Minneapolis spokesman., 1954-06-04
Minnesota Eyewitness
BY BRENDA UEI.AND

We Foundation dinner at the
Swedish American Institute
Avenue that Ia all stone
goyes 1t Danish Mr. Andrew Johnson
Danish consul
Prof Howard Hong Olaf College
pher Kierkegaard
there many there among them Of our
Foundation students from Carleton Henrik brilliant
with squnt up sparkling
of laughter a mobile are most
humorous and smiling Of all the Scandinavian
there hasn't been melancholy Dane since Hamlet
Hong strong vigorous with childish nose and
the comeness Of old boy though
Hong pretty young something
thick hair under the kind Of hat Renor painted Then you learned
that she children my quesonng
the secret of bringing eight children TO things and
act quickly and fast"
1T be very
Well" a small hard reddened tough pretty
hand for to But she that after O'Clock HER
time No matter what happens that
and then she reads writes thinks
children brogues
and walk WALK from Italy to Norway What wonderful
person she Is!
Kerkegaard n son o a andh
broken Dash father and this what Prof
approximation only toughest
an envelope:
Coen Kergegaad Is no doubt he il the key TO this cen
tury philosophy and religion Kerkegaard called the
sh Socrates worthy proessorsD
talk AT people No like soca,ss he ans. ken, asking mild tny
questions searched Seey into people listened and listened
question joltng the person into deeper thinking
Socrates they
simple
human existence with living Now Kekegaard after
Francis My power great
Of Man. the problem Of Man the external world
But KergesAard opposed this
his greatest problem he said
movement in Europe then the
have forgotten what TO exist lie
about professors about separate
existence Of living And he said the poetic thinking
wonderful castles in the imagination. but
he said older make Of young writing poetry
older grow plump steady unpeurbsd
but they have forgotten ethics and morality Better be like the
young and uroS poetic said Ksrsgnard and spiritual
30 he set kind Of painfully thinking
problem simple human existence
Of the soul"
KIerkegaards method 10 much alike
Take that EmorgAsbord" said Prof Hong pointing the
laden tables you II
appropriate It, And 20 with thinking KerksgAard said
would say TO man mildly But just little question
He'd taking just
then the whole and In this people terribly
shook them mentally to their heels until they themselves would
begin TO yGwning poabs meaning
He awakened people to
KisrksgAard"
Of Denmark how night across
the line they look with dread into slavery
noby Constitution
r country to do sol TO her SOVrsEny
can JOIN European federation or better sun world government
Re said the elaborate security system
problem
cent and unhappy CThs
n get over that Ageod mental habit Snd that oR happily
enthusiastically done nOthng-wstber
others creative, for IN" gcy oodJ
q evening with Americans and Scandinavian
listening and talking Sbut toHghtfuI fty
ing and distinguished psops Mr.. BerEntsn just
But Hks sohtuds studying writing
poaoPhy under Socrates the ssoond~
of the University ths first
.ranaas K~rsgAardJ There Dr cO~hnr p-adsn,sstas
Of Cas,on who raises great monsy
Scandinavian fsI0ps And Dr-ng BjornsrAa
cur prs.dsn Ne has been chosen Eas King as Sslass shsn
hs farming
and @ixty equally