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dent’s course. The amount of philosophy required is the same for all, 
while the amount of Latin varies. The theologians, in addition to 
rather heavy requirements in Latin, also have to show some knowledge 
of Greek and Hebrew. 
The students have at their disposal study-rooms with small special 
libraries, besides the large, well-equipped University library with its 
reading-rooms. The library, which is situated about fifteen minutes’ 
walk from the main building, is of recent date, while the older build¬ 
ings—with their simple and beautiful classical style—are from the 
middle of the nineteenth century. 
In front of the University stands a statue of the jurist Anton Mar¬ 
tin Schweigaard, who died in 1870, one of the many members of the 
faculty who have played a part in the history of the nation. Several 
of the professors in the University have attained European fame, but 
of still greater importance for Norway is the fact that so many of 
them have given strong impulses to the intellectual life of the nation 
and have helped to shape its fate. It is sufficient to mention the two 
historians P. A. Munch and Ernst Sars. To-day, too, there is an inti¬ 
mate relation between scholarship and the life of the people. Among 
men whose work has had a distinct influence on Norwegian thought 
are Christian Collin, professor of European literature, and Halvdan 
Koht, professor of history. Many other names could have been 
brought forward in this connection, but I have confined myself to those 
of my own department, and even these are given only by way of illus¬ 
tration. 
As I have said before, the period during and after the World 
War has been a time of distress to the students. Most of them do not 
live in Christiania, but come from a distance. It has been difficult to 
find lodgings and to make both ends meet in these days of high prices, 
although the State and private individuals have tried to relieve the 
situation by building a new Students’ Home and by providing cheap 
dinners for the students. 
In spite of disspiriting conditions, the students have not lost cour¬ 
age. Their various organizations have had a very flourishing period 
in the last years The oldest of these is Det Norske Studentersamfund, 
which meets every Saturday during the semester for a lecture, gener¬ 
ally by some man or woman of national reputation, followed by a dis¬ 
cussion in which the students themselves take an active part. The 
Norwegian Students’ Christian Association has a large membership 
and owns its own building. The various departments have their own 
organizations, and there are also some political societies, among them 
the Students’ Radical Society and the Students’ Social-Democratic 
Society. A large and growing organization is the Sindentmaallagei, 
which in various ways has given support to the landsmaal movement. 
Fifteen or twenty years ago it seemed that a majority of the 
