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UNDSET, NOBEL PRIZEWINNER'S SON, MAY ENROLL AT HARVARD

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Hans Undset, 21 year old son of Sigrid Undset, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for her powerful pictures of northern life in medieval times, may enroll at Harvard this fall.

He arrived recently in New York from Norway, by way of Russia. He wants to study History, Geography, Economics where it is taught best, he says, and is also considering Princeton and Cornell.

Undset was formerly a student at the University of Oslo, but at the time of the German invasion he drove an ambulance in the Norwegian army for a short while.

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