Word: norwegian
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Olaf College in Minnesota a Norwegian immigrant, professor of literature, writes many a novel, ships them to "the old country" for publication. Last year however he helped translate one of them into English, called it Giants in the Earth, and was promptly acclaimed an important U. S. novelist...
With the present volume, a sequel, the author shows himself less novelist than professor intent upon the interesting phenomenon of the second generation. He contrasts Beret, reluctant Norwegian immigrant of the earlier volume, with Beret's son Peder, who is impatient with the language, religion and customs of his mother's country. Peder insists upon lessons in English, Bible in English, chatter in English with the Irish neighbors a mile or so. down the road. Then suddenly, fearfully, Beret knows Peder loves the Irish neighbor's daughter. Beret's fury is terrific her sudden capitulation beautiful...
...what looked like a hearty afterthought, Vice President Dawes and eight members of Congress scribbled their names last week upon a cablegram to the Nobel Committee, Norwegian Storting, Oslo. The cablers declared that they, "duly qualified for making recommendations," did recommend U. S. Secretary of State Frank Billings Kellogg for the Nobel Peace Prize. His and M. Briand's Multilateral Peace Treaty was advanced in his favor...
...Pair of Stories.?The popular im pression that Norwegian nature is a monotone in its cold indifference Ibsen somewhat dispelled by his twin studies of the two Norwegian extremes: Peer Gynt, shiftless, debonair; and Brandt, steadfast, bitterly serious-minded. To dispel another popular impression?that the Vikings were god-like blonds exclusively engaged in swift sea fights?Sigrid Undset in turn makes twin studies: the Kristin Lavrans datter trilogy of some 500,000 words, and The Master of Hestviken, unfinished tetralogy. Both concern marriage attained through unatoned sin, maintained despite suspicion and recrimination, resolved at last by death...
Oscar Nathieson, who 20 years ago was amateur speed-skating champion of the world, established a world's record at Davos, Switzerland, by skating 500 metres in 43 sec. In Davos also, Ballangrud, Norwegian skater, skated 5,000 metres in 8:24½, a world's record...