Show KING OF NORWAY NOR A r MAN MANOF Of PARTS Chancellor MacCracken De Describes Describes Describes scribes an Interview With the Monarch New York April 17 ILDr Dr H If M 1 Mac MacCracken Cracken chancellor of New York university university university sity who has visited the Danish Nor Norwegian and amI Swedish universities to Introduce intro introduce Introduce duce plans for an of professors sors returned home today toda on the steam steamer er Speaking of his lectures In the Scandinavian Scandinavian nalan universities Dr MacCracken said that he found everywhere a strong senti sentiment sentiment sentiment ment in favor of or the Interchange of ot pro professors professors processors He thought that the income of ofa ofa ofa a fund of would be sufficient to cover coer the expenses of three professors during six months of work every year Lunched With With King Haakon Chancellor Chan MacCracken said King Haakon of ot Norway with whom my son and myself lunched impressed me meas meas meas as being a man of unusual intellect He displayed a 3 knowledge of political econ economy economy economy omy and allied sciences which would eM easily easily ily 11 quality him for a professorship in an American university On the day before the luncheon given In our honor I met him informally and discussed many topics at length len th with him Upon all of ot them he was able to talk with unusual intelli intelligence intelligence gence ence and apparently from first hand In Information Information information formation He expressed regret that so many Nor Norwegians Norwegians should come here and said that he hoped to check the exodus of or his sub subjects subjects subjects to the new world Chancellor MacCracken quoted the king kingas as saying saving to him himI I found a colony colon of f Socialists poor workingmen in the north of or Norway who told me all property should be equally di divided divided divided vided to them I said to them Suppose that at 12 1 on Friday we divide the wealth of Norway as you ou suggest With Within in five fIe minutes there will have been a number of babies born in the country and shall we then divide again with them They had lu d not thought even as far as that and the proposition floored them I could black my own boots if I I wished to toI toI toI I have hae done it and therefore know but if It ItI I did what would become of ot the people who make a living blacking boots I 1 be belie lie e in a division of labor Equality Impossible We Ve wore ware speaking of the socialistic de demand demand demand mand for equality at the time said the chancellor and he emphatically stated that in to his belief there could be no such thing The universities of ot the Scandinavian countries I found were like the people democratic and untrammeled by ideas lUeas of caste easte and tradition In this respect they are more like similar Institutions in the United States than they are like those of ot England I lectured at the Swedish uni university university university of or Lund and at the universities at Copenhagen and and found the professors in all three places up to date and progressive Conditions are ripe for foran foran foran an Interchange of teachers with the Unit United United ed States |