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...Scotland, Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, famed Norwegian explorer of North Pole regions, onetime (1906-08) Norwegian Minister to the Court of St. James's, donned ermine and was ensconced as rector, for one year, of ancient St. Andrews University...
Protests. Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, famed Norwegian explorer, virile and impressive Viking, leaped to his feet and declared that he could not even hear the words of President Nintchitch from where the Norwegian delegation was seated near the back of the hall: "I demand a written statement of the proposals which are being moved and debated. ... It is proposed that the Council be enlarged by three semipermanent seats at the same time that Germany is admitted to a new permanent seat. I deplore the creation of semi-permanent seats for the aggrandizement of the larger powers over the smaller nations. . . . This...
...annual election of a Lord Rector with the usual horseplay. As at Glasgow the week before (TIME, Nov. 2), eggs flew and smelled, herrings smelled and flew, tomatoes smelled and smelled and smashed, and cold water cascaded from the galleries of the Student Union. Arctic Explorer Dr. Fridtiof Nansen of Norway was elected with 216 votes against 160 for Novelist John Galsworthy...
...Rector Nansen...
...Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian Arctic explorer: "Nobody in Norway is anxious regarding the fate of Amundsen...