{"id":546,"date":"2017-08-08T09:14:09","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T14:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/?p=546"},"modified":"2018-12-10T14:23:23","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T20:23:23","slug":"poetry-of-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/poetry-of-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry of Place"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><strong>Poetry of Place<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><em>Jeff M. Sauve<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>The valley of the stalwart pines beneath the college hill<br \/>\nAway from all the campus stir\u2014a place so quiet and still . . .<\/p>\n<p>So wrote St. Olaf College\u2019s athletic coach, Ade Christenson, to his beloved in 1926. Others like him over the last century-plus have been inspired to capture the beauty of Norway Valley in the form of poetry. With titles like \u201cFrom Norway Valley,\u201d \u201cIn Norway Valley,\u201d \u201cLay of Norway Valley,\u201d and \u201cThe Vale of Tawasentha,\u201d each poem relies upon a common motif\u2014that of the majesty of the evergreen pine as found in such lines as:<\/p>\n<p>The twilight gently, gently lets fall; the shadow on the dusky bough.<\/p>\n<p>The pine trees murmur low. Speaking of things eternal.<\/p>\n<p>There kingly pines lift their branches high; In supplication to the sky.<\/p>\n<p>When the college purchased Norway Valley in 1889, the former owner had harvested the majority of hardwood maple and elm trees for firewood. Anna E. Mohn, wife of the first college president, Thorbjorn N. Mohn, recalled in her 1906 reminiscences that the valley \u201cwas shorn of its beauty and grandeur by the woodman\u2019s ax. Nothing but bare stumps remained to tell the story of the trees . . . The question was now how to restore its beauty?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Mohn stated that evergreens were a favorite of Norwegians and a plan developed to plant a thousand trees in the Vale of Tawasentha, as Norway Valley was then commonly called. Reverend I.M. Dahl, a member of the college\u2019s Board of Trustees, volunteered to contribute all the funds for this purpose.<\/p>\n<p>In the decades that followed, the surviving pines matured into a verdant forest and gave credence to lines found in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow\u2019s poem, \u201cThe Song of Hiawatha\u201d:<\/p>\n<p>In the vale of Tawasentha,<br \/>\nIn the green and silent valley,<br \/>\nBy the pleasant water-courses,<br \/>\nStood the groves of singing pine-trees,<br \/>\nGreen in Summer, white in Winter,<br \/>\nEver sighing, ever singing.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_gallery et_pb_gallery_0  et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_gallery_grid\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_gallery_items et_pb_grid_items et_post_gallery clearfix\" data-per_page=\"4\"><div class=\"et_pb_gallery_item et_pb_grid_item et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_gallery_item_0_0\"><div class=\"et_pb_gallery_image landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2017\/08\/Winter_Norway_Valley_Postcard_1910.jpg\" title=\"Winter Norway Valley Postcard, 1910\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2017\/08\/Winter_Norway_Valley_Postcard_1910-400x284.jpg\" alt=\"Norway Valley in Winter, 1910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2017\/08\/Winter_Norway_Valley_Postcard_1910.jpg 479w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2017\/08\/Winter_Norway_Valley_Postcard_1910-400x284.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-561\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_overlay\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><h3 class=\"et_pb_gallery_title\">Winter Norway Valley Postcard, 1910<\/h3><p class=\"et_pb_gallery_caption\">Winter Solitude in Norway Valley. Real Photo Postcard, Color Tinted, ca. 1910.\n\nCreator\nS. Finkelson, Publisher, Northfield, Minnesota\n\nSource\nSt. Olaf College Archives, Postcard Collection<\/p><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_gallery_item et_pb_grid_item et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_gallery_item_0_1\"><div class=\"et_pb_gallery_image landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2017\/08\/Three_Men_in_the_Pines.jpg\" title=\"Three Men in the Pines\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2017\/08\/Three_Men_in_the_Pines-400x284.jpg\" alt=\"Three Men standing between Pine Trees, Norway Valley.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2017\/08\/Three_Men_in_the_Pines.jpg 479w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2017\/08\/Three_Men_in_the_Pines-400x284.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-560\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_overlay\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><h3 class=\"et_pb_gallery_title\">Three Men in the Pines<\/h3><p class=\"et_pb_gallery_caption\">Norway Valley, ca. 1910.\n\nSource\nSt. Olaf College Archives, Martin Hegland Photo Collection<\/p><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_gallery_item et_pb_grid_item et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_gallery_item_0_2\"><div class=\"et_pb_gallery_image landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2017\/08\/Three_Lads_Norway_Valley_Postcard_1908.jpg\" title=\"Three Lads Norway Valley Postcard, 1908\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2017\/08\/Three_Lads_Norway_Valley_Postcard_1908-400x284.jpg\" alt=\"Three Lads sitting in Norway Valley, Postcard\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2017\/08\/Three_Lads_Norway_Valley_Postcard_1908.jpg 479w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2017\/08\/Three_Lads_Norway_Valley_Postcard_1908-400x284.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-559\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_overlay\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><h3 class=\"et_pb_gallery_title\">Three Lads Norway Valley Postcard, 1908<\/h3><p class=\"et_pb_gallery_caption\">Three Lads Enjoying the Afternoon in Norway Valley. Real Photo Postcard, Color Tinted, ca. 1908.\n\nCreator\nS. Finkelson, Publisher, Northfield, Minnesota.\n\nSource\nSt. Olaf College Archives, Postcard Collection.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_gallery_item et_pb_grid_item et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_gallery_item_0_3\"><div class=\"et_pb_gallery_image landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2017\/08\/Summertime_Tranquility.jpg\" title=\"Summertime Tranquility\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2017\/08\/Summertime_Tranquility-400x284.jpg\" alt=\"Norway Valley in the Summer\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2017\/08\/Summertime_Tranquility.jpg 479w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2017\/08\/Summertime_Tranquility-400x284.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-557\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_overlay\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><h3 class=\"et_pb_gallery_title\">Summertime Tranquility<\/h3><p class=\"et_pb_gallery_caption\">Norway Valley, 2014.\n\nCreator\nJeff M. Sauve, August 2014.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_gallery_item et_pb_grid_item et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_gallery_item_0_4\"><div class=\"et_pb_gallery_image landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2017\/08\/Snow_Birds.jpg\" title=\"Snow Birds\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2017\/08\/Snow_Birds-400x284.jpg\" alt=\"Women in Norway Valley, Winter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2017\/08\/Snow_Birds.jpg 479w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2017\/08\/Snow_Birds-400x284.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-556\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_overlay\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><h3 class=\"et_pb_gallery_title\">Snow Birds<\/h3><p class=\"et_pb_gallery_caption\">Norway Valley, Winter, ca. 1914.\n\nSource\nSt. Olaf College Archives, Edolph A. Larson Photo Collection<\/p><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_gallery_item et_pb_grid_item et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_gallery_item_0_5\"><div class=\"et_pb_gallery_image landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2017\/08\/Norway_Valley_Postcard_1910.jpg\" title=\"Norway Valley Postcard, 1910\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2017\/08\/Norway_Valley_Postcard_1910-400x284.jpg\" alt=\"Norway Valley Postcard, 1910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2017\/08\/Norway_Valley_Postcard_1910.jpg 479w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2017\/08\/Norway_Valley_Postcard_1910-400x284.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width:479px) 479px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-555\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_overlay\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><h3 class=\"et_pb_gallery_title\">Norway Valley Postcard, 1910<\/h3><p class=\"et_pb_gallery_caption\">Real Photo Postcard of Norway Valley, Color Tinted, ca. 1910.\n\nCreator\nS. Finkelson, Publisher, Northfield, Minnesota\n\nSource\nSt. Olaf College Archives, Postcard Collection<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_gallery_pagination\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_audio_0 et_pb_audio_module clearfix et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_audio_no_image  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_audio_module_content et_audio_container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">The Vale of Tawasentha<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_audio_module_meta\">by <strong>John Moe, St. Olaf Class of 1925<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-0-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2017\/08\/The_Vale_of_Tawasentha_Poem.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2017\/08\/The_Vale_of_Tawasentha_Poem.mp3\">https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2017\/08\/The_Vale_of_Tawasentha_Poem.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_audio_1 et_pb_audio_module clearfix et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_audio_no_image  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_audio_module_content et_audio_container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Norway Valley<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_audio_module_meta\">by <strong>Harriet Hilleboe, St. Olaf Class of 1923<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-0-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2017\/08\/Norway_Valley_Poem.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2017\/08\/Norway_Valley_Poem.mp3\">https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2017\/08\/Norway_Valley_Poem.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1712,"featured_media":559,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=\"1\"][et_pb_row][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-st-olaf-college"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1052\/2017\/08\/Three_Lads_Norway_Valley_Postcard_1908.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1712"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":640,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546\/revisions\/640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}