The Washington times., 1922-09-17
SCHOOLS OFFER
PRIZE FOR BEST
SPANISH ESSAY
Contest II Local institutions
on Advantages Of Learn
ing Language.

The Pan American Schools OF Span
ish viii reopen In their new quarters
at l4i2 I street northwest this month.
A special contest for the boys and
girls OF Washington between the
ages OF twelve and seventeen will be
conducted along the following lines;
Twenty Of the best essays on the
advantages Of learning the Spanish
languages will be selected and the
writer's thereof will be given a free
scholarship in the school. This fea-
ture has been especially prepared In
the interests Of Spanish educaticn in
the District.
The Pan-American schools OF
Spanish are among the largest and
best Spanish schools In the United
States exclusively dedicated to the
teaching OF Spanish. The. corre-
spondsnce course is the product OF
men who have specialized In teach
ing Spanish. Their years Of ex-
perience, coupled with their thor
ough education obtained In the
best Spanish and American educa-
tional institutions, is placed at your
disposal with the firm conviction
that this correspondence course Of
fers the best opportunity to learn
Spanish that can be secured in the
United States.
Principles Of Schools.
These schools are founded upon
the following principles: CD One Of
the greatest and most important
duties OF life is that of service; az
students have the right to demand
the best an educational Institution
can give them; (9 the faculty Of q
school Is morally bound by the
traditions Of the teaching profes-
sion to give each student under
their supervision the sincerest CO.
operation and deepest sympathy in
the students progress; az schools
are not primarily commercial enter
prises. but rather one of the power
ful, stabilizing influences of civil.
ization that play a very important
part in maintaining the strength
and character Of all nations at
their best.
The Pan-American schools Of
Spanish have specialized in teaching
Spanish in the belief that only by
enabling Americans to understand
the language of our southern neigh
bors, will we in the United States
actually understand the people who
constitute the nations of Spanish
America. One Of the highest ambi-
tons of these schools Is, to take an
active interest in the work Of
cernenting the Americas into a
deeper bond Of good fellowship. CO.
operation and understanding; the
highest ideal is to make these
SCHOOLS the nations best"
The birth Of these schools was
most humble. Today. they conduct
the most extensive and comprehen.
sive correspondence course in Span
ish In the United States. have found
ed and now maintain one Of the
largest and finest schools Of Span.
ish In Washington. d. c.. and rank
among the leading Spanish schools
Of North America.
The embassies and legations Of
Spain and Spanish-American ma
tions have expressed their hearty
approval of these schools.
l25,O00,000 Speak Spanish.
The two languages Of the world
that may be classified as world
commercial languages" are English
and Spanish.
Ins'ish is the leading commercial
language Of today; Spanish has
reached the enviable position as the
second greatest. Spanish Is the
native tongue OF Spanish America,
which, includes the larger isla nds Of
the West Indies, all the countries
OF Central America, the vast major.
ity Of the nations Of South America,
and our immediate neighbor, Mexico,
q combined population OF 125 ,000,.
900 people. living in an area Of over
1000. 900 square miles.
The United States has an estimat ed
population Of Jos 900 900 people living
N an area Of 3,026.7S9 square miles.
Thus II Is seen that more people use
Spanish in their daily lives than the
entirc population Of the United
States, and these Spanish.speaklns !
people live in an area more than
double the area Of our own country.
Spanish ranks as one of the world 8
leading literary languages. The
works Of such authors as Cervantes,
Calderon de la Barca. Ibanez, ETC.,
compare very favorably with the
plays Of Shakespeare. or produc tions
Of Tcnnyson, Longfellow, etc,
Spanish authors have contributed
many of the best masterpieces in
literature, and modern Spa nish writ
eIs have produced the greatest works
Of the twentieth century-in fact,
the twentieth century is the golden
age, Of Spanish literary history.
Many Of the leading plays Of
Europe, United States and Spanish.
America are products of the Spanish
authorseof today