Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-07-09
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
Interesting Items Concern.
ing People From the
North.

Johannes Herskind, Danish
actor and ballad singer, who has
just completed his eighth tour of
the United States, left New York
last week for his home in Copen-
hagen. He declared to friends
that his trip was in the nature of
farewell tour, and that he had
enjoyed it immensely. A rumor
to the effect that he would estab-
lish his residence in America was
mentioned to Mr.. Herskind who,
however, definitely said that he
had no such plans.
Which is il!
The Norwegian minister to the
United States, Helmer H. Bryn,
has directed a request to the
Foreign Office of Norway that
an investigation be started by
competent philologists to ascer-
tain which is the most correct
adjective in describing the peo-
pie of Norway Morse" or Nor
wegian". A somewhat heated ar
gument about this question has
been in progress in the Norwe-
gian-American press lately. due.
in part, to the fact that the COM
mittee in charge of the recent
centennial in the Twin Cities,
described itself as The Morse
American Centennial Commit
tee.
Goes to Finland.
Professor Alfred ]. Pearson,
for II years professor of Ger
manic languages and literature
at the Drake University, Des
MONIES, Iowa, has been appointed
United States minister to Fin
land after having served for a
short period in the same position
in Poland. Prof. Pearson is a
native of Landskrona, Sweden, a
graduate of the Bethany College,
Lindsborg, Kans., and Phi. ID.
from Yale university,
Taken Suddenly iii:
Sophus F. Neble, publisher of
Den Danske Pioneer, Omaha,
Neb., last week had packed his
grips in order to travel to Den
mark where he as one of the exc
cutive members Of the Memorial
Mound committee, expected to be
present at the dedication of the
Mound, when he was suddenly
taken ill, had to submit to an
operation and was forced to can
eel his travelling plans. A BAN
quet which had been planned in
New York by friends of Mr..
Neble. likewise had to be can
celled.
New Norwegian School!
Plans are on foot for the estab-
lishment of Norwegian-Ameri-
can college somewhere on the
Atlantic coast. presumably in the
immediate vicinity of New York
where an option on lots has been
secured through the generosity
of a citizen of Norwegian birth.
The principal argument IN favor
of the plan is that at the present
time those fasteners who want
TO attend a Norwegian school,
must travel all the Way to the
middle west in order to accom-
plish their purpose, and it is said
that the lack of such an institu-
tion for years has been deeply
felt in the East.
c. O. Carlson Dead.
C. O. Carlson, intimately
known among his friends as "ko-
Kalle". died in New York last
week. aged 50 years. He who
was born in Jemshog, Blekinge'
Sweden, had spent 40 years IN
the United States, the greater
mart of the time as editor OF
Swedish papers in various parts
of the country. During the last
few wears he found employment
at a New York hotel. He was
known because of his phenomenal
range of knowledge and ms nn-
usual ability to write swedish
and English with equal facility
Monument Unveiled.
A monument, designed 10 per,
petuate the memory OF Emil
CHRISTIAN Hansen. world-famous
fermentologist, was unveiled In
Ribe. Denmark-his native city
last week, in the presence OF a
large number of people from the
Ct.tas and Denmark.