The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-13
GREAT INTEREST IN SPANISH COURSES
 MANIFESTED HERE
Professor Conant Outlines Lectures to Be Delivered on Latin-American
 Commerce
RESOURCES

Great interest in the Spanish language and South American courses of study, now being offered at the Chamber of Commerce., and the second class will be organized tomorrow evening at o'clock.
 Prof. C.. E.. Conant who is giving the lessons under the joint auspices of the Chamber of Commerce and the board of education, yesterday had the following to say about the courses:
 Birmingham business men have been quick to respond to the opportunity of fered them for the first time this sum mer to study the commercial geography of Central and South America with a view to trade expansion in those terri tories. The courses now beginning under the auspices of the local Chamber of Commerce embrace a thorough study of Spanish as the commercial language of Latin-America and a lecture course on the history, geography, climate, products, peoples, customs, laws, and commerce of the southern continent. So many have already availed themselves of the course in Spanish that it has been necessary to organize a second division, which will meet for the first time Monday, June 14, at o'clock, in the Chamber of Com merce auditorium. The lessons are open to the entire public at a nominal fee of $2.50 for the course, which will be given five days a week until July 16
 "The lecture course on South American commercial geography is given every week day except Saturday at o'clock in the same auditorium and is open to the general public without charge. Fol lowing is the outline of the lecture course:
 "1. South America as whole. it's geo logical history, climate. products, peo- pies past and present, discovery by Euro peans, Spanish and Portuguese. colonial administration, Brazilian empire and re- public, history of trade relations.
 '2. The South American republics, their individual history, climate peoples, gov ernments, laws, products, commerce, and market opportunities. 79 ass -
 ''3. Central America and the West In- dies, to be discussed in the same manner as the South American republics.
 A. Means and methods of promoting export trade with Latin-American coun- tries with special reference to the indus tries of the south. Under this head are included such questions as transportation facilities. tariff and customs regulations. credits, banking and exchange, repre- sentation, cultivation of permanent mar kets and the training and employment of experts
 "The course follows the outline of simi- lar courses given at Columbia university and the Universities of Chicago and Cali fornia, and is offered by the Carnegie peace foundation through the Birmingham Summer Training school. Birmingham Is the first city of the south to undertake the extension of the work to its business men and the number of those attending the course is indicative of the high ap- preciation of our citizens for the excep- tional opportunity offered them. Indica- tions are that this week will witness still further increase in attendance upon both the lectures and the Spanish classes.
 Persons wishing to join any of these courses should call W. Blanks Everett assistant secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, who is registrar for the ella ssesr