in
Christiania as the people have come
to understand the fact that Mr..
Swenson's retirement is merely the
result Of the American political ays.
tenn and has nothing whatever to do
with the personality Of the man. ID
... #= 5 @.;s
The Oldest missionary in Norway IS
Rev. D. Egans, who recently cele.
brated his seventy-fifth birthday an
niversary. He went to Madagascar
es missionary in 1869. After q four.
teen years stay he visited his native
country, bat in 1886 returned to the
mission field again and labored until
sickness compelled him to return to
Norway. Since 1901 he has lived In
Norway and is doing all he can in his