https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/digital-collections/files/original/28b73864e83f74c42d83c289a3a78741.pdf 1752613b291595eb8ef067126fb0b447 PDF Text Text '\.....-.-.,,......_,,...=::::.::.=================..-.::_-- _-..:.::::....::::.-=..::...::::-_:::...=-==-=-�=-::::_�,.:!� :::;.:::::;::;::::-:::=--::--;� BRATI ON JlJNt 2.1- i8 1925 Price IO Cents �A COMPLETE BANKING SERVICE Commercial, Savings, Bond, Real Estate Loan, Trust and Foreign Exchange Departments Since 1879 this bank has b 0n an important factor in the busines<; actiYities of the community. We shall be pleased to extend to you the same helpful serYice we are rendering to others-a satisfactory serYice, as indicated by our continuous growth. 0 State Bank of Chicago La Salle and Washington Streets Established 1879 BY HAUGAN & LINDGREN 46 YEARS OLD 70,000 CUSTOMERS RESOURCES OVER $63,000,000 BOARD OF DIRECTORS J. J. DAU, Chairman, Reid, Murdoch A. LANQUIST, President, Lanquist & Illsley Co. & Co. JOHiN N. DOLE, President, H. l\I. WM. A. PETERSON, Proprietor, Hooker Glass and Paint Co. Peterson Nursery CHARLES PIEZ, Chairman, Link LEROY A. GODDARD, Chairman of the Board Belt Co. MARVIN V. POOL, Manager, Butler HENRY A. HAUGAN, President Brothers OSCAR H. HAUGAN, Vice-President PHILIP K. WRIGLEY, President, Wm. Wrigley, Jr. Company MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM • �SOUVENIR PROGRAM ('=::] □□□� NORWEGIAN CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION CHICAGO AND VICINITY SUNDAY, JUNE TWENTY--EIGHT NINETEEN TWENTY�FIVE AT CHICAGO MUNICIPAL PIER □ ¢::::JEJ D� ,) CENTENNIAL BANQUET SATURDAY, JUN E T W ENT Y-SEV EN NINETEEN TWENTY-FIVE HOTEL LASALLE I• �'--------�-"-===-===� �Founded by Scandinavians Founded by Scandinavians over 20 years ago, the Union Bank of Chicago, owes its growth princi­ pally to the loyalty and friendship of all Scandi­ navian people. While today it numbers among its customers many races of people, it relies, as of yore, upon those steady, thrifty people, for its progress and growth. Your account is welcome here. OFFICERS CHARLES E. SCHLYTERN..............................................Chairman of Board DANIEL V. HARKIN ............................................................................President WERNER A. WIEBOLDT..........................................................Vice-President LEO P. CUMMINGS.......................................................................Vice-President JOHN GULLIKSEN ....................................................................Vice-President JOHN A. NYLIN..........................................................................Vice-President LEROY H. TOLZIEN.................................................................................Cashier JOHN G. NICHOLS ................................................................ Assistant Ca'3hier HOWARD A. RICE. ................................................................Assistant Cashier MAX 0. BERNHARDT..........................................................Assistant Cashier GRORGE T. PRESCHERN.....................................Secretarv and Trust Officer FRANCIS H. HAYES ....................................................Assistant Trust Officer HARRY G. KEATS ........................................................Assistant Trust Officer EDWARD 0. NELSON.............................................Manager Real Estate Loan JOHN M. ERICKSON JOSEPH B. FLEMING HENRY G. HART , 1·v •\LLACE JOHNSON --� " T-<RABOL ';OY! OLSON DIRtECTORS .TnHN 8. RYnELL .TUSTUS P. SEEBURG WERNER A. WIEBOLDT LEO P. CUMMINGS flANIF,L V. HARKIN CHARLES E. SCHLYTERN Union Bank of Chicago (A TRUST COMPANY) 25 N. Dearborn St. NEAR WASHINGTON CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 'f �PROGRAM REV. J. H. MEYER, General Chairman PART I Centennial Celebration Band...., .......................Math. Pedersen, Directo1· "Ja vi elsker dette Land:et"....................................................The Audience Introduction of the Centennial Chorus ....................Rev. Gottfred Nilsen "Den store hvide Flok" ....................................................Centennial Chorus Rev. Conrad Engelstad, Solo Peter Olson, Director Misses Clara Anderson and Esther Arneson, Accompanists 5. Invocation..............................................,............................Rev. H. J. Holman 6. Greetings of Welcome to and Introduction of Bishop Johan P. Lunde ............................................................................Rev. J. H. Meyer 7. "Kirl,en den er et g:·.mmelt Hus" ......, ...............................The Audience l. 2. 3. 4. IGrken den er et gammelt hus, Staar, om end taarnene falde; Taarne fuld mange sank i grus, Klokker end kirner og kalde, Kalde paa gammel og paa ung, Mest dog paa sjrelen trret og tung, Syg for den evige hvile. Vi er . Guds hus og kirke nu, Bygget af levende stene, Sorn under kors med rerlig hu Troen og daaben forene; Var vi paa jord ei mer end to, Bygge dog vilde han og bo Hos os med hele sin naade. Herren vor Gud vist ei bebor Huse, som hrender mon bygge, Arke-paulunet var paa jord Kun af hans tempel en skygge, Selv dog en bolig underfuld Bygde han sig i os af muld, Reiste af gruset i naade. Give da Gud, at hvor vi bo, Altid, naar klokkerne ringe, Folket foTSamles i Jesu tro Der, hvor det pleied at klinge: Verden vel ei, men I mig ser, Alt hvad jeg siger, se, det sker! Fred vrere med eder alle ! 8. 9. Festival Address................Bishop Johan P. Lunde, from Oslo, Norway "Gud signe vort dyre Fredraland"...................., ...........Centennial Chorus Peter Olson; Director PART II 1. Centennial Celebration Band..............................Math. Pedersen, Director 2. "Star Spangled Banner"..........................................................The Audience Oh! say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars thro' the perilous fight. O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there: Oh! say, does the starspangled banner still wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? Oh! thus be it e'er when freemen shall stand Between their loved homes and the war's desolation; Blest with victory ,and peace, may the heaven-rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation; Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto, "In God is our trust." And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brnve. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Centennial Address..............................................Congressman 0. J. Kvale Introduced by Congressman M.A. Michaelsen ''Sanctus'' ............................................................................................Gounod Centennial Chorus Mildrid Romsdahl-Bruns, Solo Peter Olson, Director Address ...................................................... U. S. Senator Charles S. Deneen Introduced by Attorney Alfred 0. Erickson Greetings ....................................................................Ma:vor Wm. E. Dever Introduced by Judge Oscar M. Torrison Letters of Greetings from U. S. Vice-President Chas. G. Dawes and others ................,.................... Centennial Secretary, E. Gythfeldt "America"................................................................................ The Audience ------------------------------==-====================-----=====" �LEIF ERIKSON RUALD AMUNDSEN "RESTAURATiONEl\J" �THE SLOOP "RESTAURATIONEN" ARRIVED IN NF�W YORK, OCTOBER 9, 1825 By RASMUS B. ANDERSEN T HE 4th of July of this year marks the hundredth anniversary of the departure of the now famous sloop "Restaurationen" from Norway. This was the first emigration to this country from Norway by people in a body in a single ship. They came to a land that Norsemen more than eight hundred years earlier, under the leadership of Leif Erikson, had discovered and called Vinland the Good. It was on the American Day of Independence, that is to say, on the 4th of July, 1825, that the RASMUS B. ANDERSEN little sloop which bore the name "Restaurationen" sailed -0ut of the harbor of that quaint old city of Stavanger in the southwestern part of Norway. The party consisted of fifty-two men, women and children, including in this number the captain, Helland, mate, Erikson, and the cook, Dahl. The most of them were from the city of Stavan­ ger and from Tysver, north of Stavanger, and a few were from other parts of Stavanger County. They were fifty-two in number when they left Stavanger, but when they reached New York on the 9th of October, they were fifty-three. It is possible that it was on this very day that Leif Erikson set his foot on the shores of Vinland in the year 1000. On the 2nd of September, Martha Georgiana, the wife of Lars Larson i Jeilane, be­ came the mother of a baby girl, who was named Margaret Allen in honor of the Quaker woman at whose home in England her father had served. In 1821 the father of Norwegian emigration to this country, Cleng Peerson, with a companion by the name of Knud Eide, had gone from Stavanger to America for the purpose of investigating the prospects for new settlers here. He spent three years in New York and vicinity, and returned to Stavanger in 1824 with a very optimistic and en­ couraging report. The sloop party was organized by Lars Larson Jeilane, and he was in every respect the leader of the enterprise. He had be­ come a Quaker in England and had organized a Quaker congregation in Stavanger. But the Quakers and all so-called dissenters were re­ garded with disfavor by the authorities, both secular and ecclesiastic, and so they naturally desired to emigrate to a country where they could enjoy complete religious liberty and, incidentally, also improve their economic conditions. Let us in our minds revert back to the 4th of July, 1825. Conditions in Norway were not the same then as they are today. Since then the Par­ liament of Norway has passed a large number of important laws securing a larger both religious and secular liberty to the people. While orations inspired by love of liberty fly from the lips of speakers from the many platforms in the United States, while cannon are thundering throughout the inhabited part of this great country, and while hymns of liberty soar on fairy wings and reverberate throughout the cities and country­ sides of the United States, there comes a half-sad and half-joyful echo from one of the fjords of Nor­ way, as the sloop "Restaurationen" with its fifty­ two passengers weighs its anchor in the harbor of Stavanger and sets its prow toward the shores of the land of the Star Spangled Banner. It was a sad echo which was reverberating from Stavan­ ger harbor, for the men and women on board the sloop were at this moment bidding farewell to kinsfolk and friends, and to their country, and had a long and perilous journey before them across the broad Atlantic; but it was also a jubi­ lant echo, for from the distant west there beck­ oned to them a clear and smiling star of liberty, �and they were longing to reach the land where they hoped to better their spiritual and economic conditions. Emigration from Norway was from its very in-­ ception looked upon by the authorities in Norway and by their press and in their literature with dis­ favor. There developed an organized opposition to emigration, and all sorts of stories were pub­ lished to frighten people from casting their lot in such a God-forsaken country as America, but the Norwegian attitude has now happily been changed. The Norwegian people now look upon the 4th of July, 1825, as marking an important new epoch in the history of their country, and well they may, for Norway has in many ways been greatly benefited by her emigrants and their descendants, not only materially, but also socially and politically. It would be difficult to find a family in Norway that does not have relatives in the United States. Indeed, if we count the chil­ dren and grandchildren and great-grandchildren, there are about as many Norwegians in America as in Norway, and the property held by those of Norwegian blood in America is doubtless worth far more than the total value of Norway. The emigrants from Norway were stalwart, both physically and mentally, and at once became most desirable citizens of the United States. They settled largely on farms, and have done more than their share in the agricultural development of our western states. And so Norway today points Congressman O. J. Kvale with pride to what the emigrants have accomp­ lished on this side of the Atlantic, and with equal pride to the benefits that Norway has received from her emigrated sons and daughters. The Norwegians in this country have proved them­ selves one hundred percent Americans, and at the same time they have been constantly loyal to Norway. They have demonstrated that a man can be a loyal son and at the same time a faithful husband. May I not repeat here a statement made by me many years ago, that this large body of Norwegian immigrants have become Americanized fully .as rapidly as any other class of immigrants from the European continent. They acquire the English language easily and make most loyal citizens. They are by nature industrious and pay much attention to the proper education of their children. It is universally admitted that the Norwegians are among the most desirable immigrants to this country from Europe. While the Norwegians have filled a considerable number of offices, national, state and county, and as a rule with great credit to themselves, they are not strictly speaking an office-seeking class. The Nor­ wegian press is as a rule enlightened and exceed­ ingly loyal to the highest interests of America .and her institutions. It is eminently fitting that these facts should be remembered and emphasized in connection with our Centennial celebration. Attorney Alfred O. Erickson �U. S. Sen;,tor Charles S. Deneen Mayor Wm. E. Dever Congr ·essman M. A. Michaelsen Judge Oscar M. Torrison �NORWEGIAN CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF CHICAGO AND VICINITY, JUNE 27-28, 1925 CHICAGO, ILL. COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS: Officers REV. J. H. MEYER, General Chairman EDW. NELSON MRS. CHRISTINE NILSEN ATTORNEY JOHN OIEN, Treasurer 2nd Vice Chairman 1st Vice Chairman E. HJELMESETH Rec. Secretary E. GYTHFELDT Cor. Secretary Finance Committee P. E. ERICKSON, Chairman Congresman M. A. MICHAELSEN C. L. DUE NELS J. JOHNSON JOHN M. PEDE'RSEN EDWARD NELSON Reception Committee ATT'Y ALFRED 0. ERICKSON, Chairman PROF. H. GUNDERSON REV. J. M. GREEN MRS. ELISE HANSSEN MRS. ANNA BJORNSTAD Committee on Banquet and Tickets COL. TRYGGVE SIQUELAND Chairman JONAS FOSS ATTY. JOHN OIEN E. GYTHFELDT J. W. HANSSEN ADOLPH NORDAH:. EDWARD HANSEN Committee of Meeting Place REV. LEWJS MOE, Chairman CARL BAUER OLAF FIDJE REV. C. A. JORANSEN GEO. KRAMER Lt>dies' Committee MRS. CHRISTINE NILSEN, Chm. MRS. MOLLY THORPE MRS. ANNA BJORNSTAD Suburban Committee REV. H. J. HOLMAN, Chairman Music Committee IVER OLSEN REV. J. A. M. HINDERLIE, Chm. REV C. T. DYRNESS PETER OLSON, Choir Director REV. GOTTFR. NILSEN MRS. MIT.,DR. ROMSDAHL BRUNS OSMUND HYLAND J. GREVSTAD JORGENSEN Committee at the Pier OLAF E. GUNDE'RSON N. ELLI GSEN, Chairman Souve'nir Program Committee BJ. BRYNILDSEN REV. PAlJL HAUGAN, Chairman MRS. SANDER TOLLEFSEN EDWARD HANSEN MISS HILDUR BAADE J. W. HANSSEN HE'LGE TOBIASSEN MISS JEANETTE HALSETH PETER JOHNSON HENRY HOGNES N. J. NESS Publicity Committee REV. GOTTFRED NILSEN, Chm. REV. C. DYRNESS J. STRAND HRS. OLGA GRAFF E. HJELMESETH Committee on Souvenir Medals ADOLPH NORDAHL, Chairman AXEL JENSEN, Secretary 0. FIDJE, Treasurer MRS. MILLIE HENDRICKSEN MRS. LAURA ANDERSON 1 l N. A. A. A. Turners-Our Ushers �TANKER I ANLEDNING HUNDREDAARET AF WALDEMAR AGER D EN skj¢nneste, kostbareste og s olideste bygning i Wisconsin er statens capitol i Madis•on. Det er ogsaa den mest a m e r i­ k a n s k e bygning. Der m¢ter den lovgivende forsamling ; der har guvern¢ren sine kontorer og de forskpellige departementer sine. Der har sta­ tens h¢iesteret sin - pragtfuide sal. Der er alt samlet, som vi er stolt av i vor stat. Paa lang av­ stand kan man se capitoliets mregtige, hvite kup­ pei breve sig h¢it over alle andre bygvrerker, nrest capitoliet i Washington den h¢ieste og vak­ reste i landet. Naar man kommer ind i den store rotunda, fin­ der man, at de seksten store sokkeler hvorpaa ar­ kaderne eller buerne hviler, er av norsk granit og importert fra Norge, pilastrene bag dem er av Wis­ consin granit og likeledes de som omgiver rotun­ daen paa hovedgulvet. Ballustraderne i midtgal­ leriet er av marmor fra Italien. De store gr¢nne s¢iler er .av Timos-marmor fra Grrekenland. Den brune frise ovenover er numidisk marmor fra Algier. Det ¢vrige er kommet fra et halvt du­ sin forskj ellige stater. I senatets sal er vregge og piiastre i foyeren av italiensk marmor, s¢ilerne i salen er fransk mar­ mor og en hel del av udstyret av forskjellig grresk marmor. I h¢iesterets sal er panelerne av tysk Formosa-marmor, mens gulvet er av teaktrre fra Indien. Dekorationer og fotstykker er av regyp­ tisk porfyr og der er persiske tepper paa guivene. Over lande og have har man trukket sammen det vakreste og mest solide som "verden" har at byde og resultatet er et av de vakreste, sterkeste og mest amerikanske bygvrerker som findes i hele landet. Graniten fra Norge er fremdeles norsk granit. Den har alle de egenskaper som gjorde at byg­ mestrene valgte den. Det har den ogsaa i Minne­ sotas capitol, hvor alle de mregtige granits¢iler er av norsk granit og brerer <let hele. Den er maa­ ske blit poieret og passet ind, hvor den skulde bruges ; men dens egenskaper er der som de var, da den blev indf¢rt den lange vei fra landet der langt nord. Saaledes med den italienske marmor, de tyske, franske eller grreske bygningsmaterialier. Til­ sammen med de amerikanske danner de et har­ monisk hele av en vidunderlig skj¢nhet og styrke. Dette er min opfatning av vort land - vort Amerika, socialt og kulturelt. Det bedste og ster­ keste fra hele verden overtrukket sammen paa et sted og indpasset i en frelles stor og herlig byg­ ning. Det er vel muligt, at man kunde ha knust alle disse bygningsmaterialier ti! st¢v, biandet dem sammen, reitet dem ihop med Portland cement og faat et ensartet bygningsmateriale ut av det ; men <let blev ikke gj ort. Det er bare med folk man vii bruke den slags fremgangsmaate. Det byggemateriale man hadde faat ved "sammen­ smeltningen" vilde blit et ensfarvet graat, noget upr¢vet, om hvilken ingen vidste enten det hadde brereevne eller ei. Den norske granit vilde tapt sin styrke, Car.ara-marmoret sin hvithet, porfy­ ret sin glans. Det var blit graat, stygt og ens­ farvet altsammen og dertil uhaandterligt og ri­ meligvis uhoidbart. Det hadde ikke egnet sig for billedhuggerens meisei og hadde vanskelig tat no­ gen poiering og aldrig faat nogen glans. Det eneste det maaske kunde ha egnet sig ti! vilde vreret en kinesisk mur. Vort folkemateriel er det bedste som hele ver­ den har at byde og det har ved en naturlig ut­ vreigelse trukket sig sammen her over land og hav. Det kan bearbeides og poleres, - det maa kanske det i st¢rre eller mindre grad for at kunne indpasses i den store amerikanske bygning ; men dette b¢r ske paa en saadan maate, at <let be­ holder sit srerskilte prreg, sin srerskilte skj¢nhet eller betingeiserne for en srerskilt skj¢nhet, styrke eller bruksnytte. Sker dette, - kan det la sig gj ¢re, saa vii vort land socialt som kulturelt kunne breve sig over alle andre som capitoliets kuppei hrever sig over alle andre bygvrerker eliers. Der kan av dette kostbare og mangfoldig foikematerii:-] staa frem et vidunderligt herligt og fuidkomment samfund. Sker det ikke. Gaar sammensmeltning og opl¢s­ ning av arvede karaktertrrek sin uhindrede gang skj¢vet frem av kortsynte, hjernel¢se og hj erte1¢se Know-nothing-ister, saa vii vi tilsidst bli en eneste graa, ensfarvet og forflatet masse uten hoidbarhet, uten skj¢nhetssans eller inspiration. Naar vi nu feirer hundredaaret for den norske indvandring, saa er det for likesom at ta et over­ blik, holde en m¢nstringsdag, se, hvad som er utrettet, komme paa det rene med det mest vrer­ difulde ved os, - <let som vort land har mest bruk for, - dertil fremlregge fyldestgj¢rende be­ viser paa at ogsaa vi har vreret med at skape vrerdier av stor betydning her i landet. Det vii ogsaa mane ti! at vi s¢ger at bevare det nationait mest vrerdifulde ved os, saa vi kan bli som en av de s¢iler, der 1¢fter en amerikansk kuppel op over alt andet, - et solid fotstykke for en arkade av skj¢nhet og styrke i det amerikanske tempel. �Og kun i den grad som vi bevarer vort raceprreg vil vi vrere brukbare i dette tempels bygning - i fremtiden, som vi bar vreret det hidtil. Det som det gjrelder om er at vrere tro mot sig selv, - da vil vi, hvis vi virkelig er et folk med karakter, - ogsaa vrere tro mot vort land og tro i alt vort virke. Det er intet vort land trrenger mer end troskap, - der er hunger efter tro folk fra kongressens sale til den mindste shop, fra universiteter og domstole til den mand som ved nattetid kjs,,rer en feiemaskine gjennem byens gater. Vi maa ogsaa vrere tro mot mor. Det vil vrere vanskeligt at vrere tro i noget Ji­ vets forhold uten at vrere tro mot hende. Mor "Norge" bar sine jl!ien frestet paa os her og vi b¢r J A C- O 1 } i\" I LS 8 i\" A Director SORG�· T. CORYDON A Director ogsaa ha vore ¢ine frestet paa hende. Det vil gi for¢ket styrke. Hvad der er ved os av 1¢dighet og srerskilt brukbarhet bar vi faat av hende, det er arven vi fik med. Det er den bedste arv bun kunde g i, og ingen fik en st¢rre. Abraham Lincoln sa : Alt hvad j eg er og hvad jeg med Guds hj elp kan bli, skylder j eg min vel­ signede mor. I utvidet forstand kan vi anvende dette paa vort gamle fredreland. Og vi minder hverandre om det ved denne store fest, naar vi kaster blikket tilbake paa hvad her er utrettet. At vi ikke glemmer mor ! Vi er arvel¢se, - vi J:iar allerede gaat over i den graa, uhjelpelige, styrkel¢se og skj¢nhetsfattige masse fra den stund av at mor er g!emt. For det er tegnet. J·onN B. HESSLER A Director C H I. LTON C. CO L l , l i\" S A Dirc.cto,· IT TOOK BUT TWO MINUTES TO WRITE THIS A DVERTISEMENT - THAT'S ALL THE TIME DR. PAUL H AUGAN AND HIS NORWEGIAN CENTENNIAL COMM ITTEE WOULD GIVE US AND IT WON'T TAKE YOU THAT LONG TO LEARN THIS ONE SUPREME FACT THE M AJORITY OF THE DEPOSITORS, STOCK-HOLDERS A N D EMPLOYEES OF THE HUM BOLDT STATE BAN KS ARE NORWEGIAN ! ¢:::::Jc=====:::J � HUMBOLDT STATE BANK North Ave. at Fairfield SECOND HUMBOLDT STATE BANK ,-·--·- North Ave. at Sawyer �Right Rev, Johan Peter Lunde, Bishop of Oslo �THE WORLD IS AT YOUR DOOR WITH A FORD S M A L L DOWN PAY M E N T Balance Monthly Joo. ASK US FOR DETAILS Reid Burton Motor Co. 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Vort samfundslegeme, saa mentes der stod paa like saa spr¢ og daarlige f¢tter, som det billede Babels konge dr¢mte om. Dets f¢tter var jo dels av j ern, dels .av ler. Det var atlsaa racesammen­ sretningen, som skulde komme til at stille sig op for os som vor generalpr¢ve. Vore utlreg og op­ ofrelser var saa enorme at hele verden forbause­ des . . Man kunde altsaa ikke lrenger tvile paa os, netop som man f¢r gjorde, og saa blev det hele forklart dithen, at vi var et idealistisk folk. Vi selv vet hvad vor idealisme er, for en vet best selv, hvorfor en opofrer sig og hengir sig. At vi staar med vore sreregne idealer det er­ kjender vi. At vi endnu virkelig tror paa dem og vil ta tunge 1¢ft for at brere dem frem - det medgir vi ogsaa. Hvad disse er - det vet vel forresten hele verden. Vi lot vore d¢re staa paa vid vregg og b¢d hvemsomheht velkommen hit. Vi hadde sredejord nok, og saa langt dette angik - rg-saa kjrerlighet nok. Naar vi saa f¢rte d¢rene lidt paa Idem, da hadde vi ogsaa gode grunde for det. Vi maatte vrerge vort eget. Vi har jo det vi nrerer, holder kjrert og kjender SO!Il vor egen kultur -, saa vidt vi da e komne. At den endnu har en islret av puri­ tansk, er vistnok for nogle nresten en forargelse. Mrn at totalsummen peker paa noget sundt, rent og friskt, for liv og livsforholde -, de'". maa medgis. Det synes vel ogsaa nresten at smak8 lie\ av naivitet, allikevel mener noksaa mange av os, at forsynet sparte denne verdensdel, saa lrenge det gjorde, fordi det her vilde reise sig noget nyt for menneskeheten. Vi staar altsaa her med vore mange og store opgaver. Men vor historie viser, at vi som et folk tror paa baade at m¢te og 1¢se dem. Til den ende rystet vi av os gamle Englands lrenker. Av samme aarsak hadde vi opgj¢ret mellem os selv og endte det med slavernes befrielse. Helt og hol­ dent av samme grund bar vi vaaben mot Spanien, som laa med strupetak over lille Cuba, og for hele menneskehedens vel gik vi ind i verdenskrigen. At der imidlertid har knirket Iidt her og der hos os ogsaa, - det skal medgis. Naar man for eks­ empel har ment, at den angelsaksiske race har flottet sig vel meget likeoverfor andre, - da kan vel ogsaa det ha sine grund. De har vreret saa numerisk sterke, og har hat overtaket paa saa. mange omraader. Allikevel maa det vel medgis, at den har vreret like saa medgj¢rlig, - som an­ dre vilde ha vreret i samme stilling. Naar vi nu da som amerikanere sier, at vi vil staa paa saavidt mulig like fot med hverandre, og ikke optrre Iikeoverfor medborgere med nogen lensmandsmine, saa gjrelder det allikevel med os, at naar principer og lovoverholdelse skal m¢tes, da trrekker vi linjen op for hverandre saa stram­ me, at det nresten smelder i dem, o g dette maa vel synes for mange lidt underlig. Allikevel, slik er vi, og s.aadan maa vi vrere. Her i vort Amerika, med vort selvstyre, krre­ ves nemlig meget av os som borgere. Enhver mand og kvinde maa stille sine livsvalg paa de forskjellige livsomraader. Om altsaa ens person­ lige frihet blir til misbruk og skade for andre, d::t n¢des man stille sig til selvforsvar og kamp mot slike onder. Derfor er det da, at vi som virkelig vil fred, enighet og f1ihet allikevel kan staa i kamp som vi gj¢r. Vi medgir altsaa, at vi er idealistiske paa flere omraader. Vi er ogsaa et ufrerdig folk, blir det ofte sagt -, og det er sandt nok, for det er ungdommen ogsaa, og vi staar endnu som et folk i ungdom. Det er meget og mangt som dremrer i et ungt folk -, for der er mange ting som man synes at bunle op ti!. Der har saaledes ogsaa dremret no­ get derinde i det norske utflytterfolks sind her i Vesterheimen. Det faar vistnok nu en vis s be­ frielse, og vi faar haabe det former sig til dag­ brrek. Vi har nemlig gaat med bevistheten om retteforhold og rettigheter til landet herover. Like fra barnsben av var vi os bevist en viss hj em­ stavnsret til landet derute i Vesterled. Vi som kom og slog os ned her for at bygge og bo, kjendte os ikke netop saa fremmede i et og alt. l\1an synes heller man var av gammel ::et og eiet derfor gamle rettigheter. Vistnok ropte man ikke! saa h¢it om det ; men hos si g selv kj endte man det, og sig imellem talte man om det. Og netop som vi, som utflytterfolket fra slrekt til slrekt har vreret os bevist dette, saa har vel og­ saa barna, om end f ¢dt her, baaret i sine sind noget i det minste av samme f¢lelser. M.ange �har vel endog kjendt et visst tryk derinde naar de sang : "Land where my fathers died land of the Pilgrims pride." Dette kom -ikke fordi de ikke elsket, reret og vrerdsatte pilgrimsfredrene, deres bedrifter og den kultur de ga os, men fordi der kjendtes hos saa mange av os, og barna vore, at her manglet alli­ kevel noget. Man syntes nemlig, at vi likesom var stillet utenfor. Man sang nok med, men ikke netop slik som man saa gjerne vilde, - og det kjendtes tungt. Som de ogsaa i skolerne lrerte og gjenga tro nok lektierne sine om Columbus og hans opdagelse av landet, saa !. a a der vistnok allikevel i det norske utflytterfolks bfilrn en viss protest mot hvad der lrertes. Det er noget saa underlig med retteforhold og arv, naar man er sig slikt bevist. Det som altsaa dremret derinde ropte vel aldrig saa hf,'Sit om befrielse, som da man blev paastem­ plet bindetegnsmerket. Man skulde jo i den tid stilles i kategori som en fremmed del av befolk­ ningen. At der laa en viss sandhet i paastanden - det erkjendtes villi g nok ; men at man allikevel BETJENINGEN OG DIREI{Tj2)RERNE FOR DENNE SOLIDE CLEARING-HOUSE BANK K E YSTO N E TRUST A N D SAV I N GS BA N K 21 1 5 - 1 1 W. North Avenue 0NSKER EDER SOM KUNDER DIREKTJ}RER GEORGE R. BEN SON, Pres. Benson & Rixon C!.othing Merchants FRED JOHNSON, F. Johnson & Co., Cement Contractors 0. M. ULVESTAD, Dentist MAX DURSCHLAG, Durschlag Bros. Real Estate Investments I. H. HIMES, Attorney-at-Law WALTER J. RAYMER, Preside'n t, Fullerton State Bank W ILLIAM H . SCHM IDT, Vice-President, North­ Western Trust & Savings Bank JOHN F. SMULSKI, President, North-Western Trust & Savings Bank OFFICERS WALTER J. RAYMER, President E. HERZOG, Vice-President and Cashier W. E. CHRISTENSEN, Asst. Cashier L. M. SCHOENECK, Asst. Cashier KAPITAL 0G RESERVE $2,000,000.00 Udenlandsk Forbindelse blev meget forurettet - det formaadde man ikke at bortforklare. Naar vi alsaa reiser os som vi nu gjf,'Sr, alle som en, og ffiSrer bevistheten hen til historiske kjends­ gj erninger, da taler vi et sprog - som alle for­ staar. Om alts a a derfor selve "Sluppefolket", deres frerd og bedrifter som landtagere ogrydningsmrend ikke erkjendes av os som saa svrert uthrevet, saa vet baade vi og andre, at det var et slikt folke­ materiale vort Amerika netop da mest trrengte. Disse folk var nemlig av den j revne, seige o g sterke type, som ikke let bfilier av for v.anskelighe­ ter. De formaadde at bryte vei baade for sig selv og efterslregten. Der laa jo stadig for deres syn et lf,'Sfte om en lysere fremtid om bedre og lettere livsvilkaar. Stort set maa vi vel ogsaa si, at de naadde det -, selv om det da gik gjennem det stride hav og ofte med opofrelse indtil blodet. Som vi nu bygger trofast paa tomter cje brfili­ tet, tror vi, at det blir et gavnlig og varig virke, - "vrerk som varer ti! verdi filiderst." Slik maa Amerika bygges. Olaf Fidje, Prop. Humboldt 2281 Jsaffistoba N ORWEGIAN R ESTAU RANT \\t.?t �'}BJ SPECIAL SUNDAY DINNER FROM 1 2 :30 P. M. Open Week Days from 6 a. m. to 1 1 p. m. Sundays from 9 a. m. to 11 p. m. 28 1 2 W. North Avenue C H I CAGO �NORSE PIONEER SPIRIT A, THOUSAND YEARS AGO HONORED IN 1 9 1 1 By OLAF E. RAY --, HE great Thousand Years' Celebration was 1 he! ::! during the month of June, 1 9 1 1 , in Rou:m (Fetes du Millenaire Nordmand) in commerr.oration of the founding of the Duchy of Cormandy by Rollo the Walker ( in French, "Rol­ bn," and in Norwegian, "Gange Rolf.") The bmous Vikings of old had fought and struggled rJpeatedly for about one hundred years at the lower part of the Seine river, called "Seine Infer­ ieure," b dore they finally obtained title to the spl endid country named by them Normandy. This word was then and is now very sugge3tive of the Norsemrn or Northmen who composed the crews of the fe'.lrless flotillas of martial sailors famous in history for boat building and exploits on the sea. No doubt they came to seek new lands anrl new opportunities for permanent settlement an::! not simply to pillage and plunder. They had al­ ready established dominion in Southern Ireland and in many part of the British Isles before they won this beautiful duchy of France, and they came thus from older established settlements to lay the foundation of another where their vwrlike leaders would become lords and masters while the common sailors and every-day vikings might establish homes and follow the arts of peace in the shadow of war. 'T'he history of Normandy is so familiar to the English speaking world that details would be ele­ mentary ; yet the occasion of this great Thousand Years' celebration calls to mind the history of the Viking period of which all the Norman e1e­ mec1. t s are proud, no matter where they live. The city of Rouen became th e capital of Nor­ mandy. It is favorably situated, being located on the Seine river about fifty miles inland from th� ocean. It is now the second port of France in tonnage, Marseilles being the leading shipping port. Rouen was founded by the Gauls and for­ merly called Ratumacos. The population if 1 20,000. It has seventeen Catholic and two Pro ­ testant churches. The famous cathedral of Rouen is cne of the largest and most imposing in the world. It was built in the 1 3th century, but it was then the fifth Christian church erected on the same spot. Remains of older churches appear in the walls of the new. St. Olaf, the valiant warrior in the cause of Christianity, who was lcilic1 c',t the b::i ttle of St iklesbd, Norway . about the year 1030, and who subsequently became the patron saint of Norway, was bapti�ed in Rouen, presumably in the old cathedral. It will be re­ member.ed that Rollo the Walker abandoned the old Norse mythology and accepted Christianity when he became the head of the grand duchy of Normandy in the year 9 1 1 . The Normans there­ upon became a bulwark against the advancing horde3 of Mohammed. In church architecture they set examples for the whole Christian worl d. T::i 2 Cathedral holds the tombs of Rollo th e Wa1kcr and his son, Henry le Jeune. The heart of hiJ great grandson, Richard Lionheart, is al so entombed there. In one of the chapels in the grand Cathedral is a fine tablet in memory of Cavalier Robert de la Lalle, who explored vast regicns in our parts of the United States. The tablet records his doings in America which leads a visitor from the States to recall how much the French really did in America before our day. Chevalier de la Salle was a thorough Norman, born and ra;sed in the city of Rouen. After his extensive explorations in and about the Missis­ sippi valley, he left behind a cluster of French nam?s given to places and still retained. He was the greatest of the practical explorers in our parts of the country. Wherever one goes in the city of Rouen some reminder of Joan of Arc presents itself in the win­ dows, stores, decorations, art an d poetry of the prnp!e. She was here burned at the stake, on the old market place on the 30th of May, 1431 ; the spot i3 marked by a marble tablet in the side­ walk. During the fetes there in 1904 a delegation of prominent Englishmen from the city of Hast­ inrrn put a h,� autiful floral de:'1ign in m etal on the w�ll of the old market, over the memorial plate of J"an of Arc, "Jean d'Arc," in French. It would be impossible here to give any more than a brief sketch of the doings durin g the fetes, b2cause they were elaborately planned and exe­ cui'Pd on au international �.::ak 1 he countries par­ ticip1ting being Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Hol­ h:nd, England, Canada and the United States, while Sicily and other parts of Italy were also rep ­ n:, ser.ted. The old island of Iceland was also in cvic'. e nce, separately. The Scandinavian countries s2nt warships there. Norway's flag floated from the rm:tr t little ironclad, Frithjof," the Danish fbg frcm the equally smart baking gunboat, "Heimdal,' while the Swedish man-of-war "Fyl­ gia," was lying in the port of Havre, at the mouth of the Seine river. The officen an::! some! cf the crew of the Fylgia were in Rouen, hrwever, until they left for the coronation of King G2orge of England. 0 te o !· t b e gt'eat feature3 of the festivities · w as the Congress, so-called. It was literary and cov­ ered the great branches of history, archeo'.ogy, geography, industry, etc. Learne:1 men from all countries interested in ct �the Norman celebrations came personally before the Congress and delivered their lectures or es­ says ; the sessions were divided according to sub­ jects, and held in the spacious halls of the pres­ idency of the old Norman parliament. One of the most important features of the Con­ gress was the Kensington Runestone brought here by Hj almar Rui.1 d Holand from Ephraim, Wisconsin. It arrived on the very last day and Mr. Holand made his talk in English before the archeological division. The famous Swedish pro­ fessor, Oscar Montelius, attacked the authentic­ ity of the stone. Mr. Roland defended it vigor­ ously and all fin ally agreed that it was a moment­ ous document meriting deepest research. Mr. Holand was highly complimented by the disting­ uished audience. He permitted a cast to be taken of the stone and placed in the Museum of Antiqui­ ties. Mr. Holand departed for Paris, Copenhagen and ChrisliaP ia (Oslo) , leaving the Ri mestone in Rouen. After its exhibition for several d ays, it was forwarded to Christiania. (Oslo) by the S. S. Gange Rolf of the Fred Olsen Line. On July 23rd, President Falieres of France, came to Rouen with military escort to crown the festivities as a national French fete of the high­ est importance. He remained two days and they were strenuous one, with banquets, sports and IMPORT0RER OG FORHANDLERE AF DELIKATESSER, HERMETISKE V ARER, 0STERS OG FISK Alie Slags Skandinaviske Varer military tournaments continually taking placP.. At the President's invitation an excursion was made by steamboat up the Seine River to see the many points of historical value on both sieds of the river. The ministers and high state officials of all Scandinavian countries were present in Rouen during the President's stay, and took part in all official gatherings. Viking ships were seen in print, in art and in decorations everywhere. The people of Nor­ mandy, about three million in number, g-a v•J th ,•m­ se-lves up to festiv ities throughout the entire month of June in honor of the spirit and ac­ complishments of the Viking Age and its peo­ ple, giving particular attention to the foundation and subsequent grandeur of the Duchy of Nor­ mandy. The fierce assaults of the early Viking intru ­ ders were forgotten in the open recognition of their creative genius and constructive ability ap­ plied to the pursuits of peace. Statesmanship, navigation, industry and art flourished as never before. The patois or dialect of the Normans added richly to the French language. The Duchy of Normandy rose into power and prestige at home and into royal dominion overseas in the British Isles for the greatest advancement of human institutions and progress in the world's history. OLAF E. RAY Of RAY A N D PEAS E .. r · · �1 � �.-J �r,:, � Lu Ao Leistikow & Sons 2700 W. North Avenue Varelager og Experlitionskontor 1 608 • I O N. Washtenaw Avenue C H I CAGO Send After V or Prisliste Vi Sender Til Alle Kanter Af Landet Attorneys 30 N. 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Title A name given to the resource Norse-American Centennial Papers (P0562) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context P0562 Description An account of the resource <p><span>Correspondence, minutes, financial records, reports, programs, clippings, pictures, pamphlets, and scrapbooks of an association incorporated in 1925 in St. Paul, Minnesota, to supervise the observance of the arrival of the first group of Norwegian immigrants in America. The collection describes in detail the management of the celebration and gives data on observances in Chicago, Canada, Boston, and Brooklyn. Letters and essays reveal the loyalty of Norwegian Americans to their cultural heritage and the rivalry among area groups of Norwegians in America. The celebration was initiated by the bygdelags. The chief officials were Gisle Bothne, S. H. Holstad, J. A. Holvik, Elisa P. Farseth, and Mrs. Wm. O. Storlie. Correspondents include Juul Dieserud, Knut Gjerset, Hanna Astrup Larsen, and O. M. Norlie. The centennial received nationwide press coverage.</span></p> <b>Funding:</b><span><br /></span><span>Funding to digitize the Norse-American Centennial papers provided to the Norwegian-American Historical Association through the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, a component of the Minnesota Clean Water, Land and Legacy constitutional amendment, ratified by Minnesota voters in 2008.</span> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Booklets Description An account of the resource <span>Souvenir program for the Norwegian Centennial Celebration in Chicago on June 28, 1925. </span> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available J.W. Hanssen Printing Services (Chicago, Ill.) Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. [Indicate the cited item here]. Norse-American Centennial Papers. Norwegian American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota. Text