Evening star., 1928-12-09
CHILEAN TEACHERS
WIN COURSES HERE
Association of University
Women Makes Fellowship
Its Friendship Gift.

It was the romantic Bernardo
O'Higgins, son of an Irish father and
a Chilean mother and hberator and
national hero of Chile, who first estab-
lished the public school system of the
country, and since that time Chile has
been proud of her educational fa-
cilities.
American ideas have been closely
followed in the recent progressive
school reforms, and at least two Chilean
teachers have come to this country for
advanced pedagogical study.
The annual fellowship of 1900 es-
tablished by the American Association
of University Women as gift of
friendship to the women of Latin
America, was awarded this year to Miss
Lydia Santalecies, graduate of the de-
partment of English and of the Teach
erS' College of the University of Chile
at Santiago. For the last six years Miss
Santalecies has taught English in the
secondary schools of Chile, and this
year she is studying English in the
University of California.
Raising Fund of Million.
LII OTO6F W lHCIcdSS Tile uuIIlUeI Or
fellowships available for research work
for women, the American Association
of University Women Is now seeking
to raise $1,000,000 fund to enable
women of ability to carry on advanced
studies, either at home or abroad, in
the institution best equipped for the
particular branch of research which
they are undertaking.
Under craftsmanship of Mrs. Samuel
Herrick, committee of the Washing
ton branch is now working to add a
substantial contribution to the sum of
nearly 100000 which already has been
subscribed to the fund from all over the
country.
Writing from the university at Berke-
ley, Miss Santalecies says:
This fellowship meant for me the
realization of dream of all my life:
to continue my studies abroad, not only
for the aim of widening my culture,
'but mainly for the interest of meeting
foreign people, and through a better
knowledge get better understanding
of the feelings, ideals and culture of
their country and mine.
Moreover a journey helps to broaden
our minds and make us more efficient
for public service, because, after we
have seen other civilization and ex-
changed impressions with other people,
we are able to compare what we have
with what they can offer us, and can
discriminate and If possible choose the
best and most useful things from for
eign institutions, thus making humble
contribution to the progress and better
nlent of our country.
MY work, I am sorry to say" she
goes on, will probably have very little
meaning to the world. But 1t may, I
hope, mean something for my country
and for the friendlineSS Of group OF
Americans and Chileans.
ITO begin with, expect to prove
with my work that we are better edu-
Gated than we are generally supposed
to be, at the same time that I am re-
ceiving Ill kinds of experience and
rich impressions that will be Of in
valuable Importance for my future work
when return to Chile"
Previous Holder.
Miss Margarita Mieres Cartes, who
was the holder of two degrees from the
University of Santiago, was the holder
of the Latin American fellowship OF
the association in 1923-24, and after
research work in this country, she re-
turned to Chile to establish public
libraries for children in Santiago.
Chile is the only Latin American
country whose women students have
twice received this fellowship, which is
one of IL administered by the univer-
Sity women of this country.