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200,000 Swedes Vaccinated
Against Tuberculosis 1946
STOP K H 0 LM. ~ Vaccination‘
against tuberculosis according to‘
the Calmette method has in rc-li
cent years been performed in Swe-“r
den on a very considerable scale:
and with good results. According;
to information given by Professor:
Arvid Wallgren in a lecture at thei
recent Medical Congress in Lon-l
don. last year alone 200.000 Swedes
were vaccinated with Calmette
Vaccine. 1
Tests on a relatively small scale?
had been going on for many years'
in Sweden but during the war that
authorities began to apply the!
method more generally. Most‘
young conscripts have been treated}
with this prophylactic. after X-ray}
examination. and thousands of]
school children as well as nurses:
and other people who are exposedI
to risk of turbercular infection“
have been vaccinated. It is re-i
ported that the British medical'
authorities. encouraged by the re-(
sults reached in Sweden. will rec-i
ommend the method for more gen-“
eral use. I
T h r e e other eminent Swedish
physicians lectured on interesting
results obtained in Sweden in other
fields of medicine. Professor Clar-
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Alvaro C. Shoemaker
Walter H. Stillman
‘cnce Crafoord spoke about his
method for operating congenital
lmalformations of the aorta by
isimply cutting off and removing
the part that hampers the bloodi
‘circulation. Professor Crafoord
Ehas succeeded in saving many!
icases which had previously been
1regarded as hopeless. J
Doctor Gosta Rylander spoke
about the method developed inl
Sweden for eliminating agony and'
Lmorbid hallucinations b? severingl
Icertain connective elements in thc‘
brain. Another well-known Swe-i
ldish physician. Professor 'I‘orsten!
lSjbgren. gave an account of hlSi
lextensivc researches in the field of‘
3heredity. He had compiled data}
ifrom the population records relat-l
ring to about 10,000 people. and]
thanks to this extensive material
5he has been able to calculate thel
lmathematical heredity risks in-l
‘ curred by the various combinations
lot" relatives in cases of disease oil
J'various kinds. 1
Rationing of Meat
Continues in Sweden
STOCKHOLM~ ( By airmail 3 —
Hopes of having meat rations
abolished in Sweden have been
dashed. A recent premature an
nouncement in the press resulted
in an unprecedented buying rush
to the delicatessen stores and
meat markets. Gunnar String.
Minister of Supply, later an
nounced over the radio that the
Food Commission, with only one
dissenting vote, had favored the
abolishment of the meat rations.
The Government, however, con
sidered a temporary lifting of the
restrictions as highly unwise. Swe
den's meat supply is not more
than two thirds of the normal, and
the r;sk of a price rise seems ob
vious. Of late, the meat rations
have been more generous than be
fore. This is due to the extensive
slaughtering of cattle, necessitated
by the poor harvest. The Govern
ment is of the opinion that the
larger meat allotments will coun
teract any profiteering.
Dental plates. set with modern
life-like translucent teeth, are
made and acclaimed by many
dentists for their daintiness and
light weight. Their realistic
appearance should please the
most discriminating.
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Scandinavian
Languages At
American Colleges
And Universities
NEW YORK. - Courses in
Scandinavian languages at Amer
ican colleges and universities were
attended by 1.760 students during
the fall term of 1946, while those
who specialized on some subject
dealing with Scandinavian culture
numbered 526. Classes in Norwe
gian registered a. greater attend
ance than those in Swedish. de
spite the fact that\ the Swedish
population in the United States ex
ceeds the Norwegian. This has
been brought out in a research by
Drs. Gosta Franzen and Hedin
Bronner of the University of Chi
cago and printed in a recent issue
of the publication. “Scandinavian
Studies."
The first instruction in Scandin
avian languages in the United
States was given in the theological
seminaries in the Middle West.
primarily for the purpose of en
abling ministers to preach in’the
mother tongues of the immigrants.
From 1870 and up to the outbreak
of the First World War. an aver
age of fifteen Scandinavian schools
were established every ten years.
Since 1917, however, only four new
such schools have been started.
while 54 have closed or have been
assimilated by other theological
colleges.
Scandinavian courses were first
given at American universities in
the beginning of the 1870's. The
number of universities which of
fered Scandinavian courses in the
fall of 1946 was 24, while the cor
responding figure for 1939-1940
was twenty. Colleges giving such
courses have decreased, however.
from 23 to 19. It should be noted
that the first figure concerns
courses given during an entire
study year, While the second one
applies only to the fall term.
‘ So far as high schools are con
cerned, teaching of Scandinavian
languages has declined since be
fore the Second World War. Ex
cept at Harvard, Danish does not
.figure on the curriculum any more,
‘and the number of pupils who
study Norwegian and Swedish is
‘now 873 compared with 1.544 for
the year 1939-1940. This reduction
is greatly due to the fact that im
migration practically ceased dur
ing the 1920's, so that today there
are few children of school age
whose parents came from Scandim
avia. At Harvard, on the other
hand, there are now 49 students
or more than ever. taking courses
in Swedish or courses dealing with
Swedish subjects. Practically none
of these participants are of Swe
dish descent. They have thus chos
en these subjects for educational
rather than sentimental or family
reasons. They are all candidates
for Harvard degrees. Dr. Sven
Liljeblad is the instructor in Swv
dish and Dr. P. M. Mitchell in Da
nish.
Prominent Newspaper
Editor Dies
STOCKHOLM, Dec. (ASNE)
(By wirelesslw Sten Delilgren, for
many decades a prominent figure
in Swedish journalism and from
1922 to 1946 editor-in-chief of the
Stockholm Liberal morning daily.
Dagens Nyheter. Sweden's largest
newspaper. died here after a short
illness.
Born in Stockholm May 26, 1881_
he first embarked upon a naval
career, eventually achieving the
rank of commander in the reserve.
In 1911 he left the Navy and
joined Dagens Nyheter. From 1937
to 1939 he was President of the
Publicist Club. the Swedish na
tional press club, and for twenty
t‘lve years from 1920 headed the
Swedish Newspaper Employers
Association. He also served as
Chairman of the Board of the
Swedish Newspapers Telegraph
Bureau. which he helped found.
During the Second World War he
was a board member of the Gov
ernment Information Bureau
PIONEER ESSAY CONTEST GREATES
300K DEMAND
The nation-wide interest in the
Essay Contest, commemorating
the Swedish Pioneer Centennial be
ing celebrated in 1948. sponsored
by the Swedish American Line, has
created a steadily growing de
mand for books on immigration
and the influence of early settlers
on American culture. according to
Ernest B. Bearnarth. contest edi
tor. The contest launched last Oc
tober is open to College under
graduates; High School and Pre
paratory School students. and all
other adults regardless of occupa
tion. Six free trips with all ex
penses from the winner's home
town and return are among the
eighteen prizes offered by the
Swedish American Line. The 00.1-
test closes April 1.
Among the books that have
been suggested by various publish—
ers as suitable reference material
and background reading are the
following: The Swedish Nightin
gale by Helen Headland: ’l'hree
Missionary Pioneers by S. Hjalmm'
Swanson; Olaf Olsson by E. W.
Olson; 'I‘he Amerieau-Swedish
Handbook: Early Life of Eric No
relius: The Founding of the Au
gustana Synod by Stephenson. and
After Seventy-five Years, The His
tory of the Augustana Synod, all
of which have been published by
the Augustana Book Concern.
Rock Island, Ill.
The American-Scandinavian
Foundation. 116'East 64th St., has
suggested the following books:
History of Minnesota by W. W.
Folwell. published by the Minneso
ta Historical Society, St. Paul.
Minn, Chapters on Scandinavian
Immigration to Iowa by G. T.
Flom. published by the State His
torical Society of Iowa; Annals of
the Swedes on the Delaware by
John (‘. Clay, published by the
JC'lln Eriesson Memorial Commit
tee: Swedish Settlements on the
Delaware. by Amandus Johnson.
published by Appleton Publishing
Co. New York; Sivedish Element
in lllinois by Ernest W. Olson. pub
lished by the Swedish American
Biographical Society. Chicago:
Carl Sandburg by Karl Detzer.
published by Harcourt, Brace, New
York; John Hanson and the In
separable Union by J. A. Nelson.
published by Brewer. Warren &
Putnam. New York: and the Na-
Natic-nal Encyclopedia. published
by James T. White Co., 101 5th
A\'e.. New York.
Harcourt. Brace and Co.. Inc..
383 Madison Avenue. New York.
published These Foreigners by
William Seabrook. Harper and
Brothers, 49 East 33rd St., New
York. published several gond books
which may be used for reference.
The)‘ are as follows: Refugees in
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FRANK MILADOMUN, Pruldou'
THE SCANDINAVIANflflEiRICAN
America by Maurice R. Davie; A
‘Nation of Nations by Louis Ada
mic: From Many Lands, also by
‘Louis Adamic. They Came From
Sweden by Clara Ingram Judson
‘and Latchstring Out by Skulda v.
Baner have both been published by
Houghton Mifflin Co., 2 Park St.,
Boston, Mass.
The Macmillan Co., 60 Fifth
Avenue, New York. haVe published
the three following books: Races
of Europe by Coon; Immigration
by Fairchild and World Imn'iigm
tion by Davie.
Man In His World by Harlan H.
Barrows, Edith Putnam Parker
and Clarence W. Sorensen; Jour
neys In Distant Lands, also pub
lished by the forementicmod: Now
World Horizons by Chester ll.
Lawronco: Children of the U. S. A.
by Marion S. Cook; The World‘s
Children by Virginia Olcott and
Stories to Remember by Elizabeth
H. Bennett have been published by
the Silver Burdett Co. 45 East 17111
Street. New York. This Company
suggested thoso books, too: Frmr
til‘X'S ()id and Now by Nila B.
Smith and Stophvn F. Bayno; his.
lnnt Doorways. also by Nila 1‘.
Smith and Stophon F. Baynv; .:\nr
('iont and Medieval History by
Ralph V. D. Magoffin and Fn dI'I'li‘
Duncalf and Carl Becker.
Norway Shipping
Cellulose To Japan
OSLO. A contract covering the
first post-war shipment of goods
from Norway to Japan was signed
in Oslo recently. According trI
the agreement, 750 tons of silk
cellulose will be shipped to Japa
nese factories. Previous to tlla‘
war. Japan purchased considerabln
quantities of this product 20.00”
tons being purchased in 1938 alone
Now. however. world demand fur
exceeds Norwegian productim
which is still lagging due to u
shortage of raw materials.
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