New Britain herald., 1925-02-13
SCIENTISTS SEEK ,ANERICANISM
Recommendations Approved at
 Congress Held in Lima

Lima, Peru, Feb. 13.-Among the most important of the 147 rccom- mendations approved at the plenary closing session of the third Pan- American Scientific congress, held here this month. were the following:
 Recommendation for establishing a Pan-American university at Pana- ma, details of which will be worked out by the Pan American union.
 Proposal for the celebration of a Pan-American Archaeological con- ference in Cuzco. and the general cooperation of American archaeolo- gists in the study and Investigation of the remains of the ancient peo- ples of America.
 The endorsement of the work done by the Carnegie Institution and the proposal for the establishment of meteorological and geophysical sta- tions in all the republics of the Pan American union.
 A recommendation was also made that a Pan-American Institute of Electrical Engineers be established for the purpose of studying clectri- cal development, especially With ref crence to electrical power as a pub lie utility, it's tariffs, standardized yoItagos, and public and private monopoies. It is also recommend ed that "committee on Pan American railway" study the eco- homie. political and industrial as poets of the American railway project. Standardization of railway gauges and equipment also is urged.
 Narcotic drugs came in for at tantion in Q recommendation that q Pan- American Pharmaceutical con- ference be held to draw up code of proposed laws governing the pro- Guction, distribution, and sale of habit-forming drugs.
 To study Plant Disease
 Diseases of plants and animals are recommended for study, and stock hygiene regulations are urged, cspe- cialIy those connected with the preparation of milk for human con- sumption. Protection of rare birds and valuable bird-life is recon mondcd.
 Sociological and educational Ques- tions include a pan-American cen | ter of secondary education to be es- abolished at Washington, D. C.. where equivalent courses in English ! Spanish and Portuguese be available for Pan-AmeriCan students. The i conversation of the purity of the i CasGllian language also is urged | Courses in political science and in tornational law are recommended for all American universities, as wei as the introduction into Latin 1 American universities of the study of Journalism as a profession. It i' recommended that schools be estab' Hshcl for teaching the manual art and trades 10 the indigenes of tho various republics with the end 1T view Of raising their economic standard.
 Uniform Laws For Republics
 In the field of intor-AmericaI commerce, it Is recommended tha all the American republics arrive a uniform laws respecting contracts and letters of credit making the lat ter a negotiable instrument b! means of endorsement, ani 10 giv' the holder of the letter Of credit right before law 10 collect its fact value.
 | Chief among the rocommenda tions contributed by the First Pan l American Womcu's conference ar ithose pertaining to hygiene il schools. means of establishing can l teens and refcctories where whole
 some food is obtainable by childrel while at school, the establishment o . swimming tanks, and a compulsor, 1 regimen of physical exercises suit able to the individual child.
 l At the closing session, San Jose i Costa Rica. was chosen as the meet 1 ing place of the Fourth Pan-Ameri ! can Scientific congress in 1929.