Evening star., 1921-10-30
BUILDING is ONE OF
UNIQUE STRUCTURES OF THE WORLD

South America during the session OF
the third international conference IN
Rio de Janeiro in 1906. John Barrett,
who was then United States minister
to Colombia and had previously
served as minister to Argentina ana
Panama, was elected director or the
bureau early in 1907. Mr.. Barrett re
tired from the office of director IN
1920. having served thirteen years,
and was succeeded as director general
by L. s. Rowa. professor of political
science. University of Pennsylvania
member of the commission to COM
pile and revise the laws OF Porto
Rico, delegate to the third ran
chairman of the United States dele
cation to the first Pan-American sci
entif1c conference at Santiago. Chile:
member of the United states ana
Panama joint claims commission, as.
distant secretary of the Treasury and
chief of the division of Latin Amerl-
can affairs of the State Department.
Those preceding John Barrett as
director were William E. Curtis
1S9O-93). who was executive oincer
Of the first Pan-American conference,
chief of the Latin American depart
ment Of the Chicago exposition and
correspondent of the Chicago Record
Herald and various other papers;
Clinton Furbish OS93-9O, Joseph i.
Smith Gs97-9S) and Frederick Emory
GS9S-99) were eminent publlcists;
w. W. Rockhill GS99-1905). who was
ambassador to Turkey, ambassador
to Russia. minister to Greece and
China and assistant secretary of state:
W illiam G. Fox G905-0O, who was con-
sui at Brunswick, Germany. and MINIS
ter to Ecuador.
The assistant director of the Pan
American Union since 1905 is Fran
cisco j. Yanes. a Venezuelan, who has
held responsible posts in the foreign
service of that country. represented
the American Union at the fourth
conference at Buenos Aires. and is an
authority on South American affairs.
Art in statuary and bas-reliefs
makes the Pan-American building one
of the distinguished structures or
America. On the east wall fianking
the entrance are two groups OF
statuary. colossal size. one symbolic
ing the energetic and aggressive
j spirit of North America. and the other
the more leisurely and restful spirit
! of the south. The group representing
North America was chiseled by
Gutzon Borglum. The main figure
! is an Anglo Saxon woman holding the
torch of enlightenment and with one
arm about youth, typifying the
restless spirit of enterprise At her
! feet are grouped implements used in
the liberal arts. The group repre-
senting South America was done by
!
crowned by the condor of the Andes.
| symbolizes wisdom. protection and
peace accorded to the spirit of prog
ress expressed in the figure of youth
i at her side holding in his outstretched
hand the winged globe of advance
! ment. The lineaments of the two
! faces follow the characteristic Latin
outlines, and palm branch and parrot
are shown as the representative flora
and fauna of South America. :
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NEAR these groups on the east wall
are bas-reliefs. one by Gutzor
Borglum being the familiar subject
of Washingtons farewell to his gen
erals. and the other, by Isidore konti
depicting a scene between San Iartir
and Bolivar at Guayaquil in 1922. {
scene probably as familiar to Soutf
Americans as WaShingtons farewell
Ito his generals. or Washington laying