Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-23
PAN-AMERICAN
UNION ASSISTS
IN DIPLOMACY
Students From Re-
publics of South Given Aid
in Securing Education.
EXCHANGE OF STUDENTS

WASHINGTON, D. C.-If a boy in
Mexico or Chile or the Argentine or any
other Latin-American country wants to
come to the United States for his edu-
cation, the Pan-American Union here will
make all arrangements for him. 1t can
| very likely obtain him a scholarship, It
viii find work for him after his gradua-
ton so that he may get practical exper-
| fence to round off his education, and in
general it will act as his friend and adSs
wiser.
| Likewise, If boy in the United States
wants to go to a Latin-American country
| for his education in order to learn the
language and the laws of that country,
the Pan-American Union will give him
assistance in finding what he wants In
a word, the Union is going to facilitate
In every possible way the exchange of
students among the American republics,
because it believes that in this way more
than any other a real Pan-American spirit
Of friendly understanding is built up.
| In fact, the value of the plan has long
since been demonstrated. The best
friends the United States has in Latin
, America are the numerous native grad
, mates of Cornell, Yale, the University of
Pennsylvania and other American col
leges, who are scattered all through
| Latin-America, from Mexico to the Ar
gentine. Throughout those countries
there are United States universities
clubs, made up of the alumni Of Ameri-
can universities, some Of whom are ma
| tives Of the United States and some Of
the countries in which the club is To-
Gated. Needless to say, these clubs are
centers Of Pan-American friendship.
/ There are today about 5000 students
] from Latin America In schools and coll
! leges in the United tates. Naturally the
number Of Americans who go to South
America to study is much smaller, but
/ the union emphasizes the value Of that
/ side Of the movement, too. There are
/ great opportunities in South America,
and the young man who has studied
/ there is In a good position to take ad-
vantage Of them. For example, a grad
uate Of an American law school went to
/ Rio de Janeiro to study law. He be-
came consul general for the United
/ States, but later gave up that work to
/ open a law office. He now has a large
/ business and employs several assistants
and is a legal writer of some note in
Brazil.
! The influx Of students from the South
to our universities has been greatly slim
4 ulated by the American Chamber Of Com
merce Of Mexico City, which has a repre-
sentative, Mr.. o. W f. Cook, in this
/ country to induce American universities
/ to grant scholarships TO Latin American
J students and American industrial firms
I to give them Jobs in their chosen lines
He has had great success in both. The
way OF the Latin-American students Is
being made easier and easier He is
taken care of, In many cases, from the
/ time he lands here until he is ready to
return. And he returns a booster for the
/ United States
This exchange of students is one Of
the new activities OF the Pan-American
Union under its new director, DR.. Leo
S. Rowe. DR.. Rowe has two main plans
One Of these is to departmentaIize the
work Of the Pan-American Union, SO that
it may work more effectively along spe-
cial lines. such as education and sani-
tation. The other is to make the PAN
American Bulletin a medium to carry
practical information to the Latin-Amer-
lean countries as we'll as a message of
friendship.
In addition to his plans for a special
department devoted to education, DIR.
Rowe has already well under way a
department Of sanitation. This is to
act as a clearing house for all new dis
coveries and researches along the lines
Of sanitation and hygiene, so that these
may be made Immediately available al
over the western hemisphere instead of
waiting upon the slow process of trans
lation and transmission through ordi-
nary channels.
For instance, the United States Public
Health Service has recently discovered,
by its experiments in Hawaii, what
seems to be a specific cure for leprosy.
ChaulmoOgra oil has long been recongized
as having value in the treatment of lep-
rosy, but it has been difficult to find a
rivative of the oil which the patient could
assimilate. This at last seems to have
been found. DR.. Rowe's new department
Of sanitation will undertake to place the
results Of these experiments in the hands
of Latin-AmericRn governments, some Of
which face very severe leprosy problems.
Arrangements have also been made for
some of these governments TO receive
small quantities of the improved oil.
WORKS BETTER
THAN WORDS.
That practical assistance IN solving
their problems is what many Of the
Latin-American peoples most appreciate
seems to be the basic conviction of DE-.
Rowes administration. This is an idea
which seems also to be entertained by
many other students Of our relations with
Latin-America. It has long been our
custom to send diplomatic missions on
battleships to the Southern republics.
These have always been received with
the greatest courtesy: speeches express
ing the most profound friendship in the
most eloquent terms have been exchanged,
and innumerable toasts have been drunk
to the future amity of the Western hemi-
sphere. At the same time, our actual
diplomatic and military maneuvers in
Latin-America have not always confirmed
in the minds Of the Southern peoples
the impression Of disinterested friendship
which our words have conveyed.
No doubt administrative plumbers are
Inevitable in a country which changes It's
management OF affairs every little while,
but 1t is hard to heal gunshot wounds
with words. On the other hand, prac-
teal constructive help in sanitation and
education does tend to soothe outraged 4
feelings and restore shaken confidence.
BALLARD PURE KETTLE