Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-23
INTELLECTUAL UNDERSTANDING.

n tlry, the problem of intellectual
"A cooperation among the coun-
4 A tries of the Western Hemisphere
is beginning to receive serious
consideration in all its far-reaching
phases. In the last few months I have
had occasion to comment upon three
instances which denote this growing
il terest in the development of cultural
ties In inter American relations.
One was the donation of a certain
sum of money by the Cuban govern
ment for an inter-American Institute OF
International Law, where professors and
students from the 81 American republics
will be able to gather together in the
near future. This institute will be open
to men and women of every American
nation who wish to take up courses OF
special study, in charge Of which will
be teachers from the various member
countries There will be two semester
courses each year, and the official Ian
guages of the institute will be those of
the New World-Spanish, English, Por-
tuguese and French. The texts Of the
lectures and reports of the debates will
be widely published, so that scholars of
the whole hemisphere may benefit by
the latest and most authoritative eX-
positions of international problems and
questions of public and private interna-
tional law. A huge inter American IL
brary will occupy one of the large sec
tons of the institutes palace, now I'M
der construction, and it will contain the
official publications of all the American
governments and the best literary and
scientific works of selected authors OF
North, Central and South America.
The second instance was the creation
of Latin-American scholarships by the
x,Nnr a., uyh cot
aside a fund of 81, 100000 for that pur-
pose. Before this announcement was
made there were, of course, numerous
Latin-American students in the schools
and colleges of the United States, but
the Guggenheim Foundation offered the
first material aid of any importance in
this respect. The Guggenheim scholar
ships will afford students of this coun-
try all necessary facilities for conttnu-
ing their studies in Argentina, Brazil,
Chile, Bolivia, Colombia or any other OF
the Latin republics. In the same way,
young men and women of each of the
Southern countries may come to Ameri-
can universities. Each scholarship, in
addition to travelling expenses, gives the
student the sum of $4,000 for one year,
which term may be extended If found
desirable. 1t is hoped that the candi-
dates for scholarships will be, as rule,
graduates of universities, professional
schools or persons who have special
ize in some branch of learning, science
or art.
The Guggenheim Foundation was the
frs. official step In creating an ex-
change of students between the univer-
stiles of Latin America and those of the
United States. These students, when
they have completed their courses and
received their professional diplomas,
will return to their native countries to
teach the newer generations. Knowing
tie characteristics and the soul OF the
nation in which they lived and studied,
they will teach the truth about it and
will take an interest in passing their
knowledge on to others. From this
constant intellectual exchange there will
be formed in time a new fund OF inter-
national background In this hemisphere,
since through knowing each other peo-
Pile, come to understand and love each
o n. The first appointments Of Mexi-
can students for the Guggenhelm
scholarships were made last January,
and those for Argentine scholarships
are now in preparation.
The visit of some 200 Cuban teachers
to the United States last Summer con-
stituted the third of the instances to
which referred at the beginning OF this
column. This large party MADE most
interesting tour of the Southern States
of the Union, observing cultural condi-
tions in the country, as well as systems
of education which are little known In
the Latin republics. When they arrived
in New York debating team Of Ameri-
can students from the University OF
Yale was sailing South to visit the
principal Latin American capitals. All
this, as I pointed out at the time,
showed the awakening of an intellectual
interest which was bound to open an
entirely new era in inter-American re-
lations
THE THINGS OF THE MIND.
The organization a few days ago Of
the Executive Committee of the Amert-
can Council of Intellectual Corpora
ton, under the Craftsmanship OF Ray
Lyman Wilbur, Secretary OF the Int
rior, gives new assurance of that i'm
preston. This council is the branch in
the, United States of the Inter-Ameri-
can Institute of intellectual Corpora
ton, created by the Sixth Pan American
Conference Of Havana in 1928.
In accordance with a resolution APP
proved at this conference, an Inter-