The Washington herald., 1922-09-10
Essay Contest On
Spanish Language
Local School Offers Tuition
Prizes for Best
Essays.

The Pan-American schools of Span
ish will reopen In their new quarters
at l4l2,I street northwest this month.
A special contest for the boys and
girls of Washington between the ages
OF l2 and II will be conducted along
the following lines:
Twenty of the best essays on the
advantages Of learning the Spanish
language will be selected and the writ
ers thereof will be given a free schol-
arship in the school, This feature
has been especially prepared in the in
terests of Spanish education in the
District.
The Pan-American schools Of Span
ish are among the largest and best
Spanish schools In the United States
exclusively dedicated to the teaching of
Spa nish The correspondence course Is
the product of men who have special
lied in teaching Spanish. Their years
of experience. coupled with their thor
ough education obtained in the best
Spanish and American educational in
stitutions, is placed at your disposal
with the firm conviction that this cor
respondence course offers the best
opportunity to learn Spanish that can
be secured in the United States.
These schools are founded upon the
following principles: % One of the
greatest and most important duties Of
life is that OF service: e students
have the right to demand the best an
educational institution can give them;
(3) the faculty Of school is morally
bound by the traditions Of the teach
ing profession to give each student
under their supervision the sincerest
cooperation and deepest sympathy in
the students progress; 90 schools are
not primarily commercial enterprises.
but rather one of the powerful, sta
bilizing influences Of civilization that
play very important part in main
tanning the strength and character OF
all nations at their best.
The Pan-A meriCan schools of Span
ish have specialized in teaching Span
ish in the belief that only by enabling
Americans to understand the language
of our Southern ne.ghbors, will We in
the United States actually understand
the peope who constitute the nations
of Spanish America. One of the high
est ambitions of these schools is, to
take an active interest in the work of
the Americas into a deeper
bond of good fellowship. corporation,
and understanding; the highest ideal
is to make these schools "the Ma
tons best"
The birth of these schools was most
humble. Today. they conduct the
most extensive and comprehensive
course in Spanish in
the United States, have founded and
now maintain one of the largest and
finest schools uf Spanish in Washing
ton. d. c.. and rank among the lead
ing Spanish schools of North America.
The embassies and legations Of
Spain and Spanish American ma
tions have expressed their hearty
approval Of these schools.
The two languages Of the world
that may be classified as world
commercial languages" are English
and Spanish. English is the leading
commercial language of today;
Spanish has reached the enviable
position as the second greatest.
Spanish in the native tongue Of
Spanish America, which includes the
larger islands OF the West Indies,
all the countries Of Central Amer
ica, the vast majority of the ma
tions OF South America, and our
immediate neighbor, Mexico. a com
bined population of 125.000 900 peo-
pie, living In an area OF over 7,000,-
900 square miles. The United States
has an estimated population of 1885,
00O. 900 people living in an area Of
3,026,7S9 square miles. Thus it is
seen that more people use Spanish
in their daily lives than the entire
population Of the United states, and
these Spanish speaking people live
in an area more than double tho
area OF our own country.
Spanish ranks as one OF the
worlds leading literary languages.
The works Of such authors at Ger
vantes, Calderon de Ia Barca, lba-
ncz, etc. compare very favorably