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...last winter I visited what might be called a 'fresh water' college far up in Minnesota-St. Olaf, at Northfield. It has 990 students and 95% of them were born of Norwegian or Swedish parents. Their interest in literature was extraordinary. The whole college turned out to hear me talk of Shakespeare and when I discussed the new poets 150 cut their classes and joined the English class to hear. Would they have done that at Harvard or Yale? Hardly...
...Ibsen, of course, is Northfield's patron literary saint. The man in the drug store or the girl who serves you dinner can tell you about him. Indeed, some friends of mine who live there entertained one night at dinner and, of course, discussed Ibsen. The Wild Duck formed a part of the discussion and one of the guests in particular expounded his idea of its meaning...
...invited anyone who wanted to come, in short, to assemble at Northfield, Mass., to talk about the subjects that are now blocked out, in neat white letters, on the billboards of all the more progressive churches...
Every year since the issuance of this invitation, the Christians have met at Northfield. Last week Dr. Moody's son, William R. Moody, opened the 43rd Northfield General Conference of Christian Workers. Familiar topics were given a new illumination by the following churchmen: The Rev. John A. Hutton, D. D., of the Westminster Chapel, London; the Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick, D. D.; the Rev. James Reid, M. A., of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Eastbourne, Eng.; Dr. William Louis Poteat, President of Wake Forest College, Wake Forest, N. C.; the Rev. W. Fearon Holiday of Selly Oak College, Birmingham...
...interment will take place at Northfield, Minn., near Alexandria, Mr. Geer's birthplace...